All dwarves know that when Armok grows tired of whatever amusement a world gives him, he destroys that world on the First Anvil and forges it anew. Some who are unwilling to accept their inevitable destruction at the hands of a capricious god attempt to escape into another one, either by skipping to whatever new world is created or jumping to another dimension altogether. Whatever their means- magic, technology, it matters not- all end up here. Some think it is Armok's prison, others that it is a place entirely untouched by the Blood God, some that it is where he keeps those that are most likely to provide him with more amusement. It doesn't really matter to you, since your survival is a much more pressing matter at the moment. The 'civilised' races of the world have become raiders and pillagers to survive in this barren world, elves and humans scarcely different from the goblins they normally despise. A few of the dwarves maintain a semblance of decency only by hiding on the other side of a mountain range, but that matters little to you now that you're on the other side of those peaks. Perhaps you and those other six dwarves can create a secure enough home to protect yourselves from the bandits, or perhaps someone mad enough to end up in this hell would be too unstable to survive. Either way, the God of Blood will watch and laugh...
(http://i.imgur.com/BzlVDOW.png)
*Elves and humans are always hostile and have a few new weapons. Elves will also use metal.
*A race of corrupt dwarves have been added.
*A variety of draconic creatures have been added.
*Turns are two weeks maximum. This may be lifted once the FPS drops significantly.
*Not reporting for the start of your turn within three days and not posting an update for more than a week result in your turn getting skipped.
*Intentional murder and sabotage are also grounds for turns getting reverted. Enough people will be dying as it is.
*If you use a tile set, revert the raws to default before handing the save on to avoid weirdness on the screen.
*Turns and dwarves are given on a first-come-first-serve basis.
*New players are given priority over repeats for turns.
Welcome to Immortalitytowers! We definitely have a tower, but the only immortality to be found here is the unconquerable spirit of dwarfkind, persisting long after any sane species would have given up on the place. Notable events so far include half the fortress getting blinded by evil purple goo, death-causing ash clouds, the ongoing adventures of Tipi Touchbear and the eradication of the entire fortress by a forgotten beast and goblin invasion. The fortress is currently being reclaimed by a group of suicidal intrepid adventurers.
Turn List
Deus Asmoth
Purple Rain, Purple Rain (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6352471#msg6352471)
Turn Around, Blind Eyes (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6354510#msg6354510)
The Adventures Of Tipi Touchbear (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6356211#msg6356211)
The Mountain Just Keeps On Giving (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6362437#msg6362437)
4maskwolf
Salmeuk
Taupe
The Blind Leading the Blind (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6457613#msg6457613)
Plot Twist! Infernal Dust is Bad for You! (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6458520#msg6458520)
Lewd Pictures of Male Horses (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6459898#msg6459898)
Average Life Expectancy Begins to Drop (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6460611#msg6460611)
The Death Note Immortalitytower Census (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6461236#msg6461236)
We need a hero. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6462487#msg6462487)
They've gotta be strong, they've gotta be fast. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6469309#msg6469309)
And they've gotta get into this fight. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6471413#msg6471413)
Here comes the new boss. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6472932#msg6472932)
Same as the old boss. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6472992#msg6472992)
Water shall be rationed. Booze is free. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6473288#msg6473288)
cherry-hearts
Askarn
TheFlame52
Troll in the bedrooms; thought you ought to know. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6483509#msg6483509)
Technically not cheating. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6484908#msg6484908)
Babies galore. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6488094#msg6488094)
Gwolfski
TheCheeseMaker
Dammit, Ïlonïlon! (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6502670#msg6502670)
Do not operate machinery while taking this medication. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6506114#msg6506114)
At least they'll have someone to talk to. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6507112#msg6507112)
Eldin00
EoyaBosan
Half the name becomes accurate. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6529033#msg6529033)
Two heads aren't that much better. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6530463#msg6530463)
The identity thief. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6531867#msg6531867)
Everybody's dead, Jim. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6533668#msg6533668)
Out of the ashes. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151709.msg6535211#msg6535211)
Iamblichos
Megahelmet
Deus Asmoth
hiddenleafguy
4maskwolf
maxcat61
Taupe
Sarrak
TheFlame52
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To be Dwarfed
Messiah II
The Cheesemaker IV
Cherry Hearts III
Maskwolf III
Salmenk III
Ampersand III
Iamblichos III
Fperson III
Sarrak III
Hero II
The Hammer II
Askarn IV
Senshuken VII
The Living Dwarfed
Asmoth II
Flame II
EoyaBosan II
Megahelmet II
FairyEyebrow II
Hiddenleafguy II
Xan II
Taupe II
Asmoth
Askarn Cactuspage
Askarn Cactuspage II
Astesh Cactuspage
Fikod Cactuspage
Erush Cactuspage
Taupe
Taupe II
Taupe III
Taupe IV
The Cheese Maker
The Cheese Maker II
The Cheese Maker III
Iamblichos
Senshuken
New Senshuken
Other Senshuken
Sarrak
Fperson1
Maskwolf
Cherry Heart
Ampersand
Salmeuk
Flame
Flame (?)
Xan
Messiah
Megahelmet
Out of Context Quotes, etc
Shit. I liked having eyes.
I mean, do corpse haulers really need eyes?
That's the soundest and most pointless research ever conducted since a team of university scientists spent 15 millions to conclude that ''Yes, indeed, men do like to stare at boobs''.
It's like a Ouroboros of fail.
Go out there and make those 12 children of yours proud... or I'll draft all of them and send a giant ball of your progeny at the enemy if you die. Fun for the whole family!
Yeah, dwarves are like pokemons here, They go through three stages. Blindyn evolves to Fightyn, which turns into Coffyn when exposed to a fuckstone.
Literally half the fortress is dead, and almost all of them to one single goblin. Maybe that's why the medication said I shouldn't operate any machinery while taking the pills.
In the future I recommend overseers to follow this strategy: if you see something slightly more threatening than a cavy sow, run, hide, and pray to Armok that it does not find you.
Well, that's the problem right there...
Note: all of the starting seven have been blinded by the curse of the horrid goo. At the moment it shouldn't affect the quality of their work much, but if their eyes don't heal it'd probably be a good idea to move them into professions that don't require sight once they can be replaced. I doubt it'd be a good idea to let Senshuken stay in the militia, either.
Asmoth's Journal.
10th of Felsite.
I'm beginning to suspect that the injuries caused by the horrid goo are more serious than I initially thought. Perhaps I'm just concerned because it's affecting me, but it certainly seems to be a cause for concern:
(http://i.imgur.com/JeXVHGI.png)
26th of Hematite.
A group of migrants arrived today. I'm not sure how they found us, but I don't really care all that much since it means there's someone around that's able to treat the rest of us. I'd do it myself, but my eyes appear to be mangled.
6th of Malachite
Everyone's up and about again, even Maskwolf. Nothing's actually been done about all that blistering and mangling, but at least everyone seems to feel better about it.
26th of Malachite
My sight has still not returned. I'm holding onto hope that it will return soon, but until then it looks like we'll be learning to work blind.
Note: Cherry hearts is a heterosexual female. Still haven't had the Cheese Maker show up. Also, Tipi Touchbear is a great name. Just sayin'
Asmoth's Journal.
10th of Galena
A bunch of keas are flying around and stealing our stuff. Senshuken tried to fight them, but... well, he can't see.
2nd of Limestone
A kobold thief showed up and tried to steal our stuff. Senshuken did an impressive job of chasing him around for someone who can't see, but didn't manage to land any hits on the critter.
15th of Limestone
A group of merchants showed up and tried to steal our stuff. Apparently, they transport aid from the dwarves on the other side of the mountains to groups like us. They refused to lead us to the Mountainhomes; they stopped accepting refugees after some 'tainted' people were let in once before. They did give us their news, but apparently they're a bit behind the times anyway.
(http://i.imgur.com/aNasE2p.png)
12th of Sandstone
A new group of refugees arrived today, so the people with sight once again outnumber the blind. For some reason I was expecting a cheesemaker to show up, but none were to be found...
20th of Sandstone
We've finally got around to tapping the volcano for power. At the moment, it's mostly being used to turn some clay into bricks that we can build a decent wall out of, but we've also smelted the small amount of iron ore that we were carrying around with us before we arrived. We'll hopefully be able to turn it into steel and decent weaponry and armour before too long.
I'll post the profiles for everyone. I might add them to the first post with any future dwarfings if the overseers post them as well.
(http://i.imgur.com/BF2F3He.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/VQre710.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/oqSdInD.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/DfMHXDC.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/BYtY2C5.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/d1taAAv.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/7e1NUUY.png)
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Asmoth's Journal
1st of Moonstone
I've decided to take a crack at getting some kind of census and supply count going. It's easy enough to identify most of this stuff by touch, and since I've switched to a clay tablet rather than paper I can go over the records that way as well. It's slow going at the moment, but hopefully with some practice I'll get used to it.
In other news, Salmeuk's blisters seem to have healed. His sight still hasn't returned, so I guess there's been some internal damage done there. Strangely, he's still leaking pus everywhere.
2nd of Moonstone
I've received reports that 'infernal dust' is drifting close to us in some kind of fog. I have no interest in finding out what something obviously malicious will do to us when the rain is enough to blind us permanently.
18th of Moonstone
I've abandoned the idea of a purely clay wall, using wood instead. We may be able to replace parts of the wall at a time so that it's not vulnerable to fire, but at the moment I'm more worried about immediate protection.
15th of Opal
In spite of my warnings, the hunter that came with the latest group of migrants insists on hunting on the northern face of the mountain, aka Eyegouger Slope.
1st of Granite
With a new year comes a new leader, as is dwarven tradition. I will gladly step down, though I've done up some maps of the local area for any more migrants that we get. It should hopefully help them keep their sight.
(http://i.imgur.com/zUSJTZL.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/CIqJe1x.png)
The rest of the fortress is fairly simplistic at the moment, though I imagine that will change rapidly.
Year 2 (http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=10981)
Spring update 1 -- A friend comes Over'
So I'm in charge now. And I am going to solve problems. In fact, the very problem I asked people to solve has need of more solving. See, people tell me that they cannot build squares to solve spheres and food and fruit things because we have no seeds for anything. Well, no seeds for anything underground, really. In fact, we haven't got any food period.
