My 2nd post on the forums but I've read for a year or so. Played DF off and on for a little more than that time.
The dwarves of Cudgelcross have gone through hell recently. The first 3 years of the fort saw the founding, set up, discovery of 3 caverns, and the catching of several goblin snatchers. One dwarf went insane after failing to get silk cloth(the only type I didn't have access too) and bit my militia commander's hand before being bludgeoned to death by war hammers (The name's Cudgelcross, how could I not mainly use war hammers?). The population even reached 96 and a mayor was elected!! The 4th year however, started off with the discovery of the magma sea and promptly the death of one of the original 7, a legendary miner. He will be missed deeply but no tantrum spiral or depression thankfully.
Then, oh the goblins and forgotten beasts. 2 ambushes were fought off with 5 losses from dwarves who chose to not pick up their iron and steal armor in time, followed by a giant worm forgotten beast that bit off the limbs and head of one dwarf then bit my militia commander and most experienced dwarf in half before eventually succumbing to a crossbow bolt to the brain after all of its shell had been bludgeoned through war hammers. And biting. After subduing the crazy biting dwarf all of my military seems to love biting things.
This was followed by a goblin siege during which a forgotten beast made of flame ascended through the caverns. It was my first experience with such a beast, and though it died easily it burned half of my military so badly they succumbed to blood loss immediately after killing it. After refilling my ranks with draftees the gates were opened to let the goblins into my fort to face my dwarves and the giant jaguar chained up just inside the front gate. They quickly fell by slaughtered the inexperienced dwarves. Immediately after getting the last of the goblinite inside another ambush hit that left me with 2 hammer dwarfs, 2 marksdwarfs and a giant leopard. Literally as the last goblin of that ran off the map ANOTHER ambush hit, but this time they were already inside my front door. A hammer dwarf and both marksdwarfs were already back drinking, my militia commander was on the floor unconscious with a broken leg, next to the jaguar, awaiting retrieval. The jaguar tried in vain to protect her against so many goblins, but after biting the leg off of one they had surrounded the jaguar and beaten her to a pulp. The goblins immediately began to attack the militia commander in her head while my hammerdwarf and the marksdwarf commander ran into the fray.
All 3 of those dwarfs and that jaguar are heroes. The militia commander suffered 74 PAGES of attacks deflecting off of her bismuth bronze helm and only suffered slight bruising that healed by the end of the fight. (She stayed unconcious the entire time). Thankfully I had given my marksdwarfs plenty of metal armor as well as he went into battle with his crossbow swinging, then chuck norrised kicked a goblin 3 times in the face knocking out 3 teeth. The hammerdwarf left over however. He is now named Sodel Okollikot Limullisig Stul*Sodel Voiceinks the Golden Berry of the Maws*. He waded in, blocking and dodging attacks, biting, crushing limbs, shoulders, and skulls in a blind fury. Sodel and his steel warhammer and teeth demolished the goblin attack only leaving time for one to attempt to run, but with an ankle jammed into the rest of his leg he was kind of slow.
To sum it up. I. Love. This. Game.
Is the special long name because of his notable kills in combat? Because before I just remember him being named Sodel Okollikot.
EDIT: Ah, the name is an epithet, I get it, found it. Still awesome.
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Topic: What's going on in your fort? (Read 6216381 times)