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Have you ever had a moment in DF where one (or more) of your dwarves do something so awesome that you HAVE to tell EVERYONE about it? Now's your chance. Here's an example to get you started-

I had a dwarf by the name of Kogan (I forgot his last name.). After watching his friends and family die at the hands of the enemy, he struggled for about two years alone in the wilderness searching for whatever plants he could get his hands on to eat along with burying the dead. He suffered through many trials (At one point of time, I missed a trade caravan because I wasn't paying attention and on top of that, the migrants that were supposed to show up never did.). When the migrants finally showed up over two years later, he helped to rebuild the settlement, and with his visionary leadership, the fortress flourished. 

Last week, I was watching Max Payne (Yes, it's a movie now.) and there was a part that mentioned that Valkyries are War Angels. Of course, I was unable to post last week (for certain reasons), but I thought that I would mention that when I heard those words, I thought of Dwarf Fortress. That's my main suggestion.

My sub-suggestion is the following-

In order to summon the Valks to help them in battle, the dwarf needs to drink a special elixir. However, only some of the dwarves can use the elixir to summon the Valks. The ones that aren't so lucky will have horrible hallucinations and kill themselves.

Yay or Nay?

I had this swimming around in my head for the past few days and I'll go BERSERK!!! if I don't post it.

People have already posted their DF movie ideas, but I decided to do something a bit different. Instead of posting the usual, I have decided to give my DF movie idea the Hollywood treatment. By that, I mean that NOTHING is going to be accurate, but it would still entertain the masses. Here goes-

Narrator: An ancient discovery...
*Cut to scientist (played by a scrawny Chris Hemsworth) reluctantly pulling out a cotton candy stick.*
*Cut to people screaming in an elevator during an earthquake, followed by the power going out.*
Narrator: DARKNESS... Has arrived...
Narrator: And only ONE man...
Narrator: Can save us all!!!
*Cut to scientist from earlier scene trying to read the ingredients label on the cotton candy stick and yelling, "Zustash Kin Gorroth? What does it even mean?" followed by him swiping his arm across his worktable.
*Cut to scientist hammering down drinks at the local bar. A short man (played by Danny Devito) says, "We need to talk. Privately.*
*Cut to short guy outside of the bar saying, "You have been chosen by the ancients to defeat the God of Blood. Only then, will our species break the ancient slave curse.*
Narrator: The WAR has begun!!!
MIlitary General: Our weapons have no effect on these creatures!!!
Soldier: There are too many of them!!!
Soldier: Aaaaaah!!! *gets bitten by a crazy person*
Female Doctor (**played by Katy Perry): It appears as if the teeth have pierced through the cranial wall, bruising the brain!!!
Female Doctor *after looking at the scientist*: Have you been working out? *pan to a muscular Chris Hemsworth*
Scientist *with a strong accent*: I dunno, but I could go for a beer right about now.
*Cut to scene of a creepy guy in a hood (played by Alan Rickman) drinking blood from a chalice.
Guy in hood: *laughs evilly* Nobody shall defeat my blood army!!!
*Cut to scene of scientist practicing the art of swinging the cotton candy stick around*
Scientist (while frusterated with his training): I can't do it!!!
Short guy:  The others can do LOTS of stuff. Like digging *nods over to another short guy, who happens to be practicing his trench digging*. Can you dig? *pause* I made my point. Shut up and keep training!!!
*Cut to another scene of crazy people biting everyone.*
Short guy: You must destroy those who raise the dead!!!
Scientist: Tickles a zombie in the stomach with the cotton candy stick, followed by the short guy beheading a necromancer with a double-bladed axe.
Short guy: And THAT is how you stop them. 
*Cut to cliched scene of the (now Godly-looking) scientist and Armok fighting with two different flavors of cotton candy while surrounded by a bunch of fog and a cool strobelight effect*
Armok: Once I destroy you, there will be NOTHING stopping me from enslaving your ENTIRE race!!!
Scientist (looking hella badass with long hair and huge muscles): We'll see about THAT!!!
*Cut to black*
*Sound of breathing, followed by the silhouette of Chris Hemsworth saying, "What have I done?".*
*The words "Dwarf Fortress" slam up against the screen*
Narrator: DWARF FORTRESS!!!
Post Title: Written and produced by Eric Kripke (Terminator 4, Supernatural TV series)
Post Title: And directed by Michael Bay (War Of The Worlds, Transformers)

**I told you it was getting the Hollywood treatment, didn't I?

Who is your fave DF God or Goddess and WHY?

My favorite God would be Armok because, let's face it- DF is a VIOLENT game and Armok TOTALLY fits into the dark setting within the game.

Okay... That was a crappy explanation. Let me try again-

I like Armok because it provides inspiration to build bigger and better forts. And by bigger, I mean more menacing and by better, I mean filled with more deadly traps and highly trained soldiers. Armok, in my opinion, is the most powerful DF God of them all because, frankly, He is like a hydrogen bomb against a hospital full of newborn children (That's a metaphor for those "pro-life" type DF Gods and Godesses, by the way.). Just ask yourself- If you were approached by two groups, and one of them haf the ability to WIPE OUT the other (and anybody else that stood in their way), wouldn't you join them?

If I trade something in Fortress Mode (such as a crapload of gems) to a trade caravan, would I see those traded gems in another fortress in Adventure mode? Or does the game not keep track of stuff like that?

The current burial methods take up too much space and are WAY too time consuming!!! We should be able to just drop the bodies in a designated hole in the ground (in a Cemetary Zone), cover it up with some dirt, and be done with it!!!

P.S.- Perhaps, certain corpses (like elves) can be used to nourish the land to increase the likelihood of a bountiful harvest?

I think that it would be greatly beneficial to allow the player to build air horns that could be triggered by different type of input. An example of its usage would be an emergency alert system that AUTOMATICALLY tells the dwarves to stop working and move to a designated area (instead of having to do it manually), allow the military to prepare for battle, and when done, will send an "all clear" sound to tell everybody to start working again.  We could also make use of the flowing water to make some kind of synthesizer with the air horns (Different horns for different musical notes.). On top of that, if we allow the player to swap out the air horn sounds using a special DF folder, I'm SURE that they will create some pretty ineresting stuff. Sooo.. What do you think?. 

P.S- I almost forgot, but the musical horns could provide happy thoughts to your dwarves.