-3- [Citybridge the Tall Stone-Sky of Dwellers] (3) - At least we didn't all die

1st granite: Dear diary, as the new mayor of The Corridors of Veiling, I write this with complete honesty. There are too many damn gobos! My predecessors apparently focused far too much on building some pie in the sky giant tower that we can all live in and completely neglected the important things. We've no military, a vampire walking around, and there are goblins stomping around just outside our gates taking pot shots at dwarves through the hole in the wall. Looks like it's time for Commander nix413 to turn this thing around.

7th granite: THE VAMPIRE HAS BEEN FOUND! The new Captain of the Guard has just bitten one of our weavers to death. He mumbled something about a refused production order or something during our post incident debrief. There's nothing left to it. Clearly the CoG is the vampire we've been searching for. Time to deal with him and gain the fame I so deserve.

1st slate: Whoever set up these farms as easy to use drowning chambers was a genius! They made it so convenient to give our new vampire friend a watery grave. But alas, there are no drains... Guess he'll just stay in there until I can get someone to come clean the room out.

1st Felsite: Alright diary, I've finally got my bearings and it's time to get to work on the military. Most of these peons are incompetent at best with a sword and board. There's just the one who seems to be skilled at just about everything. He'll make a decent military commander. He's clearly a veteran; just look at all those other forts he's been a part of. With a commander and a few grunts, it's time to get to work arming them. Whoever picked this site clearly wanted the glory of giant tower to have no competition as there are NO TREES in this entire area. How can I build up a decent military without any wood? Fine, the time has come to dig.

11th Felsite: After some exploratory mining, we've finally chosen to dig deep. Our primary exploration shaft is deep, but we go deeper. Just a few levels below where we'd left it, a great magma sea is found! And adamantine! Praise the miners!

14 Felsite: The elven traders have arrived bringing loads of wood as sacrifice to our glory. Magma is clearly not nearly as necessary as I'd thought... 1st Hematite: AMBUSH!!! And those elven hippy bastards couldn't help out a wink. We survived, but several peons stuck outside are lost. We need more coffins.

2nd Hematite: Apparently the vampire I drowned wasn't the vampire... must be another one of them around here somewhere...

4th Hematite: Aco, Forgotten Beast has arrived! But he's stuck in the caverns so who cares? Our military is still in shambles...

10th Hematite: Limiate goes mad after not getting bones for his possessed construction. Oh well.

8th Sandstone: Gem Cutter shoots and kills Kea that's been harassing our builders! What a shot! Friggin' Keas...

27th Timber: Two ambushes... fortunately the traders were here and made short work of them... not like any of our people could handle them anyway...

10th Obsidian: A siege has arrived. There aren't too many of them, but we just closed the door. A few of our people were outside. Oh Armok! How many have I sacrificed to save my own skin?

28th Obsidian: I've accomplished nothing. We are still haunted by that vampire. We have no decent military. We're under siege and have no real hope of rescue. I have failed. My only consolation is my drawings. Oh the drawings I've made! Let them be the only thing they remember me by. Goodbye cruel world!