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[ThatAussieGuy]

At the beheast of a few that read my thread about insulting, belittling and defeating Hell completely and utterly, I'm going to oversee a community game to try and retake the fortress. 

For anyone that hasn't read it yet, here's the original thread - The Dwarven Checkerboard.  Come for the ingenious method for outright killing the demon Clown Car rush, stay for the fortress taking on Hell itself and winning in true dwarven fashion.

The Rules:
One year each, spring-to-spring as standard.
Take your time to do your turn if need be, just don't drop off the radar for days on end during your turn
I will NOT be taking a turn in the fortress, I'm just looking after the thread. I built and killed the damn place once and I know what everything does - it wouldn't be as fun.

Loud Whispers volunteered for the first year, so it'll all begin when he starts it.

This is the world save post-swordthunders for the reclaim attempt and  anyone wanting to play with it on their own
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5202

The fort runs on v31.25, so download it if you need it.  (This version has DFHack and the Ironhand 0.57 tileset, but ignore the DFHack stuff. No modding, etc, save perhaps to clean the tiles if the FPS drops to single-digits.)

This is the list of what died so we could reclaim this Armok-forsaken fortress:

Four Overseers
Thirty-Three dwarves
Sixteen Dogs
One Yak Bull
One Alpaca, Baby
One Rabbit, Doe
Four Forgotten Beasts; Sox, Ugosh Pulpyraunch the Sunken Cysts, Meli Frigidrogue, Thoth Puzzledlie the Mine of Deceivers

Current Savegame - http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=7260
Current Turn List:

1. Loud Whispers - Reclaim died horribly from a case of Forgotten Beasts

2. Ollioli - Reclaim died horribly from a case of Forgotten Beasts

3. Mego - Six of the original seven and a wave of migrants died from FB's, Mego III is nothing but blisters. The Forgotten Beast Sox was killed. The Reclaim attempt failed spectacularly

4. Keldane - Reclaim died horribly in a hail of crossbow-fire and the FB that had made it's home in the hospital

5. Mapleguy555 - Managed to build a foothold outpost in the hills south of Swordthunders

6. Mitchewawa - Successfully reclaimed the fortress proper and started draining Hell of magma

7. Noodz - Skipped
8. Sniken - Skipped
9. dragonshardz - HAT TRICK SKIP!
10. Loud Whispers -Q-Q-QUAD SKIP!
11. Squirrelloid - Cancels Turn:  Sick

12. Oliolli - Started draining Hell

13. Eric Blank - Skipped

14. Kogut - Quiet year of carving slabs

15. rridgway - Set up weapon traps and reconnected the Axle to the Cistern's pumps.

16. Archereon - Skipped
17. Cellmonk - Computer suffered from a virus
18. Vehudur - This fort is cursed, I tell you!  CURSED!

19. HiritconOvermindGibbross - Did Stuff

20. Splint - Fort dragged his poor computer to FPS hell
21. Mitchewawa -
22. Squirrelloid - Mysteriously Vanished

23. Eric Blank - Swordthunders is a Barony once more

24.cousac - Achieved the impossible by slabbing Swordthunder's ghost population

25. slothen

26. NCommander - Revived the Cistern Defenses

27. Oliolli
28. HiritconOvermindGibbross
29. DeathSword - Caught by the curse
30. Megaman3321
31. FarmerBob - Cleaned out some of the junk pervading the fort
32. Vehudur

33. Cellmonk - Current Turn

34. NCommander
35. Eric Blank
36. Ethanland
37. Oliolli
38. Vehudur
39. Child of Armok

See the fort... IN THREE-DEEEEE!!!

[Loud Whispers]

IT BEGINS.

Spoiler: The Lash of Time (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Loud Whispers III journal, Entry 1. (click to show/hide)

An entire Dwarf civilisation vanished over the past few years. No one knows for certain why, or where its' citizens went, and it worried us all when contact with the Mountain homes was all but lost. Was there a famine? A terrible riot? Stories of terrible and fell beasts began to circulate.
...But I knew. I pursued rumours, told to me when I was but a bearded infant, by my Dwarven mother, before she left for lands long past. Legends of great dwarves who killed entire armies in mere seconds, of dwarves who conquered demonic worlds, ruled atop seas of magma and prospered for many years. I hoped to find my mother, if not a beautiful metropolis bustling with dwarves.

