I had something similar in one of my lands. There was a demon lord who had spent the first 30ish years basically Sauroning about with a goblin army until one day he chanced upon a dwarf fortress that was holding a crossbow throwing(lol) tournament. He got into it, and returned the next year, but then in a twist he abandoned his goblin hoard and basically moved into the fort , spent the next 20 years basically as a drunkard in the taven participating in the yearly sporting carnival until one day he (presumably while blind drunk) went up to the surface and picked a fight with a giant eagle and got torn limb from limb. This game writes far funnier Tolkien stories than Tolkien ever did.
@@ZesTofthelemon "But you can keep your soul, my friend," said the devil to his foe, "You fight just like your momma, boy, be sad to see you go." And so each year they met again and, 'course, the devil won, But what's a soul between good friends, when all is said and done...
I love how you draw your elves to be so gangly and awkward looking. My head cannon is that your art style is actually meant to reflect your dwarves’ point of view, and to dwarves the typical tall willowy graceful Tolkien Elves we are used to seeing just happen to look unappealingly tall, thin and snooty.
It's a nice point of view, but Dwarf Fortress elves are quite different from Tolkien's. No stone or metal working and ritual cannibalism... they remind me more of some Amazon tribes.
@@arthurbarros5189 That assumes that they don’t have metal or stone working because they are too primitive instead of being a result of their odd system of morality. We know they have found sophisticated ways to manipulate living wood using methods that are completely beyond the technological prowess of dwarves and humans. I imagine them being what you would get if you took Tolkeinesque elves and dialled up the ‘harmony with nature’ dial up to 11 so that their priorities seem completely psychotic and alien to the other races.
I agree with @Gurgleschlortz and also with OP. In my head the dwarfs see elves as strange, emotionally cold, and and mysteriously unpredictable. This wiould bee why the elf art looks so threatening.
A demon lord and a human bonding over a shared appreciation towards a sport sounds like an sipnosis of an modern isekai anime, I wouldn't be surprised if it already exist.
… It’s kinda like if *Overlord* was a sports animé featuring generations of wrestlers battling an immortal villain who always finds a way back to the ring. Wait, is that a JoJo reference? >)X^D
Wasn’t there an anime about satan working at a fast food place? “The Devil is a Part Timer” I think (never watched it so idk if plot is different). I kinda got that vibe here.
The story of the Demon Lord who loved wrestling and his human buddy was hilarious and wholesome. I think there's a possibility here for short stories if you trawl hard enough through Legends Mode.
Demon lord enters the world. Decides to just chill. Gets into wrestling. Bonds with one of the wrestlers over their shared love of the sport. His friend dies in war with his own evil nation. What a tragic story.
i imagine Akam manifested Ranarethi as a result of a bet or game of chance which occurred in the spirit realm. I imagine goblin clerics argue about which diety won the bet as well. Him going to and enjoying festivals seems very correct for a being of his particular mystical nature, gambling and chance and all that. That whole wrestling thing could be a shoenen anime and i would watch it. As for tamecanyon attacks not appearing in legends mode, i imagine now that rather than official acts of war those were done by a hardliner sect of their civilization. While such war parties are officially denounced or disavowed, really its understood as a way for elves to return to the cycle with honor.
You're too hard on yourself, sometimes. You did a great job giving a narrative tale to the legends. The detail you added to the wrestling matches leading to an eventual war and the human wrestler dying was wonderful.
I totally agree. It always feels like legends pages are incomplete - and they are! You have to check multiple different pages to piece together histories - like a puzzle - and it really shouldn't be that way. All of the information about one thing should be included on that thing's page.
Eh, not too far from how real-world history often works out. You read an account by one person saying this one historical figure was a certain type of person, then you find another that gives a completely different impression or reveals some new facts that reframe much of what they did.
The starting of year 1 tied to the appearance of Goblins: that's genius! That's going to be my headcanon now. Also the Elven Wheel and suicide-by-battle. I wish the Elves were actually MADE of wood: the mobile fruit of their home-trees
… Woah, that’s actually a really interesting take on elven life cycle. Kind of like how in some lore, dwarves are born out of geodes from mother veins of ore, eh? >):^D
@@toryumau6798 I've always been a fan of fantasy worlds that explain Elves as being relatives or younger versions of Dryads or other tree spirits, and Dwarves eventually turning to stone or other such. Really makes humans just dying and rotting in the ground stick out as being identical to every other animal and underlining the logic behind them being considered "upstarts" by longer-lived races.
