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Rakust Notchrock, the Awe-Inspiring Nadir

What? Who are you? What brings you here? *flicks tongue* You're visiting? Well, ok. Let me show you around. *flicks tongue*

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-21

Tower Side View

I didn't expect it to look this squat, but it's still impressive.

I'm looking forward to a stable version of DFHack to come out so I can admire it in 3D.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18

Statue Garden

With all of the taverns, I don't think anyone has bothered to visit.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18

Sand and Fire Clay

Sand on the left, fire clay on the right. It's a nice perk.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18

Farm Factory and Cave Entrance

This is where forgotten beasts and troglodytes go to die. Four war dogs, two statues of forgotten beasts, a few cage traps, and a stairway leading into the barracks. I like using the canyon for a natural barrier.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18

The Crypt

This is the first time I've done this kind of crypt before, I'm a little proud of it.

Whenever a lot of dorfs die at once, I figure it deserves its own memorial. As you may infer, this has been a quiet fort, with one minor catastrophe. In the year 10, the Forgotten Beast Molu Lurkdripped the Silence of Insanities emerged from cavern 1. If memory serves, it was a web-spitting, two tailed dimetrodon. My first warning appeared when it webbed and decapitated both the baroness and Thob, who was a founding miner. He's buried in the top left tomb. The military was sent out, and was promptly torn apart as the beast slew the militia commander and six others, mostly by webbing and decapitation. Finally, the marksdorf Edzul Shieldbrushes finished off the beast by, and I think this is actually how it went down, biting it in the head.

The beast is memorialized with a slab at the front, the statues record the slaying of Messthos Hallflares and
Edzul Fencecanyon. Messthos was the commander, which is why his tomb is a bit more blinged out. Military tombs each get a rack and a stand respectively.

The other slabs...first two across the hall are for a couple who dodged a giant bat and fell into the garbage chute.

The three graves to the north are for victims of wild creatures. One of them has never been recovered as he dodged off a bridge into the river. His body lay there still.

The two on the bottom...one was the victim of one of Ast's tantrums. His blood still stains the wall of the mayoral tavern, if you look. The other, I think he died during an accident involving a scaffolding removal, though the slab says he was killed by a giant olm.

Small crypt to the north, two civilians incinerated by a fire breathing giant vulture. Small crypt to the south, two marksdwarves who thought it'd be smart to gather bolts outside in a siege. The final one is our founding manager (that's his statue) who died after injuries sustained by a crundle attack.

The remaining slabs are outsiders, a human whipmaster got caught in a siege, and a dwarf merchant who tried to exit via caverns, slain by a troll.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18

Grand Dining Hall, Crypt

Even with three taverns, I like to have a dining hall that could, theoretically, seat the entire fortress. There it is, with accompanying food and booze factories.

To the NE is the crypt, which deserves a POI of its own.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18

Da Mayor's Space

We've only had one mayor so far, Besmar Bridgeenjoyed. She's also the owner of the great round tavern The Green Peaches. Her dining hall is on the right, and her office is a z level up, where she is right now, conducting a meeting. Her bedroom is about 4 z's down in the apartment complex to the SE. The well is the public well, and made of gold. The big thing to the west is for general furniture storage, mostly barrels, bags, and bins.

It wasn't intentional, but the layout kind of reminds me of a cartoon character. The levers by the well control water intake and outtake, which is rather sloppy but functional.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2016-01-18