Erthel's diary:
Day 3 somewhere around first week of searching for Wallsnarling:

Me and my comrades have been travelling for two days. Travelling to the legendary fortress of Wallsnarling. With two sleepless nights behind us, on the fast travel map we have noticed a abandoned settlement called Erushsavot or "Handlestood."
We're drowsy and the rain is coming soon, so we are forced to enter the abandoned facility...
Entering the site, we have noticed some old logs, a two-humped camel carrying a dwarven sword, splints, raw crystal glass, an anvil, lead cage, a quiver, 5 plump helmets, 5 prepared deer spleens and some other useless junk that I'm too lazy to mention.

~Note~ Kill the pack two-humped camel and claim the weapons

Two logs, one bin and one wheelbarrow to the east, I see a dwarven lumberjack.
I had a short chat with him. He ain't in the mood for talking, but he wants me to exterminate some petty nuisance far to the east. I could do that on my way to the legendary fortress of Wallsnarling. (But I probably won't)

South of me, there is a unfinished wooden wall of some sort. I don't know why would anyone want to raise wooden walls... They are too expansive, they burn, they are defiling the land and whoever raises wooden walls is a n00b.

On the other side of the wall, there are 3 animal skeletons and one farmer. I won't talk to him.
There are also overgrown stairs near the skeleton. I'm about to descend into the mine.

In the first underground layer lies some kind of improvised diner, farm plots, beds and miss Kogsak, the outpost liaison.
I am starting to dislike this fortress already. I dislike the design of this room. Why the hell is the farm in the same room as the diner? What was the expedition leader thinking!? This might be practical first 3 months of fortress's existence, but it seems very noobish later on when the fortress becomes a barony. If I were a dwarf, I would refuse to eat near the fertilization grounds. It's not hygienic!

One level below, there is a loom, farmers' workshops, farm plots and carp load of querns.
Ofc, the room is of blocky design like the last one and all the workers work together. No walls separating them. No screens. No curtains. Nothing! I hate this fortress already!!!
I hate the design so much... I am thinking about setting this level on fire...

Time to go on the level three!
I've found two... Three animal skeletons... A kitchen and a still. Nice This looks like a pointless room with noobish design, but by now I don't care about the design. No wonder it's officially abandoned by the dwarven civilization.

Level four's empty. Another noobish room filled with junk.

Few levels below, there are the dormitories,
It's sad to find rooms in the stone layers and no engravings telling the stories about the dwarven history...
There's also a mason's workshop there. I don't mind it being surrounded by rocks. That's acceptable.
Frankly, there aren't any rooms below the dorm level... Or I couldn't find the other stairs. Any ways, I'll call it a day and I'll sleep in one of the dormitories.
comment last edited by Erthel on Jul 09, 2012, 04:10:11 am

Erthel's diary:
Day after yesterday and before tomorrow

I had a good sleep in one of the dorms.
I have left the fort and on my way out, I found the expedition leader. I think that he's responsible for this fort. Time to kill his camel!
The camel was nowhere to be found, but I've found a dwarf's bones!
The poor fellow died some time ago... Well that's to be expected from a fortress like this... Time to go east because Wallsnarling is east, always east...

On the way to the Wallsnarling, while I was crossing the river, I have lost 1 of 3 companions.
Crossed another river, lost another companion...
I am very tired. I need some sleep.
I hope I'll wake up again

Day 5

I survived yet another night...

Few km north... Wolves!!!

We I ate well today... Time to cross another river

Alligators!!!
I was tanking while the companion was firing a barrage of missiles from afar... One of them got me in the upper body... I'll survive! I must survive!
My last companion fell to the 'gators... I had to leave him... They'll eat him and they won't chase me for long...

Yet another wolf!
As I said, I ate well today

So far, so good. Day is good.

Another gang of wolves... And a pack of wild turkeys!
Nice!
I ate well today, I say!

