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[Vherid]

Everything in this post is edited and added in order. Updates are posted in addition to being linked from here. This thread covers multiple forts and adventures of horrid doom.


I just started to get into this game. I'm pretty terrible at it, but it makes these things a lot funnier so that's a good thing. I fully expect things to go miserably wrong for myself and the fortress, and it WILL provide entertainment to you seekers of fun. Right now this is a one man project, I don't know if I ever plan on making it a succession game or any of that stuff, but it might be possible. Chances are there's going to be numerous fortresses in here as well because the first one I had didn't even make it a full year. They all dropped dead from thirst even though there were water sources around and whatnot, it looked like Jonestown and the point is, hilarity ensues all of these fortresses. More so then others. This is my first LP into a possibly popular area and etc, my spelling and grammar wont be perfect, but it shall shine on. I am sorry if I am doing something wrong. Tell me what you think please!

I am on the third fortress, Limbtraded, Now, it is shown below, as well as the relative short recollections of the previous two fortress', Bloodyages of Harvesting, and The Fury of Raptors.
I am still not doing succession for now, but I am indeed accepting peoples names for dwarves if they want to do that.


Fortress Nashonanam Lur(Bloodyages of Harvesting)
Abandoned.

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The beginning.
They didn't know it was a snowy land. Scouts had zoned the area deemable so they had gone there, but when they arrived on their spot, it was a complete wasteland of snow and trees. They started to get to work, clearing trees for lumber, and digging out the ground one level below to try to set up areas for food, water, dining, and meeting related purposes. Things were going well and they decided to start working on the stairwell and started heading down into the earth, planning to reach a 9th floor. While digging the stairwell they eventually broke the ground and found a massive cavern system, the stairwell opening into a 3-4 story fall. Afraid of the possible monsters from within without proper defense they tried to remove the stairwell to prevent others from possibly falling into the cavern. Ironically the stairwell was somewhat removed, not thinking to mine out the area around the stairs so that they could be safely removed, the miner that was removing them fell into the abyss of the cavern, crunching into the ground 3 floors below with the torso taking most of the impact. Her copper pick clattered aside and she lay there completely stunned. The impact bruised her guts dearly, making her nauseous, while shattering a finger in her left hand and having the nervous tissue in the middle of her spine torn apart. Some of her blood was on the floor below her and on the wall in front of her. She remained there, heaving in pain before suffocating to death due to her lungs failing. They walled off the stairs. At least they had something to be happy about, as the snow had by now, melted away.

Very crude setup outside

One level down

I knew it was a terrible idea



Part 1.
The fortress was expanded, finally developing a farm and so on, and receiving a wave of migrants or two. The new additions were welcomed for the numerous hauling jobs that were needed and life went on. A working water reservoir, a nice barracks, a brewery, a finished dining hall, an underground wood-shop, mining expeditions begun, things were going good. However something had to be done. Anony, the woodcutter, was asked to be the militia commander with her axe-dwarf experience. She gladly accepted the new responsibility and decided to put a tiny squad together with the new migrants to try and finally recover the body of the miner who fell to her death months prior. They started to embark down the stairs, but Anony disappeared.  The two fisherman who had been drafted did not notice and continued to go down the newly built wing of stairs to recover the body and go to the body with a few workers. It was only a partial skeleton now, but it was still to be given a proper burial. However, with a high pitched screech, a giant bat loomed over their heads and flew right up the stairs, chasing one of the fisherman draftees who was returning to find the Militia Commander. The bat had caught up and started to viciously attack him on the mining level. The draftees only had their fists to fight unfortunately, so he started to swing at the bat, but this only caused the giant bat to go after his hands. After a few seconds of swinging, his hands were leaking heavy amounts of blood as they had been torn open and the arteries were opened as well, pools of blood underneath the two and splattering the walls as they fought. Eventually the fight was brought to the main stairwell where the fisherman jumped and kicked the bat in the head hard enough to shove the skull inwards on itself into the brain which tore it apart. The bat finally fell dead. Everyone finally stopped freaking out and watched him try to pick the body up, but miserably failing to pick anything up with his mangled hands. Someone else eventually carried it out, while Anony returned from hiding, having turned tail earlier. The draft makeshift squad was disbanded now that the issue was gone and Anony continued to hold her Militia Commander role, but people are thinking now, The Fish Dissector deserves it more then the one who ran away. The Fish Dissector had crushed a giant bat with his bare hands, when his bare hands were completely mangled. He had won glory, Blood for Armok, and the first kill of Bloodyages of Harvest. However with his hands completely mangled and with all his loss of blood, he failed to pick up food or water for himself, and has been feeling feint. But others have decided to help him. Anony merely stared the man down in jealousy.
The body recovered, and buried right next to the stairs she died trying to remove.

