So as I'm perusing the Legends for a newly-created world, I stumble across the following battle:
Osush Kom, "The Clashes of Throwing"
A: 1989, mostly humans, no losses
D: 7 goblins, 2 trolls, 8 losses
Attacker was victorious.
In the midspring of 243, The Scorching Confederacies attacked The Evil Deceiver in The Auburn Swamps. The human Stathra Muletrumpets led the attack, and the defenders were led by the goblin Zom Sprinkledmaligned the Weathered Bridle of Apogees.
A quick glance at the individual records shows that this was Zom's first fight of any kind as far as I can tell (he didn't start scouting for his civ until 236). And he's the lone survivor.
Two years later....
Necikarist, "The Singed Assault"
A: 2417, mostly dwarves, 2191 losses
D: 5 goblins, 2 trolls, 6 losses
Defender was victorious.
In the late summer of 245, The Mountainous Ships attacked The Horror of Servants of The Evil Deceiver at Roofpoisons. The dwarf Feb Clasphandled led the attack, and the defenders were led by the goblin Zom Sprinkledmaligned the Weathered Bridle of Apogees.
So...two years after being the sole survivor of a curbstomp battle against nearly 2000 humans, our little buddy Zom is the sole survivor of an epic reverse curbstomp against 2400+ dwarves, single-handedly killing every single dwarf he came across (including the dwarven queen, ending her line). All *after* having his
lips torn off by a goblin in the dwarven army.
Further research shows that he was just following in a grand tradition of his civ. His predecessor, Ngoso Hateconjures the Killer of Embraces, only began serving her civ in 231. She then fended off an attack by the Scorching Confederacies in 232:
A: 1816 humans, 86 goblins, 80 elves, 1721 losses
D: 4 goblins, 2 trolls, 5 losses
She met her end against the dwarves in 234 (to a cave crocodile, no less):
A: 2361, mostly dwarves, 1924 losses
D: 5 goblins, 2 trolls, all lost
Ngoso finished up with 49 notable kills and 3608 other kills. She also maimed the dwarven queen (the one that Zom killed) by ripping off one arm.
Zom
is still alive and has 23 notable kills and 2168 other kills.
And this isn't even their capital. The civ capital has been untouched by war and is ruled by a charcoal devil with a measly 4 kills.
The site itself, Roofpoisons, has a long and bloody history:
Built by Goblin Civilization #1 in the year 43.
Sacked (undefended vs. 216 humans) in 71.
Sacked (undefended vs. 1681 humans) and the civ destroyed in 150.
Reclaimed by Goblin Civilization #2 in 176.
Sacked (1 goblin vs. 3295 mixed army, 45 losses) and the civ destroyed in 178.
Reclaimed by Goblin Civilization #3 (the one Zom and Ngoso belonged to) in 230.
Sacked in 234 (when Ngoso died), but now watched over by a lipless Zom and his 49 goblin brethren.
So basically, this site had never had more than a handful of defenders, against massive armies of humans and dwarves. Only this time Goblin Civilization #3 has apparently unlocked their "innate badass" trait, because they keeping finding these champions with no real battle experience who manage to single-handedly take on huge armies. I think I'm going to have to visit Roofpoisons in adventure mode, just to hopefully catch a glimpse of Zom Sprinklemaligned (before he facepunches me halfway across the map).