-3- [Citybridge the Tall Stone-Sky of Dwellers] (2) - Of Goblins and Vampires

2nd Granite: Finally, my chance has come! I know not the reason why, but our previous mayor has stepped down. Spring has just arrived and the earth holds great promise for our project, but Limiate Cagithlimul must not feel the same. It matters not, though, and I, Tdreyer1 Inenmistem, will lead our workers to glory!

19th Felsite: Elven traders have come, and Rakust thought it necessary to interrupt me while I was brewing. Idiot - somthing will need to be done about her. Unfortunately, that will have to wait. We have Elven scum to deal with. They have no right to disturb our work. We shall seize their goods and send them cowed back to their profane woodland home to tell their masters that they are not welcome here. If they do not get the message, we shall have to prepare a more perminent way to deal with them.

15th Hematite: Asen Regzas was kidnapped by Goblin scum. It is terrible to think about - to have your child wrenched out of your arms, and if you are lucky, you will never see them again. It's just terribl. I have increased the watch at the gate.

12th Galena: Gozergozerian has gone missing.

15th Galena: Gozergozerian has been found dead. That isn't the worst of it though. My hands are shaking as I write this and I can barely force myself to write legibly. It's as if I hadn't ha d a drink for a whole day! I can barely believe it myself, but the signs are incontrovertable. Legends walk among us, and they have begun to prey on us as if we were cattle. Gozergozerian wa s found with every drop of blood drained from his body. The only conclusion is that one of us is a vampire. I just pray that we can find this monster before anyone else falls to its fangs.

23rd Galena: The emergency wall has been completed. It has taken nearly a week, but it is finally finished. I, Aban Edvabok, have taken over leadership since the ambush. Tdreyer1 is nowhere to be found, and we must assume that she fell to the goblins in the rush to secure the tower. It pains me to say this, but we found a nearly legendary mistake in our plans. It seems the drawbridge was designed to be a retracting bridge and so, when we tried to seal the tower, we were left with a gaping hole though which the goblins were able to take potshots. We must make sure to thank the next human caravaners for their predecessors. They distracted the goblins long enough (read: they were slaughtered by) for us to complete our emergency wall. Once the goblins leave, we will need to completely tear down and redesign the bridge.

1st Sandstone: Oh god, migrants! Who would be foolish to get so close to goblins that aren't even trying to hide? I've an idea that may work to get the migrants in to safety, but it may be t oo risky. I can only hope the goblins won't notice the migrants too soon.

3rd Sandstone: We were able to open the defences long enough to let the sober idiots in. Thankfully no goblins slipped through.

1st Granite: Never again! By Armok's blood, I swear that I will never do this again! I think I have some inkling of why Limiate stepped down last year. Damn it, but I thought this would be easy, but it has been anything but. I guess Tdreyer1 got out easy after all - She didn't have to face the shame of her failure. I have been unsuccessful in finding the filthy vampire, and more of us are attaked and killed every month. No one even listens to me anymore, and all I hear is how everyone is worried that they will be next. On top of everything else, it seems we have attracted the perminent attention of the goblins, as they tried to ambush us again a couple of weeks ago. We were luckier this time than last - our only casualties were a few animals, but the goblins stand at our door and they taunt us mercilessly. I don't want to think about what this will do to our morale. By the first beard, I'm glad I don't have to. That will be our next mayor's problem, not mine.