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[Travis Bickle]

The Ageless Plane c. 250

I had the idea for a succession fortress game which decides its turns differently than the usual method of simply running through a numbered list of overseers. In this game, we will hold elections to decide who shall rule over the fortress for one year. Will these elections be a civil affair with the best dwarf for the job chosen? Will this quickly devolve into political backstabbing and the worst of dwarven nature coming out? Only time will tell.

Electoral Process:
–Named dwarves should declare themselves a member of a political party. You are free to start your own.
–At the end of each year, an election shall be held to decide the next year's overseer.
–Every dorfed individual is eligible to vote and is eligible to stand for election, though a certain number of turns must pass before one who has previously been elected overseer may serve again (this will be decided based on how many people we get to join the game).
–Each member of the voting population will cast a vote for whom he or she wants to be overseer, the winner being the dwarf with an absolute majority (over 50%) of the vote.

Because you will need over 50% of the vote to become overseer, it will be necessary to forge alliances and make deals to sway others to your cause. This can be done openly (ideally in the form of RPing to make the game more fun) or in backroom deals done via DMs.

Other Rules:
–You will have two weeks real time to bring the fort to the end of winter so that we can hold an election. Please inform us that you have begun so that we know you are taking your turn.
–In the event that you do not finish your turn, an election will be forced to appoint a new overseer to finish your year.
–This isn't really a rule as much as it is an encouragement, but you are free to role play as much as you want and it would be nice if we could get people posting in-character material even when it's not their turn. It helps a succession fort become a lot more fun and memorable and it helps when this game is based around political alliances and intrigue.

The Electors of Goldsilver:

• ChaosPotato ♂ (Diggers’ Party)
• Cnidaros ♀ (Independent)
• Eniteris II ♂ (Sparkly Unicorn Party)
• Fatcat ♀ (Sunlit Action Coalition)
• Imic ♂ (Stukist)
• LadyBrassroast ♀ (Independent)
• Lucky ♀ (Independent)
• Maximum Spin ♂ (Sunlit Action Coalition)
• Nephilim ♂ (Stukist)
• Noagga ♂ (Independent)
• Quantum Drop ♀ (Penitent Coalition)
• Radipon ♀ (United Soapmaking Advocates)
• Yung Boujee ♀ (Sparkly Unicorn Party)

Electoral History:

Number	Election Year	Overseer	Party	Votes
1	250	Nephilim (Travis Bickle)	Stukist Party	short straw
2	250	fatcat	Planthomes-Sunny Coalition of Creatures	5/7 (71%)
3	251	Maximum Spin	Miners' and Farm Workers' United Action Party	5/9 (56%)
4	252	Eniteris (Radipon)	United Soapmaking Advocates	4/7 (57%)
5	253	fatcat	Planthomes-Minefarms Sunlit Action Coalition	3/5 (60%)
6	254	Nephilim (Travis Bickle)	Stukist Party	6/8 (75%)
7	255	Quantum Drop	The Penitent Coalition	4/7 (57%)
8	256	Tonnot	The Sparkly Unicorn Party	4/7 (57%)
9	257	Maximum Spin	Planthomes-Minefarms Sunlit Action Coalition	5/6 (83%)

Active Political Parties:

Spoiler: Planthomes-Minefarms Sunlit Action Coalition (click to show/hide)

Co-leaders: Maximum Spin & Fatcat
Ideology:

* Economic Policy *
   1. Surface Foods: The fortress must supply as large of a portion of its food needs as possible from the surface. This includes harvesting whatever occasional plant might grow wild, and trading for every bag of surface plant seed that is brought, and planting them.
   2. Surface Wood: Since the fortress is built on the edge of the mountains in a wasteland, there is no wood available outside of the caves. Rather than brave the hazards of the darkness, wood should only be bought from caravans.
   3. Wood Avoidance: Wood is to only be used for beds or other construction purposes when absolutely necessary. Otherwise, it is to be stored, and only used for artifacts, and burning.
   4. Surface Livestock: Although the mountains are not home for any edible plants for dwarves, they are rich in ground cover suitable for grazing livestock. They and the wasteland are also home to a variety of wild creatures, which may be captured and tamed to be of use to dwarvenkind. Because of these facts, grazers can be kept on the mountainsides except in times of great danger, and trap-lines should be employed heavily to add the livestock numbers.
   5. Livestock Proliferation: A number of breeding pairs of all tamed creatures should be maintained at all times to provide a steady supply of meat, leather, and fat. All butcherable creatures are to treated this way if they can be tamed.
   6. Free Trade: Trade is the lifeblood of civilization, and should be fostered in every possible way. Humans and dwarves are always welcome, and anything is fair game for purchase. Even subterranean products are welcome, because they decrease the mining needed in the fortress. Elves would be welcome, if they would only stop fighting the dwarves.
   7. Material Substitution: Everything that can be made of surface materials is to be, but products of the underground are acceptable if there is no surface alternative.
   8. Quarrying: Underground materials are to be acquired through open pit excavations rather than shaft mining, to retain the access to sunlight. Veins and deposits intersecting the quarry may be mined out, but any other side cuttings are strongly discouraged.
   9. Pottery Production: Pottery is to be used heavily, due to clay being a quickly accessible material found in abundance on the surface. If practical, pots should be glazed to provide an alternative means of storing brewed drinks, to avoid the use of unburned wood, or the fortress’s sparse supply of metals.
* Foreign Policy *
   1. Open Borders: Visiting elves, humans, and dwarves from the outside world are always welcome. Visiting goblins are to be tolerated, but treated with extreme suspicion.
   2. Unyielding Defense: All demands from outside forces are to be bluntly refused, and all assaults are to be crushed to the last man, with no mercy.
   3. Tit for Tat: Any hostile action or attack is to be returned to the perpetrators to the greatest of the fortress’s abilities.
* Military Policy *
   1. Stable Force: Any standing army existing at the beginning of an overseer term should be neither reduced or increased, except in emergencies. Instead, it should be maintained at a constant strength, including replacing combat losses in the ranks.
   2. Practical Uniforms: All uniform choices should be selected out of pragmatism, not out of personal preference or for appearances. (e.g. If the choice for helmet is between a beautiful copper piece, and a grungy but solid iron piece, the iron piece would win.)
* Religious Policy *
   1. Equality: No dwarven god is greater than any other. Each deity and religion is to be provided with a suitable space for worship when there are no more pressing matters.
   2. Lost Foreigners: Only dwarven gods are real gods. All other races are deluded or ignorant. The adherents to these false faiths are not to be punished, but pitied, and perhaps persuaded to leave their benighted beliefs. However, their gods are to be in no way honored or commemorated in the fortress.
* Art Policy *
   1. Practicality over Beauty: Art is only to be created to meet official demands and requirements. At any other time, it is a waste of time that could be better spent on other projects.
   2. Free Expression: When art must be created, it will be done with no restraint outside of religious concerns in what it depicts, and may be created from any materials.
* Construction Policy *
   1. Ready Materials: Workshops and structures are to be made of the most readily available stone or wood. Metals are usually more useful for other purposes, but they may be used if there is no other place where they are needed.
   2. Secure Living Space: Bedrooms and food storage are the only things the fortress should specifically design underground. They are to be built separate from the majority of the fortress, and in such a way to be secure from any disaster that comes. Dwarves deserve to be safe from outside threats.
   3. Sunlit Spaces: Taverns, libraries, and other public meeting areas are to be built solely above ground. Even important internal locations such as dining rooms should be built outside in the glorious fresh air whenever possible.
* Artifact Policy *
   1. Protection: Artifacts are to be placed in a location where no thief or miscreant has any chance of making off with them.
   2. Practicality: If an artifact can be of practical use, whether as part of the fortress structure, or in the military, it may be used.
* Necromancer Policy *
   1. No Undying Nobles: Necromancers may settle in the fortress, but may not hold any office, not even a minor one such as bookkeeper. If a dwarf already holding a petty position is cursed, they may keep their position, but may not be assigned any new office. Higher nobles that are cursed are to be removed from their position if possible.
   2. Pity the Creature: Necromancer experiments are not as they are by choice, and are not evil. They are to be welcomed like any other race, although their connections suggest that they be scrutinized for their motives, and any connections to plots.
* Criminal Policy *
   1. Extended Leniency: Almost any criminal can be reformed when given enough time and care. Convicted criminals are to chained or imprisoned for all but the most heinous crimes. Killing or maiming dwarves who could once again have become productive citizens is needlessly wasteful.
* Health Policy *
   1. Full Restoration: Every injured dwarf is to be treated to the best of the fortress’s ability, to return them to their fullest usefulness as a citizen.
   2. Cleanliness for Health: Personal hygiene, waste removal, and surface cleaning are to be undertaken to the extent necessary to avoid miasma and infections. Further actions are permissible if nothing else is more urgently needing workers.
* General Attitude *
   Overseers are to be devoted first to the use of surface resources, and after this, to pragmatism in all things that do not conflict with their use of the surface.