I ask if we have more things to plant, but people say they won't plant outside because of the goo. I ask, what if we just, sent blind people outside as farmers? Can they be double-blind? I don't think they can. But apparently the purple horrid goo could totally murder people in addition to making them blind and apparently that's bad for health. I tell the farmers to go anyway, and stop whinning. How many farmers do we have?
One?
His name is Taupe?
I think of other solutions. Apparently we have drakelings around the place, which could be used as food. I'm pretty sure drakes are like chicken dudes but with more scales (http://i.imgur.com/kxAxw6R.jpg). We could hunt that. I ask the military, which is essentially one dude named Senshuken, to kill the chicken dudes. He says, ''yeah dude i don't have a crossbow and I'm blind''. Well, The Military (which by the way is his title now (http://i.imgur.com/1mfL6va.jpg)), maybe if you weren't blind you would find a crossbow, cause there's one right there.
That's a chair.
I place the chair in what I think is a dinning room. I also ask Asmoth to make more crossbows, which should give The Military more chances of stumbling upon one. Senshuken will be a great hunter, because he can't be blinded by the sun, which will make shooting up at birds very very easy. My plan is so good, I stay in the dinning hall until chicken is brought to me.
The Military doesn't return yet, because he heard noises outside, and went to investigate. Apparently a kobold was spotted trying to sneak inside the fortress (http://i.imgur.com/xOPf2M1.jpg). His name is Tikijrulus, or so I think. That sounds so koboldy. He probably wears a fancy red sweater he stole from elven kids, and cool leather boots that say ''I'm too cool for school''. He even has a fancy big leather bag because Tikijrulus just believes in himself, and he knows he'll succeed in grabbing loot. Also, he's probably blue!
Man, I wish I was as great as Tikijrulus...
(http://i.imgur.com/AxQxEa4.jpg)
Goodbye mister kobold! (http://i.imgur.com/tTf5qAo.jpg) He runs away, across the hill, and make his way to his little kobold home, which I assume probably has a chimney and one of those cool little chauldron things always boiling with a delicious meal? Kobolds are so cool! I wish I was a kobold. Or had food. Senshuken meanwhile has caugh on with his opponent which turns out is actually some part of the wall. (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a0/c6/50/a0c650eab87566aaaffe3e7246bb978e.jpg)
I wish i wasn't in this fortress with no cool things and no eyes and mean people. I wish I was Tikijrulus the kobold, because I could be stealing from people and I'd be rich and I'd run around freely with my new crossbow and wait what's that? (http://i.imgur.com/Dzms2W2.jpg)
Oh.
Well. Hum. That doesn't sound very fun. Suddenly I don't feel like being Tikijrulus anymore. (http://i.imgur.com/DSO0WY7.jpg) Wow, ok. so that's what the dust does. that hum, let's not go north at all people.
Within seconds of agonizing, bone-shattering and nerve-wrecking pain beyond any imaginable scale, it is over. I forbid the kobold. (http://i.imgur.com/MLZLdwB.jpg)
Well, this was an eventful day! I can't wait to see what happens on the second of granite!
Spring update 2 -- Infernal dust, meet horrid goo!
(http://i.imgur.com/9UXQ635.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/00L0I2U.jpg)
What the fuck, we don't have a burrow?
Well that explains a lot. I make a burrow. I tell people ''If it has horrible, horrible goo coming from the sky don't go. If it doesn't it's k.'' I ask Asmoth if the crossbows are ready. I don't find him. Cause im blind. When I find him, tho, he says he didnt make the crossbows because he can't read plans and can't find the tools or the forges or the metal. Also he's technically just a clerk.
Well, that's not very cool. You know who was cool? Senshuken, The Military. Sadly, it seems that, well, nobody has seen him in a week. (http://i.imgur.com/IusttY3.jpg) Which, I guess, makes sence because everyone is blind. But then they tell me it is probably serious.
But Senshuken was super smart, and wise, and witty, so when I gave the order to not chase Tikijrulus anymore, he probably listened and headed straight back to the base. He must have used echolocation to retrieve the fortress, so he most likely didnt chase after the kobold anyway and stumble upon the dust cause he's blind. I tell people, Senshuken is safe, he will return. (http://i.imgur.com/cscdnqx.jpg)
Just because we can't go outside and senshuken hasnt reported yet doesn't mean we should be sad. I tell people to dig a gem stockpile near the workshops because everyone is blind and gems are sharp and it sucks to step on them. that'll keep us occupied. Everyone, go haul big rocks and gems while the weather clear. Cherry-Hearts is a smart mason, and she says: ''You know what would be even more fun than hauling giant rocks while blind? Throwing a party for this bird all week long! (http://i.imgur.com/RE0nJVW.jpg)''. So we do that instead.
(http://i.imgur.com/lGmVqSX.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/trnoM0K.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/DFZE29W.jpg)
So there are like, 30 new migrants. which is double what we already have. We have, right now, half as many food units as we have dudes. We gonna dig through those rock layers and find the mythical cave of food and booze and coolness and we gotta do it now. I tell everyone to get inside and dig. Anyone who isnt digging should move wood inside, because outside carpenters workshops and wood piles are not fun when evil goo fall from the sky.
(http://i.imgur.com/0SaVsz4.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vuZbl5I.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UcVdQfq.jpg)
I tell people to hum, make a hospital thing somewhere, while everyone else go dig more caverns. We need water, and we need it now. Actually we needed it even before I became Over' but that's beside the point.
(http://i.imgur.com/RyQHWwW.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/W05rBI9.jpg)
Spring is now over. There are 45 of us, but not for long...
That doesn't seem right. There should be stairs just south east of the dining hall. And the dining hall really shouldn't be open to the air...
There are two entrances to the fort, side by side. One going upstairs, the other leading to the rest of the fort. I just connected the stockpile in the main floor to the staircase, avoiding dwarves the hussle of wandering outside for a moment just to get food.
(http://i.imgur.com/vbybL8G.jpg)
This fort is terrifying.
Summer update 1 -- Other Senshuken
(http://i.imgur.com/4ckzsa7.jpg)
This fort is terrifying. I've decided to put an end to this project, and went to the craftdwarf workshop to tell that horse ghost what I think of his secret project.
I got lost for two days.
(http://i.imgur.com/Uu6KV6M.jpg)
Nice way to taunt us, tho, fucking horse ghost. He sure knows how to piss us off. A mug, in a fortress without water or drinks. I'm told a few plump helmets should be ready soon, so I had new carpenter workshops installed inside for barrels, and we'll turn the few logs we got inside into booze containers. Hopefully we make a few batches of wine or beer before everyone dies of thirst. I'm afraid this won't be enough, tho. There are 45 of us, last time somebody told me they counted. That's a lot of dwarves to keep unthirsty (new word btw).
Down in the caverns, Other Senshuken and his three goons are mapping the caverns. they report that the upper layer contains no valuable item of any kind. The ground is pure gabbro, the walls as well, and the place is as dry as an ... something dry. Ugh. I need BOOZE FUCK! Then suddenly, they find something weird.
(http://i.imgur.com/dFFdJvy.jpg)
I wish you could drink spears... :(
(http://i.imgur.com/LEYe16m.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/kQtzIym.jpg)
Where is the booze? Why are those plump helmets not being brewed? We need booze. Bring me the brewer!
The brewer has been missing for a week. Where. The fuck. Is he. He's probably hidding, because he's lazy. Or hoarding all the booze he made for himself. Yup, there's no way he'd ignore the burrows to run outside and grab something. Not while dust and horrid goo are filling up the mountain. I'm sure we'll find him sooner or later. (http://i.imgur.com/lKbz5jt.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/665B8G1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/16aXMMw.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/bxJwCGo.jpg)
And yet...
(http://i.imgur.com/2KP9w4O.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/92QBcx6.jpg)
Unless...
Picture this. Other Senshuken is in his first fight. He's skinny, lack any form of muscles, never had a fight in his life, and his two friends just sort of exploded next to him, at the hands of a gigantic, muscular beast. now he's facing two of them, and he's alone. For the record, he is absolutely naked as a worm, wields a copper short sword, a copper shield, and a quiver. He also got his hands on the bismuth bronze crossbow stolen by Tikijrulus the kobold, but he doesn't have bolts so he throw it away. Using nothing but sheer motivation and his nakedhood, he spends 9 pages of combat logs bruising the cave ogres, until finally the first one dies. Then he jumps on the back of the second, and stab him a hundred times until the beast bleeds out.
(http://i.imgur.com/lz6F1px.jpg)
Bankghost is still climbing the staircase leading to immortality tower. He doesn't know that a new hero has risen, champion of the dwarves and definitely not PG13.
(http://i.imgur.com/GeEqOaM.jpg)
Other Senshuken runs as fast as he can. He catches up to Bankghost, and charges!
(http://i.imgur.com/GNxLA6D.jpg)
* * * * * *
It's not a real succession fort unless I've killed a bunch of Senshukens. Don't worry, I have great plans to deal with the problems at hand.
Also, I'm getting slowly better at picturing dead, vomit-covered dwarves. Yay!
Sometime in Summer, can't be arsed to remember dates
I hate literally everything.
First, the bloody world collapses in on itself, and I find myself in a random forest somewhere. Then I run into a contingent of elves that decide they want to eat my bones. Then, after I manage to escape the suddenly-not-wooden arrows of doom, I get press-ganged into carrying plural horses by some passing ambulatory phalluses. Then the air turns into some kind of horrid purple goo. Then I lose my fucking eyes. Then I get lucky, and wind up in a fort that has a pressing need for a weaponsmith.
But then they tell me to make crossbows.
Do I look sound like a bloody bowyer? I make axes, hammers, swords, things that bring joy to those poor depressed maniacs that join the military, that carve the flesh from the bones of the foes of the dwarves, or else smash them into unrecognizable paste. I do not make little needle-throwers, worthless weapons powered by a bit of sinew instead of old-fashioned dwarven muscle, things that turn enemies into nothing more than pincushions. Where's the glory in giving the enemy superfluous orifices from behind a fortification?
More importantly, when someone sees notices a masterful axe, they admire it, they praise the craftsdwarf that slaved over the forges for days to make it. Nobody looks thinks twice about any crossbow, good or bad.
Of course the overseer's not quite right in the head either. I tried to tell the lad why crossbows were worthless, why we should be making glorious dwarven axes and hammers, and he just smiles, claps me on the shoulder, and says "but we need crossbows." Meanwhile, a hapless recruit toddles past, shite ant-man spear strapped to his back. Trying to tell me we what dwarves need when we don't even have booze.
