Venture's Book*1
Book, something really scary happened today.
When I was down in the tunnels way below the ground I heard these wired sounds. I got scared because it was weird and I didn't know what it was, but then I thought that it might be a pony in trouble, trapped under a rock or something, so I ran towards the sound as fast a I could but when I got there it wasn't a pony at all! It was a HUGE ENORMOUS SPIDER THAT WAS ON FIRE!!!
I screamed and ran away as fast as I could but it chased me and was so fast that it almost got me! I ran for a long time and got lost cause no other pony was around and I ran into the tome of some pony named Lolum that Khenal had told me about. I though that I was donefor for sure, but then some big strong pony with grey wings yelled at the giant fire spider to leave me alone. The spider charged at him and there was this huge awssome battle as he fought the spider! He was like Raaaaaggaaa!! and kicking it a bunch of times and it was all like SKAWWWKAKAKWKAWAAA!! and it snapped at him and spit fire at him it was so cool i wish my brother was there he would have really liked it so COOL!!! But the the spider hit him agenst the wall super hard and was going to stab him with its claw when he SHOT MAGIC RAINBOW FIRE OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND BURNED IT TO A SMALL PILE OF ASHES!!!! It. Was. Awesome!
Afterward he came up to me and asked me if I was OK. He was really happy I was and made me promise not to play in the tunnels anymore but before I could say thank you he disapired! Then my brother and daddy and a bunch of other ponies came running in and blamed ME for knocking over the sarcofigufus and other stuff in the tomb. I told them about the big fight and the spider and stuff but they didn't believe me. I got spanked a lot and got sent to bed with no supper AND I have to wash all the floors all by myself!
You believe me though, don't you Book?
The Journal of Cap'n Starkey
That little shadow of mine, Peytrel, came running up today babbling something about his little sister and some great flaming spider or somesuch. I put it off as a game of pretend - hells, I had quite the imagination as a colt - until Miss Charity came in right after him about the same thing. We found her in Lolum's tomb, with no trace of the beast.
The weird thing is this: the filly claims she saw... well, she said a pegasus with grey wings came in and slew the beast by burning it to ash. Miss Charity and the filly's parents blew it off as an overactive imagination, and she got in trouble for disturbing Lolum's tomb. I don't buy that.
I went back to his tomb today, and I found a pile of ash and chitin in the corner. The seal on his sarcophagus is broken too. I told his old wingleader, and she agrees.
Good job son. I'm proud of you, and I'm sorry.
PS: remember to tell Khenal about Friesden. I've noticed how she watches him, lingering on his wings and... flanks, but I don't think he even sees her. Between training, guard duty, and carpentry, the kid needs something besides work to take up his time.
Khenal's Book, Chapter 7
I read through you and realized something, my Book: I haven't really written anything happy in you. Like any book, you should give a good impression of what's going on, and I've done you wrong. I haven't mentioned how happy I am here, how so much better life is here than at the Capital. I don't know a whole lot of ponies personally here, but everyone is friendly. The few foals around Glitterglen are adorable. Past adorable. Like diabetes and a heart attack from cuteness.
Huh. I am not a poet, that's a terrible analogy.
Venture and Peytrel, the little alicorn and unicorn respectively, really bring life to this place. Peytrel wants to join the military when he grows up and is constantly trying to get tips from Captain Starkey. Venture noticed me writing in you, my Book, and asked what I was doing. I explained about you and she seemed almost awestruck. The next day, I saw her carrying around a little book of her own. She's also asked me to teach her magic. I'm nothing special when it comes to magic, though I do know that alicorn magic is different from unicorn magic. I'll try my best, but I think she needs to be a bit older before she'll be able to do much.
Chapter 8
Lolum still watches and protects us. Nopony was too worried when Venture couldnt be found, at least at first. She's quite energetic and her and Peytrel are often off exploring the depths of the fortress. When her brother asked where she was, then we worried. Diomedian snatchers always came in twos, never threes. Right?
Please?
Crashing sounds from Lolum's tomb had us all galloping as fast as our hooves would take us. Inside, we found little Venture. When she saw us, she started gushing excitedly about a pony with gray wings that saved her. At first I thought the Captain had found her, until she said it breathed rainbow fire and incinerated the fire spider(?) and saved her. Nopony else believed her, I don't think they noticed the little pile of ashes.
