There are dreams of great dams crossing mighty rivers, dreams of pyramids larger than those ever seen before, dreams of steel and glass constructions that are so tall that the dwarves refer to them as "skyscrapers". I dream of the great dwarven superconstructions that Talllabored will soon undertake. What could be left for our great fortress to accomplish? I begin to dream about the situation at Talllabored. I drift off into a nap as the whiskey from the Dwarven Julep courses through my veins. The drink and the cool breeze alleviate the oppressive heat somewhat. Our legendary hunters are just that good. It is quieter out here, and there is no real threat nearby anymore. I take the Dwarven Mint Julep to my outdoor hammock, just outside the protective walls of Talllabored, and relax. My adviser pours some of the new Dwarven Whiskey, then mixes in some Dwarven Syrup and crushes some imported Valley Herb into the mixture. In the meantime, I decide I will cool off by enjoying a new drink recently invented by one of our legendary brewers. The weather here is uncomfortably hot during this season, but the adamantine clothing I have just commissioned should alleviate that somewhat, once it's ready. We have so much adamantine to spare now, that I decide I might as well forgo my usual austerity and start to enjoy life a little bit. I order our legendary clothier to make me a full set of Adamantine Clothes to go with the Adamantine Armor and Adamantine Mining Pick that I have commissioned for myself. Talllabored may now be the most successful fortress in the history of dwarvendom! I, Jazzimus, remain in charge here, and it is a good thing for every dwarf that I have. No other dwarf ever stepped forward to take charge of the fortress after my original year of command, although a few dwarves had talked as though they might do so. Syrupleaf, Chapter V Prologue - 15th Galena, 141Īnd so life continues as it has for the last twenty years here at Talllabored.
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