Shieldgears - 1057 Early Spring by Markavian

Map Description:

Spring again. A quiet but busy year at Shieldgears. Many babies, 10 infact, and 21 children, no make that 20, maybe even 19... since they seem to be getting possessed and requesting unreasonable things from their parents. Even so, the dome is now finished, and the first sparsely furnished bedrooms are being claimed. Still some rock to clean out, but things are pacing well. No plans to expand the numbers, and I still haven't decided where to build the metalworking areas. Also the resevoir has been refilled, along with a new pump control system just to the west of the brook.

Point of Interest: Grand dome

( 1057 Early Spring → onwards )

A side view of the dome reveals the vast underground pit quarried out when constructing the resevoir dam. Since the excavation of the new fortress across from the magma pool the dome is one of the grand constructions of shieldgears. At the bottom of the pit, illuminated by a ray of light from above, stands a legendary statue- surely a sight to reward eager dwarves who descend to its base. - Markavian

There are 12 comments for this map series, last post 2010-01-18

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Submitted by: AcidWeb - 2008-03-12 to 1051 Early Spring

What character set/title set and color theme you using?

Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-03-12 to 1051 Early Spring

Hey AcidWeb, I'm using a mix between my own tileset and Sphr's graphics - you can download it from the list of user graphic sets page on the wiki.

Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-03-18 to 1054 Early Spring

I love the Big Square Quarry. Proper dwarf. :)

Submitted by: Fox-Of-Doom - 2008-05-18 to 1057 Early Spring

Beautiful lake you have going there.

Infact, beautiful all around.

It looks very peaceful, too. No rotting goblin corpses, no menacing walls or traps.

[Message edited on 2008/05/18 at 01:51 by Fox-Of-Doom]

Submitted by: A_Fey_Dwarf - 2008-05-18 to 1057 Early Spring

Wow. What a very nice planned out fortress you have got there. I think I might favorite it.

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-05-19 to 1057 Early Spring

I rather enjoy this fortress. Waiting to see the dome completed too!

Submitted by: Wirrit - 2008-05-24 to 1057 Early Spring

...I had never thought of making a dome.

I may have to try that, someday.

Submitted by: kein - 2008-08-06 to 1057 Early Spring

Amazing, this is by far my favorite fort so far. Great engineering feats as well as beauty.

Submitted by: Aristoi - 2008-08-12 to 1057 Early Spring

Markavian, it's a work of art. Beautiful!

Submitted by: Noble Digger - 2009-02-25 to 1057 Early Spring

Sexy and fulfilling.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2009-09-20 to 1057 Early Spring

Ahh, thanks for the kind words everyone :)

Submitted by: saharo - 2010-01-18 to 1057 Early Spring

I love this kind of fortress; with "this kind" I intend those fortress who look like they're from a plausible fantasy world: every building seems like it's carefully projected in all its details and shape.
I love this map, and I hope to see updates in the future!

p.s. wouldn't it be nice to make somekind of repository for "believable and detailed fortresses"

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