Mid-Autumn
I finally understand.
Shashmomuz, the fort for only the best of dwarves.
Those who do not qualify, are nothing but trash meant to be thrown away.
I no longer feel any sadness, any remorse or regret.
It must be done.
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Late Autumn
To make future magma smithing operations more convenient, I’ve began work on a self sustained power source.
Or at least that’s what I tell my followers what I’m doing.
With little else to bother us, work commences swiftly and before long, it is complete.
Well, almost complete.
It’s only missing a few final ingredients.
The Lever that will bring us the answers.
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...
A handful of dwarves and a turkey
The last ingredients required to finish the design.
A machine that brings both power and death.
It scares me how terrifyingly efficient it is.
Slowly but surely, their deaths will come.
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Early Winter
Whether out of despair or desperation, one of the female dwarves had a girl…
The fort's first baby, Dumat Gulnastirist, has just been born.
Right in the newly built dwarven power generator.
With her only friend being a turkey as she watched her mother and 5 other dwarves rot into miasma ridden corpses.
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Late Winter
It’s been a long year for me, and it’s about time for me to retire.
The only remaining member of my original band of dwarves is a lowly woodcutter who I'll name my successor if he agrees to the position.
This fort has been the death of a great a many dwarves, but that is fine, because now Shashmomuz has been cleaned, but they will come. More migrants, more impurities, and more useless alcohol sponges. Shashmomuz has no need for these.
Even if it means purging,
Even if it means murdering,
Even if it means drowning everything else in the world with magma,
Shashmomuz will retain its purity an b'come ze fort fer ony ze best O'
dwarves.
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Notes
Although the power source was originally supposed to be built as a drowning chamber, ironically the dwarves sacrificed to get it running are actually dying of thirst.
Whenever they try to take a drink, the pumps just suck the water away from them so they keep giving the “urist cancels drink, water source disappeared”
The power source started out with around 50-60% efficiency. (600 power out of 1200 total power)
I’ve fiddled around with different designs and managed to get it to reach 70-75% efficiency (800-900 power), but that seems to be the limit unless drastic alterations are made.
P.S
I've given the next player the option of either choosing a normal woodcutter dwarf as his avatar, or the baby who was born in a cloud of miasma as she saw her mother and 5 other dwarves die a slow and painful death. Whichever one you choose, you will have to figure out a way to dispose of the other one.
You could also just send another immigrant wave and choose one from there.
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