The new mining zone, and the fish dissector's copious blood.

The newer first floor, and the fisherman stuck on the stair well with his mangled hands, where he slayed the bat.

ohgod flexibility

Fists of fury

Hell yeah


The List:
(I give them desensitized names for dystopian lulz. I've been playing around with different schemes of names including IDs like:0010J0A1R, Job #, Wave number, Rank number)
Leader
Miner 1
Miner 2 - Fell to her death.
Carpenter 1
Anony
Mason 1
Farmer 1
First Migration-
Weaponsmith 1
Metalcrafter 1
Fisherdwarf 1
FishDissector 1
Child 1
Second Migration-
Stoneworker 1
Woodcrafter 1
Clothier 1
Herbalist 1
Siege Operator 1
Bone Doctor 1

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The Fury of Raptors
158 Dead
Exterminated.

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After the military of 7 died at the population of about 64. Tactics were switched to Mother Russia Squads of Conscripts. All attacks have been repelled, but at what cost?
Goblin Ambushes, Caravan Goods Riots, Tantrums, Ghosts, Beserkers, Cave Crocs, and much more.












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The horror...

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Limbtraded

DEAD AND DEMON RAMPANT

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Links
Spring 1
Summer 1
Autumn 1
Winter 1-Bloodshed Begins
Spring.Summer 2
Autumn 2
Unknown 1
Found Journal



Embark
(After looking at the Oilfurnace comic again, I thought it was interesting in the job giving he did for the dwarves there, and I decided to try it out as well.)
4 Miners
1 Architect-Mechanic-Record Keeper-Negotiator
1 Woodcutter-Axe dwarf-Carpenter-Leader
1 Farmer-Forager-Cook-Brewer

The Naming System:
Everyone is given a dystopian ID name. It is 5 digits, consisting of 1 letter followed by 4 numbers. The letter is based upon what migration it is, Starters are A, 1st wave B, 2nd wave C, etc. The four digit number is completely random generated, but no two in the same generation shall receive the same number, ie., there will be no duplicate IDs. In the result of surviving to letter Z and beyond, the process will start over at A again. In the result that somehow, a dwarf in the migration must receive a duplicate ID, the previous one, will be killed for failing to sacrifice himself to the greater good.

When a resident should reach LEGEND status in any proficiency needed or un-needed, He will receive a true name, and is finally acknowledged as a fellow comrade. Becoming a comrade does not guarantee any form of nobility, or noble position. Becoming a comrade will however provide benefits of more luxury and having a higher priority for safety and security. Becoming a comrade or dying are the only ways in which you have finally sacrificed yourself to the greater good, and as such, our god will grant you your desires. Becoming a comrade will guarantee that we will attempt to place your body in a coffin. Being an undesirable will still provide the chance of having your body dumped into a pit, or onto an undesired location with a mass burial dump.

Failure in any way that hampers the greater good will be punished. The current leader of the embark shall receive the title of, God. Failure to worship god, will result in punishment. God may break any rule. God is great. God is best.

(Want to be a dwarf here?)
If you wish to become part of the greatest embark assignment yet, and your qualifications meet the above positions, and exceed those of fresh recruits, please sign here, We will simply replace the deadbeat with yourself, so that God's wishes shall be granted as soon as possible. I personally wish that you see luck, glory, and blood. Most likely you will only see one of these.

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Pop: --


Noted Deceased:_{However, more bodies then record states have been found.}

God - Trader/Leader/Broker/Bookkeeper
Channelbreaker - Miner
Rockknife - Miner
Hardcut - Miner
Chasmfall - Miner
A1858 - Woodcutter
A8584 - Farmer

Ribcarver - Bone Carver/Manager
B0836 - Furnace Operator
B3708 - Fish Cleaner

C2313 - Dyer
C2445 - Mason
C4381 - Woodcrafter
C6498 - Planter
C6569 - Armorer
C7669 - Peasant
C9003 - Trapper

Scythe - Weaponsmith
Sawblade - Carpenter
D1982 - Herbalist
D2480 - Cook
D2760 - Weaver
D2766 - Peasant
D3336 - Gem Setter
D3899 - Peasant
D5335 - Fisherman/Militia Commander
D5654 - Fish Cleaner
D5756 - Bone Setter
D5786 - Thresher
D5815 - Trapper
D5898 - Planter/Broker
D6766 - Woodcrafter
D6918 - Glassmaker
D7463 - Glassmaker
D8489 - Dyer
D8741 - Carpenter
D8941 - Bone Setter
D9591 - Peasant

