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Total Suffering
947 - Crundle Tribals
197 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers
30 - Trogs
9 - Gru'Beks

NM
241 - Crundle Tribals
91 - Crudle Pebble-Slingers
6 - Trogs
8 - Gru'Bek

MW
228 - Crundle Tribals
98 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers
1 - Trog

ME
440 - Crundle Tribals
21 - Trogs

SM
38 - Crundle Tribals
8 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers
2 - Trogs
1 - Gru'Bek

TOTAL
Crundle Tribals -- 3,909 (911 Value)
Crundle Pebble-Slingers -- 1,243 (311 Value)
Trogs -- 450 (450 Value)
Gru'Beks -- 341 (256 Value)

Great Hole
Crundle Tribals -- 759 (190 Value)
Crundle Pebble-Slingers -- 312 (78 Value)
Trogs -- 69 (69 Value)
Gru'Beks -- 50 (38 Value)

NM
Crundle Tribals -- 1,259 (315 Value)
Crundle Pebble-Slingers -- 409 (102 Value)
Trogs -- 144 (144 Value)
Gru'Beks -- 87 (62 Value)

MW
Crundle Tribals -- 219 (55 Value)
Crundle Pebble-Slingers -- 130 (32 Value)
Trogs -- 10 (10 Value)
Gru'Beks -- 5 (4 Value)

ME
Crundle Tribals -- 460 (115 Value)
Crundle Pebble-Slingers -- 100 (25 Value)
Trogs -- 129 (129 Value)
Gru'Beks -- 100 (75 Value)

SM
Crundle Tribals -- 1212 (303 Value)
Crundle Pebble-Slingers -- 292 (73 Value)
Trogs -- 98 (98 Value)
Gru'Beks -- 99 (74 Value)

Crundle - Tribals -- (Project Cost: 2 | Recruitment Value: 0.25) Squat, gremin-like creatures no taller than four foot at the tall end. Their wart-covered red skin is like stretched rubber over their thin boned structure. A collection of small horns dot their angular skulls, the length of which is an arbitrary symbol pride among them. Oddly, they give off a pleasant and inoffensive earthy odor. Their main choice of equipment consists of lacerating natural claws, knapped stone spears, and loose fitting cavern hides to ward the elements of the surface. Crundles are far and away the main inhabitants and dominate species among the Daal'Gaks. And while their introspective intelligence leaves something to be desired, their surprising cunning does not.

Crundle - Pebble-Slinggers -- (Project Cost: 2 | Recruitment Value: 0.25) Much as the above, save for the replacement of their spears with long slingstaffs born of spongy fungal wood by which stones are flung. They gather together in loose bands and sling in a rather orderly unison, fooling a foe to perhaps believe they've mastered the art of siege engineering and bear catapult-like objects.

Crundle - Black-Blades -- (Project Cost 4 | Recruitment Value: 0.5 | Meteoric Obsidian: 0.5) Having found the best methods in knapping away the Meteoric Obsidian from which the Great Hole surrounds, the Daal'Gaks have begun to utilize it for weaponry, seeing the dire need for greater arms against the ails of the world. The Crundles chosen to wield these wavy blades of volcanic glass are the first of their kind to train religiously in he arts of combat. Their ultra-sharp swords needing the most delicate, yet stern hands of the Daal'Gaks in order to find the greatest use. Based on this alone the Black-Blades have seized military command amongst the Crundles, and now guide small blocks with ever so slightly greater leadership than before.

Trog - Siege Beasts -- (Project Cost: 4 | Recruitment Value: 1) Rare amongst the Daal'Gaks are great furred humanoids, some standing greater than ten-feet tall. Walrus-like tusks decend from their upper mouths while broad muscled shoulders aid in their lumbering gait and short legs. I'm truth, the Trogs are far more intelligent than their comparatively minuscule cousins. They bare greater wit and even a taste for philosophy. However they are subjugated by the Crundles and used as beast of burden and war. With backpack-like fungal-wood structures harboring a handful of Crundles wielding long spears, javelins, and slingstaffs, they combine the qualities of a siege tower and battering ram into one absolute unit.

Gru'Beks - Thick Slugs -- (Project Cost: 3 | Recruitment Value: 0.5) Amidst the Great Hole, a great advancement for the race of Daal'Gaks was the domestication of the humble Gru'Bek; A large bulbous cavern slug that both secretes and may expel a mixture of mucus that quickly hardens, taking on a cement-like quality. Used to trap prey for further dissolution. As well as a renknewable resource from which the Daal'Gaks have used to create the first bits of infrastructure for their tribe. Only the Gru'Bek is known to be able to naturally neutralize this cement. Crundles coat themselves in a thick tar / pitch substance, which has been found to resist around 90% of adherence to the Gru'Beks' mucus. Thus Gru'Bek masters are able to be picked out at but a glance, sometimes referred to as black riders. Up to a trio may easily ride the back of one such slug, with the usual assortment of weaponry. Two bearing a longspear, and the third a slingstaffs. In battle their intent is not to charge like most cavalry, but utilize their mount's physiology in trapping / screening the front ranks of the enemy.