Oh yeah, we're out of booze. And water. And apparently some arsehole ogre has murdered half our military, which wouldn't have happened if they'd had my spears instead of all those bloody crossbows. If this is my final entry, let Armok and the world know that I hate literally everything.
(I'm quite enjoying these updates, kinda sad I didn't notice them until just now. Is there any chance I could get a look at our dorfs' status screens?)
Ask and you will receive (Mainly 'cause I cannot sleep right now)
(http://i.imgur.com/kpEMFOj.jpg)
With 100% of our civilian dwarven profiles done, let me introduce my newest creation, the new militia of Immortalitytower! Bonus point to the one who reaches a weapon first, or the ogre last. did you know you cannot wall off the caverns the way I currently designed them? The more you know!
(http://i.imgur.com/fe5v2JR.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/gXtLYuc.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/colF378.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ARhaYr6.jpg)
So essentially, the new military is accidentally a double-date of death with a cave ogre. Bring your own wine.
Summer update 2 -- Cactuspage
Ok, so, seems like our soldiers have all but been killed by a very scary ogre. We named the Ogre Bankghost because dwarven logic y'all! Our greatest hero, the military dude Other Senshuken, has been sort of pulped by a kick to da face, which is very dangerous when it comes from a creature that's 12 feet tall. And you are wearing no clothes.
All is fine, tho, for one of the soldiers is still alive (altho lost). Iamblichos has seen some serious shit, and is now fucking traumatised. To save her from certain peril, her husband TheCheeseMaker has volunteered to join the army!
''Wait I what?
-Shuttup and go help your wife!''
So, to help Iamblichos and her husband, I've also enrolled our farmers into the military. Except me of course because I,m blind. So Arkarn of House Cactuspage will now be defending his twelve children from the ogre, and so will his beloved New Senshuken...
-But that's not even my...
-I DONT CARE YOU'RE A SOLDIER NOW.
Good luck to you all. I applaud your sacrifice!
(http://i.imgur.com/EzOyEhf.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Hbk5nlq.jpg)
Punches! Dodges! Barrel rolls! Excitement!
Everybody was kung fu fighting.
Those kicks were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightening! (http://i.imgur.com/X75cCNw.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Rq4S6ox.jpg)
Pictured:
-Arkran to the right, a ranger with a fancy feathered hat, doing dodge rolls.
-On top, New Senshuken, grappling the monster and trying to punch his face
-TheCheeseMaker, to the left a fat and bald dwarf with awesome kung fu sidebruns, wearing a purple sweater, trying to pummel the monster's toes.
* * * * *
(http://i.imgur.com/2F00gqt.jpg)
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While in legend mode, I take a look at the royal family, just to see if they enterwine with House Cactuspage along the line. I find that our king, Kib Tongshole, is also the sire of a rather large family, with 11 children! However, unlike the cactuspages, the royal bloodline has a nice habit of suffering ... bad things. most of them are dead by now, and not of old fucking age let me tell you.
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Hope you weren't sleeping! I was just remembering a bit of my history lessons, while everyone in the caverns is busy bruising our foe inneficiently. boy, look at the way I talk! I almost sound... non-dumb. Ugh, I have been getting sober! Obviously this is a defensive mechanism meant to help me think clearer for a short time, for the purpose of re-establish the booze industry!
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bankghost is back on his (or her?) feet, after a nap of basically three days! With renewed strenght, it grabs Arkarn, and fling him about. the marksdwarf land painfully, and the troll chains up an attack, punching the defenseless dwarf in the face as he lay down. The head explode into gore, and the body is propelled by the force of the blow, bouncing off a wall and landing on the ground. A pile of gore and blood now lies on the ground, leaking blood as the fight wages on in the background.
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Who likes Shoot the Dog stories?
I do!
But anyway, yes i did write a full update on essentially one dwarf getting exploded. (which frankly is slowly becoming my artistic forte... oh fuck I forgot skull bits! Mostly i found this big family, and i wanted to learn more about the dwarves that were in the fight, in case they died. I wanted the fight and the deaths to have meaning. At the same time i figured, hey let,s take a look at the royal family and shit. boy oh boy, Deus Asmoth, what the hell kind of world did you generate? the capital is constantly slaughtered by wyverns and Narrow man (I'm picturing slender men murdering people left and right), elves, humans and also dark dwarves want us dead, I,m expecting terrible forgotten beasts sooner than later, and that's without the inclusion of zombie sieges. Oh, and the weather is deadly in two different and combo-rific ways.
to quote a wise man, ''I hate literally everything''
I have more events and great moments in the bank (the bankghost ar ar ar) but they'll have to wait, as I've been working today and didn,t really sleep much. I,m a bit too fucking wrecked to make more drawings, and without them what's the point? I feel that a collection of pixelated and gory scenes of death dwarves fit the mood of this fortress quite well, so I wanna keep including them.
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Good job on being the only non-blind founder of the fortress! You are also, unbelievably, a dude this time.
If I'm not dwarfed yet - do it! And throw me into ongoing battle, if possible.
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NOW PUT SOMETHING METALLIC IN MY HANDS AND SEND ME AGAINST THAT FUCKER
At the time of writting, I'm glad to announce that, If your name is on the unit list, you probably don't need to ask about being sent against the opponent, nor should you be too hopeful about getting a weapon...
Summer update 3 -- The Romances of Satin
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The miners are too tired and thirsty to dig much, and so, creating a new staircase from scratch wont be possible. either we reclaim the current staircase, or everyone dies. Even then, if we don,t find the third cavern in time, or if it doesn't contain any water, we'll also die. Any migrant wave will also condemn the whole fort. The situation is dire. Bankghost must Die.
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The dwarves are not yet defeated. Upstairs, the survivors put their plan in motion. they are tired, thirsty and desperate, and one should never underestimate the might and recklessness of sober dwarves. the staircase is momentarily blocked with heavy wood logs, cutting the upper fort from the cavern access, leaving some people stranded in their bedrooms, while the cathacombs are completely abandonned, being below the barricade.
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''Everything's alright'' Sarrak tells them, to reassure the troops. He knows that panic will be their undoing.
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They do all these things on their own. I have no real say on the matter. In fact, one could say everyone is doing so great because i am not in charge right now...
Why? Well....
So I was watching the fight. Or at least, trying to, and listening. When Iamblichos fell, i miscounted the number of soldiers we had, and decided, since the ogre is busy, I'll go and grab the corpse, and bury her, right?
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I still hang on to Iamblichos' corpse, tho, because it could come in handy maybe? It turns out, I'm very very dumb and blind, so it is hard to actually locate the far end of the catacombs while hauling a corpse. Not gonna dump it tho. nonononon. That's my corpse. The ogre can have my corpse over my dead corpse.
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Ordering myself to go somewhere doesnt work. I'm still blind.
So instead, I... not too sure how to convey what happens next without making zero sense, but...
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all se... my powers as Over'. Somehow I'm still alive. and that's when I start thinking...
Man, I bet if I could get the dead soldier's weapons from the caverns, I could kill this bitch. You also get a sword, corpse of Iamblichos. With a sword each, we'll be unstoppable!
Summer update 4 -- This time it's personal
The situation at present is like, super bad. I wish I wasn't over'ing Immortalitytowers. In fact, I'd rather be anywhere but here!!!
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-Oh no!
-Quick, deconstruct the wall so I can live!
I don't know why he is down here in the caverns with me, but saving people and being courageous is my duty as military commander, so I unbuild the wall and let Xan inside. then I rebuild my wall before the monster eats us.
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-Cuz i'm the military commander!
-I don't think that's how this works at all.
-I'm just following what Other Senshuken did. So I got naked.
-Hum, anyway, now that we are safe, I can connect our hideout to the bedrooms by digging a staircase upward, and a tunnel!
Xan the miner is very cool, and very fucking lucky. He is also a legendary miner, and digs very, very fast. he carves us a path toward the fortress. We are now reunited with the rest of the dwarves!
-What's up guys?
Everyone is too busy being thirsty to reply. They ask if i saw flame down there. He was suposed to make weapons in the forge, but vanished, so Deus Asmoth had to take over. I say no, cuz im blind. Sarrak asks for a week of training so that his recruits dont all die instantly, and I say ok, sure, but then some monsters appear in the fort and they get some live training instead! excitement!
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That's when an army of drakelings flood the fort's entrance, and attack! they seek refuge from the rain, and sarrak moves his fisherdwarves to defend us. I don't help because I get lost. There are 15 drakelings, oh no!
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In any case, it is obvious that the two soldiers injured in the fight against drakelings won't be up to defeat Bankghost. Or at all if we don't find water soon. (I order some buckets tho)
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Ahahahah! Yes, but that wasn't a joke guys.
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This fort is turning out to be awesome and it isn't even that old yet. I hope to live long enough to have a flashing grey name, if you know what I mean.
...You lasted seven seconds after posting this.
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-Hum, Rigoth, your lung is obviously a problem, are you sure you can do this?
-Yeah yeah
-Ok let's go!
The buff picks rush down the staircase, and I follow them closely. Seconds ago, Bankghost was right around the corner, bashing tombs and shit. he cannot be far from here. the dwarves will have their revenge, retomb their Senshukens, and find water down below! Thanks to their bravery, the shaky settlement that is Immortalitytowers will soon be secured, and flowing with drinks. They descend, chanting a warcry.
They look around. No sign of Bankghost. Where the fuck is he...?
They reach the tunnel where many soldiers died to the beast. Which way did their foe go? Then out of the darkness...
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The battle begins...
Autumn update 1-- let's discuss your situation
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I have a bad feeling about this.
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After about a week, the door is finally swung open. A fat, mangled dude exhuming pus and strange purple liquids screams at us:
-Quick, come inside! Quick!
-Why thanks!
-No problem, Deus Asmoth replies. also welcome to the military
-Erh...
Asmoth the expedition leader pushes me toward the interior of the fort, informing me that I a resident of Immortalitytowers, and a recruit in the fine squad of the Buff Picks. Hum, ok, what happened to the previous members?
-Oh they all died from thirst, or from injuries, or to an ogre.
-Oh...
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-One of the ogres?
-Oh don't worry Sergeant Sarrak was in the tunnel to stop it!
-Oh phew!
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-Well that's... bad...?
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-Nice, I would like to congratulate this hero!
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-Oh...
