Year 251 by M Saturday, Dec 31 2022 

Goden Metalfind chewed on his quill. No migrants. All year and no migrants. Visions of total disgrace consumed him. What must they think back home – a fledgling fort consumed by frivolity and leisure, forswearing the dwarven virtues of industry and avarice. He trembled at the thought. If only they could see how much we have accomplished!

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Year 250 by K Wednesday, Dec 28 2022 

Our nascent fortress is thriving. A quick bivouac served us at first, with several essential crafts and a meager but cozy dormitory under hatch and soil.

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Founding of Konoskûbuk Sunday, Dec 25 2022 

Brasslances shall be the name of our new home.

We dwarves of the Sorcerous Mirrors have faith in our heritage and the strength of our hands. Our ambition and our love for our ancestors drive us to this place, away from the rigid, proud halls of our our peers, to show them what customs of ours still hold worth, and what our people are truly capable of.

Here we take with us a pair of the fine alpaca, loveliest of beasts, to start a herd of our own in this alpine valley. The trees are thick, stout with lumber and heavy with food. We will raise our picks to the mountain slope, and our voices to the sound of the lovely ulåb – we may be leaving behind our familiar places and ways, but we cannot live without our favorite instrument.