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Glacier
no Trees
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Terryfiying

ice
Shallow Metals
Deep Metals
Flux Stone

STRIKE THE EARTH!

Part 2 Migrants And Dwarven Shenanigans
Part 3 Siege Of The Undead
Part 4 Reclaim
Part 5: Hard Labor

log of Commander Sarvesh Quickships (Bukétzuglar):

16. Granite

So we are ariving soon at this Armok forsaken place, our king has ordered us to set an self-sustaining military outpost at the borders lets hope this is going well. maybe i deserve my fate a simple soldier should keep his hands off a kings daughter when drunk... no good idea at all, not at all...

so we are finally here, lets strike the... whats this? this eagle is attacking us, to arms brothers! this eagle doesnt seem normal, it looks like... its already dead! what is this? damn it already killed our Weaponsmith. where is my armor? where is my Mace? WRAGGH TAKE THAT! DIE! DIE! (or something equal to death because you are already dead)... finally its dead. pieces everywhere. i think my hand is broken, and my arm is bleeding. we should start unloading the booze, i need a drink...

i always forget the name of the other soldier of this expedition, but i told him to put his armor on and keep his weapon ready. i shouldnt try to heave my shield with a broken hand, guess thats a bad idea... damn where is my other boot? ... DAMN ANOTHER BIRD! KILL IT! TAKE THE WRATH OF MY MACE!





log of Expedition Leader Athel Playworks (Titthalducim):

17. Granite
We arrived, our weaponsmith got killed by an undead eagle, just the moment he left the wagon, maybe he is a lucky dwarf, he will be spared of the horror around here.

since the first minute we are getting constantly attacked by undead eagles and owls. we barely get a break between the attacks. both of our soldiers hadnt even the time to armor up properly, our commander fights with one boot missing and soldier Anűzkatten even misses his breastplate and helmet.

i ordered to dig out an stairwell down into the guts of these accursed lands, we need the protection soon, is this an snow storm coming?
before we struck the earth our miners got attacked by another undead eagle, i decapitated it with my pickaxe.

18. Granite
The snowstorm is here, the stairs are done. we found a cave not deep under the surface and a tunnel leading down to another cave, we got water here, some soil, wood and mushrooms, good news.

19. Granite
Our soldiers are still fighting against the constant stream of undead birds, they had not a single break since we left the wagon few days ago. all our goods are still up there.
one of our miners rushed to me, we got cave crocodiles, trolls, troglodytes and crundles. i ordered our miners back out of the caves.

20. Granite
The commander killed almost all the cave creeps, we are not going to take more risks. he couldnt reach the crundles they were flying above the underground sea.
Im worried about his broken hand i wonder how he can fight like this without receiving even more wounds, he is a good soldier, not deserving this.

27. Granite
The bedrooms are almost done, the stockpile is about to be dug out.

in the meanwhile...

Commander Sarvesh Quickships (Bukétzuglar):

"Where is my other boot? i am so tired, i think my ear is bleeding, im not sure...i need a drink, snow everywhere. i think i can remember his name, his surname atleast. Hey Anuzkutten how ya doing? Anuzketten?"
The commander tries to find his fellow comrade in the snowstorm, it was not too hard as they both have circles of dead birds around them and piles of smashed and severed body parts. easily visible even in this snowy white hell.

"Anuzkitten? ANUZKITTEN? are you sleeping?"

*Soldier Anűzkatten snores loudly*

"you cant sleep out here, either the birds are killing you or you are going to get the cold"

suddenly a undead bird of Prey strikes out of the sky, its sharp beak aimed at the head of Anűzkatten, penetrating the sleeping dwarfs skull like an arrow, just with feathers and a razor sharp beak!

*Soldier Anűzkatten stops snoring*

"WRAAAGH!"

The Commander pulls out the almost completely frozen and stiff bird out of the skull and shatters it to thousand pieces at his iron helmet! The dwarf is in a victorious but vengeful pose.




Miner Athel Wealthyceiling (Limâringiz):

All work and no play makes Athel a thirsty dwarf, All work and no play makes Athel a hungry dwarf, All work and no play makes Athel a tired dwarf.