Expand Outwards and Upwards -- (Project Cost: 9) Overcoming their trepidation and shedding their sensitivity to the great lights above, the Daal'Gaks collectively make an effort to emerge from their deep ravine and build up a presence in the world at large. Through a combination of spongy fungal wood and Gru'Bek cement, they construct the makings of a proper fortress, or at least one through the bleak eyes of cunning cave dwellers upon the precipice of the Great Hole, to secure their place amongst the rest. It is known in their tongue by the name Burz'Gaang


Study the Black Glass -- (Project Cost: 4 / 4) As the minds and souls of the Daal'Gaks develop under the rising and setting Sun, so too does their need for greater tools and deeper myth to herald them on. And so those of great horns begin to lance hefty chunks of the meteoric glass, while the few masters of stonecunning and craft begin to knap the incredibly sharp material to use for blades that might rend any substance asunder. Or to the superstition of the Daal'Gaks, cut through any mysteries or truths. -- Unlocks recruitment of Crundle Black-Blades (Value 0.5 / Obsidian 0.5); The first of the true Daal'Gak warriors who bear pride in martial skill, bearing long wavy, feathered shards of Meteoric Obsidian. Not only do they reflect the true spirits of their wielders in their deep mirrored surfaces, but so too may they slice delicately through some of the most durable materials.

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NEW PROJECTS
Search for Tunnel Networks -- (Project Cost: 1 / 5) The great subterranean vaults below the surface, below the Great Hole are interwoven and connected, nigh untouched by the surface world. Yet, surely there must be other caverns, other dark passageways, and strange crevasses that will connect just as well to the surface? The most intrepid of Crundle kind lead an expedition back into their primordial home to search for such secret entrances, hoping to one day use them to spill out upon the land.

Gathering of the Tribes -- (Project Cost: 1 / 10) The Tribal chiefs and longhorns amongst the Crundles have made an epiphany with the emergence of the black-blades and their leadership across the battlefield. As such they have come to the conclusion that Crundle-kind must have a monolithic figure by which to look up to in both awe and reverence. The chiefs begin a protracted process of duels and battles amid themselves, streaking one another's blood across the Great Hole, not out of malice for one another, but for the advancement of their race. The last one standing will be named High Chief, both the greatest Crundle warrior and leader.

0/24 Project Points remain.

Something deep within Gaar'Vul resonates, it grants an image of the ancient world; billowing out from heavy cloud above shining bright were flaming, specular stones. They hurdled with abandon, shaking the world with their strike and wiping away all manner of city and civilization from days long far gone. The kindred nature of this image sends the Daal'Gaks hurdling north just as well, with some deep knowledge that they must unite the meteors with Gaar'Vul, coming both from the very same heavens.

The Daal'Gaks hope to traverse the mountains north by snaking through deep tunnels and caves midst the foothills. Squeezing through narrow passages or open crags, it is an environment most familiar to them, albeit with a sky above. This resonance and desire for the unknown stars beyond causes the most tribes to gather to this task, thus;

1,500 - Crundle Tribals (375 Value)
500 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers (125 Value)
150 - Trogs (150 Value)
95 - Gru'Beks (71 Value)

With tribal scouts delving the most cunning of passages through the massive Mount Nasty upon their noble Trog and Gru'Bek steeds. The Daal'Gaks intend to surge through the great crags into the meadows beyond and reach the source of their astral connection. Along the way they will no-doubt encounter luminous horrors. By their sheer nature of dwelling below, the Daal'Gaks will likely hope to lure what monsters lurk to the north through the depths and dark places of Mount Nasty rather than hope to slay them upon the open fields below the lights above. Lest they be left with no choice. If ultimately it seems they are utterly outmatched, the Daal'Gaks would most desire to steal away back to the Great Hole with whatever hauls of the Astral Stars they can, provided they even make it that far!

So too might they encounter a great beast, the gryphon. In its strafing runs they would most certainly have to take great shelter within caves, tunnels, or deep nested crags. But, if chance arises, the black-riders upon their hundred thick slug mounts, might direct them to spit globs of their mucus upon the large flying creature, hoping to tear it down by cementing wings and building weight.

