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Solon “Verb” Rosyearths expressed concern upon viewing the finely-crafted «Present»
In the world of Lusmzabagsnubstrasp, on the western coast of The Sensitive Continents, there is a stretch of savage land known as The Combined Forests. Once upon a time, the elves grew forest retreats here, but that was before the goblin empires - The Grasping Phlegm-Vice and The Demon of Rats - marched on. All remaining elven kingdoms have been conquered by the humans since, while The Letter of Bands rules the mountain ranges at the southern reaches of the continent. Now, a new fortress named Claspedbowels has been established in The Combined Forests and there is hope for finally bringing this no-sapient's land over to dwarven control.Right, after being generally not-around on here for a while due to IRL, I am finally back (and don't think I've forgotten Boatmurdered 2200... though for reasons there will be a reboot of that too).
Yeah, about that Stellaris game... GIF related.
So, as the month of Obsidian 2019 drew to a close and spring came along, I decided to make a new world and get something done in DF2018 or whatever it's called now. And I saw that the !!Drunk Fortress!! thread was looking for a new world too, but... I'm not feeling like making this a succession world. Or a drunk one. Just a crazy one and just a community world. Details will be filled in as we go. Feel free to invent yer own law! I mean lore. But the former might apply. We are in a
SAVAGE FOREST.
There may be win conditions in this world, but they're going to hard to beat. And, fortresses no longer die unless they really die. They may be, however, retired. We may also be seeing some adventures too... but more on that as the world progresses. I'm probably going to update this around the weekends... ish.
SO WHAT DOES THIS WORLD HAVE FOR US IN STORE?!SO IT USED TO BE THAT THE WORLD HAD A DWARVEN NAME. Except I forgot to take it down during worldgen. It shows up as "Lusmzabagsnubstrasp", which sounds vaguely goblin to me. However, it's probably taken from one of the angelic or demonic languages that's literally been RNG'd.
This is what the world looks like. I went for a small world with high savagery, high numbers of civilizations, high numbers of sites, and a decent amount of history to go with it. Also, minerals are everywhere because SCREW THAT.
I'm not claiming this is an entire planet.
Five biggest continents and islands, in order of size:1. The Sensitive Continents. Literally this has most of the landmass in the known world, and is surrounded by the Colourless Water. In case you didn't realise, that seems to be the world-spanning ocean. Obviously we can't see the whole planet, but it's still significant. The majority of civilizations were established here and this seems to be the sole continent which had all four primary civilisations form on it.
2. The Ageless Continents, to the south. Literally like Australia, but it's north of the tropics. Home to an elven civilization, the sole surviving one on the planet. We could build a bridge between the Sensitive Continents and this place.
3. The Continent of Ash, to the west and warm and temperate. Home to a human and a goblin civilization and neither have gotten the upper hand.
4. The Dipped Land. Lies between the Ageless Continents and The Continent of Ash. Uninhabited.
5. The Island of Targets. No idea who named this but it's uninhabited, to the north of The Continent of Ash.
There are numerous islands including a volcanic one. Unless we get some boat hacking or a compatible release with boats in it, I doubt they're going to be significant at the start. That said, there's swimming.
The World:
The year is 250 and we are part of the
Letter of Bands is the main and dominant dwarven nation in the known world, and its largest landmass: The Sensitive Continents. The only other dwarven civilization in the known world is
The Tome of Shoves, which has been reduced in its holdings to the single Dwarven Hillocks of Walledchance in the north of the Sensitive Continents, by
The Grasping Phlegm-Vice, the most powerful of the goblin civilizations.
Meanwhile, the
Demon of Rats holds onto a number of pits in the north. In the considerable no man’s land between
The Letter of Bands and
The Grasping Phlegm-Vice lie a number of other ruined and abandoned elven retreats, which lie unclaimed.
The Ageless Continents is a smaller, tropical continent to the south. It is dominated by
The Tusk of Slings, an elven civilization which has since laid waste to the human civilization that once lived there. Some believe it is possible to build a large bridge or subsea tunnel between The Sensitive Continents and The Ageless Continents.
Meanwhile, the Continent of Ash is dominated by
The Scorpion of Juices and
The Confederations of Working. It appears neither the humans nor the goblins on that continent have been able to get the upper hand upon one another.
