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« on: November 26, 2017, 12:07:20 am »
I generated a world with a 100-year history, and went looking at the artifacts to see if I could find any interesting stories. This was the second artifact on the list...
The saga of Domaincuts the Revered Odor, the Legendary Walnut Wood Shield!
Year 13: An elf named Mifava Scrapeskirt went exploring a swamp called The Swamp of Time. Mifava got into a fight with a minotaur named Ida, and slew him. To commemorate the event, Mifava named her walnut wood shield: Domaincuts the Revered Odor. Domaincuts was decorated with a well-designed image of leeks in plum wood, and a finely-designed image of a monster of twilight done in pecan wood.
Mifava went on to have all kinds of adventures, including fighting an ettin, and later becoming the queen of the elven civilization in Dalehelm. But trouble loomed...
A goblin civilization named The Problematic Scourge was rampaging. The goblins were led by a gecko devil named Snodub Mirrordreamed the Mysterious Witch.
Year 64:
The gecko devil led the goblins of The Problematic Scourge to attack the elves in Dalehelm. It was an epic battle. About 30 elves were killed by goblins. The gecko devil personally killed six elves. Dalehelm was defended by grizzly bears, and the bears killed about 12 goblins. Elves killed a few more, and a defending leopard also killed one goblin.
Queen Mifava was struck down by a goblin named Mato Hatredstrange, who took her legendary shield Domaincuts and declared it a family heirloom.
Year 65: Domaincuts the Revered Odor was recovered somehow in Dalehelm by the elven poet Cóce Mauvescalded, who declared it an heirloom of their own family. I'm not quite sure how it got from the goblin to Cóce. It looks like Mato the goblin actually died in the battle in Dalehelm in the year 64. Could the legendary shield have been sitting in the mud for a year, and randomly found by Cóce?
Year 75: Snodub the gecko devil once more leads the goblins of The Problematic Scourge to attack the elves at Dalehelm! A goblin named Dostngosp Ticktimes defeats Cóce Mauvescalded and loots Domaincuts! And the looting goblin is promptly shredded by a grizzly bear.
Year 77: Domaincuts the Revered Odor was recovered in Dalehelm by the elf Nisa Twigknife. (And heirloomed.) Seems like Domaincuts sat in the mud for two years this time before an elf finally found it.
Who knows what kind of amazing history this wooden shield would have had if I'd chosen a longer worldgen time!
