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[Mapleguy555]

Libash continues to smile... I smell a troll...

[DS]

A handful of non-military dwarves are struck down as they try and rush in to collect the dead, and the refuse of the slain demons. The remaining fiends take advantage of the opportunity for carnage presented by the noncombatants, and slay dwarf after dwarf that they can see. The military is stretched thin along the corridor, each warrior fighting many foes single-handedly, and so it is impossible for them to protect the innocent civilians who have strayed into the corridor.

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Amongst the fallen is Ineth Lensbeaks, matriarch of clan Thunderbridge and long-time manager of Weatherwires. She was appointed to that position in 138, seven years after her arrival, and has filled it more or less since then. Since the the transition to the dome, she has also been elected repeatedly, year after year, as mayor - and thus, her endless mandates for lead items have proven to be the death of Ilon knows how many dwarves. Perhaps unjustly, she was served a strong blow and a quick death - more than her victims were ever afforded.

[DS]

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In the north, the first line of defenses have been broken. The mace lord Shorast Sunstorches the Fair Spikes, captain of the Silvery Skunks, fought bravely to hold back the demons, but in the end they were too powerful. Overrunning him, a fiend of shadow the dwarves have now dubbed "Reksasinrus," Sinpoison, a towering earthworm composed of ash, leads the demons up the stairwell and into battle with the Dignified Hammers and the Royal Fortresses.

In the south, the military scrambles to defend the helpless civilians who have crowded into the hallways. Whether they are truly drawn there by their need to arrange the bodies there into the various stockpiles about the dome, or by their desire to find a glorious end to their civilizations' slow and soul-crushing failure, it is impossible to know.

[DS]

The prince leads the Royal Fortresses and the Dignified Hammers into combat against the demons, determined not to let them breach the citadel and the dome itself.

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The prince himself goes toe-to-toe with a pterosaur devil, hacking away with his masterwork adamantine battle axe. Already, he has slain two demons - this only offsets the two Quakedented recruits the demons have killed, however, not to mention the civilians who have died in the tunnels further to the south.

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The true battle rages here, immediately outside of the stairwell leading into the heart of the fortress. Alone, without the aid of any other dwarf, spearmaster Shorast Sealmet defends against seventeen demons of various shapes, sizes, and colors.

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In the southern passage, a single demon clogs the passage, dubbed "Figulovus," Glandmolds in the dwarven tongue. An enormous, horned humanoid composed of snow, Glandmolds has lost both its arms and its left leg - its ineffectual hopping would be humorous, if it had not already claimed four dwarves in battle.

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[Mapleguy555]

Try wheeling out the furniture in the burning room. Lets see if the civs play hot Runtundra.

[DS]

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With a mighty blow, Asmel Deathchannels cleaves through the last of the demons who attacked through the northern passage. Leading what remains of his own squad and the hammerdwarves who fought alongside him, he charges south through the passage to lend aid to the militia commander.

Little does he know that Libash is absent from her post, and Shorast Sealmet has been slain, outnumbered by a terrifying array of demons.

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[DS]

With Glandmolds struck down in the south, and Sinpoison's push halted in the north, the only threat to the fortress is in the middle, at the primary stairwell. The stair leads from the dining hall in the hub-like central mesa, to the food stockpiles below, while also having side passages leading to the barracks and citadel - it is this passage where the battle has been occuring so far.

From the north, Asmel Deathchannels, now known as the Feral Years of Continent, hacks through the last of the demonic onslaught which sought to break through the citadel. In the south, Stukos Testorbs of clan Lashedhushed slays Glandmolds and leads his brethren through the narrow passage towards the stairwell.

[DS]

With the remaining military in a pincer attack against the enemy, the remaining handful of demons in the corridor stood no chance whatsoever. In the final moments of battle, Commander Libash returned from her nap and casually slew five demons. Her absence is overlooked by the other dwarves who, in the heat of battle, probably did not notice her absence at all.

The defense of the fortress has been a success - for the time being. The effect of the deaths of about fifty dwarves - nearly a third of the fortress population - remains to be seen.

[DS]

While the military was distracted, a lone pterosaur devil found its way to the food stockpiles. It didn't manage to kill anyone, and when the prince went to get a much-needed drink after the sobering battle, it was clear he had had enough of the demons.

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The only demons left in the fortress are in the deepest part of the mines, either lying in wait or ignorance of the dwarves' weakness. The current fortress population is 93, with 13 soldiers dying in the battle - compared to a hundred demons slain, one might call the battle a victory, but for the dwarves of Weatherwires, even triumph over the forces of hell leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

[Cellmonk]

Epic. one word.

[Sappho]

 

[The_Final_Stand]

Wait, so was that the whole wave of demons slain? Only the ones in hell still live?

Man, trying to go out in a glorious banzai charge and actually managing to win must suck.

[Musashi]

Maybe it's a sign they should try and colonize hell and join their deceased beloved there.

[Poindexterity]

so, what's the plan now?
surely not a slow erosion into oblivion after ALL THAT right?

[UristMcFan]

With no migrants and a third of the fort dead (not to mention the ghosts everywhere), I think a tantrum spiral is on the horizon, also the Mayor (the most popular dwarf in the fort) died so we can expect some trouble in the future.