-But don't worry, even after Postscreams got killed, we still had a lot of work for army men like you!
-...
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-That's a... long title.
-Oh his kill list is much longer. Speaking of which. HEY YOU FIVE, YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY NOW
-But I'm five
-SHUT UP URIST!
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-Yes?
-That other ogre is now called Postflashes the Cloudy violator, so you shoudl really go get the first one before they both join forces.
-...
-It's easy just follow the echoing screams of death!
Asmoth disappears and locks the door behind me.
I don't like this place very much.
Autumn update 2 --Aftermath
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I pass the entrance, where a half-roofed trade depot houses a bunch of suffering, mangled caravan guards. I ask what happened here. They say, it was the rain. My companion turns to me, and says:
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The young peasant rushes toward the fortress, while I spend some time suturing the guards, as is my profession.
''So, i ask, where can I get some water around here to threat the wounded?''
Blank stares. That doesn't bore well. I decide to take a look inside, and ask the reside... OH MY FUCKING GOD.
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I puke.
A half-alive, blind dwarf crawls to me, and offers a bag of microcline and eathenwares goods. Of poor quality, as is to be expected of such a young fortress.
-Please, I... beg you. take these, and trade them... outside. nevermidn the rain... We need
He coughs a chunk of his own skull.
-...We need drinks.
And thus, I grab the goods, and flee this hellscape, running outside toward the safety of the dust-scorched, goo-covered courtyard. I'm running half-blind myself, but I know that this fortress needs drinks badly. Obviously they were all too busy suffering a cruel fate to practice commerce. I name myself temporary broker of this settlement, and address the merchants.
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-Hum, maybe 4 thousand, four and a half since if you let me leave right after the trade is done.
-Agreed. We'll take all your fish, some gypsum powder, flour and meat, as well as those stacks of cheese, and as many seeds and plump helmet as you are carrying. I doubt anyone here is healthy enough to cook or plant for a while.
-Hum, that should go for maybe 3 thousand, what about the rest?
-We'll take the drinks. All of them.
-The... drinks?
-Why yes, all of them. beer, rhum, wine, doesn't really matter.
-I'm not sure how to put this.
-No. No no no no no.
-I'm very sorry, we brought absolutely no drinks this year.
OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD
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FUCK
Ok, listen up, people, grab everything you can, and move those injured to the infirmary. You two, grab all the corpses and bury them properly. The rest of you, grab the strawberries i purchased and make some wine. Quickly. I'm taking charge.
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I ask who is in charge of the forges. They tell me it is Flame, who's down in the caverns fighting crocodiles. Really, why?
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When you spend enough time unraveling a tale in DF, illustrating things, and narrating the events, some things eventually start to... get to you. Sure, I had a responsibility toward this thread of not actually letting the fortress die (and some could argue that I half-willingly play innefectively as to make things more interesting), but regardless I started to really get involved.
I didn't want all those dwarves to die, definitely not those who I drew, those that were named. Obviously I sent every random dwarf from the migrant wave, and every non-dwarfed dudes, before I dared to conscript the remaining 20 dudes, including the named folks. Most of them lived, and those who died did so before they got enrolled. Then the ogres died and i felt relief. until I found the body of Arkarn's daughter, the young girl who crafted the ryolite scepter. despite what the caption meme said, she was actually ten, not 5, and had she lived two more years, she would have become a great asset to this fort, and an interesting dwarf. But she was dead. I sealed the caverns, started mopping the fort, and building coffins. i know the drill, I've been to Doomforests.
drinks were few, sometimes produced, most often times not. I was always just one season, one month, one week from trading, one break away, and then we could have our drinks. that's what kept me going through the year. i knew that, no matter what happened, those few who survived would see salvation come fall. The wagon came. The corpses were rotting, the injured were piling up, but i knew the moment someone reached the depot, and started the trade, we would have booze. countless spam messages i endured, cant give water, whatever. People carried earthenware crap one by one, in the middle of a warzone. Then the trade began.
i looked again. And again. and again. No booze.
I was devastated. All my hopes had been void, poitnless. Some would survive, given we brew enough rasperries. But so many dwarves were injured by the rain to roof or fill the depot, and they would all die in vain.
Shortly after, i knew what i had to do. the newest narrator, Taupe the third, was a doctor, and now our chief medical dwarf. This game... it has a way of weaving up stories like nothing else could. he was new around, yet he would have to sacrifice himself to save the fort from its own debilitating problems. I booted up dwarf therapist, unclicked all the squares, and i pressed confirm. It was done. The doctor died shortly after. but for a brief time, his decision saved the fort. for a brief moment, I knew what heroes who decide to stay behind felt lie...
So yeah, depressing and immersive disasters nonwithstanding, i went for fewer drawings this time, just to avoid going over the time limit for the turn and get things out of the way. Winter should be up tomorrow.
Oh, and flame? Your ghost drove away a cave spider, a cave crocodile, a tribe of troglodyte, and two more ogres. you are haunting your deathbed and basically ass-kicking any wildlife away from our region. You are, in death, more useful than anyone in this fort ever was in life.
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''I was never one to follow advice...''
Now that I've moved here, I've been named provisory overseer until the beginning of spring, on account mostly of having functioning eyes.
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I also get a huuuge headache.
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Despite his success, water is still nowhere to be found. Many dwarves will probably die from the rain-induced injury before we can secure any, as I'm now the only functioning miner this fort has. I assumed Xan was working as an architect, since he's been near the unfinished bridge for a while now, but nope. He's just thirsty and dehydrated and starving and his entire body is mangled by the rain. (except his eyes, lucky you) Given the curent situation, I'm fairly certain he will die within a few weeks, and there is nothing we can do for him, poor fella. I heard he carved most of the fort by himself, too.
The majority of winter is spent getting a few things in order, making coffins, and burying the dead. A full row of coffins were placed, yet the corpse stockpile still contain a dozen dwarves as I write this.
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Notes for whomever is crazy enough to take over. the good and the bad.
1-The food and booze supply are doing well. We still don't have water
2-The caverns are sealed off. both uncovered levels connect to each other, and swarm with GCS, crocodiles, troglodytes, and ogres. Don't. Open. It.
3-I suspect, from seing cave crocodiles, that the second cavern may contain a water source. cannot confirm, mostly just misplaced hope. too dangerous to check.
4-We don't have an army. Like, at all.
5-The tunnels right below the entrance level were meant to channel magma under the courtyard, and near a frozen water patch. By the time they are complete, everything will be melted.
6-There is a burrow linked to an alert. Don't deactivate it unless you know it is safe or really really need to go outside.
7-There are still unburied dwarves. nobody has been slabed yet because a mood claimed the workshop. Each tomb has a space in front of it to place a corresponding slab.
8-There are two bridges designed, but never finished, closing the twin entrance of the fort. A lever is created, waiting to be linked, a floor above the bridges. a (N) ote indicates the lever position, and its yet-unfinished purpose.
9-Another bridge is also unfinished, a the back entrance of the mountain. Its purpose would be to either allow or restrict access of the cavern denizens to the outside.
10-PROJECT FUCK THE WORLD: A staircase is slowly being built in the back of the mountain, meant to link all three cavern layers to the outside. the purpose of this was to a) obtain water maybe, and b) let everything in the cavern venture outside in the middle of the dust+goo center of activity so they can die horribly just like us. Please, please continue this project. Obviously make sure you finish option 8 first so whatever we unleash doesnt run straight into the fort. Oh, careful, anything that can swim in magma can still enter the fort through the volcano. just keep that in mind.
11-Keep an eye out for goo. Its not easy with cancelation and spam walls of text. an easier way to tell is to simply look at the courtyard and check if any new purple symbols aappear. If so, it is raining. Otherwise, it should be safe. Obviously I'm no expert on the matter given the current state of our dwarves but, yaknow, just sayin'.
12-IMPORTANT UPDATE: Xan is currently trying to reach a puppy thats right outside his reach,. you can save him from certain death by EXPANDING THE BURROW ONE SQUARE. Do so before he dies horribly, and he'll go and grab a drink.
THE SAVE: http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=11087 (http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=11087)
From the journal of 'Fperson1" Abbeycrypts, Weaponsmith
(This is the final entry in the journal. It is written in a shaky hand. The characters become unrecognizable as the entry continues.)
I HATE MAGMA CRABS
I HATE RAIN
I HATE TAUPE
I HATE MAGMA CRABS
I HATE DOCTORS
I HATE SOBRIETY
I HATE EVERY
(Here the writing trails off. A poor-quality drawing in dwarf blood is present below the last line. The image depicts Immortalitytowers the dwarf fortress and Fperson1 Abbeycrypts the dwarf in dwarf blood. Immortalitytowers is laughing. Fperson1 is in the fetal position. The drawing relates to the death of Fperson1 Abbeycrypts in the winter of, er, what year was this again)
GG Taupe ;-;7
Whoever's taking over, could you redorf me? Preferably as that there undorf'd miner, name of Fperson2, profession The Second Miner
Musings of a Stray Dog
Hello! What’s your name!? You can call me whatever you want, although most people seem to call me “Hey you!” or “Stupid animal!” I think they like me. You can call me that. Or, if you want, I’m trying to get the others to call me “Who are you? I can’t see!” because the dwarves say that a lot, so if that’s my name then I know they are always calling for me.
I was born and raised here, in Immortalitytowers. It’s a super fun place to be. One time, a few years ago, there was this giant dwarf, and he went “Raaawr!” and all the other dwarves went “Ah! Help! He’s killing me! Aaaaaaaaah!” and after that day, we never ran out of fresh bones to chew on.
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This is only half the coffins.
I spend most of my time in the dining hall. It is fun. There is a big dwarf in a cage that we can play with. The big dwarf is smaller than the giant dwarf but bigger than the other dwarves. That is why I call him the big dwarf. I eat food from some of the dwarves but not all.
There are two types of dwarves: The red dwarves and the umber dwarves. The umber dwarves walk around. Sometimes they feed me, sometimes they ignore me. They also like to pet me. I like those dwarves. The red dwarves are not as nice. They seem to crawl around or move very slowly. They also don’t like to touch things or dogs. One time I was walking around and a red dwarf kicked me, like it couldn’t see where it was going! I don’t like the red dwarves very much.