Skull - Bone Carver
E1313 - Trapper
E1847 - Peasant
E2781 - Siege Engineer
E3995 - Suturer
E4422 - Herbalist
E7474 - Farmer
E9531 - Animal Caretaker
E9902 - Furnace Operator

F0818 - Child
F1995 - Gem Cutter
F2487 - Seige Engineer
F3006 - Surgeon
F3668 - Miller
F3840 - Animal Trainer
F4298 - Furnace Operator
F4576 - Clothier
F5771 - Miner
F7048 - Bone Setter/Chief Medical Dwarf
F7135 - Mechanic

Cheese - Cheese Maker
G0069 - Furnace Operator
G0236 - Carpenter
G0553 - Woodcutter
G1415 - Glassmaker
G1741 - Peasant
G1750 - Gem cutter
G2362 - Child
G3077 - Lye Maker
G4333 - Weaver
G4950 - Farmer
G5009 - Fisherman
G5160 - Butcher
G5721 - Furnace Operator
G6145 - Furnace Operator
G6205 - Furnace Operator
G8467 - Surgeon
G8788 - Glassmaker
G9472 - Strand Extractor
G9510 - Soap Maker
G9806 - Thresher

H1877 - Cheese Maker
H2603 - Fishery worker
H2998 - Animal Trainer
H4278 - Leatherworker
H4705 - Soap Maker
H4828 - Glassmaker
H7249 - Soap Maker
H7595 - Peasant

Baby - Ba4120

C5402 - Hunter "Tried to stop a kobold thief, got stabbed in the head."

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Area is to forever be quarantined. No one gets in, no one gets out.

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ADVENTURE MODE Video LPs
The sad tale of Dunerocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHl0DMQvE4
Fucking Sloprazors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azE-1ZTAyTA

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[Keita]

Definatly looks FUN, watching this intently.

[Di]

Armok should be pleased by this.
Also you can give them just ordinal numbers, that would be easier to implement when 15-25 migrants pop in.

[Vherid]

Part 1 Moved to OP.

[Keita]

Nice, very nice >=)

[Vherid]

Fortress Abandoned while I fuck around with some mods, New thing will return shortly.

[Vherid]

--cut--

[celem]

That went well then......

Ya know its almost better with no story on that one, the pictures write it well enough.

Maybe you should think about some walls round your depot and stair entrance

[Vherid]

That went well then......

Ya know its almost better with no story on that one, the pictures write it well enough.

Maybe you should think about some walls round your depot and stair entrance

To be honest after 40 people died in the first ambush I've just been waiting for it to die out, but migrants just keep coming and then almost all dying again in some atrocity. I'm seeing how long it's going to last.

[Vherid]

Also Posted in the OP

Limbtraded
Coming Soon.

Embark
(After looking at the Oilfurnace comic again, I thought it was interesting in the job giving he did for the dwarves there, and I decided to try it out as well.)
4 Miners
1 Architect-Mechanic-Record Keeper-Negotiator
1 Woodcutter-Axe dwarf-Carpenter-Leader
1 Farmer-Forager-Cook-Brewer

The Naming System:
Everyone is given a dystopian ID name. It is 5 digits, consisting of 1 letter followed by 4 numbers. The letter is based upon what migration it is, Starters are A, 1st wave B, 2nd wave C, etc. The four digit number is completely random generated, but no two in the same generation shall receive the same number, ie., there will be no duplicate IDs. In the result of surviving to letter Z and beyond, the process will start over at A again. In the result that somehow, a dwarf in the migration must receive a duplicate ID, the previous one, will be killed for failing to sacrifice himself to the greater good.

When a resident should reach LEGEND status in any proficiency needed or un-needed, He will receive a true name, and is finally acknowledged as a fellow comrade. Becoming a comrade does not guarantee any form of nobility, or noble position. Becoming a comrade will however provide benefits of more luxury and having a higher priority for safety and security. Becoming a comrade or dying are the only ways in which you have finally sacrificed yourself to the greater good, and as such, our god will grant you your desires. Becoming a comrade will guarantee that we will attempt to place your body in a coffin. Being an undesirable will still provide the chance of having your body dumped into a pit, or onto an undesired location with a mass burial dump.