Spoiler: The Penitent Coalition (click to show/hide)

Leader: Quantum Drop
Ideology:

Economic Policy:

• Vanity is a distraction from His ideals. All crafts, furniture, etc. must use wood, stone, or dull metal – gold, gem, and the like is to be reserved for creations honouring Him and His subordinate deities.

SUSPENDED UNTIL IMPROVEMENT OF THE GENERAL POPULACE'S MORALE.

• Our fortress may be sullied by the goods of the faithless, but it shall be reluctantly so. We cannot trade with the Elven caravan, and trade with the Human caravan is under a strict limit as to how much can be purchased (to be determined later on). Trade with the Dwarven caravan can be done freely and without limit.
• At least once per month once every four months, at least one livestock unit must be sacrificed in His name (the method must spill blood in some manner). In the event that livestock are required elsewhere or are wholly depleted, the sacrifice may be replaced by a captured prisoner of war.

Immigration Policies

• All Goblins, Kobolds, Necromancers (and any allies/thralls/experiments thereof), and similar creatures of the night must be destroyed with extreme violence and the corpses unceremoniously disposed of. Capture is permitted, so long as the creature is destroyed in some manner following this capture.

ADDENDUM: Elves and Birdfolk are to be slain on sight; any remains are to be left to rot, while any wooden items they carry are to be burned.

• Citizenship of Animal Peoples, Humans, etc. is allowed, as long as they are judged faithful by the High Priest(ess). Any Goblins desiring citizenship are to be rebuffed, with extreme prejudice.
• Nobles are parasites in the eyes of God and Man alike. With the exception of those vital for fortress function (such as priests, book-keepers, brokers, and doctors) all Nobles will meet with ‘unfortunate accidents’ when possible, lest their vanity, greed, and ignorance doom us all.

Military Policies:

• All military gear is to be forged of bronze or greater; while exceptions are made for artefact and masterwork gear, any non-compliant armour or weapons are to be smelted or traded away.
• Any citizens convicted of blasphemy, heresy, or general conspiracy against the Fortress are to be armed and assigned to the Caverns. They will pay their penance in blood – whether theirs, or that of the loathsome beasts that roam the depths. Should they fall in the pursuit of this duty, they are to be laid to rest with the honours afforded to a loyal citizen.
• The use of lethal traps over cage traps is encouraged, but not required. So long as it spills blood in His name, be it immediately or later, it is acceptable.

Art Policies

• All artwork must honour the tenants of Armok – they must feature blood, war, violence, or conflict in some manner. Any non-masterwork or artefact artwork that does not comply must be erased and re-carved to comply.
• At least one performer must be assigned to each temple at any given time, that we may retain the favour of the Gods. (Though this may be relaxed in the event of severe casualties or war.)
• Artefacts are to be considered gifts from the Divines, and with the exception of artefacts forged for war, all artefacts are to be displayed within a Temple dedicated to the deity/deities of Crafts. They are to be kept under guard at all times by at least one full squad, armed with the finest weapons and armour the fortress can produce. Conspiracy to, or the successful theft of, an artefact is to be punished as the Overseer’s party sees fit. In particularly egregious cases, the criminal is to be banished to the Caverns or executed in a manner chosen by the ruling Party.

Spoiler: Stukist Party (click to show/hide)

Leader: Nephilim
Members: Imic
Deceased Members: Dan
Paramilitary Wing: Black Legion of King Stukos the Martyr
Ideology:

Since the founding of The Confining Clasps, the dwarves of The Ageless Plane have been ruled by the direct descendants of Queen Kol Somberarch. In the year 223, however, the fourth king, Stukos Spottedpaints, was overthrown in a coup led by Iden Chanceshot with the support of the Dwarven general and several members of the nobility. Thus, Iden became king and his descendants have ruled The Confining Clasps since, while King Stukos spent the rest of his days in prison.

The Stukist Party views the deposition of King Stukos Spottedpaints as an illegitimate and criminal act, and rejects the authority of all the kings since the Coup of 223. As they act in rebellion against the current leadership of the Dwarven capital, they are considered a criminal organization, though they manage to operate more openly in fortresses further from the capital. In the early years following the coup, Stukists advocated for the restoration of King Stukos to the throne. With Stukos’ death in 240, supporters declared their support for his sister, Baroness Vutok Oilytoe, proclaiming her the true queen of the dwarves.

