The Pre-story
In the hellish DeadLands of The Stormy Continent, there lie a journal, wrapped in cat leather and etched with an image of a dwarf on the cover (the national symbol of The Banner of Abbeys). Scrawled within, a record of hardships left by one who's life began to fade away amongst the scorching no-dwarfs land within The Forest of Hoping. Recovered only recently by historians, it tells the tale of one of the many attempts to save the ancient dwarfs from extinction by finding those few regions that are were still unscorched by the sky fires which ravaged our world in those days. It should be noted, that in the last moments of his life, this brave explorer found one of these holiest of lands, and that on the spot that he perished, a great fortress would be built. A fortress known as TrialFires."Year 98, 14th Moonstone
The Forest of Hoping...what a ridiculous name for such a place. DAMN SUN! No dwarf should have to be out in these wastes, least of all a doctor....bastards, only reason they sent me is because they think I can patch up my own damn self. Well sure I could, but not when MY FACE IS MELTING! Thank Armok they let me take what supplies I wanted, at least with the cart and the cloth I can move without roasting in this Gods forsaken place. Even if it is slow going, having to use the staff to push the vehicle and stopping when my arm starts feeling warm."
Multiple unrecoverable pages lie between this and the next.
"Year 98, 4th Opal
Least them nobles had the sense to throw me out when winter came, and not during the hotter (oh Armok why would you WANT it hotter then this?) months. In these damn woods I can't tell where the bleedin fuck I'm going, blasted elves, how in the blazes have they managed to survive in this place. What with the sky fires AND ALL THIS DAMNED WOOD IN THE WAY. WHY IS THERE SO MUCH DAMNABLE WOOD? Keep gettin the blasted iron wheels caught in the undergrowth and have to make a mad dash to get it out before my beard catches ablaze. HOW ARE THOSE FORSAKEN TREES STILL THERE? ITS HOT ENOUGH TO CATCH *ME* ON FIRE BUT NOT THEM? Stupid STUPID forest....."
More ruined pages, months of history lost to the elements...
"Year 98(?) sometime in obsidian probably...its getting even more unbearable in this blasted place..
So...a mountain...finally someplace traversible....unfort" Note: there are small amounts of dryed blood on this page and increasingly large amounts on pages afterward, it is assumed that the author was beaten to produce these small amounts and the larger quantities come from when his skin started melting.
"DAMN BLOODY TREEFUCKING ELVES!"
"Year oh who gives a bloody fuck....
Well the carts gone, along with most of the cloth that I was covering myself with. I had to run from the elves after their little shitfit about me using tree products to KEEP MY BLOODY SELF ALIVE. They tore me up good, luckily I still had some suture equipment and got most of the bleeding down after I found a shady outcropping to not MELT under...so little of the cloth left... I'm gonna have to start running and hope I reach the safe region before my skin burns off....if its not just a blasted fairytale to begin with...."
"HAHA...AHAHAHAHAAHAHAH I MADE IT I FUCKING MADE IT WHEW! HAHA FUCKING ELVES HAHAHAHAHA IM SO BLODDY HAPPY TO NOT BURN HEHEHEHEHE"
"Heh....well I made it...and its bloody beautiful...I dont think I'm gonna make it much longer now though....the sky fires got me bad....so much blood....but its so cool here....Its almost like the cave back home....back when nanny used to make them cat biscuit casseroles...mmmmm hehe....its as good a spot to stay as I'll ever see"
Note: This journal appears to have been carted off from the TrialFires site only to later be lost in the wastes once again until many years later it was discovered by a passing fisherdwarf...the dwarf corpse found near the journal by the TrialFires dwarves was given a burial on the hill right outside the forts grounds, where he had finally collapsed from the blood loss.
Well embark site 1 (volcano place) is the winner
Version 34.10 Noob succession fort with Veteran Community oversight
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BFEL (me) (COMPLETE)
Melkor (COMPLETE)
Apiks (COMPLETE)
Sus (COMPLETE)
TheKaspa (SKIPPED)
NAV (COMPLETE)
Tulx (NEXT)
Markressler
Melkor 2nd
BFEL 2nd
Apiks 2nd
Saves:
Year One Complete-BFEL's save-
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6828Year Two Complete-Melkor's save-
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6848Year Three Complete-Apiks' save-
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6882Year Four Complete (The End of Captain Mountainhomes) Sus' save-
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6913Year Five Complete-NAV's magmafall-
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6945
