Up from the shallow waters some 159 levels below ground level rose TARITHA NUNORECETHUTHA, FORGOTTEN BEAST. Towering over the average dwarf, it was a giant sauropod with a small trunk upon its skinless visage. It belched deadly freezing dust as it turned its gaze toward the nearby exposed staircase, the corner of which allowed access to its creator’s mighty fortress of 90 strong dwarven fighters, lovers, and craftsmen. Children roamed the elegantly engraved and carved halls while several levels of industry churned out goods for the caravans to trade.
Slowly it moved toward the exposed staircase, striding with purpose and a bloodlust unseen for 451 years. As it neared, it heard the sounds of a magma forge in operation, its user engaged in forging an adamantine battle axe, destined to be used to hack at the necks of countless goblin foes. Unfortunately, destiny was not to be fulfilled this day, save by one being.
As the forgotten beast blasted the blacksmith into the pools of magma with its freezing breath, a scrappily clad militia composed of 16 battle hardened dwarves and 20 civilian wrestlers descended upon the beast. Taritha sustained damage to three of her legs, causing her to fall over periodically, but she was still able to wrestle a dozen other dwarves into the nearby underground pool, drowning them. The dwarven numbers had dwindled to 20 as the dwarves above began fighting in throes of melancholy, attacking each other in great depression and rage. Many locked themselves in their rooms and starved to death, weeping.
A stray kitten began to inch its way down the great staircase. It heard the cries of war dogs, dwarves and horses alike. It saw Taritha, collapsed on three of her legs, panting and pale.
She swipes! The forgotten beast jumps away!
The beast is vanquished!
And so, the smallest warrior in the history of dwarvenkind became Razorcrowded’s greatest with just one swipe of her paw.
Submitted to DFstories.com by Jargle
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That forgotten beast was sure scared of kittens!
Haha, that’s funny. An ancient demon behemoth with an irrational fear of tiny cats.
JESUS H. CHRIST
the Chuck Norris of cats
now I’ve had dwarfs miss there targets and die when they hit a wall, but this beast really earned the Darwin award.
and the kitten, a fortress hero!
I mean he Blew Apart!!
one last thing, I had two dogs take down a giant cave spider in a dark corner once, one dog died however.
KITTY OF MOMETIC BADASEDY
I had a forgotten beast (a feathered tarantula) spawn once on the walls of a reclaimed fortress. Two horses I had with me got cornered and started kicking, one lost it’s hoof and fell into the trade depot (one Z-level) the other kicked at the beast, it rolled off the wall and fell unconcious where my entire military ripped it’s limbs off.
In my DF Let’s Play on youtube my militia has been helped out in a siege and in several ambushes by goats! Something like 4 (or 5) of my goats have kills and names now. o_o
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