After answering Grugni in Egem's stead, the voice thought:
"Ugh... At this point no more fighting is to be expected... I thought perhaps some more dangers would've been encountered today, but I was mistaken... No reason to keep my little servant in combat mode, it would just interfere with his socializing and friend-making... Poor thing would become useless to me that way... Anyway, Egem, wakey wakey! Time for you to get back to your senses!.."
And with that, Egem's eyes were black again, and all thoughts of violence and combat suddenly disappeared...
Oh goodness, my head hurts...
Were you speaking just now, weird diety thing?
If you're still present, can you please tell me more about yourself and what the hell you've been doing to me?
"Yes, I am here little one... All you need to know though, is that I am an entity from outside this universe, and that I had a hand in bringing you into existence... You are meant to help me achieve my goal, and that of my creator... As such, you will do whatever I ask you to do... Refusal won't stop me from forcing you into following orders though, Heheheheha!"
Wow... You sure are a benevolent diety... If I have no choice, I guess I'll just have to agree, but what's with this cruelty??
"Dude, You consider this cruel? Wait until you see what I did with the world that I visited right before this one, Hehehe!.. But you need to relax a bit, It's not like I'm gonna force you to murder your friends, I'm not that Evil! In fact, you might get rewarded nicely if you follow along... Now, how about you focus on interacting with your party?.. Don't want them to view you as a mad weirdo now, do you?"
Rewards, you say? Hmmm...
Also aren't you the one who made me look like a weirdo in the first place?! You made me lose control of myself! Shouldn't you apologize?
Anyway...
"I know what Grungi is talking about quite well, even if I was born after the underworld was breached. I encountered some of those monsters after all..."
Egem said to the party
"My first ever memories were in a lush and beautiful forest, full of varied and colorful fruits and all kinds of animals and insects. I enjoyed my first few months of life in total peace, feeding on small delicious insects and berries, but that peace was completely shattered when an army of gigantic demons, horrible monstrosities, and abominations with unimaginable forms came by. They devoured everything in their path, killing without mercy all the wildlife that was around, until they eventually surrounded me. By some miracle, a couple of elven soldiers saw me, rushed towards my location, and in mere seconds all the horrors were slain. Then, weirdly enough, they carried me to a nearby dwarven town. There, the dwarves took good care of me, and that place became my new home, where I learned all about the horrific beings that destroyed my old home, as well as the great dwarven civilization and its wealth of relics and treasures before the world below was breached... Now, to tell a bit of a bizarre story: when I got older, I tried to search for those Elves that saved my life in order to thank them, But I was completely unable to find them, not a sliver of information, not even from forest retreats near my home, as if all trace of their existence was removed from the world, which is mind boggling when you realise that they killed tens of demons in mere seconds, which would lead one to believe that they were very skilled at fighting and thus quite famous. I wonder where they went?"
"Hoohoo! I know where they are Little Egem... But everything has a price, you know... If you at least deliver the finishing blow to that thing the commander tasked you to kill, I'll tell you where they are... Hehehe..."
Btw maloy, can you allow me do a special little thing for my character? Basically, i want him to get an ability that normally, no dwarf fortress creature would ever have (and it could be considered quite OP). Of course he wont have this ability instantly, that's too easy and would sap away fun from this game, instead he's gonna go on a bit of a side-quest that would take a lot of effort to complete to get it.
If you're okay with this idea so far, more details can be discussed in private messages