Cats in a ditch

The cat that fell in the moat when it has the misfortune of standing on the drawbridge in the middle of a goblin ambush has given birth to 3 kittens and is living a nice quiet life in the moat.

The ranger was hunting a cougar that was harassing the woodcutters with his 3 wardogs, then randomly fell asleep just as he was about to close in for the kill. One of the wardogs spots a kobold, kills it, and earns itself a name: "Athelducim".

In the meantime, more migrants!

• Herbalist - Not really needed.
• Stonecrafter - I just built two more craft workshops, so he will have plenty to do.
• Peasant - Military.
• Mechanic - Still got to work on those siege devices.
• Peasant - Military.
• Miller - Pointless.
• Weaponsmith - Much more welcome.
• Peasant - Military.
• Potash maker - Guess I could put up an ashery.

At least there aren't any useless nobles.

I think its about time Devilhalls had a justice system. My limited research tells me dwarves need to be happy in jail if you don't want them to be permanently in a tantrum. The weaponsmiths are constructing some silver chains. I'll make some golden statues to give the prisoners something to look at.

I have designated one of the Peasants as the captain of the guard. This is the (almost) finished prison area with the captain of the guard's quarters nearby. I decided he might enjoy golden furniture and a golden sarcophagus.

The legacy of Devilhalls

Not much happening, one of the hunters (12 groundhog kills and 1 cougar kill) has gone in a strange mood, picked up some basalt, stibnite (of which there are two stones in my entire fortress, phew), some wood and some groundhog bones. I hope its something more useful than an earring.

This is what he created:

So Devilhalls will be remembered for producing an earring. While engravers were working on the mayor's quarters I also discovered this:

For god's sakes guys, its just an earring!

I got a random message saying my hunter bled to death, I can't find him, but I guess he took on one-too-many cougars. Autumn comes, the economy grows, armies of engravers are busy at work on the new area of tombs.

I'm surprised to find its been 6 months since the goblin ambushes and Dodok and Datan, my two surviving Elite Wrestlers, are STILL in bed with injuries. Datan has a mangled lower right leg and a moderately injured upper right leg, Dodok has a moderately injured upper left leg. I hope they recover soon, I'll need all the good men I can find if the goblins return... which seems likely.