Hello all! Time for me to start one of these community forts, I hope I'm basing it on a unique idea somehow.
I shall reveal the "plot" when you have chosen a dwarf each. Although the title might be a hint...
There's 6 dwarfs to choose from, and you may only choose military skills!
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The sun was shining, Lawec smiled and inhaled the fresh forest air. He quickly began coughing up dust, and one of his guards started spewing vomit all over the place. The great caravan from the Mountainhomes were heading back from a new outpost. Heading home, carrying only a few items, including a pickaxe, they were all happy. Lawec looked at his 10 guards, all moving alongside the many wagons. His thoughts went to Urist, waiting back home for him. Smiling to himself, he started counting all the bauxite crafts they had received from the trading.
It began to get dark, the sun was consumed by the mountains in the horizon. The caravan entered a dark part of the forest. The bushes and trees began to look more and more corrupt. Lawec slowly became more aware of his surroundings. The guards had done the same. A scream was heard from one of Lawec's fellow traders. The guards quickly rushed down to find out what had happened. Several undead creatures rose out of the bushes at that moment, Lawec panicked.
"HELP ME!" he screamed.
One of the guards came running and tackled a skeleton, which soon turned into a heap of bones.
Five other guards ran up to the front again, one of them looked terrified.
"There's simply too many of them! It's hopeless! The others have ordered us to escape, they will sacrifice themselves for us!"
Another guard looked startled when he heard it, "What do you mean about escaping? We are dwarves, not sissy Elves!"
Lawec said slowly, "They are sacrificing themselves for our sake.. Now, let's get moving!"
After forcing the animals to drag the wagon faster, it ended up breaking down. Now, the seven dwarves were stranded in a hostile environment, with only useless trinkets to ward off the dangerous animals roaming around.
The Journal of Lawec
This is our first day in this accursed forest. None of us has ever worked before, and I really have no idea of how we should survive out here. We only have one pickaxe, luckily, the outpost didn't buy all the food we were bringing... I hope we can survive long enough to be saved.