And so I, Loud Whispers III, descendant of Loud Whispers II, whom descended from Loud Whispers, set out with 6 other hopeful dwarves, the Lashes of Time, to find Sword Thunders.

We didn't know what to expect, but it seemed the legends were true... But some horrible disaster must've befouled the place.



Corpses, weapons and mountains of various trinkets littered the landscape, the howl of what I hoped was the wind echoed through dark hallways, and it's not everyday you find a situation where a dwarf is blind in the dark.



Sarvesh, one of the other dwarves to join my expedition,  picked up a mug and threw it down a deep shaft. We waited expectantly, but never heard its impact.
We peered around the pit, overwhelmed at what we saw. As if to the very centre of the Earth, it stretched on, through vast caverns, into a large expanse of magma and... Adamantine. I wonder if we'll ever find out why the dwarves perished, but this would now have to be our new home.

Spoiler: 1st of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

An Eldritch monstrosity, slavering with poisonous spittle has climbed its way atop a flooded staircase, I only hope that it cannot reach us.

Spoiler: 2nd Of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

Attempting to drain a large section of the fort of all of its water. Operation still ongoing, it's tough for one dwarf to dig so much in so little time.

Spoiler: 4th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

CONFOUND THESE WRETCHED FOOLS! WHY DID I BRING THEM HERE!
They attempted to start recovering what we could within the fortress, unknowingly opening some seals to the lower levels of the fort - we had no idea they were hatches leading to the foul beast.
I will lay down my life fighting, if not for my honour, but to save these imbeciles.

Loud Whispers III was given the task of single-handedly taking on Ab, the forgotten beast. It spat frozen spears of poison at Loud Whispers III, which luckily succeeded in nothing but bruising the poor dwarf. To my surprise, Loud Whispers III proceeded to fight the forgotten beast unarmed, and begin ripping it limb from limb. The battle commences.

Spoiler: 4th, 5th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

Loud Whispers III was still locked in combat against Ab, fighting for the whole of the day now. The other dwarves looked on scared, backing away through the wilderness or down flooded hallways, when one of the Dwarves gathered his consciences and turned around, seeking to help. He rounded up the dogs, and prepared to herd them towards the beast, when something odd caught his eye.


A fire blossomed across the floor, engulfing the grass, pushing him to the ground. At once the dogs lept, and the new beast was locked in a pile of Dogs fighting in vain to protect their masters.

Spoiler: 5th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

After fighting against Ab, the forgotten beast, Loud Whispers III, the Lash of Time was struck down.
[Now there are two forgotten beasts against 6 scattered dwarves and 20 something half dead dogs].

Spoiler: 5th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

REALLY? A THIRD FORGOTTEN BEAST? Down 2 dwarves, all dogs have been roasted to death, all 3 beasts still alive.
Aussie, have you secretly been recreating resident evil in dwarf fortress? Be honest.

Spoiler: 6th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

Datan, the last dwarf survivor, started digging. The other dwarves had all but died, who in their folly had released more forgotten beasts. Numbering in 3, Datan realised he was isolated and doomed. If he was to die, he would die doing his job, and DIG HE WOULD.
And so Datan grabbed a nearby iron pick, despairing for life, decided he would flood the valley, hoping to if not drown the beasts, trap them within watery confines.

Spoiler: 7th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

At last, the roar of water embraced Datan.

This was 3 frames in. Pressurized water is fun indeed.

Spoiler: 7th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

A few frames on...


Roughly calculating, that triangle is all 7/7 deep, 60 x 40 x 4 (over 2), so we're dealing with over 400 x 7 units of water - within a few frames. That's not even including the openings at the mountains, which would add a few hundred more units of water.

