Tyranomaster

[Vol.3] Ch.39 Looking Forward

First thing I had to do before spring was finish the new dining building that I was in the process of building before the interruption of the eagle and dwarven army.  Zeb also helped, so getting that whole building done took eight days.  The goblins who wanted a new dining area were quite happy with it, so I'm glad.

The next project that Zeb and I are going to work on is the integrated dining area apartment building.  I need both of those buildings done before the spring ...

[Vol.4] Ch.6 Innovation

The first two weeks of using the currency were exceptionally bad, but by the third week, problems become less frequent.  There was a lot of fighting that broke out during the first two weeks when disagreements about prices would occur, and the majority of those were about the prices of fish.  I shouldn't be surprised, but I was a little shocked none-the-less when all out brawls would occur when fishergoblins would undercut each other, or when the fishergoblins who sold fish the chea...

[Vol.3] Ch.38 Terms of Peace

As we took positions around the small table in Zaka's home, the atmosphere became tense.  A lot of things were riding on the discussion that was to come.  As everyone got situated, I opened the discussion with a question, "What terms are you seeking?"

Shasta turned to the unarmored dwarf to speak with him, likely relaying the question.  I could finally get a good look at the dwarf who is seemingly the leader here.  His face was marred with lots of scars, but contrast...

[Vol.4] Ch.5 Freshly Minted

I continued digging the tunnel for another twelve days until the snow on the mountain started to melt again.  It seems like the merchant is not going to make it back this year.  It seems that the safest time to travel between here and the mainland is winter, so now that the season is changing, I'm expecting he won't make it back until next year.  Hopefully by that point I can have the village bought into the idea of using currency, and I won't be the only one with trade request...

[Vol.3] Ch.37 Morale Crusher

Time to deploy the final desperate ploy to use on this advancing army.  If it worked for them at some point, it can maybe work for us.  I look up to the sky, and hope we can hold out long enough.  I pulverize a bunch of fish meat that I gathered from the houses, load it into the sling of one of the trebuchets, and let it fly out and rain on the dwarven regiments.  When they see it fall apart in mid-air, they don't even bother attempting to avoid it raining on their metal a...

[Vol.4] Ch.4 Economics

I got to work on the tunnel section of the new road, while the goblins were left to build the road itself, and cut the trees in the way.  After a week, a noticeable issue started to arise.  Despite the population of the village, we seemed to have a labor shortage, which didn't make much sense considering just how many goblins I'd see lazing around not working on anything.  I decided to take a day to investigate the cause of the lack of work ethic among the goblins who weren't w...

[Vol.3] Ch.36 Warfare

For a full day, we prepared for the arrival of an army.  Goblins were told to be ready at a moments notice to flee to the pavilion basement.  There, if either Zeb or I survive, we can at least attempt an escape into the sewers if the worst comes to be.  The other escape tunnel, while long, hasn't breached the surface for escape yet, and trying to run over a hundred goblins down that tunnel might not work well.

All the gates are barricaded and reinforced, and plenty of amm...

[Vol.4] Ch.3 More Infrastructure

As the dwarves set out the next day, the merchant said he'd hoped to return yet this winter with our goods if he can, but that we shouldn't hold our breath in case he has difficulty trading for all the materials we wanted.  After he said that, I asked him to consider procuring parchment for us for next year, in case he can't return before then.  We'll likely need a lot of it for handling formal documentation between the dwarf kingdom and here, so getting a source of it now seems lik...

[Vol.3] Ch.35 Trouble Knocks

After thinking on it for a little while, I have an idea.  An eagle before fell for the bait of a bunch of fish dressed up to be shaped like a goblin.  I don't know how well it will work though if the eagle can't carry the food off to its nest.  So we'll need a decently tough skin for the meat.  Something that won't fall apart while the eagle is carrying it.  Perhaps if we use fish skins, tie them together, and then also use an overall binding, we can make a large enou...

[Vol.4] Ch.2 Trade Negotiations

After working for another twenty days, I finished the jail cell, and just in time too.  Later in the day, the dwarven envoy arrived.  I figured it would be just a handful of dwarves who arrived, but to my surprise, it was actually about thirty individuals, including the dwarf I negotiated with before and Shasta.  They didn't just come to collect the crystal either.  They arrived with various gifts of their own.  Alcohol and metal tools made up the majority of their gi...