… Of all the things one could’ve expected is that the demon lord of prophesies is a gamer who stays in his man cave for most of the year playing with the little guys, only to emerge whenever there’s a festival to join in the fun as a recurring wrestling villain to face off against the local underdog who somehow end up befriending him through the power of himbo vibes. >)X^D
I just love fantasy history, and this might be my favorite video yet. Probably only cause it built on all the previous videos, but this kind of stuff makes the world feel real and lived in.
Dwarfs: If the Demon Lords were to cross into our own world, then this world would be doomed. All would be lost. Oceans would boil, the sky will fall, the land will become infertile, and the very stone will crumble! The Demon Lord: Man...I just wanna wrestle.
The Lizard Demonlord .... seeing him forming a friendship with a Human over the Festival and Wrestling events showed me that even the most evil beeing of Dwarf Fortress do's have a heart and CAN find friends ... this is far more 'Human' then one might think.
What a fantastic episode! I love the way you pull stuff out of legends mode like this! That story of the Demon attending festivals where there are wrestling matches was brilliant. Also, you have to suppose an artifact sword called "ballkisses" will have a bonus chance to land "gelding strikes"...
Krug, you deserve the utmost respect for keeping a straight face whilst recounting the tale of the Silver short sword "Ball-Kisses"!! I love the randomness of DF
I absolutely loved this episode, And just have to say that this portrayal of Elves is fantastic and the art during that segment just blew me away, the first picture with three in the woods smoking pipes, until you notice there are pipes and smoke coming from behind almost every tree. Wow.
Elves were so completely erased they didn't even bother to write it down. Makes your recount if the battle so much more exciting as a unique record of the event in an exciting a tale!
Whenever I see a Dwarf Fortress Legends episode, I go "HELL YEAH!!" DF is a story generator. I once generated a world, where a multi-racial library was attacked by goblins again and again, but each attack was fended off by a *single* vampire. He killed thousands of goblins to protect the written records. I'm just in complete awe of such stories.
Hey Krugg, I love these episodes in between fortresses. They flesh out the world for us and bring the world *around* your fortresses to life. However, I think it's good you don't do them too much, because the mystery of the world makes the occasional Legends episodes very tantalising.
What a wonderful episode Krugs! Loved the coincidental aspects of Legends mode, like the wrestler and the demon lord fighting once, and then the wrestler's son becoming the demon Lord's sparring partner! How does this game do that? That is so organic! Simply mesmerising. Great work as always!
A, what a delight to wake up to. I love the little narratives you can squeeze out of DF if you look close enough, and your own tidbits of worldbuilding to justify things.
this sort of episode is PERFECT for long form series where you stay in the same world. makes me wonder though, can Dwarves get ahold of the secrets of Grown wood items? Show those filthy twig ticklers how its done
My guess is they would have to make some for themselves or else they wouldn't fit. It would take a long time in my mind as well because I think it would be like growing a bonzai tree but in the shape of armor.
Lately I haven't had the ability to keep up with many series on youtube or elsewhere, so this type of episode is actually really great for me. Legends mode is also my favorite part of Dwarf Fortress for sure. My time trying to parse through it always greatly influences the decisions I make in-game. So it's a great pleasure to watch your summary of your own findings within that labyrinth of information together with the wonderful illustrations that you and Mrs. K include. It's also greatly appreciated how you put up the names of each noun kind of like a caption on top each time you start talking about it-- makes the whole thing that much more cohesive.
Amazing World Building! Just totally became so much more invested in this world! Favorite segment: The Rough Festival and the endless retellings of the battle of Ducim and Renuna! 8:14 Cheers, Ivan :D
I really enjoyed this episode. The different angle Legends Mode offers is really interesting, taking the typical zany logic and names of DF and making it sort of... idk, "storybook"? It's cool to have context (as silly as the context itself can be) for the greater world you've presented. Also always great to see the art cooked up for these, so much love and character put into the illustrations! (And this take on elves is really cool too!)
My favorite way of playing dwarf fortress is legends mode, and having my favorite story teller to do the hard lifting and creative part is just insanely lovely Loved the demon lord flicking the human away in that one drawing! Please more soon!!!!
Some really great stories in this one. thank's for going through the massive trouble of wrestling all these wonderful tales out of the mess that Legends mode is.