Economic Policy:
– Viewing the current leadership of the capital as illegitimate, Stukists advocate maintaining distance and limiting trade until the true king can be restored.
– Trade with the capital is allowed, however should be limited to essentials to prevent making the capital rich.
– Offerings to the usurper king are absolutely forbidden.
– Being traditionalists, Stukists hold elves and their ways in contempt. While they will tolerate trade with elves, they will not tolerate elves being made residents of a fortress and will feel no obligation to fulfill diplomatic agreements made with elves.
– Humans are viewed as neutral parties by Stukists, who permit trade and amicable relations with them.

Military Policy:
– Stukists anticipate an armed revolution against the leadership of The Confining Clasps, and will raise up squads of paramilitaries in preparation.
– These paramilitaries act as enforcers for Stukist Party policies in fortresses controlled by Stukists.

Art Policy:
– Stukists sponsor art that depicts Stukist claimants to the throne.
– The current kings of The Confining Clasps and the participants in the Coup of 223 are always to be depicted negatively.

Spoiler: United Soapmaking Advocates (click to show/hide)

Leader: Radipon
Deceased Members: Eniteris
Ideology:

Economic Policy:
- Obtaining animals at any cost to keep fat rendering operations rolling, meaning strengthening of trade relations with the elves (for animals) and the trapping and slaughter of all accessible fauna.
- Applying the marvels of soap to all facets of dwarven living, from washing to construction, including facilities for bathing; an active well will be made available at any cost, and soap is to be used as construction material where applicable.
- Maximizing production of soap in order to stay clean

Military Policy:
- Combat is dirty work, therefore only a minimal active force is allowed and only for deployment against foes that have collectible fat.
- Invaders are to be trapped and kept in a "cleaning" facility. Their possessions are contaminated with germs and cannot be appropriated.

Art Policy:
- Soap constructions shall be erected to house and venerate our treasures. Then they will be clean. They must be clean. If it can't be cleaned it must be destroyed.

Spoiler: The Sparkly Unicorn Party (click to show/hide)

Leader: Yung Boujee
Former Leader: BoujeeTheAlan (deceased)
Members: Eniteris II
Ideology:

Economic Policy:
-Phasing out of non-shiny materials for crafts, furniture and constructions. Reasonable exemptions made for wooden beds.
- A gem window quota
- All livestock required to meet minimum standards of cuteness and/or majestic splendour. Ugly beasts will be subject to immediate slaughter or atom smashing.
-A dedication to fortress beautification

Immigration Policy:
- Visiting goblins, kobolds, necromancers, their experiments, undead, night creatures and other ugly races to be met with immediate violence.
- Animal person immigration rights to be handled on a case by case basis via a public referendum to decide whether they are aesthetically pleasing enough to deserve to live.

Defense Policy:
- As our prime representation abroad, our military must look the part. All non-artifact equipment must either be forged of precious metals silver or adamantine, or else decorated to satisfactory degree with appropriate materials.
- Citizens afflicted with particularly ugly scars or otherwise deformed to be exiled to the caverns where they will earn their right to a beautiful citizen's funeral by bringing death to the ugly troglydytic spawn of the deep.

Patronage of The Arts:
- Our craftsdworfs' superior craftsmanship deserves to be heralded before the whole world. The hiding away of artifacts is forbidden and all must be worn or displayed prominently in areas where they can awe and inspire locals and foreigners alike.

Spoiler: The Diggers' Party (click to show/hide)

Leader: ChaosPotato
Ideology:

• Light is not a friend of dwarfkind. All crops must be subterranean.
• Subterranean materials should be used for clothing and construction as well. The less the fortress has to get from the surface, the better.
• Alcohol should be stored in nether-cap barrels if possible.
• EVERYTHING should be built underground, the deeper the better. If we breach the HFS, we're building things there.
• Important dwarves should be made immortal, so they can continue to help the fortress beyond their natural lifespan.
• All are welcome in the fortress, including necromancer experiments, as long as they're useful.
• If a dwarf goes into a strange mood, he/she must be provided with everything he/she needs to produce an artifact.
• Dig as deep as possible. We're not done until we hit the planet's core. Strike the Earth!
• Dwarves should spend as little time as possible on the surface. If dwarves aren't vomiting every time they see the sun, THINGS ARE NOT BEING DONE CORRECTLY.

Inactive Political Parties:

Spoiler: The Communal Party of Defense, Decadence, and Splendor (click to show/hide)

Former Leader: Zalthor (deceased)
Deceased Members: The Maggot
Ideology:

"Every Dwarf a King!"

