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[Jackrabbit]

It is almost certain that this has been done before, but, meh. That thread is gone and this one rises in its place!

My favorite engraving is one that completely changed when I saw the title.

It was a picture of a demon striking down a dwarf. Pretty nice, except its engraved in my quiet place, but never mind. It changed, though, when I saw what it was called.

"The amusing coincidence"

What coincidence was so amusing it ended in the death of a dwarf at the hands of a foul demon?

[Squeegy]

Oh, whoops. That hatch over the demon pit that just opened had my count on it. What an amusing coincidence.

[Jackrabbit]

Granted. I was thinking more along the  lines of: I know you. You killed my brother!" "How amusing" Urist has been struck down

[Calvin]

"The Odd Recursion"

Engraved on the wall is a masterfully designed image of a dwarf engraving a wall. The engraving is a dwarf engraving a wall. The engraving is a dwarf engraving a wall. The engraving is a dwarf engraving on a wall. The engraving is a dwarf engraving on a wall. The engraving is a dwarf mining out a wall.

[Jackrabbit]

Don't look at it because there the madness lies.

[Tayrin]

It's also an "amusing coincidence" that you happened to make this topic just now, Jackrabbit: I had been hoping for a topic like this one; based on interesting engravings, just a little while before you started the topic. I was also creating and examining new engravings in my fortress at the time.

I have thousands of engravings in my current fortress, but I probably haven't found the very best ones yet. For now, I'll leave you with "The Honesties of Fancying":


Gadan Nefek, "The Honesties of Fancying"

Engraved on the wall is an exceptionally designed image of Cerol Kisswalls the dwarf by Mafol Tulonònul. Cerol Kisswalls is in a fetal position. The artwork relates to the dehydration of the dwarf Cerol Kisswalls in Smouldersmiths in the midsummer of 1092.


I'll let you all draw your own conclusions about that.

[Doppel]

On the topic of engravings. I also like them but its so easy to create a clusterfuck of thousand upon thousand of engravings, which spoils the fun of it.
So i was thinking, wouldn't it be more fun if engraving a wall took, say, 10 times as long as it does now? Then a masterful engraving of something spectacular located in a grand engraving hall or noble room or dining room or whatever you want engraved (instead of, in between everywhere) would actually mean something.
Just a thought.

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

Just got this:


I think my dwarves are turning into damn dirty grass smoking elven hippies.

[Jackrabbit]

And yet... bats...

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

My theory is that he was high when he engraved this. Seriously, why would you engrave bats on the wall. Maybe the bats gave him the grass, or so he thinks...

[Jackrabbit]

"yes, I made that. why? Oh, a bat told me to. Yes. A bat. He also gave me weed. yeah. Don't go. Do- Oh your gone."

[DJ]

That engraving is obviously not finished. They still need to add Ozzy Osbourne the human.

[flabort]

i have over 30 engravings of hoary marmots "embracing" eachother in one of my fortress.

when i saw the first one, i though "whory" marmots.

[MuonDecay]

Just got this:


I think my dwarves are turning into damn dirty grass smoking elven hippies.

We can't stop here...

[woose1]

ahh.... all right.

The Destroyer of Worlds (This was an actual name of one of my engravings)
Engraved on the wall is masterfully designed image of a hoary marmot. The hoary marmot is laughing.

There was also a picture of a dwarf shooting a hoary marmot. I think it may have related to the huge massacre of the local wild-life when I recruited 5 or 6 people for hunting, 'cause we ran out of seeds.

Freaky.