Derping around... A wild crab zombie appears!

Run, Erthel!
Run!
It's Crabby McCorpse! With his missing limbs and pincers.
This must be the fastest crab since... Ever!
The bastard almost got me, but as clever as I am, I picked up some random loam!

The spinning loam strikes Crabby McCorpse in his last leg... He collapsed!
With only the chitin left, I had no other choice:
I ate well this day...

Time to cross some rivers...
Otters, God damn it!
I could barely dodge the vicious otter... The otter has left unharmed...

Do you remember that time when I said that day is good? Well, the night was just as bad as the day was good...
While I was crossing one of many rivers of the east, a vicious sea lamprey hurt me bad.
I was bleeding heavily, I felt the pain stronger than any other pain that I have endured these days... My thumb is done for... It's smashed open.
If you are wondering who has won the battle... It was a tie. I ran west, the lamprey ran down the river.
Night is bad! Night is bad!

Day 6

I have crossed a river and left the eastern deserts. I am going north now.

A river or two to the north, I have been attacked by a sea lamprey.
I ate well this morning.
My map says that there's abandoned fortress to the north.
I ain't going there!

The night has fallen early today...
I have crossed the mountains this night... Sometimes, I even wonder what was I thinking when I signed up for this...

Day 7

I was walking north whole morning...
I think this is only a illusion... But... It's a village!
It's really a village!
I've spent days without seeing a human being this is also a good opportunity to sleep safe!
I have met two scouts in the village. They joined me on my journey.
But I stayed there for some time... I am tired, you know



comment last edited by Erthel on Jul 07, 2012, 03:56:28 pm

Erthel's diary:

Day 9

I woke up this morning feeling like the end is near.
And it was indeed!
As I was drinking the water from the river, I fell in the water and I fell down the waterfall!
My stupid companions followed.
One of them died like a fool it seems...
I have travelled east again.
I slept over in the last village to the east. That was my last stand before the Wallsnarling.

The final day

I have followed the river flowing east and found some... Debris in the swamp near the ocean... Could this be it!?
The smell of goblin corpses littered the heavy swamp air... There was once a battle here!
On the floor I found a cacao wood crown. It was decorated with gems and it had a name written on it! It's Orirlom "The Large Permanencies!!!"
This day, I, sir Erthel; crown myself the king of Wallsnarling!

20 Urist away, there was a troll guarding a bridge! I have decided to cross the river like a man and avoid danger
I haven't seen my companion since...
I approached the fortress's walls carefully.
A troll!
I have injured the troll, but the troll by throwing an arrow I found on the ground.
The weakened troll fell to the ground and I finished him off with 2 sword attacks!
God, I love fresh troll blood on my face!
I am starting to like this ninja-style fighting!
I took some bolts and I started throwing them on the goblin guard to the east...
The goblin is running away... I hope he's not telling on me to his mates on the other side!
Predicting the anarchy that will soon follow, I have picked up some arrows and bolts from the ground. I also found a nice quiver too Now that I am ready to throw them at my foes, I can try to surround them and kill them in my ninja-style!
Wait... Scrap that! A troll is charging onto me. I better run for it!
Thank God the fortress is built in a swamp. I have found a nice pond near the fortress. It also had a small island in the middle too! I have swum there and we all know that trolls can't swim, so I could throw my arrows on him.
In the process of throwing things at the troll, I have lost my scimitar and my shield. Luckily, I had a spare bismuth bronze axe and a copper dagger in my backpack, so I finished off the troll with them.
I have killed the troll and found my lost scimitar

The runaway goblin has returned to get a good beating!
As he foolishly threw himself on my excellency, I threw an arrow at him.
Bam bam bam... Another enemy dead...
A large oval bandfire opal cabochon!
I will be rich if I ever leave this place alive... Now, I doubt I will.