The slogan of the Communal Party, and a view held deeply by it's members, the Party believes that the Earth, in all of its splendor, has enough for nothing less than the utmost luxury for anyone capable of exploiting it's riches; creatures such as the Dwarves.

Economic Policy:
– Rigourous exploitation of natural resources is commonplace under Party leadership; after all, riches are the birthright of those able to seize it
– Unrestricted trade, for, extravagant trade benefits all parties, most expecially the Dwarves
– The ultimate aim of the Party is to demonstrate the truth of their slogan "Every Dwarf a King". Therefore, there shall be nothing less than royal accommondations for every dwarf; all shall relish in the luxury of the Mountain

Military Policy:
– The wise know: with riches, come peral. Therefore, the Party decrees that a strong Proactive Defense is nescessary, where potentional threats shall be subjugated by Dwarven Might before they have a chance to strike

Culture Policy:
– Visitors Allowed; to dine with company is always a treat, and to be entertained by your very own guests, well, who can measure the pleasure?
– Residents discouraged; it is essential that any that wish to gorge upon the fruits of the Earth adopt of the ways of those that are able to fully appreciate their condition; all must adopt the culture and ways of the Dwarf

Defunct Political Parties:

Spoiler: Miners' and Farm Workers' United Action Party (click to show/hide)

Leader: Maximum Spin
Merged into: Planthomes-Minefarms Sunlit Action Coalition
Ideology: "To overthrow the tyranny of the woodcutters and artisans. Engravers are provisionally allowed but ON NOTICE."

Spoiler: Erokbom Adranzar Mes, "Planthomes the Sunny Coalition of Creatures" (click to show/hide)

Leader: Fatcat
Merged into: Planthomes-Minefarms Sunlit Action Coalition
Ideology:

* Economic Policy *
   1. Surface Foods: The fortress must supply as large of a portion of its food needs as possible from the surface. This includes harvesting whatever occasional plant might grow wild, and trading for every bag of surface plant seed that is brought, and planting them.
   2. Surface Wood: Since the fortress is built on the edge of the mountains in a wasteland, there is no wood available outside of the caves. Out of necessity, this source may be used, but any spare trade goods should be spent on wooden items to decrease the use of cave wood.
   3. Surface Livestock: Although the mountains are not home for any edible plants for dwarves, they are rich in ground cover suitable for grazing livestock. They and the wasteland are also home to a variety of wild creatures, which may be captured and tamed to be of use to dwarvenkind. Because of these facts, grazers can be kept on the mountainsides except in times of great danger, and trap-lines should be employed heavily to add the livestock numbers.
   4. Livestock Proliferation: A number of breeding pairs of all tamed creatures should be maintained at all times to provide a steady supply of meat, leather, and fat. All butcherable creatures are to treated this way if they can be tamed.
   5. Free Trade: Trade is the lifeblood of civilization, and should be fostered in every possible way. Elves, humans, and dwarves are always welcome, and anything is fair game for purchase. Even subterranean products are welcome, because they decrease the mining needed in the fortress.
   6. Material Substitution: Everything that can be made of surface materials is to be, but products of the underground are acceptable if there is no surface alternative.
* Foreign Policy *
   1. Open Borders: Visiting elves, humans, and dwarves from the outside world are always welcome. Visiting goblins are to be tolerated, but treated with extreme suspicion.
   2. Unyielding Defense: All demands from outside forces are to be bluntly refused, and all assaults are to be crushed to the last man, with no mercy.
   3. Tit for Tat: Any hostile action or attack is to be returned to the perpetrators to the greatest of the fortress’s abilities.
* Military Policy *
   1. Stable Force: Any standing army existing at the beginning of an overseer term should be neither reduced or increased, except in emergencies. Instead, it should be maintained at a constant strength, including replacing combat losses in the ranks.
   2. Practical Uniforms: All uniform choices should be selected out of pragmatism, not out of personal preference or for appearances. (e.g. If the choice for helmet is between a beautiful copper piece, and a grungy but solid iron piece, the iron piece would win.)
* Religious Policy *
   1. Equality: No dwarven god is greater than any other. Each deity and religion is to be provided with a suitable space for worship when there are no more pressing matters.
   2. Lost Foreigners: Only dwarven gods are real gods. All other races are deluded or ignorant. The adherents to these false faiths are not to be punished, but pitied, and perhaps persuaded to leave their benighted beliefs. However, their gods are to be in no way honored or commemorated in the fortress.
* Art Policy *
   1. Practicality over Beauty: Art is only to be created to meet official demands and requirements. At any other time, it is a waste of time that could be better spent on other projects.
   2. Free Expression: When art must be created, it will be done with no restraint outside of religious concerns in what it depicts, and may be created from any materials.
* Construction Policy *
   1. Ready Materials: Workshops and structures are to be made of the most readily available stone or wood. Metals are usually more useful for other purposes, but they may be used if there is no other place where they are needed.
   2. Secure Living Space: Bedrooms and food storage are the only things the fortress should specifically design underground. They are to be built separate from the majority of the fortress, and in such a way to be secure from any disaster that comes. Dwarves deserve to be safe from outside threats.
   3. Sunlit Spaces: Taverns, libraries, and other public meeting areas are to be built solely above ground. Even important internal locations such as dining rooms should be built outside in the glorious fresh air whenever possible.
* Artifact Policy *
   1. Protection: Artifacts are to be placed in a location where no thief or miscreant has any chance of making off with them.
   2. Practicality: If an artifact can be of practical use, whether as part of the fortress structure, or in the military, it may be used.
* Necromancer Policy *
   1. No Undying Nobles: Necromancers may settle in the fortress, but may not hold any office, not even a minor one such as bookkeeper.
   2. Pity the Creature: Necromancer experiments are not as they are by choice, and are not evil. They are to be welcomed like any other race, although their connections suggest that they be scrutinized for their motives, and any connections to plots.
* Criminal Policy *
   1. Extended Leniency: Almost any criminal can be reformed when given enough time and care. Convicted criminals are to chained or imprisoned for all but the most heinous crimes. Killing or maiming dwarves who could once again have become productive citizens is needlessly wasteful.
* Health Policy *
   1. Full Restoration: Every injured dwarf is to be treated to the best of the fortress’s ability, to return them to their fullest usefulness as a citizen.
   2. Cleanliness for Health: Personal hygiene, waste removal, and surface cleaning are to be undertaken to the extent necessary to avoid miasma and infections. Further actions are permissible if nothing else is more urgently needing workers.
* General Attitude *
   Overseers are to be devoted first to the use of surface resources, and after this, to pragmatism in all things that do not conflict with their use of the surface.