[Vol.3] Ch.34 Complications

Two more apartment buildings built, and Zeb showed me the building he designed.  It's pretty much just a small shed, designed to be built at each field.  Inside there is a rack for storing basic farming tools, a bin for seeds, and an area to temporarily keep harvested food for hauling.  It's honestly quite thoughtful considering the distance some of these fields are from the village.  Carrying tools to and from some of the new fields would likely waste a lot of time, and t...

[Vol.4] Ch.1 Return to the Village

The year, or at least the months without snow, passed by pretty uneventfully, although it did have its moments of surprise.  The first surprise was that within the first two months, both of the goblins that Zeb and I had sent to the reservoir to manually cut stone got stone shaping.  Given that success, it was decided that once the level in the reservoir returned to normal, three more goblins would be sent to cut stone to further expand the construction workforce.

In the next ...

[Vol.3] Ch.33 The Improved Village

After ten more days of work on the road, I decided to pull the two goblins to go break stone in the quarry.  Katarko finished making the pickaxes and shovels that I requested for that purpose, so it seemed like a good time to send the goblins off to work on that.  Today, each of them filled a single cart with stone and brought it back to the village.  It's not much, but it's something.  They then had to have Katarko sharpen their pickaxes, as they had become dull from use....

[Vol.3] Ch.39 Looking Forward

First thing I had to do before spring was finish the new dining building that I was in the process of building before the interruption of the eagle and dwarven army.  Zeb also helped, so getting that whole building done took eight days.  The goblins who wanted a new dining area were quite happy with it, so I'm glad.

The next project that Zeb and I are going to work on is the integrated dining area apartment building.  I need both of those buildings done before the spring ...

[Vol.3] Ch.38 Terms of Peace

As we took positions around the small table in Zaka's home, the atmosphere became tense.  A lot of things were riding on the discussion that was to come.  As everyone got situated, I opened the discussion with a question, "What terms are you seeking?"

Shasta turned to the unarmored dwarf to speak with him, likely relaying the question.  I could finally get a good look at the dwarf who is seemingly the leader here.  His face was marred with lots of scars, but contrast...

[Vol.3] Ch.32 Leveling Sickness

It took four days to design a few metal rock crushers using metal, and then I went up and mined out metal ore for two whole days.  The amount of ore should last us through the winter, at least I hope it is.  Katarko seemed pleased to have more of the metal to work with, and I gave him the okay to make his own weapon alongside the new goblin ones.  Katarko has been processing so much metal that multiple goblins are on shell collecting duty, and bring back entire backpacks worth ...

[Vol.3] Ch.37 Morale Crusher

Time to deploy the final desperate ploy to use on this advancing army.  If it worked for them at some point, it can maybe work for us.  I look up to the sky, and hope we can hold out long enough.  I pulverize a bunch of fish meat that I gathered from the houses, load it into the sling of one of the trebuchets, and let it fly out and rain on the dwarven regiments.  When they see it fall apart in mid-air, they don't even bother attempting to avoid it raining on their metal a...

[Vol.3] Ch.31 Meeting the Elf

The elf of the group came around to the idea of cooperating as the day for the dwarves moving to the inn arrived.  I suppose the idea of staying down in the holding cell alone was enough of an incentive.  The human, however, still shows no signs of friendly behaviors.  As for how the elf can help, they're knowledgeable about both how to make bows and how to use them.  I'm sure they've probably got other info as well that we'll learn over time.

We've also now been for...

[Vol.3] Ch.36 Warfare

For a full day, we prepared for the arrival of an army.  Goblins were told to be ready at a moments notice to flee to the pavilion basement.  There, if either Zeb or I survive, we can at least attempt an escape into the sewers if the worst comes to be.  The other escape tunnel, while long, hasn't breached the surface for escape yet, and trying to run over a hundred goblins down that tunnel might not work well.

All the gates are barricaded and reinforced, and plenty of amm...

[Vol.3] Ch.30 Dwarven Skills

Zaka did not give approval immediately, for the same reasons I was concerned with.  He considers the island his, so having such a large external group moving in concerns him.  He said he'd want to have at least 500 individuals on our side before he'd be willing to accept that deal.  When I told Shasta about that, she said that would be fine, as it would take time to actually gather the people and supplies for everything.

