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Zeebie

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The End of my first fortress! (Fun!)
« on: August 15, 2011, 09:16:24 pm »

Ah, my first fortress has fallen into ruins!

The embarkation went well - we settled in the swamps, which provided ample wood, hunting, and soil to begin our colony.  Mining went well, and hematite was found quickly.  We were soon exporting fine gems to caravans, trading for the armor and weapons necessary to equip our fledgling military.  Vigorous mining soon revealed flux stone, and we were more than able to equip ourselves, as well export fine steel goods.  Beating back an ambush or two convinced us we could handle anything.

We soon broke through to mysterious caverns where more riches awaited - the batmen and flesh blobs that attacked us were no real trouble. Within the caverns we found vast quantities of silk thread, upon which our weavers and clothiers worked until our fortress was exporting magnificent silk trousers to humans, dwarfs, and elves.  Migrants came to seek their part of the riches, and the fortress was soon bursting with over 150 dwarfs.  Then the evil came - a massive goblin siege which was beat back at the cost of some dozen soldiers.  A noble sacrifice.  Unfortunately, no coffins had been prepared for such deaths, and the rotting corpses created both miasma and panic among the civilians.  Efforts to control the tantrums were complicated by the arrival of a new baron, whose leadership seemed to only complicate the situations\.  The panicking dwarfs led to more deaths, which led to more corpses, and more panic, and a fleeing baron.  Nearly a hundred dwarfs died before a new wave of migrants arrived, whose unclouded heads were able to set up the catacombs and clean the fortress.

Prosperity returned.  Legendary dining halls and sculpture gardens were built.  Mine shafts were thrust ever deeper, uncovering dangerous caverns and even plundering the legendary adamantine.  Magma smelters were built, and soon our military was clothed in the unbreakable material.  More sieges were beat back, as well as a terrifying minotaur.  Construction was begun on the largest and greatest dining hall ever imagined.  Migrants again swelled our ranks to 156 dwarfs.

Until one day a dwarf caravan arrived - followed closely by a terrible goblin siege!  Our entry corridor was heavily trapped, which dismembered the trolls by the dozen.  A few skilled goblins made their way into the fortress proper, which seemed no trouble - our brave, well equipped soldiers easily outnumbered them. Alas, the melee made its way into the trade depot and... somehow... a dwarf soldier accidentally struck a dwarf caravan guard.  All the dwarfs, horrified by this violence within the race, flew into a berzerk frenzy, unable to tell friend from foe.  Whenever dwarfs met, there was blood and flying body parts.  None were calm enough to dispose of the bodies or rotting guts, and the fortress was soon abandoned to blood, miasma, and a few pitiful survivors, gorging themselves on the massive stockpiles of the once proud fortress.

Seven years, four months, and six days after the founding of Namecave, after a production of over 8 million db of goods, Obok Alathrashgur, legendary miner and the last member of the original seven, left the gates.
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Mephansteras

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Re: The End of my first fortress! (Fun!)
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2011, 12:46:11 pm »

Sounds like a grand success to me!
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Re: The End of my first fortress! (Fun!)
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2011, 04:05:14 pm »

Here's a story of what happened to one of my fortresses.

A strange world, a couple of bog trolls, seven dwarves all named Urist, and you’ve got The Outrageous Boat (that isn’t actually a boat)!

“Urist Mc-leader, where the hell are we going?!”
“Armok knows…Hey Urist Mc-noble, where are we going?”
“WE’RE GOING TO PORTALPRIESTS! I’VE SAID THAT TWENTY TIMES!”

And so, the seven dwarves began their yearlong journey from the Mountain Homes to some far off place in the wilderness. Little did they know the dangers that were yet to come…

“We have arrived! Ahhhh…Feel the breeze on your beards…smell that air…this is the air that’s going to kill us! Strike The Earth!”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah…”
“I SAID STRIKE THE EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

So it came to pass that the dwarves dug out the first floors of what would soon become an ever expanding, ever sprawling mess of a fortress. Then one day, disaster struck!

“Urist Mc-brewer!!!!! WHERE IS ALL THE RUM, AND THE ALE?! WHERE IS ALL THE ALCOHOL?!?!”
“*hic*…Eh…I dunno…*hic*….*hic*…”
“YOU [MESSAGE REDACTED]! YOU DRUNK IT ALL!!!! YOU…YOU’LL PAY…YOU’LL ALL PAY!! AHAHAHAH!!!! I HATE THIS PLACE, THIS PLACE SUCKS!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!”
Urist Mc-brewer has been struck down!

Alas, without a brewer, the fortress collapsed into anarchy and was abandoned.
Two years later, 7 more dwarves set out to reclaim the famed Outrageous Boat.
However, Bog Trolls made short work of the team and contact was lost. Another year passes and another group of dwarves had arrived there to find out what caused the previous group to cease contact. This group met their end when they’re food supplies ran out. Three more teams were lost, each one leaving a BIT less work for the next to do.


At last a group known as the Good Rack successfully set up an outpost there.

This is their story…   

Alarm bell rings
“What the hell?! WHAT’S HAPPENING?!”
“The Lizard-men are sieging sir! Hundreds and hundreds of Lizard-men!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“BATTLE STATIONS, PEOPLE! ALL SOLDIERS PREPARE FOR WAR, WE ARE BEING SIEGED!”

The lizard-men must have heard about the dwarves’ new outpost on their land, because they sent hundreds of their finest troops to destroy them. Thankfully for the dwarves, catapults and superior weaponry quickly decimated the lizard menace. The dwarves were victorious! They were so happy that they went right back to work like nothing happened!


One glorious day, the outpost liaison visited the fortress. Normally, he would come by just to discuss yearly export agreements. This year however, he came with news! He was promoting this place to a barony! He asked the mayor who he thought would be the most suitable for the position of Baron. The mayor, self-centered as he was, said that he himself was the best choice. So it came to pass that the fortress became a barony, and all was well…but alas, all things must end, and everything dies.


One fateful day, a group of bog trolls ambushed a soap maker and brutally killed him. Naturally, the military was summoned and they quickly killed the troublemakers, but then three more groups of bog trolls ambushed the soldiers. The siege-warning siren went off, and all non-military personnel ran to the relative safety of the fortress. The military fought hard but all things must end. They were eventually overwhelmed and slaughtered by the savages. In a last ditch effort, the Baron ordered everyone with any combat experience at all to be drafted into the military. They too, were torn apart by the fiends. Without troops, the Baron was down to one option. Abandonment.
THE END

EDIT: bog trolls and lizard men are from the LFR mod.
« Last Edit: August 16, 2011, 04:11:32 pm by The Master »
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