The past 20 years have been chaotic, with
The Realm of Jungles, a Human civilization, finally conquering elven civilization on The Sensitive Continents. There's an adjacent human civilization known as the
Empire of Diamonds present too, but they didn't actually conquer the elven civilizations. Numerous rumours suggest the human survivors from the Ageless Continent provided the zeitgeist behind this invasive push.
The Letter of Bands has settlements down to the southwestern verge of The Sensitive Continents. One would have thought that this could become a bustling dwarven port, but alas, travellers must swim. As of yet.
Maybe someday, someone will invent a vehicle capable of travelling across the water. That day is not today, but it will not stop us from attempting crossings.The Fortress of ClaspedBowels (as of 250):Without too much of an introduction, The Letter of Bands has commissioned a new dwarven embark in the savage lands in the west of the Sensitive Continents.
And so it was, that the fortress of
Claspedbowels was established by the
Walls of Adventure on 15th Granite 250. We have scouted out a *mighty fine* site, with a waterfall present, in The Combined Forests, a savage temperate forest. We are just south of a number of elven fortresses, but those are ruined. We are the I neglected to check who the hell sacked them, but it was probably goblins. I have solely ascertained this based on the humans actually taking over the elven sites, while the goblins seem to have outright sacked many locations.
There are various reasons why you were chosen for this mission, but now you must face that which is expected of you. You have been asked to establish a fortress in the savage western part of the world, a large stretch of untamed wilds that bridge the gap between dwarven, human, and the human-dominated elven settlements in the south, and the goblin empires in the north. Claspedbowels is due south of an old forest retreat, but it has been ruined. You didn't read up how long it had been ruined, but it's general common knowledge that it's uninhabited by elves, goblins, or as far as you know dwarves and humans.« Last Edit: March 02, 2019, 06:09:33 pm by CaptainArchmage »DWARFLIST (Come take a Dorf!):Starting Seven, Bowelclasped:#1. Datan "CaptainArchmage" Lanterndwelled (M), Expedition Leader (comedian, grower, "rap artist" possibly missing a letter c). Born 23rd Slate, 173. Claimed by CaptainArchmage
#2. Rakust "Sanctume" Matyredroughness (M), fighter and mechanic with an honourable discharge from the army. Or so he says. Born 26th Opal, 192 and by far our youngest member. Claimed by Sanctume.
#3. Erith Mistycloisters (F), Miner and vandal/graffiti artist/engraver. Born 10th Hematite 163. Our oldest embarkdwarf.
#4. Led Clutchedcrypts (F), carpenter and apparently a medical school dropout. Born 12th Obsidian, 186.
#5. Zas Fencepulled (F), engraver. A proper engraver, mind you. Not like Erith. Born 27th Moonstone, 164.
#6. Rigoth Wheeltower (M), mason, architect, and very amateur economists (dropped those classes). Allegedly a "Free Dwarfmason". Born 17th Granite, 164.
#7. Urdim "FakerFangirl" Famemountains (F), a clothier with brawling skills. Born 8th Galena 172. Claimed by FakerFangirl.
First Migrant Wave, Bowelclasped, 2nd Malachite 250:#8. Ber Bronzedrill, Legendary Weaponsmith (F), aged
#9. Kûbuk Mazegate, Jeweler (M) from Syrupbowel, aged 40.
#10. Tun Doublerack, Fisherdwarf (M) from the human hamlet of Bowlines, aged 118.
#11. Dumed Pagedcontained (M), fisherdwarf and gold digger from Blockadebattles. Aged 59.
#12. Ral Boltcrafted (M), fisherdwarf with some military skill from Boardedbolted. Aged 96.
#13. Asmel Goldenwhispered (F), siege engineer married to Kûbuk Mazegate. Aged 38.
#14. Ral Claspedsneaked (F), militiadwarf from the fortress of Treatystraps. Married to Ral Boltcrafted. Aged 96.
#15. Vutok Spreadclasped (M), dwarven child with dancing skill, son of Ber Bronzedrill and Dumed Pagedcontains, aged 6.
#16. Mistêm Stopmetals (F), dwarven child prodigy, all rounded (music, dance). Daughter of Kûbuk Mazegate and Asmel Goldenwhispered.
Second Migrant Wave, Bowelclasped, 22nd Sandstone 250:#To be filled in
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