After we made the annouo the vilge, there was a mixed response. The craftsgoblihe most vocal about wantio stay. For the goblins that I have been making improved tools for, they see this as a double loss with Kaga also being gone. The oblins however, were adamant that I don't work on any more projects iown, and anything I make on the mountain be forbidden from being brought in. A small fa even said I should be expelled immediately, but the majority shot that down, pointing out that I did help fight all the lizards, and it'd be cruel to se immediately. After a lot uments, the fa that wao kick me out won, but with a few ditions.

  The first dition is that every year, they'll re-evaluate if they still want me banished. The fa that wants me to stay insisted on this as a dition or else they'd leave alongside me. The sed dition was that every month a member from both faust e up the mountain to i with me. Both fas seemed to think this was a good idea, with the pro-me fa wanting to keep in touch, and the anti-me fa wanting to keep an eye on me. The third dition was ohat I imposed on the goblins. I insisted that if I find out there has been infighting or discriminatioween goblins in the vilge as a sequence of this, I'd personally feel a o step in. I don't feel that I'm free of responsibility in this, and I wao make sure that this doesn't cause more problems than it already is.

  After all the ditions were set, I brought up a list of projects that I wao work on, but I wanted approval from most of the goblins to work on them before winter ended. In no particur order, I want to teach the hide crafting goblin how to make leather, I want to expand the salt evaporation ponds, I want to work oh up the mountain, I want to expand ste in the vilge, I want to expand the fields frowing the new potential food crop, and I want to remove the crystal hot spring. I had previously wao attempt some projects at the o bay, but now I don't feel fortable w on a project of that scale.

  There was some resistao the idea of makiher, but after I told the goblins the steps to making it, the issue was let go. There was also resistao the idea of eating the pnts that Zeb found, but the decision was made that those that don't want to eat them don't have to, and it would be alright for them to be grown. The goblins were very vehement about not wanting to get rid of the hot spring. I tried to insist to them that it was the reason that the lizards attacked, but they retorted with "Even if that is the case, the lizards are dead now, so the threat has passed." I don't agree with them, and I think that future threats might arise, but the superstition that I'm actually the reason the lizards attacked seems to be set among a group of the goblins, and to them, it's like I'm trying to take away something nice as a punitive measure.

  Ultimately, that was the only thing that the goblins said I couldn't do, so I'll work oher projects for the few months. However, I will make sure that I'm kept informed on any stras or happenings that might occur. If push es to shove, I'll still e down to try to help the goblins if something happens. Even if some of them resent me for it afterwards.

  For the st few months, I've been w on the projects that the goblins agreed that I could work on. I've expahe salt evaporation pond area to be three times as rge, which should provide plenty of excess salt. Then I went through the multi-step process for makiher with the hide craftsman goblin. It's a very long process though, so I won't be able to see the results of his bor. I finished an additional yer of ste uhe pavilion as well. It's quite dark that far down, and torches are necessary to see, so hopefully things that are stored down there are things that won't be needed often, like extra charcoal. The fields for the new edible pnt have been expanded quite a bit, which should give them an ample supply of it, if they ma properly.

  Then finally, after all that was done, I've begun work oh up the mountain again. In the remaining time, I got past the zig-zag se, whicluded seven 500 foot long jaunts up the mountain. Food measure, I checked over all the random tools that I had built for the goblins, and fixed as that had built up over time. Ultimately, I couldn't quite bring myself to fix Kaga's tools, so I hope that if a goblin takes up trying to fill Kaga's carpentry shop, that he kept his tools in good dition.

  With all of that taken care of, I'm now just waiting for the snow on the mountain to melt, which should be any day now, before I return up the mountain to my home.

  My st week in the vilge was bittersweet. I walked through many of the pces that I spent time strug, iing each for any fws or s that would result in me needing to leave information fakus so he could repair them. Thankfully, almost everything seemed to be holding up well. I made sure that Gakus knew about needing to the storm sewer system, and what maintenaneeds done on the dam every so often. I also told him he's free to cut extra stone from the far side of the reservoir, away from the dam, but he had to be careful o cut from he dam.

  With everything in order, and the snow finally clear from the mountains, Zeb and I began the walk back up the mountain, and this time, with no io return.

  Tyranomaster