"hey Athel, wanna take a barrel of good ol liquid dwarven goodness?"
"Aye my fellow kinsman lets tak a break. Oi! my throat is so dry lets spill the dust we swallowed out of the lap of mother earth. damn the booze is still upstairs in the snowy bird infested open isnit?"
"A donworry mate we just grab a few barrels and we fine are we!"
"Ah right ol boy"

The miners take the stairs reaching the surface, drinking, and laughing despite the horrors around them, piles and piles of dead birds, two dead dwarves, partially covered in snow and ice, body parts, a frozen mayhem, everything the same as the moment they died. a monument of grieve for eternity.

The miners continue their drinking for hours on the surface

"oh boyyy i cant rimember *hick* the last time i was so drunk! why.. why is the sky in front of me, why is it so cold?"

All Miners pass out from either exhaustion or drunkeness, probably both
suddenly a loud scream:
"GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME WRAAAAAAH"

the scream fades as sudden as it started, at first no one seem to notice. its almost silent, only a bit snoring to hear and the sound of something pecking on flesh.
its a bloody mess served cold on ice

"ARGH! whats going on here?"
the commander suddenly appears out of nowhere smashing the birds skull, splattering the brain everywhere (including dwarf faces) he starts kicking !!dwarven asses!!
"WAKE UP! you cant sleep out here! why have you dug out some rooms when you are not using them ye silly dorfs?

*Athel Wealthyceiling the miner rubs his eyes with his hands*
"watsss goiiing on? *yawn* why iam covered in blood and... fleshy goo?

Commander Sarvesh McDwarvenAssKicker responds:

"its dangerous out here if you would have noticed i am constantly killing all the beasts around here for weeks, so better take some care and sleep in the hall designated by our expedition leader, right?
yesterday them birds killed the other soldier... anisekitty or what his name was... they got him while he was passed out from exhaustion, so better take care.
have you already forgot they got our weaponsmith the day we arrived?
you guys should drink less, not good for your memory.
and where is my boot? damnit!"




log of Expedition Leader Athel Playworks (Titthalducim):

iam not sure what day or month is today, day and night only differ slightly its dark at day, and dark at night. but never so dark as you couldnt see. i think its still granite.

so we lost three out of 7 dwarves so far and the first month isnt over yet. but its all their own fault, their own stupidity.
my greatest concern is; its now more work for less dwarf so guess i have to swing the pick again myself, i was busy drawing plans of our great fortress, i hate being interrupted to do the work this simpletons are meant to do. they dont appreciate my work, they even sleep outside, like these primitive hilldwarfes. its better he died he wasnt a true dwarfsman! next they would have demanded to domesticate some wild beast to make some cheese or what? we will never have some color=yellow]cheese[/color][/glow][/b]here! here...? what IS here? our fortress has no name yet,

i call it:

cheeseslaughter the ageless terror

Bedrooms

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Cave 1

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Cave 2

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Surface 

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[Gwolfski]

ptw

[Yacc]

log of Commander Sarvesh Quickships (Bukétzuglar):

the zombie owls and eagles are attacking less often, i guess i decreased their "population" considerably. so this is my first break since our arrival few weeks ago. couldnt sleep yet though. my body is full of tension, always ready to fight. and it must behave so. they could attack every second. i was able to find my other boot. im surprised my uncovered feet is still bearing some warmth and live after being in the snow for weeks barely covered, must be the sock i had on it, good sock i say!

we lost another miner, no one knows what happened, he had severy arteries struck open, we couldnt help him. i also got my uncovered leg wounded, almost forgot, im not sure how bad it is because i have barely some feeling in it, i hope the best.

im really concerned about our security, i realised more than the half of the initial expedition is dead. i spoke to our expedition leader, we should block off the entrance, erect some walls and doors or something. we also should move the food and booze downstairs, but the stockpile isnt fully dug out. we dont have enough dwarfpower, hope they sent some slaves dwarfes soon

we started to built a roof above our stairs and booze, we got interrupted by several bird attacks. its like the birds dont want us here, maybe they protect this place, want to keep us away from whatever lies below us. im not sure what we have to expect, wealth? damnation? maybe both...

