I just did an epic thing accidentally.
So, I decided to embark in a terrifying biome. Yes, good beginning there. You see, it's my first time, so I was all like "please, be gentle". Hah. As if.
Upon arrival, the only baddie I see is a Giant Mosquito Corpse. Giant mosquitoes are pretty lame, so I'm not very bothered. I start digging a hall to dump my stuff in. The mosquito zombie starts bothering my idlers, so I send my axedwarf to show him what for.
The axedwarf is slain with a single push to the head.
He wakes up, and hangs around with the mosquito for a few minutes, while I'm basically twiddling my thumbs and being a noob. Then the pair of them goes and absolutely
mauls the shit out of a hippo, which is also zombified. Then the three of them go and slay the rest of the stupid fuckhead dwarves.
Thus ended the first embark.
Naturally, I was thrilled by this development. I reclaim, and start digging real quick, and set everybody to drag our shit inside and wall ourselves off.
Too late!
The corpses of the previous group somehow cross the river which bisects the map, and start chasing my dwarves around. I sense I have to do something, and order the miner to wall herself off inside the corridor she has dug.
None too soon. The others are slaughtered in seconds.
So now I'm doing a hermit challenge! I'll gather plants in the caverns, fish, and generally be a badass little survivalist mofo. This is great.