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[Wilfred of Ivanhoe]

So I have this stonecrafter by the same of Udil Vutokrinal. I just figured out how to engrave walls (gotta smooth them first ) and he has since spent his time engraving various parts of my fortress. He appears to have an extensive knowledge of a region of the world called "The Jungle of Moths," as most of his engravings revolve around events that took place there, going as far back as 97 in a 1050 year old world. It turns out that most of those are rather grizzly images of battles, elves killing and devouring humans, bronze colossi killing dwarves, dwarves being killed by humans, and the like. Every event engraved has happened in The Jungle of Moths.

Udil also has an odd fixation on his Goddess, Tobul, for whom he has made many works including ones where she strikes a pose, one where she's showing off to a bunch of other dwarves, and one where she is screaming.

I just got into fortress mode and wowee, is this interesting.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Your fortress is located in the Jungle of Moths, and so many of the engravings will reflect local history.

[TruePikachu]

If you so desire, you can view the world's history in Legends Mode, which will explain a lot more.

If you wish to do so for your current world, make a copy of the save and abandon the fort in it first.

[PhantomXD]

When I try to get friends to play this game I tell them of such tales and I see a glimmer of light in their eye's. It's a shame they seem to busy playing the latest FPS to give it a go. The layers of abstraction and beauty cant be fully explained in one sitting. Enjoy there are many more wonders to come.

[Loud Whispers]

As you learn more and more about DF, more and more about DF  will open itself to you until you have unparalleled freedom to any other game. DF sets about to create worlds full of stories, it accomplishes it rather well.

[neblime]

Your fortress is located in the Jungle of Moths, and so many of the engravings will reflect local history.

is that necessarily true?  I thought that they engraved significant events from a wide range of areas.  They certainly seem to in my forts.

[TruePikachu]

Engravings only detail events which the engraver knows about, and most of the time, they'll only know about the area they grew up in, which will frequently be the surrounding area.

[SixOfSpades]

It's a shame they seem to busy playing the latest FPS to give it a go.

Precisely how you read that acronym tells a lot about how deeply you've been sucked into this game.