Our leader suggested me that i shall take a nap. iam the only one who hasnt slept yet.
half of our dwarfs who tried to sleep died, sooo i have a bad feeling about this, its my duty to protect the remaining expedition.
i cannot fail again. but i dont want to pass out from exhaustion like anuskitten so i think its the best option so far.

they woke me up, the bedrooms are swarmed by crundles and a a cave swallow i killed em all, they counted the bodies and told me it was 11 of them, i dont care just let me sleep.

they woke me up again, i killed a few birds, i am so tir... *the text ends all the sudden*

 

"Athel the miner!

"Aye?"

i need your strong arm help me carry him inside we have to clean his wounds, he is important for us, he is the one of us three able to protect us. we cant do much about his broken hand though."

"aye"

*Athel the Leader goes down the caves to get some water*

*Athel the Miner strips the commander completely naked*

"Oi thats not a nice view, i think i need a strong drink after that and this stench is even too much for my hardened miner nose!"

*Athel the expedition leader returns*

"what in armoks name! why have you stripped him completely naked?

"Oi i thought you want to wash him!"

"no! only his wounds! whats wrong with you? *retches*

*commander sarvesh wakes up*

"WHY I AM NAKED YOU PERVS?"

*sarvesh passes out*

in the meanwhile...

some dwarfes guilty of various minor crimes are sentenced to lifetime forced labor and are sent to the fortress,  they have almost reached their final destination

"Hey Sodel what do you think? they say they sent us to a new military outpost right at the border, they say its in the mountains, so its like home right?"

"Dont feel so sure about that, its meant to be a punishment after all, i hope they have some ponds or a river because fishing is what i can do best."

"I think i can see some piles of stuff around there, maybe they already started mining operations, it looks red and brown, what could it be magnetite? rubies? but why should they store it outside? this makes no sense."

"hey look at these nice birds flying around they are coming to greet us!"

"in armoks name! my eyes i cant see, THE PAIN! its too much for me!"

"aaargh help me!"

"please kill me!"

in the meanwhile...

"oi! can you hear that? i thought we are the only who survived, but these are clearly dwarven voices, lets take a look!"

*Athel the miner goes upstairs, watching the mayhem*

dwarfes getting slaughtered, one of them fighting the undead beasts with his bare hands, its Sodel the fisherdwarf, his third punch hits the eagles head so hard that it explodes
Athel never seen something like that, standing there amazed, stunned, mouth open, still having his mug full of well deserved beer in hand, after some seconds taking a gulp and raising his voice.

"Oi! good fight!

"iam Sodel the Fisherdwarf *heavy breathing* we have been sentenced to work here, lifetime...

"Oi! so it wont be long! you lucky dwarf! lets get down, its too dangerous out here"

"i see *sigh* most of my company seems to be already dead except my friend Obok the weaponsmith, well..."

*The dwarfs are going downstairs*

"why is this dwarf completely naked and what is that other guy doing there? is that water?"

welcome to cheeseslaughter the ageless terror

-5 Months passed
-57 dead Creatures
-6 dead dwarfes
-5 living dwarfes
-no workshops, no production
-bedrooms dug out
-stockpile not completely dug out
-roof for the stairwell unfinished.
-no defense except one mighty but naked and unconscious dwarf. he has 34 kills

[Gwolfski]

can i be dorfed pls? Gwolfski, engraver,farmer/brewer/cook, if forceed to military xbow pls

[Yacc]

i can do that, dont expect to survive long 

edit: wow i loaded the game unpaused -> undead invasion, hurray!. commander is still unconscious and naked, no defense so far. guess the dorfs have to hurry
edit 2: something is wrong half the armor i brought on embark is nowhere to be found. for some reason they dont wear their civ pants.

[Yacc]

SIEGE

"wake up Sarvesh, we spotted some weird humans and elves outside"

"what humans? ELVES? I just have taken a nap and everything goes down the gutter!"

"here are your weapons and some armor pieces, we couldnt find it all"

"what have you done? the last thing i remember was killing some birds, fully armored. anyways we have to hurry, tell everyone to get ready, i cant do this alone this time we need every dwarf, with weapon or not, with armor or not"

"aye"

some minutes later...

"I know some of you have no weapons, i know some of you even have no pants on, i dont know what was going on here while i was sleeping but i know we have to defend ourself now, follow me, CHARGE!"

some seconds later...

