After the Necropolis' materials got wasted, I needed to make sure I was not doing things wrong.
I was doubting my abilities to produce usefull undeads. I needed to proove myself I was competent.
Yet, this failure made me realize two things :
- Dwarves are complex beings. Their bodies need to be extra-fresh for proper ghoulification. Timing is of highest importance.
- Lesser beings, not as complex (such as Osprey men, or wereswines) don't need this super quality. They can be raised even years after death, and even with dried living tissues.
During Fall, I would conduct two experiments to confirm these theories.
The first experiment would involve
freshly killed dwarves.
Namely, Dōbar and Ast, proud citizens, of SmallHands :
Errr,
"Children citizens of Smallhands", would be a more accurate term.
I had to assure a clean death.
The water reservoir above the room, and the vital need of air of the children, helped me achieve this.
Just like that, I had acquired two bodies of prime quality !
And when the smoke cleared :
These were Sentient Ghouls !
And they were part of Smallhands' unit list.
The ghoul-lings walked out of the room, playing "make believe", as if nothing happened.
I will keep a close eye on them, especially on the older one, who is 11 yos.
I wonder how he will age...
For my second theory, about the futility of freshness for lesser sapien, I had to dig into long forgotten tunnels.
This ...
... was Gold to my eyes.
In the many layers of the caves, I could see the bodies of : Trolls, Blind Cave Ogres,
Maneras, Troglodytes, Gorlak,
Reachers, and more !
Bringing this pile back to my studying chamber would ensure months of research !
I had to loot the Cavern of its treasures !
I had to take it !
Yet, there was one
difficulty
Behold :
Pelese.
A towering crocodile. A monster. An abomination of Nature. It should not be allowed to live.
It was old, and wounded, and had lurked Smallhands for years, yet it was scary and monstrous.
I ordered the military to kill it.
I enthralled the troops :
"Warriors, do not fear Death ! Any fallen brethren will be brought back amongst his pairs !
Just take care of your head, I can salvage the rest !"My speech must have motivated them.
Pelese stood no chance.
Recon claimed the kill.
With its guardian gone. The Caverns were mine to loot.
Some time has passed.
It took several days for the dwarves to recover the biomass and put it in the REZ chamber.
But, as daunting a task, it was worth it.
It was very,
VERY worth it.
I mean, just look at all the worth :
For unexplainable reasons, only the Troll, and the Troglodytes were risen.
I believe it is because of the [EVIL] tag...
I can't seem to resurect goblins either (and I savescummed A LOT for them). But dwarves and humans can be done easily.
Yet I've raised Trolls, who are [EVIL]... So IDK.
IDK about the elves, and their [GOOD] token. I only tried one elf.
But this was more than I could have hoped for.
I managed to raise years and years of
Pelese's kills.
These
Troghoulytes (as I like to call them), are alive thanks to me.
If given the time to think about their new life, they will surely realize this, proove faithful and bind to me.
I did order a large network of rooms dug for the newly born
Troghoulytes, and for the other ghouls to come.
There, they would stay, for future interrogation, and study.
It was an easy task to trap the wild
Troghoulytes in their room.
I simply caged them and tossed them inside from an opening above :
Wonderful.
There, they would stay, as magnificent witty beings.
Smallhands' ghoul population was increasing.
OOC1/
Is bringing back the age of myths a bad thing?
No. It's purely cosmetic.
2/
So what are you gonna do with all them undead?
Officially, study them.
Hope they regain senses, and that maybe we could turn them to join SmallHands forces.
For real, we put them in glorified prison cells and leave them there forever.
They act as the official Fortress mascotts !
Ghouls retain their former allegiance. So "wild animals" stay wild
Yet, maybe we could use the throwing Pits to feed the Trolls-forlorn-ghouls invaders ?
Or maybe we could put them in an alternative goo-hive for defense, IDK, your call.
3/ We are at war with the humans
The merchants did not show up, and I could not test my drowning machine on them. Pity.
4/ What are the settings for visitors ? None showed up.
Did you previous overseers ever had any ?
Maybe it's because we don't have any public librairie / inn ?
END OF OOC
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