Deep my dwarves delved, carving out the vast underground city of Goldenhall. Little mind did they pay to the surface world until one day an announcement echoed through the fortress. Stalkob Whisperedboils the Fierce Shove had arrived, a great female minotaur with a thirst for dwarf blood and shining gold. Both, she had heard, were to be found in great abundance at Goldenhall.
The dwarves of Goldenhall had been focused on their delving and designing and none now were there who could wield axe or crossbow. The dwarves cowered behind their traps fearfully awaiting the monster's coming. And come she did, swiftly making for the entrance. She could smell the fear of the dwarves and to her nose it was as a fine wine. First though, she would have a bit of fun with them. With several swift swipes she slaughtered their guard dogs, then took to chasing the livestock about the open fields until there remained a lone yak cow, Nimarnish. Stalkob gave chase, relishing the thrill of the hunt as the desperate yak fled from it's inevitable demise. Several times she caught the yak, and each time she inflicted a wound to one of its legs before releasing it to limp away in terror. And so her cruel play continued.
Finally though the yak was cornered and the minotaur, growing tired of her sport, moved in for the kill. Yet it was in that moment that something changed. There burned now in Nimarnish's eyes a fire, the red ember of desperation blazed to life and the yak took the fight to the minotaur. First one of Stalkob's arms was broken, then the other. In the end she begged for death as the enraged cow crushed her body in its wrath. Finally there stood only one, a lone yak staring down upon the broken corpse of its attacker.
And that children, is how my dreams for a minotaur labyrinth under my fortress were crushed while at the same time new dreams of a shrine built to my dwarves newfound diety were birthed. Soon all dwarves shall bow to the yak god of might and unbreakable will, those that fail to bend the knee shall be thrown to the lava, an offering to Nimarnish and a warning to all non-believers.
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