Obok the weaponsmith charges fearless into the enemys, getting stabbed in the guts, in the liver and stabbed in the head, he looks sick, but he still breathes. it seems the pikeman is an undead monstrosity so are the other hostile humanoids around him. the pikeman stabs relentless another three times in Obok head, crashing his skull. but his sacrifice was not in vain, it bought the commander some time to get rid of one of these zombie beings.

Sarvesh seems like in trance hes crushing bones here and there, dodging every attack aimed at him, his shield being mounted on his back as his left hand is broken.
His enemy a human undead bowman missing half his face still resisting as he can feel no pain. he crushes the legs of the bowman and he falls over. Now the commander gets really mad, he bites the zombie in the chest and brusing the lung! such strong jaw, but too bad zombies do not breathe.

Athel the miner is now getting attacked from behind by a insidious elf, well its a zombie elf, but not less insidious. the elf grabs the brave miner by his hands an doing a throw! the dwarf is lying on the ground, the elf comes closer his mouth is drooling saliva.

"OI get your dirty hands off me you tree hugger!"

the elf grabs him again, but he chops deeply into the arm with his axe, almost severing it! the elf grabs him with its other arm, and the dwarf also almost cuts off the other arm. but the zombie doesnt seem to care, using his hands like a flail crushing Athels hand beyond recognition. the elf tries to grab him but his hands seem to be almost useless flesh. but his arms are yet functional as he manages to strangle Athel.
the miner is dead... but not for long his dead body raises again!

a human woman in a black robe is standing in the back watching the slaughter, she is shedding tears which freeze instantly, whats wrong with this woman? she seems to be the leader of the undead hordes. she raises the dead with a simple gesture. she must be killed!

Sarvesh the dwarven commander is still busy killing the bowman, but now an undead elfish swordsman is charging at him! now he is dodging the attacks of 2 undead bodies. the swordsman manages to get a hit at his leg, but couldnt cut through his leather throusers.
the bowman bites him in his teeth, Sarvesh is missing a teeth, Sarvesh is angry!
he starts punching the mangled bowman corpse at the head bones shatter with an cracking like dry firewood. now Sarvesh stomps at the head from above  and the head is pushed inside the rotten body! an unrecognizable mass!
The dwarf continues his relentless attacks with his mace at the rotten pile of flesh.

but suddenly:

"SARVESH BEHIND YOU!"

He feels a sudden massive pain at the back of his head, the pain spreads rapidly through the whole body, but the pain at the head fades as sudden as it appeared

*Sarvesh the brave commander of the military moves his hand at his head*

"is this my blood at my hands? everything gets so blurry"

Blood running out of his mouth, he starts falling over, he is already dead before his body touches the ground, robbed of all live. his head is smashed open. his face  exhibits a mix of surprise and anger.

the zombie behind him shows no change in emotion no one knows if they even still feel something. it had no reason to kill him, they just obey to the commands of their masters, the necromancers, power hungry, merciless, commanding armys of the undead, to kill even more , to dominate their victims, making them their slaves after death.


Athel the expedition leader:
"SARVESH NO! NOT YOU! what shall we do without you?"

"die" answers sodel the fisherdwarf

As the soldier was the only being between them and a dozen undead, the two remaining dwarfes get shred to pieces in seconds.

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they died so fast i even couldnt check the combat logs, but i doubt they did anything useful, both of them were very weak

[Yacc]

in the meanwhile at the mountainhomes...

"Mörul whats best in live?"

"To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."

"good, good! this is why we the king send thee to our new outpost, you are also one of the most experienced among your kin.
we are most concerned my property might be endangered, there are no news coming from there since we sent the first two groups, therefore we sent thee to investigate, cleanse it from every taint thee might find, and to reclaim the outpost if deemed necessary."

"Aye"

one day later...

A Group of soldiers gathers at a wagon, full of supplies seemingly for months. The cook Gwolfski is counting and checking barrels of the food and booze.

"this ya first ya git stationd to a new outpost?"

"yeah, dont have a gud feelin bout that" *hick*

"nah, donworry, usally half of the dwarfes survives the first years, prolly this just one of the boring where nothing happens all day, just trust ya ol cap" *gulp* "remember our warcry"

"lets go! skin of steel, heart of iron and a fist to break their bones!"

"good boy"

the dwarfes have embarked to their journey to the unspeakable horrors of the undead.