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Today, someone announced that some thieves stole something from the fortress. I hope they don’t mean me. I hope they didn’t mean me. I accidently ate some food that a cat found. That rat was very delicious. But the cat probably reported me to the dwarves. Most likely a red dwarf. Those guys are mean. I must investigate the cats. They probably have a secret system to report to the dwarves.
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Today a dwarf who was running around stopped running and started working. I wonder what the running dwarf is going to make.
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More dwarves are talking about the thieves. I didn’t even eat anything today! Clearly the cats have a conspiracy going on against the dwarves, spreading lies about us dogs so the dwarves won’t like us.
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The running dwarf finished working and now he showed everyone the object he was working on after running around. I don’t know what it is, but I like the running dwarf.
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A lot of little dwarves have been appearing around the fortress. I am not allowed to play with the little dwarves. Both the red and the umber dwarves hold the little dwarves too high for me to reach. When I tried to jump up to catch the little dwarf, the other dwarves yelled at me. I don’t like the little dwarves. I counted, and there are between 53 and 127 dwarves living in the fortress. I am not very good at counting.
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All the dwarves seemed upset today. They walked around slowly and yelled a lot. Even the umber dwarves were acting like red dwarves. I believe the cat’s secret society has allowed them to control all the dwarves. I told this to the other dogs, but they just looked at me funny then walked away. I guess I must fight the cats myself.
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The big dwarf in the dining hall got out today. The dwarves with the pointy sticks hit them with their pointy sticks. Soon the big dwarf was lying on the ground. One of the dwarves was crying. Her foot was red, like a red dwarf, but the rest of her body looked like an umber dwarf. The rest of the dwarves took her to the hospital. She was carrying a little dwarf with her, but dropped the little dwarf when the big dwarf hit her foot. The little dwarf crawled on the ground before starting to yell. I really don’t like little dwarves.
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A dwarf yelled “Infernal dust!” and all the dwarves started to hide. I wonder why. I haven’t been outside enough to know what dust is or why it’s scary. Maybe if I’m lucky I can learn more about it. It seems like a cat conspiracy though.
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The dwarves with the pointy sticks stopped training together. Now there are three groups of the dwarves with the pointy sticks. I can’t keep track of them all, so I gave each group of the dwarves with the pointy sticks nicknames to make it easier for me to remember.
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Spring is over now. All the dwarves except for the little dwarves now have their own bedroom now. The little dwarves sleep with the other dwarves, though so they don’t need their own bedroom. Also, one dwarf started yelling that his name was Megahelmet. I like Megahelmet. I can picture the two of us together, Megahelmet and Who Are You I Can’t See, working to together to fight the cat conspiracy.
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So after spending about thirty minutes trying to decide how to write my character (the original TheCheeseMaker, who I was going to make a prophet to Armok, had a bad case of being torn in half), I decided to say screw it, and wrote the entry from the perspective of a dog. I’m not entirely sure if I made it clear, but the red dwarves are the ones covered in blisters. Also, I forgot to turn my population cap back up, so no migrants this season. That should be fixed for the summer.
Also, as a side note, I'm going in for surgery tomorrow. It's fairly minor, so I won't be put out of commission for too long, but I probably won't be in the mood to play Dwarf Fortress for at least a couple of days. I will still be able to finish my turn, it just might take a little longer.
I want everyone to know I was high on pain meds while I played this round, so that’s my excuse for what’s happened.
Summer of 205
Hello there! My name is TheCheeseMakerII. I immigrated here to Immortalitytowers because in spite of the retched world we face, I feel that the fortress sounded like a beacon of hope in these dark lands.
Yeah… I was wrong. So many dead, so many lost. But that was over a year ago. Today we celebrate the lack of life lost. Since I am in charge now, I have decided to become more defensively-minded. I order both the wall surrounding the courtyard and the military to be expanded.
(http://i.imgur.com/Wg9YMGV.jpg)
A cat decides to join in the sparing sessions. What an adorable little kitty.
(http://i.imgur.com/wKWT3jP.jpg)
Migrants arrive! They say they’ve come despite the danger. What danger? Look, I know everything isn’t perfect, but this place isn’t a complete deathtrap…
(http://i.imgur.com/mV4Pzgk.jpg)
Oh… Never mind then, perhaps this place is rather deadly.
(http://i.imgur.com/t7fahiP.jpg)
Autumn has arrived, and despite slow progress on the wall and the armor, everything has been relatively peaceful. I would even say that we are thriving. Life is good. Life is grand. Everyone is getting along, we have had no deaths since I’ve taken power, and I feel that maybe this fortress may live up to its name.
(http://i.imgur.com/m4BddMS.jpg)
Crap.
Autumn of 205
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Hello everybody! It’s TheCheeseMaker here. Not the character, TheCheeseMakerII, found in the story, but me, fellow forumite TheCheeseMaker. I feel as if I should address all of you directly, to reiterate what I said earlier, because I don’t think I’ve ever played this poorly since my very first fortress where everyone died of dehydration within a year. Remember: I was high on pain meds when I played this turn. So without further ado, I present to you: The Steamy Onslaught.
Thoughts of TheCheeseMakerII, during the Steamy Onslaught
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Only nine goblins and one bloodkin, whatever that is. My military is currently composed of twelve dwarves, so this should be easy.
(http://i.imgur.com/1HYDH2N.jpg)
Let the battle begin!
(http://i.imgur.com/bBgETWI.jpg)
Well, shoot. That’s not exactly how I planned for it to go. Everyone is dead but one, who was injured and had to go to the hospital in the middle of the fight. Meanwhile, we only killed one goblin. Nine to go. Quick! Pull the lever!
(http://i.imgur.com/nWjjdiK.jpg)
OK, three made it inside. That’s OK, it’s only three. We still have two surviving military dwarves. Three on two isn’t great odds, but it is winnable.
(http://i.imgur.com/E7e54py.jpg)
The two military dwarves manage to kill the bloodkin and one of the goblins, but the other survives. Alright. We can handle this. Our fortress is currently composed of 80 dwarves, and there is one single goblin. Even if we have to Zerg Rush this guy, we can win. We can win.
(http://i.imgur.com/N8YxRHL.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N6Mr2N0.jpg)
OK, so he’s killed a bunch of people. That’s fine. Just build a wall to seal him in. We can deal with him later.
Thought of Various Dwarves during the Battle
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Oh Armok! He’s killing everybody. He’s killing everybody! TheCheeseMakerII, Maskwolf, Salmeuk, everbody’s dead! Oh Armok! Why? WHY!? Why do you inflict your torture on us? Look at all the blood. Ahh! There’s blood EVERYWHERE!
(http://i.imgur.com/PjM3ycK.jpg)
Quick! Build a wall! Before he gets out! Quickly! NO NO NO!
Journal of TheCheeseMaker III, 17 Limestone 205
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What a refreshing nap. I honestly don’t think that I have ever felt more relaxed in my entire life. I had this really cool dream, you see, there was this monkey, and this magma piston, and the monkey was fighting a unicorn on top of it while magma rained down on top of them. I bet everyone can’t wait to hear about it!
Journal of TheCheeseMaker III, 18 Limestone 205
So as it turns out, no one actually cared about my dream, since everyone was dead. The “survivors” were all too busty experiencing “emotional shock” to actually listen to me.
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They claim that some goblin named Strodno Flukenightmare the Grim Meteor of Stealing walked in and murdered nearly half the fortress
(http://i.imgur.com/GWqZwNx.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ZY5sDWS.jpg)
Also, there are still six goblins still outside, and good old Strodno is sealed behind a wall. Well, I guess since everyone else is too traumatized, it falls to me to fix everyone’s problems. Also, I’ve changed my name to TheCheeseMaker III, because as everyone knows, third time’s a charm, so since TheCheeseMaker I and II are dead, I should survive for a long time. Because that’s how it works, right? I’m pretty sure that’s how it works.
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So…Uhh… That happened. I’ve seen everyone die to forgotten beasts, to werebeasts, even to a single giant cave spider. Never before, though, have I seen so many dwarves died like this. Literally half the fortress is dead, and almost all of them to one single goblin. Maybe that's why the medication said I shouldn't operate any machinery while taking the pills.
Journal of TheCheeseMaker III
20 Limestone, 205
You know, I’ve never really thought to stop and think about the past. I always am more of a “live in the moment” kind of guy. I think this is generally a good. Thing. Everyone dies. I know that now. Everyone loses in the end. From the loss of family, to the loss of possessions, to finally the loss of life. Sometimes it’s too much for others.
(http://i.imgur.com/g23OZFP.jpg)
26 Limestone, 205
A child was possessed today, no doubt by recently deceased spirit. He quickly claimed a craftdwarf’s workshop and demanded materials. I will try to provide him what he needs, but there are more important things to do right now.
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2 Sandstone, 205
The Happy Hackers are disbanded. With only one surviving member, it seems fit to recreate the squad. The random name that the squad is decided to be called is… The Halls of Mortality. Quite fitting, actually.
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27 Sandstone, 205
The siege is still technically up. Seven goblins remain in Immortalitytowers. Sealed within our bedrooms is the most dangerous goblin I have ever seen. She needs to be removed if the fortress can hope to survive. I hatch a clever plan to defeat her with as little risk as possible.
(http://i.imgur.com/5UeLpVN.jpg)
The exit to the hallway is walled off; the only possible escape is to go through two cage traps. The wall to the hallway will be removed, and Flukenightmare will become our prisoner.
3 Timber, 205
A single wall is taken down. Two dwarves, I didn’t bother to learn their names, immediately charge Flukenightmare, because when a single goblin has murdered half your military and another half of the entire population, some random, skill-less dwarves can defeat her. Right? Actually, no, they both get their heads chopped off for their trouble. The remainder of the plan goes off without a hitch, and the goblin falls into our traps.
(http://i.imgur.com/MR4kNd7.jpg)
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12 Timber, 205
Perfect, that’s exactly what we need now. The possessed child went berserk today. The spirit controlling him decided, “Hey, let’s stop trying to create a useless artifact, and instead, murder everybody. That’ll be fun.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZmSf4UG.jpg)
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The military (aka one dwarf with an axe) killed him without a problem.
1 Moonstone, 205
It is time to expand the military. I pick the two least useful dwarves and draft them into the Halls of Mortality. Our military may be small, but it will grow. That I can guarantee.
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10 Moonstone, 205
I turn my attention to the exterior of the fortress. Six goblins still lay siege to Immortalitytowers. One goblin leads his squad away from the fortress. They retreat to the north, through the evil mountain range, where the goo rains down upon them, cursing them with horrible blisters for the remainder of their lives.