Other Groups & Entities:

Spoiler: The Mountain Creed (click to show/hide)

Leader: Lucky
Politically supports Planthomes-Minefarms Sunlit Action Coalition
Ideology:

The Mountain Creed is not very fond with Worshippers of Armok for Armok is seen as the evil creator who only  reveled  in tormenting the dwarves by forcing them to sacrifice one of their people or he will create an earthquakes to spill the blood himself.. 6 lesser dwarven gods who were agents of Armok could not stand the cruelty any longer, so they rebel against Amork. The dwarves aided the 6 dwarven gods and Armok created an army of terrifying beast who's shapes, sizes and compositions varied from large koalas with horns and claws who breathe fire, to giant glob made from mud. The war against Amrok lasted for centuries until one day Armok was finally defeated and was imprisoned deep within the mountains and his army of beast fled into the. underground caverns where they roam their forgotten to time. Nökar the god life and death (before the demon lord corrupted him) was the closest to armok's power and was able to create life as well, so Nökar created a giant eagle who he named Doren, to trap Armok deep within the mountains so Armok may never rise again.

The Mountain Creed see themselves as the protector of dwarvenkind and must not let worshippers of Amrok to revive the evil creator. For if blood is spilled in the name of Armok then all life as we know it will plummet into the second of age of Armok.

[Maximum Spin]

I would like to form the Miners' and Farm Workers' United Action Party. Our mission statement will be to overthrow the tyranny of the woodcutters and artisans. Engravers are provisionally allowed but ON NOTICE.

[Travis Bickle]

I would like to form the Miners' and Farm Workers' United Action Party. Our mission statement will be to overthrow the tyranny of the woodcutters and artisans. Engravers are provisionally allowed but ON NOTICE.

Sure. I take it you want to be dorfed as a miner and/or farmer?

[Maximum Spin]

I would like to form the Miners' and Farm Workers' United Action Party. Our mission statement will be to overthrow the tyranny of the woodcutters and artisans. Engravers are provisionally allowed but ON NOTICE.

Sure. I take it you want to be dorfed as a miner and/or farmer?

I am leaving it up to you whether you want the party to make sense or be profoundly idiotic.

[Travis Bickle]

I would like to form the Miners' and Farm Workers' United Action Party. Our mission statement will be to overthrow the tyranny of the woodcutters and artisans. Engravers are provisionally allowed but ON NOTICE.

Sure. I take it you want to be dorfed as a miner and/or farmer?