...

the dwarfes have finally arrived, After a long and hard journey from the Mountainhomes into the cold and frosty wilderness beyond.

"hm this mus be the place, lotsa corpses around, this a loincloth? what has been going on here?"

"Mörul you seem quite unimpressed by this view, the soldiers are quite horrified"

"Reg, ya know we are veterans, there always a difference between us and the recruits who never seen war"
"Soldiers! Keep ya weapons ready, never know if its still around here what killed these poor souls"

The Dwarfs search the place carefully

W00t?

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whats up with all these undeads playing dentists? 

log of Commander Mörul Theaterunions(Stinthädsemor):
Usually im not writing logs, but its my duty to do so.
guess our predecessors had not enough weapons or armor around. couldnt find any smelters or forges, what kind of dwarfes were these?

18. Limestone
ordered to build a smelter, a forge and a cokery. they brought lots of wood and there is plenty in the caves.

20. Limestone
where is all the booze? someone spilled 100 barrels on the floor.

22. Limestone
Booze production running, stockpiles are low

28. Limestone
we finished the roof of the staircase, a drawbridge will be installed soon, at the moment we are safe, walled in, there is no exit or entry.

29. Limestone
we need a tomb, ghosts are upset.

8. Sandstone
Idel started to butcher the undead birds, iam not that hungry yet!

9. Sandstone
dig faster we need that tomb!

10. Sandstone
Miasma! Something close to the butcher shop is rotting. Ghost scaring us away from whatever there is rotting.

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12. Sandstone
had a dozen troglodytes and a dozen crundles lingering around the tombs they attacked us first, we killed em all, all inhabitants of the fortress are still unharmed.

13. Sandstone
The ghost guards his rotting corpse, threatens to kill everyone who tries to come close.

28. Sandstone
Ghosts put to rest, did some stupid dwarfen trick to get some iron boots.

27. Timber
Out of charcoal and wood, caves are emptied. need to find magma, discovered another cave.


"Mörul what do you think what killed the dwarfes who have bein living here previously?"

"Im not sure, Reg wat ya think?"

"couldnt find any dead invaders, neither traces of giant beasts, encountered only these undead birds and usual cave dwellers so far. nothing a dwarf cant handle, so do you think they gone stark raving mad and killed each other? maybe this place is cursed!"

"Nah dont be silly, thats just fairy tales! if this place been cursed we could feel it right? i rather think they might fought a overwhelming enemy. have you not seen the wounds on the dwarfes? sword cuttings, pike stabbings and such so it must been either goblin, elf or human, but we are not at war with the elfs and humans, but goblins are by no means that dangerous and rarely they wander off up to these harsh mountains. arr it remains me a riddle" *gulp*

"a riddle it is! maybe we should search the belongings of the dead dwarfes more closely, i will report if we find something interesting captian"

[Yacc]

some talk between the soldiers...

"we need beds! now! i cant sleep another night on the floor, my back is killing me!"

"yeah you are right we should stop burning the wood and instead make beds out of them!"

"yeah you are right being right!"

"i have seen how our captain smashed a cave spider to a lump of gore with a single punch, he had his axe at him but he seems to enjoy his job too much."

in the meanwhile...

"Sir! The miners are reporting the deeper we dig the warmer it gets, my dwarven nose tells me we are close to magma!"

"Good news!"

"Havent found any new metals yet, silver and tetrahedryte is still the only ore to be found"

"Bad news"

"Sir the men also complain about the lack of beds, we are sleeping on the ground for months!"

"Hmm, fine! let them waste our precious wood for beds, its not like we need it to make coke, to make some steel later"

"And we should build a dining hall"

"Aye"

6. Obsidian
A troll has been spotted in the dining hall, kill it!
Mörul draws his axe and chops off the trolls head before it had time to understand that he was hanging around in a dwarven dining hall!

"we must seal off the caves, we dont want this to happen again."

7. Obsidian
Sir! we found a diary among the dead dwarf belongings, the book is covered with stains of blood, according to the records this place is called cheeseslaughter the ageless terror and there is one entry written by a shaky hand, something about a army of the undead and a necromancer"

"undead? this is truly horrifiying"

12. granite:

caves almost sealed off, found plump helmet men in the magma forges, unsure how they got there.

14. granite
The Fortress is now 1 year old, very calm here, the soldier getting bored.