(http://i.imgur.com/l3yriE0.jpg?1)
That’s our parting gift.
21 Moonstone, 205
Three goblins still mill about the surface. They will be removed. I form a similar strategy to how I captured Flukenightmare. Three cage traps are placed behind the interior gate. The gate is open, and all three goblins stumble inside. All three are caught without incident.
(http://i.imgur.com/aHgi0y9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/q4rZATE.jpg)
As of today, the siege has been lifted.
4 Opal, 205
A dwarf returns to the fortress. Her body was never recovered, as it was outside the courtyard. Now that the siege is over, we can reclaim the exterior and lay her and her child to rest.
(http://i.imgur.com/BYX6jcb.jpg)
17 Opal, 205
I don’t believe this…Migrants! Somehow they have decided to brave the deathly conditions here and attempt to make a life. Between them and a few births at the fortress, the population is now at 60 dwarves. We will thrive yet.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZpGaF6r.jpg)
19 Obsidian, 205
Four goblins reside in cages throughout the fortress. I debate for a long time what to do with them. It would be so easy to order them thrown into the volcano. They killed so many of us. Yet…A quick death seems too merciful. I form a different plan.
(http://i.imgur.com/WwyA5Ew.jpg)
A room is dug out deep within the fortress. The goblins are placed at the four corners of the room, and each cage is connected to a lever outside the room. The room is then walled off.
(http://i.imgur.com/12JdCAl.jpg)
The lever is pulled, and the four goblins escape into the room. They do not know how to remove the walls, however, and so they remains stuck in the small room.
Goblins do not eat. They do not drink. A goblin will never die of old age. And they can never get out. This fortress will fall, I have no doubt about that. Monster, sieges, perhaps even our own disagreements will leave us in ruins. However, no matter what happens, no one will ever come for these four creatures. In a hundred, in a thousand years, long after all of us are dead and gone, Flukenightmare and the others will live on, forgotten. They have no hope of escape, and no one will come to rescue them.
At least someone will find their immortality here.
1 Granite, 206
Spring has arrived. Despite the tragedy we’ve faced, our wealth increases. We may not be thriving, but we are surviving. We will live on, for now at least. We will.
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So, there’s the rest of my turn. In a twist, this time the write-up was written while on pain medication, which is why all my decisions were intelligent for the turn, but the writing seems very depressing compared to what I usually do. I have not redorfed Salmeuk or Maskwolf yet, so if the next overseer could take care of that. Save is here:
http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=11137 (http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=11137)
I made some historical research (zero findings) and fiddled with dfhack to get some info... Without further ado:
Atu let out sting of death curses and tried to slash at the cage bars - to no avail. In spite of being wooden, they were thicker than her leg and damn cage had no place for taking a proper swing at all. Dwarf that was hauling her somewhere shook the cage while shouting some words in a low, angry voice. Something along the lines of 'stay silent, else I'll turn damn cage upside down', no surprise here.
Atu was pretty sure that she would be dumped into a pond full of cave crocodiles or into magma pipe and prepared to take a last dash for freedom, but dwarf simply put the cage in the corner of a large, finely-smoothed chamber and left, grumbling under his breath.
Not really wanting to take chances - of all she knew, her captors could be preparing to flood this room - Atu gnawed on wooden bars, trying hard to suppress the pain. After two minutes of work, blooded wood showed signs of her frenzied gnawing, but it would need much more to fall apart... Actually, too much for her sore teeth. Then, her eyes fell on an iron longsword she still hold in the right hand.
"God-fucking-forgotten-dammit!!!"
"Che. You're too noisy."
"Who is here?! Show yourself!"
"Oh, and dumb. Atu, use you brain. Though it seems you don't have one..."
"Strodno! You little..."
A conversation was cut short as another cage with grim-looking Ngebzo was situated across the room.
"Ngebzo, you too?!"
"Congratulations."
Spearman did not respond, mumbling something to himself and Atu returned to disrupted talk:
"What the hell has happened here? When gates opened all of us thought that you three got dwarves... Er... Where's Beya?"
"Dead."
"Bloodkin?.."
"Try to guess."
"So, their army subjugated you after assault failed?"
"Eh? No, nothing like that. Seriously, I killed their whole military and hunted civilians for three hours straight."
"... And then?"
"I got bored."
"What?!"
A fourth cage, with Song tightly clutching her warhammer, was put into the last corner. Dwarves - now three of them - started arguing between themselves, but soon left. And Strodno continued, as if nothing happened:
"So, as I was killing civilians right and left, I got tired and walked right into the trap..."
"Pathetic!"
"Let me check if you're saying this from behind the bars?"
Atu growled and punched the unmoving cage several times. Then, she had an idea.
"Lord Utes army would save us, right?"
While Strondno only gave an amused chuckle, Song signed and cited in high-pitched voice:
"There's no room for mercy in this world!"
Ngebzo coughed and agreed:
"Do not serve blindly. All know that Utes Bonenightmares the Beloved Polish only cares for his underlings as long as he needs them."
"For all we know, he can leave us in cages for his own amusement..."
Atu grew silent, trying to process new information. She never gave a second thought about this.
With a sound click, hidden mechanisms unlocked the cages and let goblins free. Atu smashed the bars aside and rushed back to the entrance to repay dwarves for humiliation - only to find a smooth wall in her way.
"What?!"
Ngebzo came closer and thrusted his spear several times into the wall, chipping small bits of stone.
"Figures. They don't have enough manpower to deal with us. And no pet cave crocodiles, either. They settled upon best way of containing us."
"And so, we're doomed."
Song was optimistic, as always. But her statement wasn't far from truth.
"All right. We have four cages, some stone, useless mechanisms, a dwarven arm - thanks, Song - several dice and my collection of dwarven teeth. Everything right?"
Strondo naturally took a position of leader, not only as a best warrior and dwarf killer, but also as an only capable candidate. She was patient and level-headed, in strike comparison to ambitious Atu. Who also could not complain of being the best thinker around. Ngebzo, on other hand, was quite smart, yet this came with inability to focus and sub-par fighting skills. Song, the youngest of four, was out of question with her attitude and inability to properly swing her own hammer.
"Good. Then I suggest we play a few rounds of dice before building beds from the cages..."
"Stakes?" - Ngebzo livened up.
"Beds?" - said Atu with unhidden disgust.
"Sleep on the floor, dimwit. As for stakes - teeth, obviously. And we have all walls in this room to keep tabs on debts."
"Sounds good."
"Song, you're in?"
"Y-yeah..."
"Gimme the dice! And let the gods curse your throws!"
Two dwarves stood outside, listening to the muffled guttural cries.
"Bet they're panicking now."
A clash of metal could be heard.
"Or killing each other... It was a great decision to put statues of our military commanders here, so that we would not forget."
Architect nodded, proudly observing his work.
"This wall will hold out until the dawn of times. Every crack inside is checked and smoothened. They have no means of escape."
"Good. Very good. How about a drink?"
"Aye, my pleasure."
Could you add me to the dorf list as well? And tack me on for a turn. I'm hopeful it will last that long :P
Added to the turn list, your dwarf's profile is here:
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Immortalitytower's census should be up to date now. The following need to be dwarfed/redwarfed:
-EoyaBosan
-AbstractTraitorHero
-Urist McVoyager
-Askarn
-Iamblichos
-Senshuken
-Maskwolf
-Cherryheart
-Fperson
-Ampersand
-Salmeuk
Dang! That's a lot of deaths! :P
Even more when you consider that a fair few are on their third or fourth dwarf already :o
Introduction: Megahelmet
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"Down the hall, left at Mason's, then second hall on the right...or was it left at the Mechanic..." you mutter quietly. As you pass the third empty corridor in a row, a glimmer of light catches your eye.
As you enter the room, you notice it's hot. Not forge hot, but still toasty. The room is rather oddly shaped, kind of like a helmet snake crossed with a kea. A growing pile of clay crafts, pots, and assorted mess spills out of galena vein. In one of of the many corners you notice a kiln, tucked neatly in what must have once been a gem deposit. From the orange glow of embers, you spot something metallic and cold. Looks like a statue.
You take a closer look:
This is a black bronze statue of Megahelmet. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. At his side is a massive hammer.
The name rings a vague bell. Hazily, you remember he used to be the Hammerer at some fort or the other. You notice an engraving on a nearby wall.
On the wall is an image of Megahelmet the dwarf and Uda von Sahel the dwarf in Limestone. Megahelmet is striking down Uda von Sahel. The artwork relates to the killing of the dwarf Uda von Sahel by Megahelmet in Ravenlabors in the late autumn of 197.
Now you remember! Uda von Sahel was the Duke's daughter! At six year's old she brought a bin with a candelabra to the Trade Depot. The current mayor clearly forbade such a thing! "The law will be upheld! For your crimes Uda von Sahel, you are to receive one strike." Thud. With a single blow, Megahelmet crushed in poor lass's skull. The duke was outraged. He couldn't kill him. He had followed dwarven law. Banishment was the only punishment left.
You stop your musing. You look at the statue lying on the floor. If the statue is on the floor....something must have knocked it over. You flail your trowl in a wide circle around you, checking for kobolds.
CRAAAASH! No kobolds, but you did handily smash a part a *large clay pot*.
A cold voice erupts from the silence. "Breaking any item designated for alcohol production is a crime. The law will be upheld! For your crimes, you are to receive one strike."
"Whaaaat, wait no, no no! I! Kobolds! Yes, kobolds...not me." you simper and stammer.
Before you stands the statue. Apparently, he was just sleeping.
"Consider yourself lucky criminal. This forsaken hell hole doesn't even have law. Primitive. There can be no strength without order." The statue--that is actually a dwarf--sighs heavily as he sits down and begins to shape a new pot.
Asmoth's Journal
The stockpiles seem up to date, so I took some time off to draw a few pictures of the people around the fortress.
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I think I've got a real knack for it. They look just like they do in real life.
Would love to see full profile for my dwarf
Feast your eyes! The injuries are due to exposure to horrid goo, in case you're wondering; they don't actually prevent her getting around/hitting things.
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And now for the thrilling conclusion to yesterday's cliffhanger: will our hero Zasit overcome the dreaded infernal dust?
(http://i.imgur.com/sr3Zy2S.png)
He is, after all, "incredibly tough" according to his profile. He tried initially to brush off the dust little more than an annoyance - though he also somehow convinced himself he was underground.
