Åblelishlum (Bustnut) at the twilight of her 15th year.
Founded in a rocky desert beside an open magma pipe, Bustnut has struggled against a near-total lack of water, absence of flux, absence of iron, sparsity of trees, and seasonal goblin and elven ambushes. No sieges have come thus far, though all the magma-containing rooms in the entire fortress have been paved with iron flooring by the good grace of narrow iron armor from our green-skinned friends.
This room has seen numerous uses, from a butcherytanning hall to bone storage to emergency water supply. It currently houses the masons' workshops and all the solid furniture. Boxes, bags, bins, and barrels are stored primarily elsewhere.
The wooden chamber to the north end of this room is linked to the pond in the bedroom hall. If the lever beside this pond is pulled, hatches will open and make way for the water in the pond to fall down to this chamber, where it can be bucketed for health care. This helped me save my legendary weaponsmith's life--when the 22 water in the bedroom pond proved insufficient, shunting the water down here created 1 tile of 47 water which stalled us long enough for the completion of the water temples. - Noble Digger
There are 8 comments for this map series, last post 2009-09-11
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Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-10-19 to 115 Late Winter
Very Interesting fortress. I enjoyed reading all the details and it makes we look back on my desert city.
Ah memories of riots.
Also, why do the elves hate you so?
Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-10-19 to 115 Late Winter
Nice fortress! You maintain the wasteland splendidly. The vault is cool, and I'm going to steal your trade depot layout.
Submitted by: Noble Digger - 2008-10-19 to 115 Late Winter
Please steal everything you like! I stole a bunch of it myself. Just put your own spin on it, improve on what you see so we all get smarter!
Thanks for the comments.
Submitted by: ^^atte - 2008-10-19 - Removed
Submitted by: C File - 2009-01-09 to 115 Late Winter
I got a kick out of your jewelers' names.
Submitted by: Jebraltix - 2009-01-24 to 115 Late Winter
Looks like you spent more time on those POIs than you did building the fort itself. Favorited.
Submitted by: Riffraff - 2009-07-28 to 115 Late Winter
The text of "The Vault" has the potential to offend; might wanna tone it down a bit :P
Submitted by: Noble Digger - 2009-09-08 to 115 Late Winter
Tis all in jest, I kid because I love. Furthermore, those are the actual names of those two dwarves ;)
Submitted by: ajr_ - 2009-09-11 to 115 Late Winter
A mark of excellence.