It feels weird to say so, but this is my favourite episode of this series. I do enjoy seeing progress and the events of things moving forward, but I really love hearing these other stories of the past, the reason for why things are how they are, and the notable figures that have sadly been lost already. There was so much content packed in here. This one episode has enough story to be a trilogy of films. The fact it is all in a world that I do care about too is a big bonus.
Really interesting to learn about the larger world and where Northbridge fits in. It'll give great context for future forts here. Your art is what really made the video great. This video wasn't as cozy as the journey of building a fort but I still enjoyed it and feel it's a fantastic setup for whatever follows. Thank you for the story!
I love it! I think its a good idea to do one of these types of videos every couple of small fortresses, or after one big run of a fortress, to see all that's happened since it rose. Updating it that often too would make it so you didn't have to make the video so long if you don't want to take away from other fortress projects for too long
Whew! Just watched this till the end. What a way to make a world special. You're an amazing story teller as always. Really like the legends episodes. Can't wait for the continuation of this world.
This kind of episode is incredible! It really helps the world building for all of the forts and stories that you tell. I love that you don't rebuild a world every time, and legends episodes help to tie it all together
not that i didnt expect this to be interesting, but it was way MORE interesting than i had thought! thank you for digging up these awesome stories and bringing them to life with your art & narration
Every time a new fortress appears on this channel, it makes me so happy that I stumbled upon this amazing corner of the internet and specifically this channel those few years ago. Keep forging ahead, master dwarf, for around the next bend in the mine is often gold! (Well... at least for me and these videos anyway!)
It was honestly an awesome episode, it gives more context to the world itself, and some known characters. I do agree that Legends is one of the best parts of Dwarf Fortress, but there's just so so much information scattered I rarely know where to start and what to look for.
Always glad to see a Lore episode for Dwarf Fortress! This game is such a wonderful storytelling engine, and I'm always fascinating by the different cultures and monsters of the world, and how they correlate and coelesce into a story. And you Krugg, being such a wonderful storyteller and inspiring artist, truly allows us viewers to fully appreciate the wealth that this game is put before us. I was a bit disappointed not to hear more about the human cultures in this world (the masks they wear are fascinating!), or the other elven societies. Elves in this game are so confusing. But i must commend you on the vast amount of work that you have done. We viewers truly appreciate everything that you put before us May Idrath smile upon you
The relations the dorfs form is sometimes fun, maybe because of how random they are. Sometimes it seems like everyone in a dwarf civilization knows someone at the other forts. Logem's background was more interesting than I thought. A legendary craftsdwarf that competed with the very king himself back at the capital.
Another great video Krug. I find myself lagging behind on some of your series but ive always come back to watch! Binging your video's when a series is complete is my favorite thing because you put so much effort into each video, Its like watching a netflix series!
This is so fun! I love the rassledemon, and the way you personify the elvish culture is really interesting! A lot of taking-it-seriously, which I really, *really* like, and it's a lot of what makes your videos such great stories, even if you don't consider yourself much of a narrative guy on purpose.
I absolutely love all of your content, regardless of what mode you pull it from. Your dwarf fortress stories (Along with art style) remind me of my solo D&D games.
This was an AMAZING episode. I love the DF History Channel, as narrated by Kruggsmash. And so fun to learn more about the lore of the world you're playing in! I just wish there was an easier, abbreviated way to do it for every fortress we play, in conjunction with 'fortress mode'
Legends mode has the most fertile ground for making stories. There are so many connections you can make from almost random threads of information it makes it read like a Silmarillion of this particular world. I hope Tarn makes legends mode more of a collection of myths the further along we go on this journey to make a fantasy generator.
I *love* the fact that a demon lord, basically the equivalent of the Devil went to a sporting event. It's like a folk tale - amazing flavour
The demon lord is just a gambler, it's genius.
Well ya know what they say, "The Devil went down to Dales"
I had something similar in one of my lands. There was a demon lord who had spent the first 30ish years basically Sauroning about with a goblin army until one day he chanced upon a dwarf fortress that was holding a crossbow throwing(lol) tournament. He got into it, and returned the next year, but then in a twist he abandoned his goblin hoard and basically moved into the fort , spent the next 20 years basically as a drunkard in the taven participating in the yearly sporting carnival until one day he (presumably while blind drunk) went up to the surface and picked a fight with a giant eagle and got torn limb from limb.
This game writes far funnier Tolkien stories than Tolkien ever did.
The devil went down to Plaitsung, he was lookin' for a soul to steal...