(http://i.imgur.com/mNfykhQ.png)
As an aside, he was only "quite durable" earlier. It seems infernal dust really toughens you up! Before it kills you, that is. And it did kill Zasit. Oh well.
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With the change of season comes a certain change in the ambience of the fort. A faint tension in the air, a mixture of excitement and fear, an odd conviction that their everyday life is about to change irrevocably...
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Never mind, false alarm; it was just a little boy having a strange mood.
(http://i.imgur.com/B0E4hUl.png)
He took a single piece of microcline and turned it into a lumpy stick. It's a very nice lumpy stick, but it's still not very useful.
My attention was drawn outside.
(http://i.imgur.com/QO1GoWt.png)
Dingos.
Ugh! That mustard yellow colour is just so gaudy. The fashion police military was immediately called out to put them in their place. Some rose to the occasion...
(http://i.imgur.com/vPU14sw.png)
...and some didn't.
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It's just as well that they managed to get some live combat practice in, because at that very moment:
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His name translates to "Tunur Playflier the Mauve Sports", in case you were wondering. He approaches from directly to the east, leaving barely enough time to get all the civilians inside and close the bridges.
(http://i.imgur.com/kVJPvFX.png)
Salmenk II bravely charges in, occupying Tunur long enough to prevent him getting into the courtyard, but laying down her own life in the process. The civilians, inside, nervously bite their nails and exercise their democratic rights.
(http://i.imgur.com/QoWVYNT.png)
Blind swordsdwarf Senshuken IV is brutally torn in half.
(http://i.imgur.com/358KtCS.png)
Actually, given the past track record of dwarves with that particular name, it's perhaps not so very shocking.
Finally, the rest of the military arrives and dogpiles the ettin into submission.
(http://i.imgur.com/fIhS7Lm.png)
Tunur remains conscious the entire time, kicking and screaming against the onslaught, but eventually succumbs to blood loss from his many injuries. The kill is awarded to Sarrak II.
After that, not too much happens. A farmer manages to geld a dog so hard it gets stuck on the impassable tile of a farmer's workshop...
(http://i.imgur.com/qlBVoEL.png)
...and another farmer spawns triplets.
(http://i.imgur.com/Bvh1dyn.png)
Last but not least, a certain previous overseer's project to copulate with the world has been reopened. For those of you who have forgotten, the plan is to create an enormous shaft/tunnel connecting every cavern layer and emerging on the surface in the middle of the horrid goo. This would, naturally, encourage greater intercourse with the underground realms and their rich cultures. What fun!
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Finally, some carnage! And another dead Senshuken. It just isn't Immortalitytower without a few dead Senshukens.
Unless anyone objects, I'll redwarf the late Salmenk and Senshuken at the beginning of the next turn. Perhaps Senshuken can have a nice, safe, relaxing job as an engraver for once. Alternatively, there's an unnamed blind crossbowdwarf who's practically begging for a violent death...
Spriggans' log :
"In the tower we go !"
Spring 210 :
Damn, being an overseer sure is time consuming ! I haven't had time to report lately, as I'm busy planning the work on the tower !
Being blind makes me slower than I'd like, but progress is made anyway. I've got everything planned out now !
Let's sum up the situation :
We have a tower. A 11 z high empty tower.
Here are some engravings of it. It sure has a lot of statues !
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21daa68739.png)
This is the basement. Wagons go there to trade. It is not part of the tower, but the tower access can be seen in the North.
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21da9ea431.png)
There we go, floor 1. Or z 150.
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21daf16e9b.png)
This is one of the big storeys. It's not very big, but we have several of these.
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21dab0e7b2.png)
This is one of the smaller storeys.
Engraving can be slow for a blind like me, and not very precise, but there are many storeys similar to the last two. I didn't wrote them all down.
In order to survive on our own. We will need :
#1 Some room for ourselves.
#2 Water for drinking.
#3 Food.
#4 Raw materials to expand the tower.
#5 Booze. As water is only a short term solution...
Yeah, yeah... Right... I stroke "Booze". Okay ! But we have to be minimalist here !
We want to be on our own in the tower ASAP, and booze production is slow to put into place !!
We'll deal with the booze later !
For problem #1, I've decided to build expansions on the 7th floor, on some of them, we will put workshops, and on one of them, a well, which should solve problem #2 !
I've ordered beds and tables and chairs and such placed.
For the water (#2), we... obviously need water. The only water in this map is located at z 83. This is quite a long way !
But I ordered a 67 z deep hole dug straight from the tower !
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21dac254a0.png)
Some nice, fresh, clean water !
Hopefully, these bastards did that right...
#3. Food. It should be easier than I though. The fort has some war drakes :
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21da9e04d4.png)
We built some nests on the first floor, and the drakes quickly occupied them, laying juicy eggs for us blinded to eat !
I'm not entirely sure, but that should grant us enough food for some time.
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21db0a818f.png)
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Next problem, and a big one ! We need a dropping hole for Normal dwarves to give us materials to expand the tower and survive.
The solution is easy, we just need a dump hole dropping stuff in the tower, without granting the Sighted access. I will have to engineer it.
I've decided that during Spring, both the Sighted and the Blinded will work on the tower.
Once the tower is stable enough, the Blinded dorfs will live in it and never leave it again.
So, we have some 3 months to make the place livable !
And now ! Back to work !!!
Middle Spring 210 :
Migrants !
8 of them they are. But, hoooow ! Do I hate them !
All of them are worthless ! All of them skill-less ! All of them sighted !
What could we do with such useless meat ?
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21db070374.png)
The well is now done and fully functional, though quite slow, it should keep us supplied on water ! That's #2 done !
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21da95d553.png)
We completed the airlock to prevent the Sighted access to the tower. When the tower is done, we will forbid the doors to prevent passage.
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21db1a453f.png)
Humm...
I've had an idea for the useless migrants... I want to do an experiment !
For one month, the glorious squad of "Useless Migrants" will investigate the Northern part of our lands.
Their blessed mission will be to study the purple goo and, hopefully, find a cure which would heal us all.
Armok help them in their task !
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21db556f60.png)
End of Spring 210 :
Woops !
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Huhooo !! There was an accident at the Northern lands !
Wind blew ! The sky turned magenta ! Screams were heard ! Three of our brave investigators got blessed injured by the purple rain !
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21db608368.png)
Science has failed, the migrants could not find a cure on time !
(https://i.imgsafe.org/21db648736.png)
Well, it's no big deal ! Because these braves will now be part of the population of the tower which is by now stable enough to be populated !
Here's a tour of the tower :
floor 1 : drake nests and access to exterior (to the north, not shown here)
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floor 2 : a silver floor gate, and an empty statues level.
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floor 3 : the food stockpile. There is also the dump drop from floor 4, used to give items to the tower (here, wood has been dumped).
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floor 4 : An empty floor, but we can see the dump zone in the top-left. The dump zone is accessed only by the Sighted dwarves.
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floor idk : dining room. Some blind dwarves are enjoying their time.
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floor bedrooms : here we have some beds. We will have to expand these.
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floor n+1 : this is the workshop floor. We can also see the well to the right.
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The tower will now be populated by us, the Blinded kind. Our time has come !
Close the gates ! Lock us in !
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Spriggans' log :
"Life finds its way"
Time goes. The gates are closed. No Sighted dwarves are there. We are on our own.
We are now 28, if I counted correctly, living in the tower of Blindness.
Before I sealed the gates of the Tower, I assigned a female dwarf, 'Kate' to be in charge of the fort.
The Blinded kind will live in the tower, with myself as manager; and Kate will assume rulership for all the Sighted dwarves, in the fortress.
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Kate is a good friend of mine, she volunteered for this hard task.
She will be in charge of dropping items to the tower. I trust her to give us what we need, such as materials and drinks.
Eearly summer 210 :
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Kate told me that in the fortress, something amazing happened ! A new artifact ! Faiy is now a legendary Engraver, the only one in the place !
Well... That's great for the Sighted, and Kate, and all...
But we really don't care !
Because today, life found its way twice ! It was such a wonderful day in the Tower !
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You've heard it ! One of the babies was mine ! I told my husband Id about that, we were so happy !
This baby was the most beautiful thing I saw. Except... you know, I can't see him. But he was so nice. His skin was so soft, and I could imagine his two little blue eyes !
And, the best is, he is medically fine ! He's not blistered nor blind yet ! That's such a relief !
Mid summer 210 :
Kate told me the other day that she saw some blinded dorfs in the fortress !
I've created 3 squads to control the blinded better, and to get them in the Tower in a more reliable way.
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I also have some really good news ! The farms are now all done !
The blinded used the well to fetch water on the ground. Mud appeared and farm plots were made.
We planted some crops, and hopefully, we'll be able to make our own alcohol soon.
Here are the farms, there is grand a total of 13 farming squares !
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Okay, okay. They are not really "hygienic"... I know there's a toad and cat's pus in there... But what do you want from us crippled lepers ?!
We are 28 there ! And every single one of us is expelling pus as our skins are melting ! Of course the place is going to be dirty !
And don't forget I removed the "cleaning" job for all the Blinded to increase the dirtiness effect.
If you think our farms are un-clean, take a look at these :
The well, in which we drink everyday ! : Someone vomited there (OOC, how can a blind dwarf be nauseated by the sun remains a mistery to me...)
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Or, the worst : the drake nests. A place in which we grab the eggs that we eat everyday.
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So, yeah... Blinded dwarves are dirty ! Now give us a break !
Time goes. Summer's almost at an end.
We created a bigger room on the top floor.
I decided to put my quarters in there. I deserve them, as the natural ruler of the Immortality Tower.
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I will also create a squad of "Blinded champions". Their barracks will be up there when I have selected them.
If I have the time, I will put an hospital up there, so that we can heal our blisters at least a little.
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Brrr ! Kate told me something frightening today.
Apparently, they have spotted a giant snake lurking in the caves below us.
I hope for her the miners sealed the caverns properly.
She told me the beast destoyed a Gorlak in a matter of seconds.
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"Sanene massacred the Gorlak ! Help us, Spriggans !"
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"Sanene is strong, we need your help, Spriggans." Kate said.
"For now, the beast is trapped inside, but it must be killed as soon as possible !"
I refused. As there is still work to be done in the Tower.
Kate turned away, apparently pissed.
