Awesome! My turn's here!
I'm writing a short tale to introduce the discovery my overseers journal (I'll try not to make it too too long but it may be if I enjoy writing it enough). I'll try to get that and part of my update posted by later tonight.
(Edit: Alright here's the "short" tale introducing the discovery of the history of the reign of my overseer. I very much enjoyed writing it but if you would rather have it shorter I'm sure I could take out some parts. I hope you enjoy! 
)(I had to make a small edit because I just realized my dwarf is a girl. Oh, well. I'm not a girl but I'll try to make it fit. I also changed my dwarf's name to Alexis the Bloody and removed the occupation of plague surgeon, she's now just a surgeon)
Dark, and horrifying, endless amounts of tunnels leading to endless more tunnels, snaking and making their way through the volcano. Deathgate certainly fit it’s descriptions in the history textbooks, a cursed fortress built by dwarves driven mad by their war against Hell. Taking a rest from your exploration of the ruined fortress you ponder over your situation. It was only a month ago that you first discovered the location of the cursed fortress of Deathgate, the birthplace of various madness causing plagues. It took years of searching through old dusty tomes, cross-referencing vague references of fire and demons, but it will all be worth it once it’s over. Deathgate was the last known location of the legendary spear of Karakzon, Umidirtir Minkot Ibesh, an artifact adamantium spear bathed in the blood of demons. As a descendent in the family of the Tyrar, it belongs to you, it is your birthright to get a chance wet the adamantium weapon in the blood of demons and free the land from the terror of the Demon Lords, an enemy that has cursed your family since Deathgate first fell to madness and terror hundreds of years ago.
You’ve made it through mountains and valleys, across terrifying landscapes, deeper and deeper into the territory of the Demon Lords until you finally reached the ruins of the ancient fortress; a volcano littered with bones of dwarf and demon a like, topped with a temple to Armok. You had found the original entrances to the fortress littered with traps, however providence had blessed you and you found another entrance. It was an old magma tunnel once used against invaders. You had gotten lucky, there were no traps in the tunnel, and a section of Gold wall that once sealed off the tunnel had collapsed, allowing entrance into the belly of the fortress.
You had made it through a large system of dark and twisting tunnels constructed by Deathgate’s ever maddening Overseers. It was then that you had your first close encounter with a forgotten beast, a demon with multiple twisted heads that had made its home in a large room that housed an ancient construct known as the BATTERY. It was a close call but a close call was all it was, it was feasting on goblin remains which allowed you move past it deeper into the fortress. It was then that you reached the Grand Stair Case, a set of stairs, that descended deep into the belly of the fortress, the likely location of Umidirtir Minkot Ibesh.
You coughed out loud bringing your focus back to the present; the air that festered in the fortress was thick with the smell of brimstone and old bones and taking a rest from your quest had only allowed the air to infect your blood at a greater rate and your head now felt cloudier than it was before. This fortress would’ve made an end of any lesser dwarf but royal blood flowed through your veins and you knew your destiny. You dug through the contents of your sack, looking for a potion to clear your mind. “Curses!” you mumbled to yourself. The potion had fallen through a hole in your sack at the entrance of the fortress. You picked up your gear and continued deeper and deeper into the fortress, letting your dwarven eyes adjust to the darkness, resolving to find the location of the fortress hospital and then the spear.
After hours of searching you realized that the crossing the fortress by foot would take days. Luckily though you had found the ruins of what was once a great hospital and inside the office of the Chief Medical Dwarf you found a small stockpile of potions and a large book that may prove useful for your search. Written on the inside cover of the book was the words “
ALEXANDRA AVUZISUL, known as Alexis the Bloody, fortress surgeon and OVERSEER of the great dwarven fortress RASHINOD OKBODGESHUD in the kingdom of USHAT US-N.” Concluding that the room was much safer and the air much clearer than the rest of the fortress, you decided to sit down and read through, hoping for a clue as to the location of the spear.
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Topic: Deathgate - And We Must Scream (Finished Succession Game) (Read 836908 times)