How could they not notice those scorch marks, though?! Then I thought of something: Lolum didn't want them to see. Or maybe they really couldn't see them. I thought back to my first fight with the badgerpegasi. I haven't been that collected in a fight since. I think Lolum helped me, lent me his skill against the enemies of Glitterglen. Even beyond the grave, he is doing his part to protect these ponies. How can I do anything less?
I think I'll try showing Venture some mental exercises. She may be too young to actually channel her magic, but I can help her learn to focus and concentrate. A good foundation is important.
Friesden's Diary
We need time off. The precious does not get injured. Nopony is fighting. This frustrates us! We must ensure that something allows us to attach the precious' wing extensions to the precious soon. It will happen soon, precious, don't you worry!
I n meantime, we must make sure nopony gets hurt. Is boring at the moment. Nothing to do. Nopony to practice on. Must find new goal.
PS. I don't have anything to put in my PS today.
Love, Friesden
Charity's Journal 14th Timber 95
Gods above what is that horrendous smell? I was just heading up to the surface to check on how the additions to the walls are coming along, and there is this ungodly odor pouring from the underground farms. Everypony around seems to be bothered by it as well*2
Upon reaching the surface walls I was pleasantly surprised to see a caravan of cave ponies coming, their beasts of burden heavily laden with goods. Time to trade.
The smell is gone now. No pony seems to know what it was. Someone cleaned it up I guess? Maybe a peahen egg rolled away somewhere and rotted? Or something from the Kitchen perhaps? Whatever it was it's gone now.
Charity's Journal 24th Timber 95
The Cave ponies have been quite unreasonable. They came with only one bar of steel and one bar of billion (a worthless metal, we can't even make arms or armor from it) but they had many crafts made from steel or iron or copper or bronze. Naturally, they overcharged us for their trinkets that we only intended to melt down. Afterward, we lacked the goods to trade for the cloth and leather that we also needed. So, I sent Starkey and Khenal to take it from them, by force if necessary. Despite taking a few bins, free of charge, they still left with a profit of several thousand bits. They should be thankful for that.
Khenal's Book, Chapter 9
Another caravan today, though this one is different; it's a cave pony caravan. Apparently, they overcharged severely for their metallic wares and Mrs. Charity asked me and Captain Starkey to "renegotiate the terms of our trade agreement." I think the Captain brought me along more for my being an alicorn than my willingness to fight these ponies. I think the Captain would have been willing to show the cave ponies the error of their greed, but I was most certainly bluffing. In the end, we procured several bins of cloth and leather from the merchants and they still obviously made a profit. I'm glad they didn't call my bluff. I would back the Captain if it actually came to blows, but I'd prefer to never stain my spear with the blood of ponies who came in peace. Even if they are ornery.
The Journal of Cap'n Starkey
24th Timber, 95
Insubordination. Assaulting a superior officer. And now banditry.
Sure, I can tell myself that Glitterglen needs those goods far more than they do. Or that they still walked away with a tidy pile of bits for their troubles. But that still doesn't make it sit any better in my stomach.
I'll go along with it this time. Hells, if it had come to blows I'd have laid them all low without a second thought. But next time Miss Charity wants to pull a stunt like this, she can find somepony else.
Charity's Journal 28th Timber 95*3
Osal Habithare, one of our young military recruits, has been awfully withdrawn lately, or at least that's what his captain has told me, best to keep an eye on him I think..
Charity's Journal 4th Moonstone 95
Today Osal, came galloping out of the bowyer's shop, holding the finest looking crossbow I have ever seen in my lifetime. He held it aloft and declared that It's name would be his, and from now on they would be inseparable. While I'd rather see that magnificent bow in the hands of someone who knows what there doing like Captian Otik, I admit that he did make and deserves the right to use it, especially if he can make more similar to it for the other marksponies.
The Journal of Cap'n Starkey
4th Moonstone, 95
Private Osal showed up at the range today with the most gorgeous piece of hardware I've ever laid eyes on. If he can make a few more of those, I might just consider taking up marksponyship again.
Friesden's diary.
Having watched our great leader authorise the theft of several objects from the cave pony caravan...nope, we've got nothing. Meh. Soon our precious will be ready for the addition of the precious.
PS. Why is it PS? Tell me or suffer!
Love, Friesden.
