19th Felsite, 214
Three ghosts have been put to rest, leaving us with just
four nine more restless souls to deal with. A small group of goblins showed up and killed a skreindeer, before apparently taking one look at the massive pile of bones and blood outside our fortress and deciding to just hang around in the hills for someone to go outside.
Speaking of going outside, I think they'll have some company soon. See, before the goblins showed up, a caravan of eight elf merchants arrived with all manner of goods and somehow managed not to get murdered by the skeletal wildlife. Of course, because they weren't murdered by skeletal wildlife, it meant I had to actually see what appropriate trade goods we had... Which was nothing. So I sent Ahrimahn to take their stuff and tell them to GTFO. Hopefully they'll run into the goblins on their way out and our problem will be solved. I also noticed some foliage starting to grow along the path to the depot, and ordered it paved over so that an ill-timed growth won't hinder a real (read: Dwarven) caravan.
6th Hematite, 214
Despite seizing half their goods, the elves still hung around for a few weeks before departing. When they did, I expected the goblins to immediately run them down... No such luck. Instead, they huddled in the hills while a pair of skreindeer scattered the merchants. Only when one of them ran in the direction of the goblins did ONE of them decide to chase him down. The goblin killed the mule, but it looked like the elf was going to get away... Until a pack of skoxes showed up. Both the elf and the goblin were far, far away from anyone else. Neither survived. As to the rest, the remainder of the elves eventually regrouped and escaped, while the rest of the goblins are still sitting in the hills doing... Absolutely nothing at all.