Dwarf Fortress Succession Game III:Jawmetal

So you can drink ALL the booze?

Journal of Viha Kirbonium VII

I must have an audience with the God-Emperor. A glorious idea was made known to me in my sleep by my ancestors as a covert way of dealing not only with Durza, but with the rest of the demonic scum that taint this hallowed fortress. We will meet with the God-Emperor as soon as possible to discuss founding the Ordo Possideo. There must be a system of checks and balances. There must be an opportunity, to purify.

!!Burn!! the !!Heretic!!

No.

I meant that you should burn the heretics you find, not that you were a heretic to be burned. Should probably have made that clearer.

Also, I'm personally fine with using the PSYKER on the heretics if you feel that burning them is too close to LAVA:MAGMA:HELLFIRE...

From the dest of bladebound:

Dear Viha Kirbonium:

You are free to YOLO out all over the heretics.

With loviest love,

Whichever God-Emperor Has The Longest Beard.

PS - Give that sexy Boozesmith another statue.

Journal of Mister Cuddlesworth

Date: Who cares, anyway?

I am not one for keeping a journal under normal circumstances, but I've heard a lot of talk about God-Emperors lately, so I figured I should write some things down. I don't give a flaming krutz over who sits on the throne, but I been hearing a lot about 'cleansing' of the 'heretics' of the fort.

-beer stains the next few paragraphs, mixed with what looks like blood-

Anyway, Urist and I are just gonna keep our heads down and our ears open, and our bellies full of ale until this all blows over.

edited 24th Feb '14 6:36:54 PM by MisterCuddlesworth

Actually I think that might be me. Does DF keep track of beard length or does it just give a description? Let's check.

A sasquatch would have you all beat. Its beard covers its whole body.

Journal Of Tuefel:

What krutzing hell has the booze master been slipping into our drinks? We have loons ranting about god emperors, demons, heretics and other oddities. For Armok's sake if they want madness why don't they piss off the tree huggers and kill them when they visit again. Or build one of their super projects and hope it doesn't implode the fortress.

edited 25th Feb '14 5:37:16 AM by TuefelHundenIV

Journal of Viha Kirbonium VII, Axe Lord of the Ordo Possideo

Well, at the very least, I've got Bladebound and Condorito's blessings. One way or another, I'll have my revenge. Not only for me, and my six ancestors dead at his hands, but for the children of mine that that sick bastard sacrificed. Maybe I'll dump his body into the volcano when I finish with him.

As it is, I'm going to need recruits. Preferably some guys who are good with hammers.

edited 25th Feb '14 7:38:23 AM by vihaKirbonium

ETA: Nevermind. Was going to be Batman Gambit, but what we're looking at is a Xanatos Gambit, not Batman.

edited 25th Feb '14 6:35:58 AM by Journeyman

Durza's Log.

It occurred to me a few nights ago: it's all well and good for me to cast aside my former allies as soon as they are no longer useful to me, but I can't have them attempting to stab me in the back in retaliation for my perceived betrayal. Is it betrayal for a butcher to kill a pig, I ask you? But I doubt that they see it that way. In order to remedy this problem before it festered, I had a meeting with the so called God-Emperor in which I explained to him that I had to appear to betray him in order to keep my power while Jawmetal is in the grip of the pretender, and pledged to complete his THRONE project in order to prove my loyalty. I see no reason to break this promise, since THRONE aids my own plans.

Of course, I told Paramythion that I was going to talk to Bladebound, and told Bladebound that I told Paramythion. The end result is that neither of them trusts me as much as they did before, but it's better than GAR or Viha spoiling my secrets and lies before they bear fruit. In any case, I have enough experience as a double agent to keep them guessing about my true loyalties since I'm a side all by myself. Obviously, the inevitable problem will arise if I have to pledge my loyalty to each and every leader of the fortress if each of them has the same delusions of godhood- there can only be one god here, and I've already taken that position-, but once I seize control again I plan to make my reign absolute in any case.

• Begins passing out "Vote For Durza" buttons*

Journal of Viha Kirbonium VII, Axe Lord of Ordo Possideo

I've managed to glean information about the so-called "leaks of information", and they revolve around the God Emperor himself and a dwarf named Paramythion. This brings me closer to outing Durza as an infested canker upon the lip of an otherwise perfect fortress; and the sooner the THRONE can be sabotaged so it will never bring its destructive fruit to bear, the better. At the very least, it would buy some time. I have to figure out if the mini-forge, Ugosherush, is still in the fortress. I have a use for it.

The Chronicles of Bladebound Olondódok Avanocîg Ber, "Bladebound Gearclasped the Lyrical Dell of Earth", God-Emperor of Dwarfkind, Appendix 4: [Date redacted]: In fealty of myself, the Master of Dwarfkind, and by the grace of the IMPERATOR and THRONE, I declare that the EXTERMINATUS* will be used on all false emperors. I hereby sign their death warrants and consign their souls to oblivion. May Dwarven justice account in all balance. The Emperor protects!