Excerps from the diary of ThunderSplinter;
Late Timber:
Finally finished building all the beds on order and I've decided to take some time off. I'm sitting on the topmost level of the Air Traffic Tower looking at the view - quite spectacular really - while I collect and record my thoughts. Also, I've just painted my hooves with the latest batch of hoofpolish that I've been helping Ironya develop. I collect and boil down sawdust from a few select trees - the most resinous ones, of course - then Ironya mixes the resin with a few powders and some filings from her work, then we mix in some of the wood spirit the brewer makes for us - that thins it out and makes it suitable for painting with a brush. We are still experimenting with brushes, the ones we have at the moment paint on the polish a bit thick, so we might have to consult with an artist of some description.
There is a lot of shouting downstairs, but I don't want to chip the polish on my hooves before it sets, so, where was I? Yes. I think there is still room for experimentation, Ironya wants to add Bismuthinite to get a type of pearlescent effect, but I think I might get some fish scales from the fishery and grind them up.... I must ask Charity if we have a mortar and pestle.
That shouting downstairs is getting really loud....
Anyway, if we can get the pearlescent effect right, I will suggest to Ironya that we try for some bioluminescent hoofpolish....don't know why, or even who would want it, but, you know, its important to have a wide selection, and an expanding selection of hoofpolish would be a high priority.
If they don't still the ruckus down there, I will have some stern words with them, and if my hoofpolish gets chipped, I will be quite angry.....and yes, I think I hear Khenal's voice, why am I not surprised? Why is he always the lodestone for trouble?
Fish-scales......What do I keep them in until I have enough of them to add to the next batch of hoofpolish? Obviously glass. I'll put together a list of options and then go down to the stores, but first, I must wait a few more minutes for the polish to set.
And its suddenly gone quiet, couldn't have been all that important or the warning bell would have been sounded. In that case, sitting here in the sun for the next hour is much more important than wondering what the boys are getting all rowdy about.
I might even have a nap.
ThunderSplinter.
Venture's Book
Hey book. It's me.
Sorry if I sound sad or something, but I missed out on seeing something supper cool. We were visited by cave ponies today! I was so exited because I never seen a cave pony before and I heard they have all lots of legs and glowing eyes and tentacles and other cool stuff! They live underground and since we live underground too I thought we could be friends and stuff. Maybe they could come and live with us bring there kid's and then me and my brother would have somepony to play with!
I ran down to the trade depot to see them and say hello and stuff but Mr. Benoni put a hoof in front of me and said I couldn't go. I saw Mr. Captain Starkey (why is he a captain when we got no boats?) and Mr. Khenal go in and then there was a lot of yelling and cursing before they came out again. I asked Mr. Khenal what happened and he said that they just a a disergement with the cave ponies.
You think it's because they don't like that we live in caves too book?
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Hi book!
I had a fun day today! Mr. Khenal and me did some magic stuff. You know, I thought magic would be more exciting, but Khenal just showed me something called "meditating". That's when we both just sit there and close our eyes and not think of anything at all. It's a lot harder then it sounds and I almost fell asleep. After that we played where he put a ball under a cup and shuffled it around with two other cups. He said it helps with concentration, but it's fun too even if I'm not too good at it.
We got interrupted when some other pony came running into the dinning room yelling about how he mad a crossbow and that it's the best crossbow ever. Peytrel said that it was super awesome so I guess it was. I though it could use some gems or something but I never really liked wepons and stuff like that much. After that Ms. Ironya let me play with little Bubbly! We had super fun playing nighttime-daytime! He is just so CUTE!!! I also wanted to ask if I could have some of that pretty hoof polish she made with Ms. ThunderSplinter but she said I would have to ask her but she's busy working on her tower so I'll ask tomorrow or something.
I have to go book, mommy said that I have to wash up before supper. I wish the showers weren't so cold all the time.
Charity's Journal
I've overheard that a lot of ponies don't approve of my decision to take the cloth and leather from the caveies. And I understand their mixed feelings, especially since Glitterglen was originally founded by banished criminals: we don't want to send the image of us being "Bandits hiding in the Jungle." However, I hope the militia at least will change their tune when they see that the materials are being used mostly to help them in their duties. Our leather workers are producing a pile of quivers, water-skins, backpacks, cloaks, and bandannas for our brave warriors. And silk cloth is being used to create new silk shirts, trousers, and socks to wear under their armor. Meanwhile, the plant cloth is being turned into bags we badly need to store all our dyes, and flours, and sugar. I explained this to Starkey, I think he understood why I had to order the seizure, but asked that I have somepony else do it next time. I told him I hope there won't be a next time.