But what do you want ! This beast is not our problem ! Sanene is deep underground and us, Blinded, are high up ! I don't see why we would be concerned !
End of summer 210 :
It's hot today ! Autumn is upon us, and my personal quarters are almost done.
All I need is one last statue of myself, and everything will be fine.
As the Tower's only mason, I'll make the statue. It'll be glorious.
Now, let's fetch some stones !
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OOC :
Ahahah ! I died to a falling log. :P I ordered logs dumped in the tower because the Blinded needed wood.
I forgot that some dwarves, me included, were still gathering items from the drop zone. I totally overlooked that !
I'm dead now... My bad xP
But I have plans for the rest of the year, hopefully I have enough time...
Expect a change of writing style in the next release ;)
Kate's log :
"Fuck the Tower"
It's now been a month since Spriggans' death.
We have closed the access to the dumping hole, and the Tower is surely slowly dying.
In the fortress, we started digging a big temple room, which we will fill with many statues and cages and such.
This night, my spies told me about the situation in the Tower : things have indeed changed a lot.
A new ruler is out there : Id; former husband of Spriggans.
But Id is weak. He has no authority and no control over his men. He is also very affected by the death of his wife, my spies said.
According to them, Id doesn't give orders, he spends his days mourning his dead wife...
This is good for us !
But, the truth is, we fear the Blind. You see... They sometimes escape their tower. How ? I don't know ! They somehow climb down and go inside the fortress.
The Sighted dwarves are then disgusted by their repulsive appearance. It makes them dizzy and they complain a lot.
The other day, Urist saw this blind fucker 'Asmoth II', partying alongside us ! How rude !
He ruined the party !
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This cannot last any longer. Blinded kind can no longer be tolerated.
I conducted a meeting with the most gifted engineers of the fort. One of them, 'Taupe V', had an idea.
Taupe called this "project Fuck the World", but after a little brainstorming, we all agreed on the name "project Fuck the Tower".
The project was simple enough.
The situation is easy to understand and can be resumed with this picture :
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The Fortress is beneath the surface, safe and sealed.
The Tower is above the surface, safe and sealed.
The Tower has one well, fetching water all the way down to the third cavern.
The well hole goes through caverns 1 2 and 3. It is sealed so nothing from the caverns goes in the staircases.
The plan was very easy too, and can be summed up like that :
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We have very little to do :- On the first picture, create bridges B1 B2 and B3; opening the caverns to the staircase system on demand.
- Create a tunnel (here in red) from the well hole to one side of the Tower.
- Create one bridge, controlled by a lever, at point L2. This bridge should release the caverns to the surface.
- Create one bridge at point L3. This bridge should release the caverns inside the Tower.
- Convince Id to open one of his Tower walls to our tunnel (next to point L3).
- Create a safety bridge at L1. Just in case.
There are some possible flaws to this design though :- If B1, B2 and B3 are open, any flying beast can potentially fly to the surface using the well hole. It's no big deal. The Tower is not flyer-safe, our fortress is.
- If a creature jumps down from the tower inside our courtyard, we will have to kill it ourselves.
But the good points are :- The Blinded will suffer, and hopefully die.
- Sanene will be happy.
- Maybe the Blinded will manage to slay Sanene, so we won't have to.
The project was adopted by us all. And work started immediately.
Early Autumn 210 :
Merchants have arrived. They have unloaded their goods in the Depot beneath the Tower.
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I decided to lock them inside, for their own safety.
Indeed, project Fuck the Tower is almost done. I'm going to release the caverns soon. I just need to breach the caverns.
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This is the access to the caverns. Bridge B1. On the left are the stairs, north of it is the well hole. It goes down and up all the way
We just have to breach the cavern access.
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This is bridge L2 (in dark red, north of the dwarf). This is project Fuck the World. On the left is the Depot, on top of the Depot is the Tower, and the blinded traitors.
We can also see the well hole.
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This is bridge L3. Fuck the Tower !!! This bridge is something like 5 z layers above L2.
We asked Id to build a door. We told him we would be giving him food through this door. He agreed without questioning.
When the door was built, we locked it from the outside and constructed bridge L3.
Now the fuckers are trapped. Everything is in place !
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At last, the lever room. Self explanatory, there are plenty of notes.
It is naturally located in the fortress, inaccessible to blind dorfs.
Is everything ready ? Yes ? Alright...
PULL THE LEVER !
OOC : With the merchants, I have the possibility to trigger a loyalty cascade. What do you think ? Could that be manageable ? That might be a little extreme. I'll see how Sanene does first.
Kate's log :
"I might have over reacted..."
The levers are pulled ! There is now an open access from the caverns to the Tower !
The Blinded are 30 in the Tower, three full squads, I'm sure they can kill Sanene, outnumbering it 30 to 1...
Let the Fun begin !!
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Sanene has made its way into the well hole !
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... but it was only to disappear into the 2nd caverns layer...
No worries ! It will quickly slay what's down there and go for the Blinds afterwards.
I'm not esp...
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Wow... :O Huuu... That was unexpected ! A snowy Titan !
"Heum... Dwarves ! Pull this lever ! And that one, and this one ! I have an idea !!"
"We will give the Blinds a warm up before they confront Sanene!"
We pulled the levers to open the exterior bridge (bridge L2), and closed the safety bridge (L1). That way, the Titan could enter the Tower from the surface and not access the caverns.
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It's working ! The Hill (H) titan made its way in the Tower ! Be prepared, Blinds !
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The Blinds are all nicely packed inside the Tower. They don't know what's coming ! They will be easy pickings !
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"Ahahahah !!! The titan threw some blind dorfs off the Tower ! Look at them fall ! Down they go !! Muahahaah !"
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"Huh... Wait... Is the Titan climbing down ?"
"No ! No ! Noooo !!! Go back in the Tower ! Go back ! We have Normal dwarves in the courtyard !"
"Shhhhhit ! The fortress gates are open ! Close the gates ! Pull the lever !!! Quiiickkkk !!!"
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"Damn it ! You bastard ! Some of these dwarves you killed were Sighted !"
We closed the gate, so the fucker can't get in the fortress... But this is such a waste !
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Ok, the Titan is now heading into the Tower.
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The Blinds are reacting ! The battle rages !
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... and the Titan is finally cut into two by a ... war drake ? Well... Okay !
Echoes I've gathered seem to indicate that only seven Blinded died to the Titan. This war drake really saved them here with his lucky bite !
This is what remains of the foe :
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But let's not give the Blinds time to breathe ! Let's stick to the original plan ! Let's unleash Sanene !
"Pull these goddamn levers again !"
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Sanene makes its way behind the Safety Bridge L1. On the left is the fortress. Sanene can't get in as we've closed the surface gates.
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Oh, right, Sanene has deadly vapors...
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"Hoooowwww ! That gotta hurt !"
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That's a lot of deaths !
Sanene is rampaging. Killing the Blinds floor after floor !
I might have over-estimated the dwarves...
The battle has ended ! Time for the aftermath !
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Most importantly, Sanene is still alive !
Before the attacks, the population was 94. It is now 62.
I can count 8 Blinded dwarves still alive.
Two of them are outside the Tower, in the wilderness. They somehow survive the massacre.
The other six ran into the fortress during the Titan's rampage.
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You can see one Blind survivor in purple.
You can also see that the war drakes are alive. They haven't fought Sanene. They don't path find each other.
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The courtyard.
You can see the other Blind survivor on the left of the Depot.
The merchants are all perfectly fine.
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Last but not least, Id is dead. He is with his wife now.
"We have punished the Blinded enough now ! Peace can be made amongst our people."
"It's time to deal with Sanene !"
OOC :
Yay !
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Also. Should I redwarf the dead named dwarves ? And increase their counter ?
Kate's log :
"The end of my year"
When I last wrote, Sanene was alive and rampaging the Blinded. We had to find a way to kill it.
I will remind you that we have no military whatsoever. I created a squad of marksdwarves, and they started training. Just in case.
I ordered the lever retaining the merchants pulled.
Sanene pathed through the silver hatch, and saw the brave war drakes for the first time. Combat ensued.
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Though they fought well, the drakes were unable to wound Sanene too badly.
No lucky bites this time :(
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Sanene's health after killing the war drakes !
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They did their jobs at weakening it before dying. RIP war drakes, I loved you all, really.
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The merchants warriors came eventually, heavily armored and well trained, they slaughtered the beast !
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After having killed many dwarves (Blinded or not), Sanene was finally... FINALLY dead !
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Winter 210 :
The whole winter we passed carrying dead bodies, cleaning all the blood that was in the Tower.
Nothing exceptionnal.
Or at least that's what I'd like to say... Since :
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Damned it ! Can't we have any time for ourselves ??!! We haven't even burried all the deads that elves and gobos are attacking !
They are not many, only ten, but we don't have anything to fight them.
I ordered the gates closed, we will simply ignore them, they can't enter, I'm pretty sure.
So, we closed the gates to the exterior, and we resumed burrying our deads.
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Hooo ! The Glorious day ! Today, I gave birth to a child !
I'm sure he'll be a wonderful child !
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Hu hoo !! The elves/gobos found a way inside !
I forgot elves loves trees, they must have clamb one and they got into the courtyard !
Look at this mess ! They killed both Taupe and Maskwolf !! These bastards must pay ! (OOC : redarfed you both)
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The only defense we have is the Tower bridge...
The bastards walked in it, so we activated the bridge. After a long jump, they got a little injured !
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That was sadly not enough to kill them.
But I'm sorry to tell you that my rulership will end there.
I won't have time to deal with the elves/gobos.
The dwarves have elected someone else to rule. They believe I'm no longer in shape to lead them.
Good luck to the next guy with the invaders. They are not too many, but since we don't have any competent militia, you'll be having fun.
Ho, right, I forbid the fortress gates. Don't un-forbid them before you have a plan. The invaders would run inside our walls.
OOC :
Kate son and Spriggans' son both are born the same year. That was funny/lucky. I wonder who they'll grow to be ;)
To the next ruler : I haven't reached the 1st of granite. It is more the 20th of Mid winter. So you'll have 13 months rather than 12, but, having handdle the titan already, I didn't feel like handling the gobos right now. I'll leave that to you.
I'm sure you'll have an idea on how to kill the bastards.
Sorry at letting you in this hard situation, but you'll be ok ;)
Ho, and don't forget that the couryard is NOT invaders safe.
There goes the save :
http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=12494