Evilkings (episode)

"Evilkings" is not to be confused with the fortress Gedoretar which also shares the alternate name "Evilkings", for which this episode is named.

Evilkings is the first episode of the Steelclutches series; more specifically, it is the first episode of that series' prologue. It is the first overall episode ever uploaded by Kruggsmash.

Description
"Haven't played DF seriously for a bit so I figured I'd warm up with some evil biome antics. What a blessed mess! If anyone knows how to survive this hell, please gimme some tips in the comments!"

Plot
In the year 1004, in the "Scabrous Prairies" region of the "Rounded" family of continents of the world Romomon, the dwarf fortress of Gedoretar ("Evilkings") is established by a group of seven dwarves (and their fourteen animals) named Osor Gedor ("Kingdom of Evil"). The group originally consists of two miners (Urist Keskalgåkz and Obok Stakudnles), two masons (Rovod Dodksazir and Blel Kibokil), one woodcutter (Kadl Idenisan), one planter (Mebzuth Othlèsterith), and their expedition leader (Vabk Mingkilmosus). They immediately get to work building their fortress underground, and soon find that the surface beneath them already contains an enormous cavern system. Up on the surface portion of their fortress - where a river runs through - the dwarves construct a perimeter wall and a roof over the main surface structure, but are occasionally spooked by undead animals roaming the land outside.

Eventually the dwarves are forced to defend themselves against undead ravens, but the corpses (especially the presence of a decaying raven head high up in a tree) continue to unnerve the dwarves until they pause all work to clear the corpses and store them in their underground "trash room". Unfortunately the decapitated raven head resurrected at least once, and so continued to make the dwarves anxious. Also built underground is an animal storage facility and a butchering room (operated by Vabk), where the horses are harvested to feed the fortress.

The group officially form their first military squad, named "the Bent Towns" which consists of all seven current dwarves and led by commander Urist, to begin their protection against the undead animals. They begin by smashing the raven head that haunted them previously, but it takes more effort than expected, and find that no matter how badly they damage the head, its pulped remains remain "alive". Urist is promoted to expedition leader, and presumably due to the gore and horror of the raven head incident, decides the dwarves will seal off and abandon the burrow altogether in favour of starting afresh nearby. It's at this moment that a small number of migrants arrive, and the group take this opportunity to form two more military squads - "Cudgels of Blockading" and "The Labors of Armor" - in order to rid the area of the undead creatures. Unfortunately the same situation with the raven head plays out, this time with the mangled torso of an undead rabbit that they are forced to just leave as-is, and they return to constructing the new burrow. It isn't long before more undead creatures (alpaca and barn owl, this time) arrive to fight the dwarves directly.

The dwarves run away from the undead, but return to finish the burrow: that is, until during construction two dwarves find themselves plunged into an underground off-shoot of the river and drown. At least one more dwarf succumbs to the now-combined attacks of the alpaca and barn owl, and so a number of dwarves seek shelter in their underground burrow. Whilst they panic below, a trade caravan arrives on the surface and parks near the burrow, only to find two dwarves among the mangled bloody remains of the battle.