Charity's Journal 13th Moonstone 95*4
A worrying thing. The slab depicting the death of Zuglaroslan was removed from Lolum's tomb, and no pony knows why, or who did it. It was just sitting in the furniture stockpile this morning. I know not what this could mean, but maybe there is some truth to what that foal Venture was saying. Could the "fire spider" been a magma crab? Perhaps the ghost of Zuglaroslan? Regardless, I had the slab replaced. I hope nothing supernatural is going going on down there, that tends to mean bad things to come. Damn, we need a priest, or an exorcist, or a god-damned paladin out here.
19th Moonstone 95
More bloody honey badger pegasi. The airborne squadron is chasing them away from our woodcutters as I write. Don't think they've actually hit anything yet. Don't know why they won't use that archery range we've set up for them. Maybe if they did they could hit something.
Confound those Horseflies*5. They chased the flying badgers for hours, and then they gave up on shooting and decided to bash their heads in with their crossbows. They won. Two, Osal and another recruit, are bruised and beaten but nothing serious. I called Otik in to explain this tactical disaster, and the best explanation he could afford was that the trees were too thick. They couldn't get a clear shot, so they had to close to melee.
Charity's Journal 24th Moonstone 95
Raw Adamantine! Praise to Cryptson. Cryptson, while mining for marble, near the magma sea, struck adamantine, the metal of the gods. This is truly auspicious. However, care must be taken, many legends surround this metal, and if even a fraction of them are true, it could mean the end of us all. For all our sakes, not a single stone will be taken from the blue metal until the vein is fully mapped out.
Charity's Journal 28th Moonstone 95
The adamant has been mapped out, at least of this floor. A little can safety gotten, but a lot can't be mined without flooding the area with magma. There is an underground lake, directly above it. (Literally 1 z-level up) Perhaps, we could use that to somehow help us get at the adamant, by cooling the surrounding molten stone, will look into it. Additionally, Cryptson, is going to start digging deeper, and try to follow how deep the vein goes.
Khenal's Book, Chapter 10
Today is my day off, and I am kinda bored. I'd go train on my own, but the Captain said that day off means DAY OFF! I can't even go to the carpentry shop to work, Thunder Splinter says she wants to be able to work without me underhoof for a while. I wonder if it has to do with the hoof polish her and the other mares have taken to wearing? I'll probably try to find Venture and continue tutoring her in magic. She's been doing very well in the exercises we've been doing, I might have her try to actually channel a spell today. Levitation, I think, would be best. Have her try to lift a little pebble or a feather.
Hmm, but that will only take an hour or two at most. I could just wander around the fort, looking at Nicolta Tesla's and Theropod Watcher's engravings. Maybe I'll try to talk to Dr. Friesden. Captain Starkey thinks she likes me. I don't know about that, but she certainly seems lonely to me. I'm hardly a center of social activity, but I don't think Dr. Friesden has many friends. Who knows, maybe that will change.
Charity's Journal 1st Opal, 95
Every birth in the fortress is a blessing, and Bebmal, the mother of Venture and Peytrel, has just given birth to her third child. A pegasus boy, this time. What's up with that family's genetics?
Charity's Journal 4th Opal, 95
Well, we know now that Efim is truly dead: his ghost has been spotted wandering around the bone pile. We still have not found his body. Perhaps we should create a small memorial, but our mason's are so busy right now, and the ghost doesn't seem violent, I think well just let him be, until he becomes a problem.
Charity's Journal 6th Opal, 95
Every birth in the fortress is a blessing, and Charity, overseer and bookkeeper has just given birth to her first child. A earth pony boy.
Charity's Secret Journal 6th Opal, 95
My first child was born today. He's an earthpony like his father, and he looks just like my Cryptson. We're going to name him Adamant, after the blue metal, and we hope he grows up strong and healthy like his namesake. I guess I'll send a letter to his grandfather letting him know that he has a grandson now. Though I doubt he'll accept an earthpony as a member of his family, he always was a unicorn supremacist.
On the 13th of Opal, 95 the following notice is posted in both dining halls.
Memo to all citizen's of Glitterglen.
From the desk of Mrs. Charity Conventtulip, Overseer of Glitterglen, and chief record keeper.
Please take note, that as of today, the showers are now functioning and available to all in the stone hall. Please be informed that, in the unlikely case of flooding, the lever to disable the flow of water is located inside my office, three floors up, first door on the left. Meanwhile, please enjoy the new water system that has been provided for you.
