LOL
So, it's right around trading time, in Autumn of my second year. It's been an uncommonly uneventful and prosperous few years - other than a few kittens succumbing to cave spider bites, the worst injuries anybody has suffered are a few bruises on the wrestlers from sparring. The dwarven caravan is here, and we've met their requests from last year and more. Bins overflowing with spider silk cloth, idols and toys, all at close to double the going rate, are stacked about the Depot, while the traders unload the meat and beer we need to get through the winter, along with a veritable fortune in weapons and armor - as we're hoping to have a military that can do more than suplex the ratmen and trogs when they finally decide to come up out of the chasm.
Speaking of my big tough wrestlers, they were nowhere to be found when the kobold thief popped in the front door, vaulted over all the stonefall traps, and made a beeline for the trade depot. Oh, noes! So, I draft the two dwarves nearest to the thief - Zuntir, my Fisherdwarf (one of the original 7, Very Agile and Tough), and Zefon, a newly-arrived Lyemaker (about as useless as tits on a bull at this stage of the game). (Come to think of it, in DF they're pretty useless on a cow, too. Hmmm...) I figure the two will manhandle the intruder right to pieces with not so much as a scratch, as usually happens when a thief is caught.
Well, I was half right.
The three dodge and weave, trading blows for a few seconds, with the kobold taking by far the worst of it, when suddenly he lands a lucky haymaker on Zefon's jaw, momentarily stunning him Zefon shakes it off and goes completely nuts. He throws the kobold into the wall, getting kobold juice all over my nice engravings, and then stalks off looking for blood. He ignores Zuntir for some reason, and heads down the hall, looking to kill the next dwarf he meets, with Zuntir following worriedly a few paces behind.
Unfortunately for Zefon, the first dwarf he runs into, chatting animatedly with the Oupost Liason, is Kadol Sigunomrist, the Overseer. Kadol, who carved most of Temptedportals from the living rock with his own two hands and a bronze pick, before leaving the work to younger dwarfs and settling down to a desk. Kadol, who's Extremely Strong, Extremely Tough, and Perfectly Agile. Kadol, who believes in "hands-on leadership."
He sees the Lyemaker rushing towards him in a murderous rage, excuses himself from the conversation he's having with the Liason, and seizes Zefon by the neck, stopping him in his tracks.
He then strangles Zefon to death, drops him to the floor, and walks on down the hall, continuing his discussion with the Liason (who is, presumably, going to give Temptedportals some VERY favorable trading conditions this season).
Love this game.
DYA
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Topic: First death - and a hilarious one at that! (Read 1373 times)