It needs to be an amalgamation of the best dwarf fortress stories, but still be generic. I submit my application for the plot. Here's as far as I got
Plot skeleton (with some camera stuff):
-Begins with a scroll saying "STRIKE THE EARTH!", which is removed to show the landscape of an evil embark.
-Search for Adamantium
-Realizing the futility of search
-Brief alcohol shortage
-Caverns breached, dwarf killed, then sealed (due to length restriction, only one cavern)
-Caverns opened, limited attempts at colonization.
-FB, kills several before it gets cave-in'd
-Tantrum spiral
-Fort comes back into control
-Migrant wave (with mostly useful skills)
-Military training montage
-Adamantine discovered
-Dig too deep
-HFS!!! (climax, complete with heroic music)
-Last samurai moment as soldiers fight to give mason time to seal up.
-Gobbo Ambush of crack soldiers sneaks in during the chaos
- Kills several and prevents dwarves from accessing bridge
-Gobbo siege
-Last stand
-7 more dwarves show up months later, looking at this opulent fortress. Skeletons, bleached bones, half rotten bodies, golden cups hanging in hands, old, dried blood everywhere, puddles of vomit, armor, overturned tables, etc. Expedetion leader unrolls scroll. Scroll writing can not be seen by audience, as it is a face shot. Leader looks down at scroll, then back at scene of chaos. Camera pans around and zooms in on the writing. "STRIKE THE EARTH!"
DWARF FORTRESS: REDEMPTION
The movie should begin with the words "Strike the Earth" written on a scroll. This scroll is struck by one drop of red fluid, then another, then another at quickening frequency until it is removed and a landscape, jagged and barren, is shown. An ominous red cloud rolls across the small hill which now occupies the middle third of the screen. Cut back to a throne room. Under economic pressure at home, King Cacame (Orlando Bloom), sends 7 criminal dwarves, a Miner (Jeff Bridges), a Cheese Maker (Zach Galifianakis), a Mason/Expedition Leader (Robin Williams), an aged Jeweler (Ian McKellen), Woodcutter/Militia Commander (Gerard Butler), and a street-smart braggart carpenter (Kurt Russell). (All are made shorter through CG, but have excellent beards, which the capacity to grow is why they were selected anyway) Cheese Maker is forced to dig because nobody likes him anyway, so with Miner, they start to chip away at the claystone. Soon, they have a small, dark chamber, and the dwarves haul their stuff into the small chamber they've dug into the claystone. Their cat is caught in a cloud of red dust, gets "Raiders of the Lost Ark"'ed, and only a skeleton is left, cementing the danger of this land. Carpenter dismantles the wagon, lamenting the loss of his "baby". He takes the wood and dumps it into the northwest corner of the room. Workshops are set up for each profession (except the Cheese Maker and Miner).
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