Charity Conventtulip
12th Obsidian
A rainbow pony caravan and a caravan from our own people, along with the outpost liaison, have arrived together. Trade went fairly well, we acquired a good deal of metal from both caravans. Along with more leather and a caged tamed raccoon. Looks like it might be good to eat. But we got plenty of food already, and it's pretty scrawny. Maybe someone would like it as a pet?
16th Obsidian 95
A pair of brave or very foolish Keishi thieves tried to rob the caravan. The first was spotted by our High Master Armorer, who got a knife in his hoof for the trouble. He's being taken to Friesden for treatment, but the thief didn't take more than three more steps before a rainbow guard, the Commander, and a stray black bear*6 descended upon the thief.
The second was then spotted and tried to run for it. He might have got away but he ran straight into our lovely Unicorn ranger while she was hunting. She put a bolt in his leg, allowing the militia to catch up and finish him, while she shot him a few more times, just to be sure.
I'm putting the militia on high alert until we can be sure that no more ambushes are waiting for us. In the meantime, I'm going to go drag Nicolta away from engraving his bed room and make him get his ass to setting up those traps he promised me.
Thrice damn it. Now he's just said he's going on break*7, and ran off to the dining hall, lazy ass.
The following is posted in both dining rooms.
Memo to all citizen's of Glitterglen.
From the desk of Mrs. Charity Conventtulip, Overseer of Glitterglen, and chief record keeper.
In response to the increased snatcher activity, a pair of traps have been placed outside the entrances to the fortress. So, if you need to leave the safety of the a walls for any reason, and don't desire a hoof with a wooden spike through it, you may ask Nicolta Tesla about proper procedures for bypassing his traps.
Additional note to all parents. Children are not allowed outside the walls without adult supervision. The jungle is a dangerous place, and not just because of snatchers.
Charity Conventtulip
Charity's Journal 3rd Granite 96
*the page is covered with detailed sketches of a weapon rack*
I got a great idea. I...I... Be right back book, don't go any where.
And so Charity, skipping as she and little Adamant went, hurried up to the mason's shop where Pillomino had been trying to work on a lovely weapon rack for the barracks, difficult with the ghost of Efim constantly looking over her shoulder, when Charity, laughing with glee, threw her from the room.
She then proceeded to gather material, she started with Pillomino's partially constructed rack, then she grabbed a lump of cobaltite, some rough indigo tourmalines, the same color of her husband's coat, a bar of copper metal, snatched from the hoofs of Cindersparks before she could smelt it with the newly acquired tin, a roll of Llama wool cloth, her favorite, and a piece of Llama leather. And then she began to work furiously.
However as she worked, the ghost looked on and watched, and during the construction the ghost said to her. "You aren't allowed to use that stone." Charity panicked. Confused, she sat for days unable to work, before she suddenly renewed construction with a glint in her eye, and, while nopony saw how she did it, when she was done, she had created Foldbored the Fair Dimples, an iron weapon rack. Yes, an iron rack, despite the complete lack of iron in the room for her to work with. No pony saw iron go in, but undoubtedly iron came out, truly, this is some sort of magic.*8
Charity's Journal 10th Granite, 96
I've just created the finest weapon rack the world has ever seen. It's truly beautiful. I can't remember what magic I used to create Iron from nothing, though if I could just somehow learn that... Regardless, I do now have more knowledge of stone working in my head than I've ever even known there was to know. I guess I should try to use it to help out Pillomino with her work.
Venture's Book
Book, I had one of my bad dreams again.
It was last night right after the party we had for Mr. Cryptson on finding that adiiniani...amun...aluminum... blue metal stuff way down in the lower mines. I was horrible. Way worse than when that scarey human king came to visit and that was the worse ever! It was all fire and burning and hurt. So much pain. So much hate. So much hate. I saw a burning fortress, the stones themselves ablaze in the fire of madness. All burn... I saw blood running in rivers to the deaths of the earth, falling into themselves forever. I saw death unending, the two great ones fighting with no hope for salvation, fighting to bring pain to others. HolisticDetective HolisticDetective HolisticDetective HolisticDetective*9 I saw madness consume creatures whole, casting them into a darkness where Nightmares fear to treed. I saw the whole world burning in a fire that gives no light. I saw love ones bring death and suffering to each other with smiles and hope for death. I saw twisted creatures, trapped, pained, and and angered. So desperate to be free. So tortured by there own unending existence. So much hate. So Much Hate.
Sorry book that... happens sometimes.