Failure in any way that hampers the greater good will be punished. The current leader of the embark shall receive the title of, God. Failure to worship god, will result in punishment. God may break any rule. God is great. God is best.

(Want to be a dwarf here?)
If you wish to become part of the greatest embark assignment yet, and your qualifications meet the above positions, and exceed those of fresh recruits, please sign here, We will simply replace the deadbeat with yourself, so that God's wishes shall be granted as soon as possible. I personally wish that you see luck, glory, and blood. Most likely you will only see one of these.

[Vherid]

Limbtraded
Spring.1

God - Leader
A8809 - Miner
A5683 - Miner
A2686 - Miner
A7654 - Miner
A1858 - Woodworker
A8584 - Farmer

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When we finally arrived at our destination, we were next to a stream that was between two growing mountainous ranges on either side, a nice valley of sorts. The air was fresh, plenty of trees, clean water, nice temperature, and a nice big area to start mining into. We pretty much had everything we needed to start with. They said there was a great amount of chalk in this area as well, we could already see some on the ground without digging, and part of the outer crust of the mountain. The steel that will come down the line of work, will be helpful. There's no aquifer either so we can just start digging straight down once we find out where to place the main staircase.

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God warned us that there are ungodly creations in the river, and that we must be careful. We have spotted some carnivorous fish, and some deadly sturgeons. There's also alligators in the area, however not as many as I have heard being found in other places. Thank god for that.

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We laid out some basic plans and started to dig. We had our woodcutter start cutting down trees and gathering logs to place on an outside stockpile but that was very quickly moved inside to a larger stockpile area, a carpenter shop was set up, and we also set aside an area for our furniture. We dug out the rooms that will later be a dining hall, food/drink storage, a still, seed storage and balconies to fill the farm ground with water so that we can produce mud to plant.

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We got the farm room set up, and two-floor stair ways for easy access between the lower farm floor and the upper food areas. We also carved out some single cell style bed rooms, we are working on building doors and such so that we may each have our own bedroom, and we also need doors to close off the food areas in-case of rot. We also finally placed our main stairwell and have begun to dig down from there as well so that we can find rock to start building the doors, tables, and chairs required.

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We got the farm room fully ready for water pouring, and started to build offices for nobles in the floor below.

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We cut out the main room set for us to start producing mason products. However we found out at this point that we had no masons. The first two miners were assigned masonry jobs, and considering they were starting to get really good at using their pickaxe, and mining whole rooms out, they weren't bad with masonry either. The floors also have decent amounts of riches it seems, We should be able to make some really nice items later on.

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While digging the stairwell down we happened to hazard ourselves into a pretty large cavern, estimates seem to say that it goes down about five floors worth of space. We see giant cave spider webs as well, and a troglodyte here and there. Hopefully those wont be a problem until later, however with the current construction of the stairwell, only certain creatures will be able to reach our stairwell such as flying things, which we have not detected so far.

It is now summer.

[Vherid]

Limbtraded
Summer.1

God - Leader
A8809 - Miner
A5683 - Miner
A2686 - Miner
A7654 - Miner
A1858 - Woodworker
A8584 - Farmer
B0836 - Furnace Operator
B8760 - Bone Carver
B3708 - Fish Cleaner

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We seem to have some form of fungus problem or something going on, as it seems to be sprouting up all over the place in our rooms on the sediment levels. We have begun to start creating mud on our farm, and get it running soon. The dining hall is also being vacated with furniture, when it's done it's going to be a much better place to eat then standing with the food in my hand.

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God decided he was going to oversee other positions of nobility that are currently unoccupied, and he is properly qualified for the positions, at least more then anyone else. We also had a wave of migrants join us but it was...very small. 3 people and a horse. Not the most important proficiencies either. However the bonecarver knew enough to be a manager. Both god and the bonecarver wanted their own little offices as well. Nothing special but we build them simple offices with just a desk and a chair in them, and they seemed content with that.

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We have begun planting in our farm now, and the dining hall has received all of the tablework it needs. Now it just needs to have all the chairs made and it will be up and running with joy and banter. We cut out a second set of cell bedrooms, while starting to add doors to the other ones, as well as the rest of the fortress where doors were needed. Everyone gets their own bedroom. The wagon was taken apart as well and we built a cloth stockpile to place all the cloth still in the wagon. We started to run low on drinks so we decided to install a still in the room we planned for it, our farmer is brewing drinks as I write.

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Not much has changed but it's starting to cool down outside, and leaves are starting to turn. Autumn is here.