I am leaving it up to you whether you want the party to make sense or be profoundly idiotic.

Very well. 

I'll see if we get any more players before I start the game. If we don't get enough players now or during my turn the voting game doesn't really work. 

[fatcat__25]

I would like to join, but I'd have to think up a party still. I'd like an animal trainer if possible.

[Travis Bickle]

I would like to join, but I'd have to think up a party still. I'd like an animal trainer if possible.

Glad to have you aboard. 

Ideally we'll get some more players, but with three players including myself I feel like I can at least start the game. I'll begin playing and posting updates of the first year tomorrow.

[BoujeeTheAlan]

I think it's time for my first community game. Count me in as a glassmaker/gem setter.

I would also like to announce the formation of The Sparkly Unicorn Party. Our tentative manifesto is as follows:

Economic Policy:
-Phasing out of non-shiny materials for crafts, furniture and constructions. Reasonable exemptions made for wooden beds.
- A gem window quota
- All livestock required to meet minimum standards of cuteness and/or majestic splendour. Ugly beasts will be subject to immediate slaughter or atom smashing.
-A dedication to fortress beautification

Immigration Policy:
- Visiting goblins, kobolds, necromancers, their experiments, undead, night creatures and other ugly races to be met with immediate violence.
- Animal person immigration rights to be handled on a case by case basis via a public referendum to decide whether they are aesthetically pleasing enough to deserve to live.

Defense Policy:
- As our prime representation abroad, our military must look the part. All non-artifact equipment must either be forged of precious metals silver or adamantine, or else decorated to satisfactory degree with appropriate materials.
- Citizens afflicted with particularly ugly scars or otherwise deformed to be exiled to the caverns where they will earn their right to a beautiful citizen's funeral by bringing death to the ugly troglydytic spawn of the deep.

Patronage of The Arts:
- Our craftsdworfs' superior craftsmanship deserves to be heralded before the whole world. The hiding away of artifacts is forbidden and all must be worn or displayed prominently in areas where they can awe and inspire locals and foreigners alike.

[Travis Bickle]

Time to get this show on the road.
Prologue
In the year 250, Nish Belladmires, seventh king of The Confining Clasps, approved an expedition to found a new fortress and expand the borders of the Dwarven nation. This expedition was to leave for the mountain range known as The Amber Teeth, making this new fortress the northernmost fortress in Dwarven civilization, as well as the first civilized settlement north of The Routed Hill. In honor of this distinction, the expedition group was given given the name of Irolonol, or The North Mountain.



This expedition group had not only the aforementioned distinction, but also a unique rule included in its royal charter. According to this rule, after the first year of settlement, overseers will be elected yearly by a popular vote. This experiment, according to the king, would show the rest of The Confining Clasps whether or not such a form of government would be suitable for the rest of Dwarvenkind.
Journal of Nephilim, Expedition Leader of The North Mountain
14th Granite, 250—The expedition has been launched without incident. So far no-one seems to suspect anything, least of all the six others with me. That’s good. For now I should be careful with whom I make friends, as any one of them could be spies. Even so, I have managed to avoid arousing suspicions enough so far that I’ve been appointed the expedition leader of this group for now. That’s a pretty meaningless job though. Once elections get started and the role of overseer is up for grabs, that’ll be the real prize to go after.

A handful of the other dwarves in this expedition have caught my eye. A ranger known as fatcat seems to have some skill with training animals. She should be useful to us in getting the dogs we’ve brought along trained for combat. The two others I got the chance to get acquainted with seem to be particularly attracted to the elections that will start this Obsidian. BoujeeTheAlan, the gem cutter, kept talking about how he wants to institute some sort of beautification program. Another Dwarf, Maximum Spin, went on a tirade about how he was a representative of the Miners’ and Farm Workers’ United Action Party and that under his leadership the “tyranny” of woodcutters would be put to an end. This confused me as in the papers I received prior to us departing the capital he was listed as a woodcutter and a carpenter, however when I asked him about this he quickly changed the subject.

We’re getting close to our destination as I write this. I’ll turn in for a quick rest, and by the time I wake up we’ll probably be there.

Journal of Nephilim, Provisional Overseer of Goldsilver
15th Granite, 250—We arrived this morning at the base of a small, silty mountain. Nearby is a shallow brook which should supply us with water if the worst occurs and we run out of booze. Other than that source of water and the patch of grass surrounding it, there’s no sign that this spot is anything but a wasteland. We haven’t seen any animals yet, and there’s not a single tree in sight—Maximum Spin may get a chance to be a miner after all. But it doesn’t matter if this place looks dead on the outside, for we dwarves seek fortune beneath the earth.