Which again means I'll be building housing for a wh...

[Vol.3] Ch.35 Trouble Knocks

After thinking on it for a little while, I have an idea.  An eagle before fell for the bait of a bunch of fish dressed up to be shaped like a goblin.  I don't know how well it will work though if the eagle can't carry the food off to its nest.  So we'll need a decently tough skin for the meat.  Something that won't fall apart while the eagle is carrying it.  Perhaps if we use fish skins, tie them together, and then also use an overall binding, we can make a large enou...

[Vol.3] Ch.29 Dwarven Lore

My turn for a question, "What's your name?"

They speak their name, "Shastasha Korsask."

The pronunciation was quite difficult for me to grasp, given it's quite different from both Demon and English.

The dwarf follows up with, "And your name?"

"Gokura Zakarus is my full name.  I go by Zack."  I say.  Shortly after I stated it, I realized I hadn't had the chance to talk with the prisoners before about all I'd learned from Zaka about the history of the Goku...

[Vol.3] Ch.34 Complications

Two more apartment buildings built, and Zeb showed me the building he designed.  It's pretty much just a small shed, designed to be built at each field.  Inside there is a rack for storing basic farming tools, a bin for seeds, and an area to temporarily keep harvested food for hauling.  It's honestly quite thoughtful considering the distance some of these fields are from the village.  Carrying tools to and from some of the new fields would likely waste a lot of time, and t...

[Vol.3] Ch.28 A Conversation with a Dwarf

The trip back to the village took four days.  After we arrived, I had a brief meeting with Zeb and Zaka discussing what we found.  After some discussion about what to do, a general plan began to form.  Currently, there doesn't appear to be any large presence left on the island, other than the individuals we have in the prison.  That being the case, unescorted trips out of the village should be safe once again.

However, we don't actually know if it will remain safe fo...

[Vol.3] Ch.38 Terms of Peace

As we took positions around the small table in Zaka's home, the atmosphere became tense.  A lot of things were riding on the discussion that was to come.  As everyone got situated, I opened the discussion with a question, "What terms are you seeking?"

Shasta turned to the unarmored dwarf to speak with him, likely relaying the question.  I could finally get a good look at the dwarf who is seemingly the leader here.  His face was marred with lots of scars, but contrast...

[Vol.3] Ch.33 The Improved Village

After ten more days of work on the road, I decided to pull the two goblins to go break stone in the quarry.  Katarko finished making the pickaxes and shovels that I requested for that purpose, so it seemed like a good time to send the goblins off to work on that.  Today, each of them filled a single cart with stone and brought it back to the village.  It's not much, but it's something.  They then had to have Katarko sharpen their pickaxes, as they had become dull from use....

[Vol.3] Ch.27 New Information

I want to place a total of twenty ballistae on the walls around the village.  For each, I'll need around 400 cubic feet of stone to improve the wall near it.  Initially I thought I'd just make the expanded wall section solid, but after thinking about it for a bit, I think making the semi-circular expansion both larger and hollow with a stairway down inside will be the better option.  That way ammo and spare parts can be stored directly underneath the ballistae themselves.

Update on Wednesdays

November 8th will be the last Wednesday chapter until sometime in January or February.  That is busy season for work for me, as well as holiday season, so I'll have less time to write, but also will need a consistent scheduling frame (I need to be able to schedule further in advance).  If I end up having extra time to write, I'll have a reward in store for everyone to make up for it!

[Vol.3] Ch.32 Leveling Sickness

It took four days to design a few metal rock crushers using metal, and then I went up and mined out metal ore for two whole days.  The amount of ore should last us through the winter, at least I hope it is.  Katarko seemed pleased to have more of the metal to work with, and I gave him the okay to make his own weapon alongside the new goblin ones.  Katarko has been processing so much metal that multiple goblins are on shell collecting duty, and bring back entire backpacks worth ...

[Vol.3] Ch.26 Siege Engines

Ten days of work, and I've gotten the final guardhouse complete, and the public bathrooms are done and functional.  I've started work on the first of the high density housing buildings.  It's basically a two story building with a central hallway connecting four units on each floor.  It takes the space of about four houses, but since it houses eight goblins, it's not just more effective time wise, but also space wise.  I plan on building three of these buildings for the tim...