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[Driverman]

So there's this evil desert that borders on places with a lot of trees that I have a thing for in my world. It has about five 0-2 year old forts around the outskirts by the rivers where either everyone is dead or the only thing remaining is a bunch of evil murk thralls. These things are ridiculous. I use alerts to get everyone underground when one comes through but it'll thrall a camel/whatever and then everyone dies, no matter what my response is. I was able to kill ONE thrall, it was a baby animal of some sort, and not before a lot of people got hurt very badly -- and during the time it took me to kill it, I failed to notice the camel inside that had killed more than half of my non-military population.

One of the forts I tried to reclaim maybe four times with pure military embarks, but there is a lone evil murk thrall axedwarf that murders everything consistently. Every body part is red (or in some cases grey) but it doesn't care.

If I build a sealed off structure (with ceilings and walls) above ground, will the cloud still go through it? And what embarks aside from deserts can I find sand in? I love sand.

[Haspen]

Sand is soil, so everywhere besides mountains, a biome can have sand for soil.

As far as I know, you need both wall AND roof if you want to protect yourself completely from clouds.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Did your military have axes or swords? Those thrall/husk things won't go down until you bisect or decapitate them.

[Driverman]

I tried giving them axes and that was how I was able to kill one thrall. Guess I just have to get a stronger military. If the structure is completely sealed, though, can any clouds still go through it?

[Haspen]

I tried giving them axes and that was how I was able to kill one thrall. Guess I just have to get a stronger military. If the structure is completely sealed, though, can any clouds still go through it?

Nope.

Speaking of 'completely sealed', remember that fortifications have holes in themselves as well.

[Ubiq]

Have you tried weapon traps full of large, serrated discs? Just set up a glassmaking industry.

[MoonLightBird]

If you want to use military to kill them, I would suggest a danger room to train them up.

[Snowdog]

Don't try to reclaim. The fortress is lost. Nothing can beat thralls even one of them will destroy any attempts to reclaim.

[Kar98]

Have you tried weapon traps full of large, serrated discs? Just set up a glassmaking industry.

Cage traps are far more effective. The serrated disks must decapitate a head or lower/upper body for a thrall to die and I don't see this happen often with weapon traps

[Friendstrange]

Remember that dwarves and animals belonging to your group, once huskified are inmune to the traps you set up. Unless you manage to immobilize them with a GCS/FB web.

Rather than weapon traps or cage traps, make a falling trap. A retractable bridge over a large pit linked to a lever.

[GreatWyrmGold]

The one time I ran into husks (my first Zonnish), I had time to seal off the fort before any husks appeared. Granted, I hadn't, due to wanting to let migrant prisoners in...but I could have!