[Vherid]

Limbtraded
Fall.1

God - Mechanic/Leader/Broker/Bookkeeper
A1858 - Woodworker
A2686 - Miner
A5683 - Miner
A7654 - Miner
A8584 - Farmer
A8809 - Miner

B0836 - Furnace Operator
B3708 - Fish Cleaner
B8760 - Bone Carver/Manager

C2313 - Dyer
C2445 - Mason
C4381 - Woodcrafter
C5402 - Hunter
C6498 - Planter/Chief Medical Dwarf
C6569 - Armorer
C7669 - Peasant
C9003 - Trapper

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Fall has gone by and not much has changed. We set up a trade depot, and the trade caravan finally made it here. Some jackass liason came along with them and starting explaining to us all this useless crap about trade. The actual trade caravan itself didn't have much we wanted except for more meat. We gave away some useless armor and copper bolts. The liason asked about what we wanted here. More Meat.
The dining hall has finally been finished and it is a grand place to eat in now. A third wave of migrants had come along and we now have a good doctor working for us. This time around the jobs they had were more useful all around too. We had to expand the bed halls just enough to fit everyone to a bed. For a little decoration we cut out the extra wall next to the beds a bit, and put statues there. Nothing really amazing but, the only masons we have are new to masonry. Thank god we actually just got a very good mason in the third migration though. We built a kitchen and a butchershop as well to add some variety to our food, I'm fucking tired of mushrooms all day. Not a single injury has happened so far. Neither has anything violent of any sort occurred. Something creeps me out about that.

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We added a giant gem stockpile on this floor. I don't know why on this floor, but it needed something else.

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On our mining floor we are expanding quite a bit, and we've decided these are the size rooms we want that we are going to start mining out from this floor.

Winter is here.

[Vherid]

Limbtraded
Winter.1

God - Mechanic/Leader/Broker/Bookkeeper
A1858 - Woodworker
A2686 - Miner
A5683 - Miner
A7654 - Miner
A8584 - Farmer
A8809 - Miner

B0836 - Furnace Operator
B3708 - Fish Cleaner
B8760 - Bone Carver/Manager

C2313 - Dyer/Militia Commander
C2445 - Mason
C4381 - Woodcrafter
C6498 - Planter/Chief Medical Dwarf
C6569 - Armorer
C7669 - Peasant
C9003 - Trapper

Deceased - C5402 - Hunter "Tried to stop a kobold thief, got stabbed in the head."

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It begins. As I said earlier it was kinda...creepy how nothing was going on for a while. But now a thief has suddenly appeared near the entrance of our fort. People have been yearning for blood for a little bit now. This thief fucked up.

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Our hunter was nearby. He simply decided this thief was not getting the fuck out of this fort alive, and apparently trying to grab anything, managed to grasp the thief's thigh. Unfortunately the thief turned around with a low spinning stab and stabbed the hunter through his foot. His Achilles tendon was also severed in this action and he dropped to the floor like an anvil, screaming his balls off, taking a swing at the kobold's legs in agony and anger before passing out from the pain, where the thief saw the opportunity to finish off the one that tried to get in his way, stabbing the hunter through the temple of his head, cracking the skull and slicing into the brain, before quickly retracted the dagger and sprinting out of the tunnel. The poor hunter was never avenged as the thief was right the hell out of there by the time the militia commander and another soldier made it to the area. A decent pool of blood had flown from the dwarf's brain and a smaller one from his foot. A decent splattering had covered the wall as well. After all of this a second kobold thief appeared as well but the militia commander was right there and decided to just beat the ever living shit out of that thief with her bare hands, eventually beating its face in on itself, which ended the second thief's life.

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She thoroughly enjoyed killing it. Her right foot, lightly bruised with a small cut on it, her only injury.

A 3rd thief also showed up, but he ran away before he even made it halfway to the entrance.

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We also noticed that one of our miners has reached a legendary status. Everyone knows him, and everyone knows he mines well. He's incredibly efficient at his job, I think he deserves to be the first one to lose his ID status.

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His name is now Rockknife. Fitting.

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Usually ID statused dwarves are low priority, but considering the hunter was the first to die, and he died in a glorious attempt to stop the first thing to intrude this fortress, we've decided to give him his own burial room, and have placed the body in a nice stone coffin in the center of the room. We are in the process of smoothing out the walls which will later be engraved and we shall smooth the floors soon too.

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Our mining is going great, we have 6 rooms now, and our structuring is working out great.

[TolyK]

posting to watch.
lookin' good.