The Force of Nature known as the Trashy Coals, my metal-clad military powerhouse, has fended off three sieges, with zero casualties. The Goblins have apparently formed a treaty with the humans, both attacking again and again. The humans will send 20 in for a siege, and the goblins send in three ambush parties, generally consisting of their elite bowmen. Once, the siege occurred whilst the Mountainhomes sent their caravans to our depot, but twice more, sieges occurred with no backup. It was no problem for our elite military. 5 of our men have now acheived names, one of whom has four names: Dumed Moralitywire, the Gilded Meeting Authority of Quaking.
The name was dubbed by the Apostle of Armok, so that would explain why it is so religious sounding. I am going to build ten special bedrooms for our esteemed military, engraved with images of their many victories. Dumed's victory over the giant frost-wyrm, which nearly destroyed the fortress seven years ago, has been memorialized in a ruby statue, which was placed in the baron's meeting room, so that all diplomats may see the power of our mightiest warrior, flinging the head of the mighty wyrm across the halls of the entrance area. His face somber, he stands mourning the deaths of all 40 dwarves who died from the terror of the wyrm, or from the flames shot out by the firebird the elves had brought uncaged.
Out of character: seriously, this wyrm showed up at the beginning of my second year, right as the elves came in. In the midst of the carnage, suddenly a wildfire started spreading from the Depot. I looked in the report because I did not make a connectio between Frost Wyrm and fire, to see that a "tame" firebird had gotten enraged. I didn't have one, so I assumed the elves brought them. The wyrm made short work of the elves and their pack animals, then proceeded to fly around the edges of the map, chasing a poor kitten all around the place. It somehow survived the blaze running right over it. I drafted all of my people into the military, because the pets were running into the fort, which brought the wyrm inside. They managed to break its wings, but all but a child died. Then a sudden migration occured, with 15 unsuspecting dorfs. I enlisted them all, with Dumed being the only one with any weaponry ability. He charged in, somehow avoiding the blasts, and dodging everything the wyrm threw at him. after 42 pages of combat logs, Dumed swung his hammer and launched the head of the wyrm all the way to the other side of the entrance level, which is basically two screens away. His incredible dodging skill has seen him through several years of constant battle, without a single injury.
And all of this, 8 of my squad members legendary +5 weaponmasters, and 9 are legendary +5 fighters. And soon, I'm building a military garrison and enrolling all ten in that, for the added boost to experience gain. (what? I have 61k coins. I gotta do something with them all, since there isn't a working economy.)
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