Local Clown works as Goblin Thief to make Ends Meet. Local Fortress razed to the Ground!
Craftcrowns was a nice small Hamlet of about 45 dwarves I started yesterday in the year 100. A local militia was raised to fight off the stray honey badgers terrorizing the woodcutters, led by the commander "Hammertime". I even managed to outfit my militia with bronze weapons and armor sourced from trade with the caravans while I explored the layers underneath for metals to smelt. The only major loss I had up until this absolute nut kick from the goblins was a legendary carpenter named "Very Short Elf" getting crushed by a tree they were felling for more premium Ikea furniture for the fort.
In the year 102 1st of Galena, two child snatchers showed up from a neighboring goblin civilization named the Ruthlessness of Throwing. One corrupted dwarf thief and one... white demon thief. I figured they wouldn't be so hard to dispatch. The militia (comprising of a swordsdwarf, axedwarf, Hammtertime the commander, and two fresh new unarmed recruits) was roused and sent to defend the entrance to the fort. The dwarven thief met their end quick, getting a crushing blow from Hammertime to the side fracturing their spine before being cut down by the others. Then the demon charged in and... Hammertime dropped their warhammer with a small speck of gore sailing across the screen.
First oh fuck moment.
Well there goes the militia and yep... fire.
Not sure if wooden constructions can burn down but atleast the fort was made out of brick.
I am not that experienced of a player with this being only my 4th or so serious fort.
Luckily the thief got bored and left after it realized it turned the only two children into the fort into minced roasts.
The final death toll is 28. I got 19 dwarves left and a lot of clean up to do, hopefully nothing as bad turns up in the next year.
I hit the circus before on accident and saw all the fun stuff there. But I thought that since it was a demon thief it wouldn't be so bad, not making that mistake again.