My Best Ever Artifact (Spoilers)
Holy smokes! What a weapon!
460 hours, and I've never seen something so damn cool. In my first ever Mountainhome too. Very stoked on this. The Dance of Blades captain deserves a new sword!
EDIT:
Someone asked, so here is quick fort story
Surviving -
This fort is really interesting. I claimed a fortress in year 5 of this world, and this is my 5th fortress of the same civ in this world. We started Esrelalis in year 60 to honor our monarch, Queen Tholtig. I achieved capital in the previous fort, so she was hanging out there.
We started as 7. 7 dwarves soon turned into 10, and then the migrant waves and trader stopped coming. Eral Oakbrains, an old legend from Queen Tholtig's fort, had 3 kids. So, we were 13... for a very long time...
I had no migrants or traders for many years, so I made do with 13 dwarves. Year after year, the suspicion that we were our final dwarven safe haven in the world grew. We prepared. We made weapons, armor, food, drinks, everything as 13 dwarves. It was a lot of work for 13, but survival can inspire even the laziest of dwarves.
Then, the first forgotten beast came, and we were certain our end was near. We had no fortifications, no defenses, just our own dwarvy flesh. Obok, the other old legend from Queen Tholtig's fort, met the beast in the first cavern layer and slayed the beast. This was a turning point. Perhaps we didn't have to just survive, perhaps we could defend, and ultimately thrive!? With Eral Oakbrains, and the newly named Obok The Shield, our first militia, The Shields, were founded.
Many years passed. The Shields dealt with various threats, goblin, beast, cyclops, or otherwise. Around year 90, i got a rumor that Queen Tholtig and her army attacked a Goblin Dark Fortress. I checked the civ tab on the world screen, and Queen Tholtig had been replaced by a King Litast. Although this news sent a wave of sadness throughout our 13, we hoped that this meant our civ finally figured out whatever issues it was having.
A couple years later, around year 92, it finally happened. Our civ sent migrants and a trader with steel and wombat leather that we had requested 30 years before!
As our power grew, the surface water level began to rise. We had to build upward.
Growing -
Migrants showed up in massive waves. We went from 13 to ~180 real quick. We had been preparing for this moment for many years. We armored up our growing militia and started to feel the power.
And then the goblins started to come. 50, 80, 100, 130 goblin sized sieges. We lost some citizens along the way, but The Sweetword, our messenger, quickly brokered peace after some gruesome battles.
Our power continued to grow, but at this point the surface water issue had gotten out of hand. We had to relocate our trade depot to the top a dry building, building bridges to the road and to our new constructed pride piece, The Tower of Iron. Now traders take the bridge over water to the depot, and there is a second bridge attaching depot pad to The Tower of Iron (see pic). The Tower of Iron is the only way in and out of Queen-Kiss.
Thriving -
With The Tower of Iron constructed, and the trade depot bridge situation complete, King Litast himself decided to show up with a posse that brought our pop to about 200. Honored by the monarch and the surface situation handled, the dwarves set their sights downward!
I began my first ever venture into adamantine spires. Dealing with lava, water, angels, demons, and finding some divine goodies along the way. We certainly lost some miners, but we found adamantine!
7 divine symbols King Litast requested, and so 7 symbols of adamantine he got! And with that, after over 400 hours in DF, my first ever Mountainhome was born!
Peace and Comfort -
A golden age of peace and prosperity followed, the greatest our world had ever seen. In this comfort, a weaponsmith had the perfect environment to construct the blade that would end all other conflicts. A blade that would end the political struggle with other countries. The End of War. The End of Continents.
So, what's next? Someone mentioned I could podium the sword, and then claim it in adventure mode? I've never played adventure mode before! Is this world rich enough to adventure in yet?
