Come all, gather round, and you will hear the tale of Urvad Strangercanyon, the fiercest dwarf ever to lift an axe.
Urvad was born in a small settlement called Laboredowners in the year 786.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/01-Born.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/01-Born.jpg.html)
Not long after he was born, he was visited by three werebeasts, and each time he fought the werebeast off and fled.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/02-Werebeasts.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/02-Werebeasts.jpg.html)
Please, you mustn't think he was a coward for fleeing, for he was only a few months old and not yet strong enough to lift his axe.
The very next year, a goblin slinked into Laboredowners, shoved Urvad into a sack, kidnapped the child, and imprisoned him.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/03-Kidnapped.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/03-Kidnapped.jpg.html)
While he was gone, the fates were not kind to Laboredowners. The settlement was attacked by a vicious goblin war party. Everyone was killed and their bodies desecrated by the savage invaders. The settlement was destroyed. We can only assume this is what gave Urvad his great hatred of goblins and fierce determination to protect his homeland.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/04-MeanwhileInLaboredowners.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/04-MeanwhileInLaboredowners.jpg.html)
After 4 years of goblin imprisonment, Urvad managed to escape; and after 7 more years of wandering, he found his homeland and discovered what had transpired in his absence. Upon seeing the devastation, Urvad vowed to protect his homeland and to never let anyone remove him from the land that was his birthright.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/05-HomeAgain.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/05-HomeAgain.jpg.html)
Now, a dwarven vow is not a thing to be taken lightly. It is said that the mountains themselves will move to get out of the way of a dwarf under a vow. Had the goblins known of the vow Urvad had taken, perhaps they would have steered clear of the site. Then again goblins are not know to be the most intelligent of creatures, so everything may have gone exactly the same.
As it was, a few short months after Urvad had reclaimed his land from the wilds, the goblins sent their horde to kill the child. You must remember, Urvad is barely more than a child, only 12 years old.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/06-Attacked.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/06-Attacked.jpg.html)
Followed by 5 more pages of "struck down".
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/07-TheDangerousSiege.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/07-TheDangerousSiege.jpg.html)
Urvad must have entered a martial trance, for he claims no memory of what happened; only that he awoke drenched in blood and gore, and surrounded by a field of dead and dying goblins and trolls. Out of the eighteen hundred invaders sent to kill a single 12 year old dwarf, over thirteen hundred lay dead.
The next year, the goblins sent a second war party to investigate the unbelievable claims of a child slaughtering almost the entire mighty army.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/08-AttackedAgain.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/08-AttackedAgain.jpg.html)
And and additional 4 pages of "struck down".
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/09-TheFierceSieges.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/09-TheFierceSieges.jpg.html)
The battle was fierce, but ultimately one sided. This time the goblins had only sent seventeen hundred soldiers to take down the dwarf. And over twelve hundred were slaughtered. (That's a total of 2525 kills before the age of 14.)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/317/c/0/martial_trance__by_paper_pulp-d6u2rv2.jpg)
☼Engraving☼ by BeruangSarkis (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=133103.75)
To this day, Urvad Strangercanyon lives there at Laboredowners with his 64 cats and 64 dogs and the rest of his livestock and fowl.
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/13-LaboredOwnersPopulation.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/13-LaboredOwnersPopulation.jpg.html)
And his stats:
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/10-BattleStats.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/10-BattleStats.jpg.html)
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/11-NotableKills.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/11-NotableKills.jpg.html)
and so on...
(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w452/Xob_Ludosmbax/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/12-OtherKills.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Xob_Ludosmbax/media/Urvad%20Strangercanyon/12-OtherKills.jpg.html)
World gen ended right after the second battle (750 years). I've tried to recreate the world to let it run a few more years, but had some problems. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=132928.0)
Only mods in play are Modest Mod (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=105871.0) + No Skill Rust (http://pastebin.com/nqAqJRUW)
Save is here. (http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8116)
edit: Added BeruangSarkis's image, and fixed a misconception (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=132937.msg4756540#msg4756540) I had that EvilBob22 pointed out. I didn't realize all members listed were actually at the battle. Seems silly now.
Urvad must have entered a martial trance, for he claims no memory of what happened; only that he awoke drenched in blood and gore, and surrounded by a field of dead and dying goblins and trolls. Out of the thirteen hundred invaders sent to kill a single 12 year old dwarf, not one returned home.
The next year, they sent a second war party to investigate the disappearance of the thirteen hundred.
...
The battle was fierce, but ultimately one sided. This time the goblins had only sent twelve hundred soldiers to take down the dwarf. Not one survived. (That's a total of 2525 kills before the age of 14.)
(http://i.imgur.com/yoXeZtN.gif)
This story moistens me.
You should try to find him in adventurer mode and try to kill him. Then fail miserably.
Although I don't know if that'd be possible since his home is a mountain hall, and those currently don't exist.