I really wanted to put all these posts in one place:
Actually, I was wrong about her being a guard for the town. She was actually a wanderer. I've gone back and gotten pictures from the Legends screen.
If you're wondering why is only goes up to 102 (and thus doesn't have Cacame's nickname and growing kill sheet), it's because it's an old save I have specifically to look at the Legends for this world. Didn't feel like going through the entire save scumming process to look at an up-to-date one since it'd be mostly uninteresting.
Let me know if you want any more besides these.
First of all, the man of the hour, Cacame himself:
Now, his wife, Nemo:
The elf that brought about Cacame's hatred of all things elf, Amoya:
The second-most badass elf in the world, the one that killed Amoya, Iwo:
In case you're wondering about Iwo's wife there... Yes, she was also killed by other elves. However, Iwo was there and killed her killer in return (Imiwa).
A few others mentioned in Cacame's history. First, Nisa, the one who managed to rip his lower body (presumably before he discovered his wife had been eaten):
And the elf Cacame was dueling down at the last event, Nithe:
As you can see, the dwarves of the Creation of Ferns are total kill stealers.
Cacame's dad, Fewetha:
Yes, his last name is Spokenthundered. And note what happened to him after he was killed. You will notice a similarity when you see...
Cacame's mother, Osime:
I think this gives us a lot of insight into Cacame. His mother was killed and then eaten by Gibberlings (grotesque creatures that exist to kill, eat, and reproduce), then a year later his FATHER was killed and eaten by them. A decade later, as he is beginning to settle into an easy life as a guard of the town he was born in, his wife was killed and eaten by other elves.
If you're wondering about the rest of Cacame's family, they are all living unimportant lives. Most tragically, they are still living in the elf civilization.
Ok, I looked through his entire family history, up to the origin of the family on both maternal and paternal sides. Incredibly, everyone related to Cacame EXCEPT his brothers and sisters is dead. They were all killed one of two ways: in the war with the dwarves or in a war with the gibberlings (75% of them ended up being eaten, the others killed by gibberlings seemed to avoid being eaten). The split seems to be about 50/50 on who killed them. The vast majority of them aren't all that impressive, some having one or two kills before getting killed themselves.
His brothers and sisters are all still alive and living in one town together and have done absolutely nothing beyond get married. They're also still part of the elven civilization. So when the dwarves came knocking, his brothers and sisters went running and left him behind.
The only member of his extended family who is really notable is his maternal great grandfather, this guy:
He killed one MegaBeast and fought with another. He was also the leader of the elf civ.
Much like all world-generated creatures, he doesn't have likes and dislikes, though he does have a personality. Which I think happens to be very appropriate for an elf who decided to become a dwarf:
Here's the throne. Blackmetal is from the Dig Deeper mod. It's actually not all that awesome, compared to some wacky artifacts I've gotten before.
He has never eaten anyone, though he did participate in numerous battles and does have numerous military skills.
From this and the summary on the wiki (
http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Cacame_Awemedinade#Brief_history ) I truly get the impression that Cacame didn't one day all of a sudden decide to be like a dwarf but was raised and trained by them in the society he grew up in - not only that, but whoever must have been his dwarven teachers must have been some really benevolent type who pointed out just what was so horrible about elves and all the good things about dwarves even as he nutured Cacame to maturity, even seeing him get his bride who would later be the worst possible object lesson of everything that is wrong with elves and setting him on his course to become first a dwarven king and The Immortal Onslaught. Revenge isn't enough to explain just how bad ass of a noble he turned out to be compared to the usual insane lot destined for a death trap.
I imagine in the next version of DF, Cacame would lead dwarven armies that make the movie Sparta action look like kindergarten grade stuff in the rule of cool and he would do it to free your particular world from its own barbarity that has so filled him with rage from its injustices not just committed against his own kin but dwarves as well. He is a mother fucking freedom fighter, freeing elves from their savagery by slaughtering them wholesale to put them under the benevolent rule of dwarfs like he once was. He's like a mother fucking Alexander The Great, trying to unite the people of the world under the protection of his bloody hammer, raining judgement on the wicked. Truly, it does seem his final act after freeing his world into a golden age of dwarven benevolence and unity would be to enter a portal to a demonic plane to wage eternal war on their asses, completing his ascendancy to deity in DF along side other DF legends in all their horrible glory.
Hope my little assessment of Cacame Awemedinade, Elf King of The Dwarves, The Immortal Onslaught there from reading this thread and viewing its art comes across as mostly accurate. The character should surely inspire more artistic renditions of his gory glory.
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