To Droppy:
Thanks for being our first real contact, back when we were brand new starting out when thought our most valuable possession was the skin of the first bear we ever hunted. Thank you for your tin mine. Tiji wouldn’t have been founded without your help.
To Sabi, Gato and the rest of the goons:
Thank you for being awesome tradebros. We wouldn’t have been able to catch up as far as we did without your help. Sorry that we were never able to trade the 15 steel we made for Gato, but it won’t happen now.
PS: thank you for the xanadu mine.

To DoG and the sodomites:
Thank you for being tradebros, and for teaching me that if you play hard enough you will be successful even when the challenge seems insurmountable.
To L0ck:
Thank you for showing us that not all Russians are raiders, and inviting us to the Chateau market. Sorry we never had a chance to follow up on it.
To darki:
Thank you for helping us range after the thief.
To everyone who was a member of Tiji, past and present:
You guys made Fort Tiji the awesome village that it was. From panic in the early days of the camp with “oh god there’s a bear OH CRAP IT BROKE THROUGH THE FENCE” to the founding of Tiji, to our ranging trips and mine schemes and all the mistakes and successes we had learning this game. Thank you.
To all the hermits, farmers and lone woodsmen living in our area:
Thank you for being friendly and thank you for any trades and offers you made. Our wall might have been intimidating, but we were never hostile to anyone who showed peaceful intentions. If you’re reading this, Fort Tiji’s gates are OPEN and anything we have is yours. Tiji belongs to the wild hearthlands now.
tl;dr:
Fort Tiji was raided last night. Someone used a wall-jump exploit (not the idol and crossroads, another one) to hop our brick wall. They killed my chieftain, smashed every crossroad we had and stole cupboards worth of steel and iron and a lot of our valuables. One of my villagers tracked the scents to Soviet Russia. We can’t pick a fight with AD and even thought we thought the fort was secured against wall jumping, it turns out it isn’t and the damage is done.
Take care, enjoy the rest of your time in this game. We’re out.

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bears and beginnings

founding

Tiji itself (click for full size)
~~~~Lawspeaker barra signing out~~~~