Spoiler: 7th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

FB fire and Dwarf flood sweeping the mountainous plains.

Spoiler: 8th of Granite, 95 U.D (click to show/hide)

THIS IS MY PROOF. I SURVIVED MORE THAN A WEEK.

Spoiler: (Thanks to lag, I got the death date of my last dwarf before the game realised I had lost £:<) (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Also, something rather peculiar (click to show/hide)

An actual Dwarf God apparently doesn't like my art :/

Here is dah save £:<

[Oliolli]

You took my first spot here, I demand the second turn 

[Loud Whispers]

You took my first spot here, I demand the second turn 

Don't worry, you're still here in  spirit XD

Yeah sure, how long should each turn last?

[Oliolli]

As I understand a year is standard, is it not?

[Mego]

Dibs on turn 3, as long as it does not conflict with my turn in Hellcannon.

Also, requesting dorfage as Mego III.

EDIT: After all my bitching in Hellcannon about format for dorfing requests, I didn't think to do it myself.

Mego III - N/A - N/A - N/A

[Keldane]

Yeah sure, how long should each turn last?

Aussie already outlined it as one year, spring to spring.

Looks like I'll be getting year four. Kinda concerned that I'll be the weak link that causes the end. <_<

I have some questions about other rules concerning this fort. First, since we'll presumably only have the initial seven and the first two migrant waves to work with, will enabling labors on children be accepted to reinforce the workforce? Second, which changes to the init options are acceptable? Disabling caveins? Weather? Temperature? Invaders? (I assume the idea is to keep that last one on).

[Mapleguy555]

I'll take year 5, if my computer can handle it.

[Mego]

Yeah sure, how long should each turn last?

Aussie already outlined it as one year, spring to spring.

Looks like I'll be getting year four. Kinda concerned that I'll be the weak link that causes the end. <_<

I have some questions about other rules concerning this fort. First, since we'll presumably only have the initial seven and the first two migrant waves to work with, will enabling labors on children be accepted to reinforce the workforce? Second, which changes to the init options are acceptable? Disabling caveins? Weather? Temperature? Invaders? (I assume the idea is to keep that last one on).

Why only the first two migrant waves? There will probably be 4 before your turn.

I plan to play with everything on. Temperature and weather are the only things that I think would be appropriate to turn off.

[Keldane]

Yeah sure, how long should each turn last?

Aussie already outlined it as one year, spring to spring.

Looks like I'll be getting year four. Kinda concerned that I'll be the weak link that causes the end. <_<

I have some questions about other rules concerning this fort. First, since we'll presumably only have the initial seven and the first two migrant waves to work with, will enabling labors on children be accepted to reinforce the workforce? Second, which changes to the init options are acceptable? Disabling caveins? Weather? Temperature? Invaders? (I assume the idea is to keep that last one on).

Why only the first two migrant waves? There will probably be 4 before your turn.

I plan to play with everything on. Temperature and weather are the only things that I think would be appropriate to turn off.

Didn't Aussie drive the dwarves to extinction? Wouldn't that mean that the first to migrant waves are the only ones that will ever show up?

[Mego]

I think he said there was one other civ that just wasn't sending dwarves for some reason.

Hey Aussie, you forgot the turn/dorfing lists.

[Keldane]

I think he said there was one other civ that just wasn't sending dwarves for some reason.

I was under the impression that you could only ever receive immigrants from your parent civ. Not a problem if the other civ is very much alive and populated, and was the one selected by Loud Whispers, but...

[Loud Whispers]

I selected a live and well civ... At least I hope I did

[Mego]

Breaking news: The Dwarven Mountainhome has a population crisis as too few babies are being born, and all of the inhabitants are above the age of childbirth! This could be the end for our fair civilization!

In other news, the lastest Fetus Smashing Day was a great success. Queen Led Shakecannons commented, "I've never seen fetuses smashed so gloriously before." When asked about the population crisis, the Queen simply stated, "We have reserves."

[The Master]

And now the weather! Today we're expecting it to be partly cloudy with a 75% chance of dismemberment!
Back to you Mego!