A troll in sight... Again... Time to retreat.
Shot him. He's in pain. Gonna put him down... His buddy, goblin hammerman is coming to crush my bones. I got him too. I only hope these goblins didn't bring any Goblin Clauses with themselves... If you know what I mean...

A goblin spearman or something in sight... I think I don't need to explain the procedure...

I'm doing well for a novice archer/thrower
Soon enough, something terrible may happen to me... I hope that I have disabled the traps in the data-init...

A troll appears out of nowhere. This one almost got me! I have injured him in the last moment. He was in pain I did him a favour hacking his skull. There was also a archer or a crossbowman goblin somewhere near.
He got me in my underbelly and he has torn my neck...
Thank God I have my faithful tiger leather armour. It made the bolt loose it's strength.
I really don't know why ain't I dead?
I got the goblin crossbowman by the throat and I strangled him. He lost his pointless little life soon after.

I have removed my the nuisance on my back! I'll do better without armour. I am the master of war. I dual wield big weapons.

To the east, there's a troll. A big one! He was running after me. I felt the wind turning the droplets of sweat on my face into the ice: I threw some arrows I found earlier on the vile monster chipping his bone. He couldn't fight any more, so I hacked his skull and slashed his throat. He won't survive. I'm 20% sure.

I turned on my ninja-mode and after bypassing the guards, I've seen a monster so vile that no one found any monster similar to it, so it's kind was forgotten. He is the forgotten beast Kulur Senggalka. The enormous blob composed of snow. It has a long straight tail and it undulates rhythmically!!!
Now, you're probably wondering how the hell is that abomination attacking people? Well, it charges right at them and it bruises them in the worst places...
So, the wicked abomination has not spotted me... Yet! I have flanked it and threw my arrow bolt at it... I have broken it's vital tissue and it... Simply... Fell apart...
Only thing there's left of it is it's tail... Well... The beast had only 2 body parts: it's tail and it's body.
The tail melted about 15 sec, later.
I drank well that hour!

The goblin crossbowman was loitering 'round. I was sneaking up to him and I have hidden behind a old schnapps barrel. He forgot to breathe soon after.

The suspicious green skins are lurking from the western side of the bog... One wrong move and I'd be dead!
The silly vile force of darkness didn't notice a sole single son of the humanity behind the corpses and belongings of the dwarves.

There was a troll resting by the river.
He was hairy, ugly and lacked a husk! I didn't want to be a derp any more. I charged right at the troll like a boss!
The troll was covered in some sort of... Snowy glaze... I think it had some business with the forgotten beast from earlier this morning...
I decided to leave the troll so it can die of pneumonia...

There was no available entrance to the fort's interior. I have crossed the river full of sponge men unharmed.
There were lowered bridges, but mysterious forces were forcing me to cross them. I don't know why am I trying to enter the fortress anyway...
The familiar sight appeared: the river and the guarded bridge... I am running in circle like a kobold in some kind of devious dwarven trap...

I give up. There is no point looking for glory in this godforsaken murk! I don't want to gamble my life away for a few lines of my deeds mentioned in the history books! I have already killed more goblins and trolls than these foolish dwarves had in their final siege.
There was no specific reason why they failed. They were just stubborn and they weren't improvising. It's their stubborness and stupidity that killed them!
If they spent more time on disabling the enemy to come close rather than trapping them in wooden cages and killing them using mêlée combat.
The deep folk failed to outsmart their foes and they lowered to goblin's mind state, I will never allow myself to get in the harm's way for artist's engraving of me being slain by the giant honey badger demons or vulgar goblins!

I am leaving the cursed lands of the ancient dwarven nobles and heroes. I'll go west, where my home lies to become the old grandpa telling stories of the curse of the Wallsnarling to his heirs. Maybe they won't live to feed Armok...

I value myself and my virtues more than glory now. I now realise how the human's life is more important than eternal glory.

I am choosing to live free rather than dying like a man.

~You started to care for your adventurer.~
*Finish Game*