Forgotten - Tales of would be adventurers by Rura Parchedswamp, Unwilling apprentice to the historian guild.
So it has been a while, honestly wasted a lot of time on a historical dead end detailed below but then i found a story that could keep these historians of my back and maybe give me some more "research funding". That would show them. Ofcourse this was just a joke, i wouldnt do that.
Assignment notes - Historical Footnotes
The dwarf Urdim Brassletters, was around roughly the same time of Egesh my previous work. Ah perfect this will be interesting. He was from the fort know as Lancesavage that was active in the early 6th century but mostly lays abandoned today. Egesh left the fort and likely died somewhere in the forest of pears, the locals believes a female grizzly bear they had taken to call cherishedfame was responsible. However this is speculation as no one has found Urdims remains. Maybe one day we will know what happened to this dwarf
Volume 2 - Cloaked in Mystery
Around the same time as Egesh and Urdim, there was Nocam Crabhawks the Tender Trenches. This male cougar man wanted to become a legendary warrior. He was from Containedpaddles a hamlet in the middle of the world. The first time he is referenced is as the slayer of Epeve Pagesmiles the Awe-inspiring, the ettin. He proved the kill with the artifact slab Gallpaddles the Spittle of Juice. Said to have beem created by a god of death, this slab was stolen from its original owner and was often seen in the hands of Epeve. The slab is rumored to have great power to whom who read it like the other dark slabs of the world. But he had never read it, instead handing it off to a Onec Weatherdress, whilst its not understood why he would do this, upon digging into Onecs family tree reveals her grandmother was a necromancer and carried around a different dark slab, that by the name of Stabbedwring. It could be a coincidence or there could be more. However it is not know the purpose of this exchange.
He is next referenced in a account from Whippedoils, noted as a strange traveller wielding weapons of a undertermined metal, described as bright metal. When looking into the meaning of bright metal, it could be in reference to Ringedwires, described as a bright metal prong. Know to many as a phantom weapon, often being seen in a place before disappearing and appearing elsewhere. It was first reported in Shotgleeful, the weapon has since been spotted in Stealmountain, Coverashes, Ashcinders and Falsetower. Althought these latter reports have started in the 7th Century.
It is also noted in this account he is the slayer of Thase Sheencastles the Call of Brilliance, another ettin. It is unclear if the ettin were his intended targets or just the ones he encounted its hard to say. But to have killed 1/5 of all Ettin in existance is no small feat. It was likely he sought out these kinds of challenges and he might be responsible for more kills than this.
The final report is the most interesting, the final sighting of Nocam was of his battle with Thol Smoulderedfungi the Languishing. A strange battle for sure, fragments of accounts report the beast used a pig tail cloak as a weapon. The huge one-eued theropod with slate gray feathers, noted to have webs. It is likely Nocam was entangled and beaten to death with this pig tail cloak, likely got hit multiple times by this cloak. Yep this is true he died to a cloak. Infact memorial slabs detail several dwarves were beaten with this very same cloak. Certainly an interesting item. An early end to a legendary warrior who is surprising goes uncredited for his amazing achievements.
This was the end of the tale until another museum adventurer is mentioned whos account fills in some of the gaps, the blind sadist Moldath Mournsaints. He details the slaying of this great beast, paralysing it with a "flick of his wrist" . He beheaded Thol and carved a masterwork ring of its remains. He later remarks "one item catches my eye" refering to the bring metal prong Ringedwires, confirming was likely wielded by Nocam.
Authors notes:
It is hard to research these tales, the passage of time hasn't been kind to them. People die, accounts are lost, places abandoned and destroyed. Thankfully i am slowly making my way to the 7th century. The next person of interest is an Artha Peacefulsong a necromancer who had survived her adventure but never recorded her adventure. Was looking forward to talking to her and actually getting a first hand account for a change. Sadly she was murded some years back, hopefully with some luck we can figure out her tale. In Volume 3 - The eternal lady. The title could use some work as can my writing.
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Topic: Museum III, adventure succession game (DF 0.47.05) (Read 409661 times)