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[Samthere]

So I'm currently playing a two-years-at-a-time succession game with a friend, with a civilisation of modded-in birdfolk, avesa. Our goal is to build a floating fortress (a huge constructed fortress suspended by a single stairway, which takes full advantage of the limited effects of the [FLIER] token in fortress mode). With the lack of suitable soil for overground planting, I dug into the underground to grab some seeds and plants, and then sealed it up with hatches and doors.

A few days later, "The forgotten beast Efacì Rithesathepani has come!" The description made me shudder. I thought it'd meander harmlessly in the underground, but it made a beeline for my tunnels and broke through all the doors. With only one soldier left after several goblin attacks, and most of the working population injured in bed, I was relying on war dogs to keep buzzards away, and to look out for kobolds and snatchers. The beast flew to the current roof of the fortress and threw a pair of dogs to ground level, and I sent in the last member of my militia, Vavova Usnimaustus the macebird, and prepared for the end of the fortress.

The spoiler below shows the grisly slaughter in full detail - I wouldn't like to expose you without preparing you.

Spoiler: Efacì Rithesathepani (click to show/hide)

A gigantic three-eyed goose.  It has a fat, bulging trunk and it squirms and fidgets.  Beware its poisonous sting!

The goose got destroyed almost instantaneously by the Vavova Usnimaustus Usnirus Odum (the avesae are human-sized but with a lower average strength attribute). He named his mace about 11 times after that. I made him drop it to try to get him to work, as there was only one other not lying injured, but he still refused to work, and from then on also refused to pick his mace back up, which led to the following (after a reclaim):

Engraved on the wall is a masterfully designed image of goblins and avesae by 'Engrave-L' Vagaotussesa. The goblins are massacring the avesae. The artwork relates to the defeat of the Virginal Heavens of the Mysterious Poetry and the destruction of Problemplanned by The Lurid Seducer in the midspring of 637.
Gotta love when random names combine so perfectly.

I found Efacì an absolutely hilarious creature, and just had to share.

[Flying Carcass]

Nice, I'd flee from that!