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[Superdorf]

'Tis done, sirrah!

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I'm thinking at some point I'd like to update the OP with summaries of people's turns, with links at appropriate locations. Maybe when I'm done with my turn.
And speaking of which, my first turn update should be up soon. Yayyy

[Superdorf]

I first laid eyes on Dawnthunder in the year 1053, beguiled by wild tales of a maddwarf's vision taken life. I came here with bright eyes and joyous heart, seeking to take part in a new and magnificent history. I came here, expecting to find glory.

I did not find glory.



I found only death.





The year is now 1058, and not one of the great dreamers, the Founding Seven, survive. They lie dead, along with many others who believed, and now we forty survivors must somehow eke out a livelihood amongst the ruins of those wild, wild dreams.

For reasons beyong my understanding, my fellows have appointed me as mayor over them. I do not know why. Perhaps it is my disfigured face, my battered limbs, that make me worthy of the position-- perhaps these marks prove to these dwarves that I have suffered as they. I do not know. I do not know.

Last year, I had despaired of any hope for us. Our enemies were innumerable, our forces meager. In that dark hour, I did nothing, awaiting death or salvation... and salvation came to us, in a manner most bizarre.

I do not know how the "Lithotech" dwarves evaded the forces of the undead. They appeared in our dining hall without warning, without announcement, and revealed to us designs both cunning and fearsome. All that year they directed our labors, and in desperation we obeyed... and with wonder we witnessed the fruit of those strange designs! Five hundred of our foes, dead and mangled! Five hundred of our foes, dead beyond the land's clutches!

Ahh, there was much rejoicing then. The "Lithotech" dwarves have left us now, but they have proved to me this: dwarven cunning is better than dwarven rage. I am no Lithotech dwarf, but perhaps with patience I can learn to emulate their ways. Perhaps with patience, I too can bring hope to this ruinous land once more.

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Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

So remember how my last turn was this bouncy goofy thing? Yeah... Dawnthunder's become kind of a dark place since then. This guy's gonna be pretty grim.

Also, Lithotech is canon now. That "owner's manual" was too good to pass up. 

[Superdorf]

Welp, I decided to go ahead and pretty up the OP. We now have a much more extensive turnlist, complete with links to previous turns and snarky captions for each link!

[PsychoAngel]

I'd like a dwarf in this fortress of pure insanity. A male militiaman, name him Dingus.

[Darkening Kaos]

Spoiler: True Story, swear to Armok (click to show/hide)

     So, I thought I would download the latest incarnation of Dawnthunder and look around.  All was good and loaded fine, even though I was using LazyNewb to handle things, FPS was great, rocking along at 32.  I built an outside depot and set up some defences for when the traders came, then, without warning, FPS dived to 6, right in the middle of building a windmill to power a few pumps to fill a new moat.  Looking around, I see the new depot covered in smoke with flames spreading out, I zoomed out and saw another line of fire spreading from the edge of the map where the merchants must have arrived.  They were obviously carrying something that exploded as soon as they spawned, and again when they started unpacking …………… The entire embark was soon on fire.  Puzzled, I thought to myself, 'bugger, I must have loaded up ModdedHell by mistake', but no, this was definitely DawnThunder.
     I typed "Die Now" into DFHack and quietly deleted the save, vowing to never think about this debacle again.

[Superdorf]

And that... is going straight into our shiny new Quotes section. 

Thank you for that delightful horror story. I'll have to watch out for those exploding merchants.

[Darkening Kaos]

     Hope not, Superdorf, when I went to look at the corpses littering the new depot, DF locked up ...… not something you want to happen to your main story-fort.

[wierd]

I havent had exploding merchants...  I think you might have a mod installed or something.

[Superdorf]

I have little head for the intricate workings of dwarven engineering, and so I seek audience with Shorast the mechanic.



Shorast has much cunning about her, and her magnum opus, a bismuthinite artifact most wondrous, proved her a true legend in her chosen profession.





I explain my predicament to Shorast: I wish to slay our foes that yet roam the surface world...



...but I cannot expend priceless dwarven lives in so doing. I wish to slay the goblinfolk with cunning, and with machinery.

Shorast considers the matter, and provides to me two options. First, says Shorast, we could devise a long passageway into the fortress, and line it with insidious traps. The goblins would rush into the passageway, and there meet their end.

Second, says Shorast, we could raise liquid fire from the depths of the earth, and cast it over the land. My eyes widen, that such a thing should be possible!

I request that Shorast prepare designs for both undertakings; surely there is no harm in redundancy. With skill she lays out for me the necessary diggings, sketching with a sharp stylus strange geometries upon the slate wall.

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I and my fellow miners will have much work to do this year. I only hope we can complete it all before another maddwarf takes up the overseer's mantle.

[Superdorf]

I'd like a dwarf in this fortress of pure insanity. A male militiaman, name him Dingus.

'Tis done!

Spoiler: 'Dingus' Shimmeredkeys, Hammer Lord (click to show/hide)

You are legendary in your chosen weapon, hardened against all psychological trauma, clad in divine metal and adamantine, and bear seventeen kills to your name, undead all. The world shall fear your name!

...Y'know. Assuming you live that long. 

[wierd]

The "others" list had swelled to 1300 by the time the automated disposal unit was activated.

It's closer to 800 to 900 undeads that got mangled.   Just look inside with (k).  You will not be disappointed.

[Darkening Kaos]

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

I havent had exploding merchants...  I think you might have a mod installed or something.

     Nope, it was a clean install of LazyNewb, although I agree, something odd with my system, loading it up again since my last post has not generated exploding wares on the merchants wagons, although, what I did not say was that it was the second visit from the merchants that had a little 'accident', the first had no problems.

     I would also like to be dorfed, thanx Superdorf, a part-time warrior armed with a large, copper serrated disc or some other trap component that might be available.

[Imic]

Could I ask for a Dwarf? Male, preferably, a Cook or a smith or some such.

[Superdorf]

     I would also like to be dorfed, thanx Superdorf, a part-time warrior armed with a large, copper serrated disc or some other trap component that might be available.

I'll be glad to! Only... how do I get a militia-dwarf to equip something that isn't a weapon?

Could I ask for a Dwarf? Male, preferably, a Cook or a smith or some such.

Done!

Spoiler: 'Imic' Savedbasement, Blacksmith (click to show/hide)

You're riddled head to toe with scars, and your hand doesn't work so good ever since it got bit by a zombie... but somehow you live yet, and you're quite the expert in your trade of choice. You produce high-quality aluminum furniture for the entire fortress, and pretty soon you'll be dabbling in weaponsmithing too.

[PsychoAngel]

I couldn’t be happier about Hammer Lord Dingus. I also really like how a good deal of his favorite things are yellow.