A band of tribesmen break from the barking words of their chieftain, believing themselves more than capable of striking out on their own. A sentiment that runs deep through the Crundle hordes during their first days of their nation. Hardly being an orderly bunch, the group enjoys new sight after new sight. Most curious of which perhaps would be the ice they first lay claws upon. In these moments the small band of gremlins dance, and slip, and skate across the ice sheets without a care. Enjoying the pure moment of it all as they lay their implements of war to rest. Eventually good things come to an end, this is a time of action after all! And if they hope to leave their name upon the world, they must conquer and expand into the vast red sea of their dreams!

Something strange, an island amongst frigid water beckons them on, calling to the gibbering little creatures. With their knapped flint spears, the Crundles would attempt to pick away at the ice sheets after witnessing their properties. Hoping to float across into the lake, for the dancing colors and redwood bark of the great tree beyond appears too much a muse for them to wait.

447 - Crundle Tribals (112 Value)
228 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers (57 Value)
11 - Trogs (11 Value)
5 - Gru'Beks (4 Value)

If indeed they do somehow manage to make landfall, this particularly bright band of Daal'Gaks will no doubt be famished. And thus will be compelled to hunt a few handfuls of Chaos Butterflies to roast and crunch upon, perhaps catching a few groups with their limited supply of Gru'Beks. Avoiding overwhelming groups of them where possible. All while blissfully unbeknownst of the infinitely powerful dryad who calls the island home.

The Daal'Gaks know not of ancient cities long past, of whirring machinery or complex components. Of great societal mega-projects or vast networks of lives all intertwined regardless of distance. Perhaps if they had, perhaps if in their infinite wisdom the longhorns divined the insurmountable distance between themselves and what lay beyond, they would hold up in their vaults for time everlasting. Such wisdom however does not prevail within the Crundles.

Much like through to Mount Nasty to the north, the Daal'Gaks seek out subterranean passage into the Scar of the World, perhaps their connects some natural formations of ancient waterways that may connect into the massive valley, a place most reminiscent of their home.

1,250 - Crundle Tribals (313 Value)
300 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers (75 Value)
100 - Trogs (100 Value)
100 - Gru'Beks (75 Value)

If indeed the Daal'Gaks are able to find passage into the Scar, they will first secure it, thinking perhaps they can create a sister settlement to their holy land. And, all going well, hope to use their Gru'Bek mounts for the sake of secreting long trails of bumpy cement up the walls of the valley. Carrying many a Crundle up along the sides in doing so, while also giving the rest a reasonably secure footing to dig in their claws climb up behind. And eventually come to gather on or around the Old World Viaduct, in their efforts of exploration. If during so, they come upon any Gobborgs, it won't be all that much different than the old subterranean wars for dominance. Well, in this case it's machine against Crundle.

As such, the Trogs are vanguards, they would attempt to batter the advanced goblins with their muscular physiques, and piercing mechanical hides with their ice-pick like tusks. All while the Crundles they wear keep away nasty attacks with their longspears, and screen foes from a far with slung stones. If worse does indeed come to worst, the remaining Daal'Gaks flee for their lives back through the tunnels from whence they came, or at least to a defensible place amidst the deep scar.

The black-riders ready themselves, coating their warty red bodies in a thick layer of tar, muck, and pitch, protecting them from the mucus of their Gru'Bek steeds. It is not all too uncommon in the deep fungal woods of the vaults below for there to exist vast murky waters and deep filthy bogs. Thus, the Daal'Gaks have decided to split into two distinct groups when crossing the wastes east;

200 - Crundle Tribals (50 Value)
100 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers (25 Value)
100 - Gru'Beks (75 Value)

The tar coated Gru'Bek riders will swim their giant slugs through the infested Swamp of Tears that calls out to them. Deeply interesting in the strange slime they will no doubt come to see, pelting the sentient slime beasts with javelins and stones for the off-chance at destroying or at least warding them away. Perhaps the Gru'Bek cementing mucus has some effect?  Though they will nary fight to the death and waste of their precious slugs if their armaments find no purchase. Meanwhile, a much greater detachment will flood into the ruined Metropolitan Area. Their utter 'curiosity' as one might call it, leads them to do so without much aim, and so the tribal horde would rampage, picking through the long lost city block, smashing or stealing away bits and bobs that they've come across in loose skirmishing bands.

700 - Crundle Tribals (175 Value)
150 - Trogs (150 Value)

The Daal'Gaks continue to refine the fortress Burz'Gaang, utilizing every aspect of their remaining military body to fortify it from the world unknown. Ill omens rumble through the Great Hole as Longhorns gaze upon Gaar'Vul, they witness naught but hardship on the horizon for the Daal'Gak tribes. Can they overcome and grow? Develop as a species? They MUST, should they ever wish to survive this desolate world.

403 - Crundle Tribals (101 Value)
312 - Crundle Pebble-Slingers (78 Value)
39 - Trogs (39 Value)
0 - Gru'Beks