All the time I saw that blue mettal. It was there protecting me. Shielding me. We souldn't touch it. It's important. It was placed there by gods older than the two sisters. A god of blood holds the way for it is blood it holds back. It was placed for a reason. It must...
Sorry, happened again. I don't remember even having red ink though.
Then I saw the one pegasus from before, the one with the grey wings. He grabbed me and pulled me out. He said it would be all right. When I woke up, it was my big brother that was holding me. I guess he heard me screaming and stuff. He's always the first one here when I have my bad dreams. We hugged for a long time, and then mommy and daddy came in and we all hugged some more until I stopped crying and went to sleep again. I had a better dream after that. I was in a town called ponyville and it was bright and sunny and there were all sorts of friendly ponies there. A pink earth pony started this big party and there was games and dancing and all sorts of yummy food like cake and cup cakes and muffins and all sorts of stuff! It was so supper fun!
Do you think that's what heaven is like book? I hope so.
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I HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER!!
I'm so exited i cant right so gud! Sorry book, just so exited! Mommy was really big for a long time now. She said that I would have a brother or sister soon. I was kinda hoping for a little sister, but this is OK too. It odd, but I think I knew it was going to be my brother for a few da---
Have to go book, daddy says I can go see my little brother now! O, almost forgot, his name is DaringSky. (wish my name was that cool)
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I saw that one pegasus with grey wings talking to Mr. Efim today down in some of the lower levels while me and Peytrel were playing Hide and Hunt. They were really hard to see, like they were smudged or something. Mr. Efim looked upset about some thing I couldn't hear, but that other pegasus was calming him down. I didn't really pay attention.
Also, Ms. Charity had a little foal today! He's a little cutie! He's kinda clumsy and chubby too, It's so funny! Sky and him really like each other too! I don't like his name though. Adamant is a bad name. Adamantine is a bad metal. We must not...
Sorry, that's been happening a lot recently. Anyways I just call that little cutie Andy!
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Ms. Charity finished her weapon thing today.
She was really exited and told everypony that there would be a party to celibate! I hope daddy lets me drink too much wine again, it was fun even if I woke up with a bad headache the next morning. Ms. Charity has been working on her thing for a long time now, I hope she gives credit to Mr. Efim and Mr. GeyWings (don't know his real name) for helping. I wanted to ask where they found those iron bars they brought to her but there really hard to find sometimes.
Ive been learning magic from Mr. Khenal is teaching me real magic and not just focus games and stuff! We worked on lifting little things of the table like sticks and pebbles and feather and stuff. I kinda messed up on one of the feathers and crushed it into a little ball. I was really embarrassed and sad but Mr Khenal said that it was Ok and that it was because I was trying too hard. We don't do a lot of magic, and I think it's because he's a little afraid of my last bad dream. I hope thats not true, I don't want to scare anypony like I did back in old home and have to stay home all day.
Your not scared of me too are you book?
NO
Yay! I knew you wouldn't be!
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Author's Notes
1 While I've been doing minor editing for clarity for the entries of the other ponies, I've been leaving Venture's book almost untouched. She's a young filly, and her writing helps bring her perspective into view, spelling errors and all.
2 This would be miasma. When anything starts to rot, it will produce clouds of miasma and generate bad thoughts in anyone unlucky enough to be in the cloud. A Refuse pile in an outdoor space is the best way to combat miasma, as things will not produce the clouds if they are outside.
3 Astute readers will recall that I said the months are named after rocks, and that timber is not a rock. Oops.
4 This note is going to be copy/pasted from KingStrongBeard, who is the one actually playing the fort while we run around and rp. From KingStrongBeard: Strange thing. I just looked over at Lolum's tomb and the engraved slab of Zuglaroslan was not there. I was sure I had already put it in. But it was still sitting in some stockpile. I was sure I had put it in.
5 Derogatory term for pegasi
6 Yes, Glitterglen has pet bears.
7 Ponies will go on breaks and do absolutely nothing until they decide they are done. I'm pretty sure the timing is always random, but ponies always seem to go on break right when you decide something important needs to be done.
8 Various materials can be forbidden from use for various reasons, even while ponies are working on them. If you do this to a pony working on an artifact, weird things can happen. This can be exploited to make an artifact with far more materials than it should have, or it can do other odd things. Like making an iron weapon rack without and iron whatsoever.
9 This is a reference to another famous community fortress, with actual dwarves. If you want to know details, ask your favorite search engine about Syrupleaf and Headshoots.