The first overseer election will not occur until the last day of Obsidian, yet we still needed someone to act as provisional overseer for this first year. I had the dubious honor of drawing the shortest piece of string, so that job has gone to me. I will need to act carefully to build trust and find allies during this first year if I am to accomplish my mission. For now, it is time to strike the earth.

[fatcat__25]

My party is going to be called Erokbom Adranzar Mes, "Planthomes the sunny Coalition of Creatures."

The purpose of the party is to encourage the full exploitation of all surface resources, whether they are plants, trees, or wild animals. This can include surface farms, foraging workers, or trap lines to capture and train wildlife to greater usefulness to Dwarvenkind.

The underground is not despised, but it is not the only, or even the main source of materials or food, except for stone and metal. It's best use is as a safe place to live in case of trouble with other races.

Within the bounds of the goal to use primarily surface materials, all members should try to be practical over all other concerns.

[fatcat__25]

@Travis Bickle Do you have a party yourself, or are you currently unaligned?
Just trying to figure this out. 

[Travis Bickle]

@Travis Bickle Do you have a party yourself, or are you currently unaligned?
Just trying to figure this out. 

I have an idea for a party I'm going to make. I'll probably include a write-up on that party in my next update.

[Luckyowl]

Could you list the dwarven gods of this civilazation?

[Quantum Drop]

Count me in. Don’t really mind what you Dorf me as.

Spoiler: Party Information (click to show/hide)

The Penitent Coalition

Economic Policy:

• Vanity is a distraction from His ideals. All crafts, furniture, etc. must use wood, stone, or dull metal – gold, gem, and the like is to be reserved for creations honouring Him and His subordinate deities.
• Our fortress may be sullied by the goods of the faithless, but it shall be reluctantly so. We cannot trade with the Elven caravan, and trade with the Human caravan is under a strict limit as to how much can be purchased (to be determined later on). Trade with the Dwarven caravan can be done freely and without limit.
• At least once per month, at least one livestock unit must be sacrificed in His name (the method must spill blood in some manner, or it doesn’t count). In the event that livestock are required elsewhere or are wholly depleted, the sacrifice may be replaced by a captured prisoner of war.

Immigration Policies

• All Goblins, Kobolds, Necromancers (and any allies/thralls/experiments thereof), and similar creatures of the night must be destroyed with extreme violence and the corpses unceremoniously disposed of. Capture is permitted, so long as the creature is destroyed in some manner following this capture.
• Citizenship of Animal Peoples, Humans, etc. is allowed, as long as they are judged faithful by the High Priest(ess). Any Goblins desiring citizenship are to be rebuffed, with extreme prejudice.
• Nobles are parasites in the eyes of God and Man alike. With the exception of those vital for fortress function (such as priests, book-keepers, brokers, and doctors) all Nobles will meet with ‘unfortunate accidents’ when possible, lest their vanity, greed, and ignorance doom us all.

Military Policies:

• All military gear is to be forged of bronze or greater; while exceptions are made for artefact and masterwork gear, any non-compliant armour or weapons are to be smelted or traded away.
• Any citizens convicted of blasphemy, heresy, or general conspiracy against the Fortress are to be armed and assigned to the Caverns. They will pay their penance in blood – whether theirs, or that of the loathsome beasts that roam the depths. Should they fall in the pursuit of this duty, they are to be laid to rest with the honours afforded to a loyal citizen.
• The use of lethal traps over cage traps is encouraged, but not required. So long as it spills blood in His name, be it immediately or later, it is acceptable.

Art Policies

• All artwork must honour the tenants of Armok – they must feature blood, war, violence, or conflict in some manner. Any non-masterwork or artefact artwork that does not comply must be erased and re-carved to comply.
• At least one performer must be assigned to each temple at any given time, that we may retain the favour of the Gods. (Though this may be relaxed in the event of severe casualties or war.)
• Artefacts are to be considered gifts from the Divines, and with the exception of artefacts forged for war, all artefacts are to be displayed within a Temple dedicated to the deity/deities of Crafts. They are to be kept under guard at all times by at least one full squad, armed with the finest weapons and armour the fortress can produce. Conspiracy to, or the successful theft of, an artefact is to be punished as the Overseer’s party sees fit. In particularly egregious cases, the criminal is to be banished to the Caverns or executed in a manner chosen by the ruling Party.

[Travis Bickle]

Could you list the dwarven gods of this civilazation?