'*Bladebound looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible!*

'* EXciting, Technically Evil, but Righteous, Mighty, and Imperial Newfound Approach to Terminating all Usurpers Simultaneously

OOC: Yes, my dwarf has gone quite mad with power. What was your first clue?

edited 26th Feb '14 3:51:44 AM by Bladebound

OOC: This thread needs more Overseer Journaling. The Xanatos Speed Chess here is approaching critical mass.

Journal of Viha Kirbonium VII, Axe Lord of the Ordo Possideo

Two plans are now running in concurrance, one, I have managed to get into the THRONE room undetected. I found the activation mechanism and gummed up the works with the mini-forge, Ugosherush. Here, whenever it's activated, be it by our God Emperor or by the demonic would be usurper scum, it won't trigger the THRONE's effect at all. Instead, it will rewind time, now that it has been calibrated in reverse, and since Durza was the one who activated it last time, blame will surely fall on him. And if he attempts to activate the THRONE himself, he can't implicate me as a saboteur without revealing that he attempted a violent takeover, condemning him to death under the God Emperor's newest mandate. I will warn Bladebound of the dangers of activating the newly modified THRONE (while implicating Durza as the demon saboteur) and then watch the carnage.

Next, I need to get in contact with Gand Aand R, and recruit him to my cause. He seems to be a kindred spirit.

This hallowed ground be purged of the impure. In Armok's loving name, we pray.

A-fucking-men.

edited 26th Feb '14 5:27:54 AM by vihaKirbonium

Durza's Log.

I have begun aquiring pieces of adamantine armour for myslef and those loyal to me, just in case anyone gets any ideas about loosing fell and terrible magicks against us before my plans come to fruitition. Of course, I'll have to remove it in order to utilise the power gained after Project HELLFIRE is completed, but by then I should be able to resist any attempts at magical influence with my own power alone. I'll be keeping some steel armour for myself just in case someone attempts a physical assault. I'm not sure what effect my spear would have should I attempt to weild it after my apotheosis, but I could probably create one out of lightning by then anyway.

PS: I can't find that damned mini-forge...

Report from Agent 626

Things are degrading rapidly. Recent conversations with the locals indicate that there is a greater depth to the factions and infighting then even the worst case scenario had predicted. The Plan is going to have to stand up to some improvisation in the field if we are to have a chance of accomplishing all of our goals before this place falls apart. The Emperor will not be pleased if this does not succeed.

P.S. On a brighter note, I have managed to run a successful testing of the Ghost Harnessing Optometric Synapse of Terror. The theoretical concept is sound, if a bit.. rough. Which means that this place should be perfect for the final stages of The Plan, as we hoped. Unfortunately, the prototype was damaged during the trip and the local known as Viha Kirbonium was effected instead of the test subject. Poor dwarf is convinced he has been attacked by some undead entity. I would feel more sympathy for him, if everyone here were not almost certainly out to kill me.

OOC: Finally getting close to finishing. The first few sessions stayed mostly paused, while I googled everything that happened to make sure the fort wasn't imploding, but now that I have a vague grasp of what things mean, I am just letting it run. Nothing else has interrupted my scheming either, as the only things that seem to happen are an obscene amount of masterpieces being produced, and Viha Kirbonium getting punched by a ghost occasionally.

Is it the ghost of a previous viha, or just a random ghost?

Journal of a VERY pissed off Viha Kirbonium VII, Axe Lord of Ordo Possideo

ohmykrutzingarmokifthisghostdoesntkrutzingquititsshit

Ok now that it seems like I have a free moment (it seems that the ghost that has been aggressing me really does not like the brewery), the next part of my plan begins. This journal will be hidden, and I will be carrying a different journal, that is chock full of information on Durza and other dwarves that may be demonically possessed. I've also requested that the dwarves that crank out our adamantium armor make two different types of adamantium— one that the legitimate military will be outfitted with, and one that the Order of the Pick shall be outfitted with; the latter being an alloy of 94% Adamantium and 6% Manganese, which will make the overall metal strong enough that even under testing, it won't raise any eyebrows, but brittle enough that if one knew exactly where to strike, the whole thing will come asunder. May Armok bless those— FORTHELOVEOFKRTUZINGROTPARISWEARONMYDEADANCESTORS

My head hurts.

"Dum hostes erunt lorem."

EDIT FOR OOC: Paramythion, you know what they say. No plan survives first contact with the enemy.

edited 26th Feb '14 9:23:29 AM by vihaKirbonium

From the ojurnal of Condorito:

Dear Diary, I decided to half the "special" mushrooms I've been adding to the brew.

Then I actually doubled it, I may have figured out how to summon ghosts. hard to tell anymore.

Also, I picked up this nice mini-forge. It was just lying under this pile of expensive and delicate mechanisms, behind a secret wall and two deadly traps. I gave it to a passing kid. He looked happy.

Gotta go, just got an order for more armor!

Diary of a random ghost: Is he brewing ectoplasm? I'm out. I don't get paid enough.

OOC: Alright, I promise to quit screwing with things just for the fun of it. I just wanted the pileup to be that much more glorious. :)

Also, did I reach Legendary yet?

edited 26th Feb '14 11:54:32 AM by CONDORITO

Just let me know when the fort is ready to be passed on. I need a break from Earth Defense Force 2025