@@ZesTofthelemon "But you can keep your soul, my friend," said the devil to his foe,
"You fight just like your momma, boy, be sad to see you go."
And so each year they met again and, 'course, the devil won,
But what's a soul between good friends, when all is said and done...
The story of a wrestler and a demon lord bonding over their shared enthusiasm for athletics sounds like a good pitch for a movie.
This was Inspiration for Yujiro Hanma
Sounds like an anime honesty.
Gilgamesh?
@@Joel-qo6gt Gilgamesh is pretty close actually. Poor Enkidu.
Sounds like an excellent 12 episode anime.
The reverence with which you reveal the name of the sword at 11:54 is exquisite.
It's also quite the statement for a queen to wield a sword named Ballkisses. Better not mess with queen Dumed I say.
Absolute perfection.
@@RupertAndCheese#GurlBoss
Also fucking burst out laughing the first time I heard it. Cause...you know.
Got me so off guard
Ah yes. A big fancy event celebration about a dwarf murdering an elf. That tracks.
"That's not my bag."
> creates life stories for characters that only have like 8 lines of text
the demon visting the human town just to enjoy his hobby and make a friend was my fav.
I love how you draw your elves to be so gangly and awkward looking. My head cannon is that your art style is actually meant to reflect your dwarves’ point of view, and to dwarves the typical tall willowy graceful Tolkien Elves we are used to seeing just happen to look unappealingly tall, thin and snooty.
It's a nice point of view, but Dwarf Fortress elves are quite different from Tolkien's.
No stone or metal working and ritual cannibalism... they remind me more of some Amazon tribes.
This head canon has interesting implications for the rat goblins.
@@arthurbarros5189 That assumes that they don’t have metal or stone working because they are too primitive instead of being a result of their odd system of morality. We know they have found sophisticated ways to manipulate living wood using methods that are completely beyond the technological prowess of dwarves and humans.
I imagine them being what you would get if you took Tolkeinesque elves and dialled up the ‘harmony with nature’ dial up to 11 so that their priorities seem completely psychotic and alien to the other races.
I really like the design of the Tame Canyon diplomat, so mysterious looking.
I agree with @Gurgleschlortz and also with OP. In my head the dwarfs see elves as strange, emotionally cold, and and mysteriously unpredictable. This wiould bee why the elf art looks so threatening.
A demon lord and a human bonding over a shared appreciation towards a sport sounds like an sipnosis of an modern isekai anime, I wouldn't be surprised if it already exist.
… It’s kinda like if *Overlord* was a sports animé featuring generations of wrestlers battling an immortal villain who always finds a way back to the ring. Wait, is that a JoJo reference? >)X^D
There actually is an Isekai based around wrestling. No joke.
I forgot the name though.
People said it's not that bad.
Wasn’t there an anime about satan working at a fast food place? “The Devil is a Part Timer” I think (never watched it so idk if plot is different). I kinda got that vibe here.
*dramatic pause*
...Ballkisses!
If dwarven society can’t find the humor in a dwarf dying in some stupid way it wouldn’t be able to function
The story of the Demon Lord who loved wrestling and his human buddy was hilarious and wholesome. I think there's a possibility here for short stories if you trawl hard enough through Legends Mode.
The story of Wealthydeath and Kisnast is worthy of a sumerian tablet, two bros duke it out and become friends.
Brilliant.
Time to brush up on cuneiform and make it real!
… The tale of Enkidu and Gilgamesh really is the original bromance of the ages, eh? >)X^D
Demon lord enters the world.
Decides to just chill.
Gets into wrestling.
Bonds with one of the wrestlers over their shared love of the sport.
His friend dies in war with his own evil nation.
What a tragic story.
We are all just slaves to Armok in the end...
The crude human bandit masks are a great touch in contrast to the human noble masks!
The best friend of the king giving the kings mom a sword called ballkisses is very funny
… And to think some people say dwarven humor is impenetrable to other races, eh? >)X^D
Well now the phrase 'Wrestling with your demons' has new context.
Spoilers: 11:38
Logam giving Athel’s mom a sword called Ballkisses is such a troll move. Really sells the friendly rivalry
I absolutely lost it at the sword's name xd
And it also flashed at the same time and his voice reverbed 😂
The buildup followed by that name really sent me
Never change DWrf Fortress, never change
the name killed me lmao, and kruggs dramatic reading was hilarious
I like the idea the Logem was likely slipping letters back with the Merchants, telling his old friend Athel about how great Northbridge was.
11:55 Perfectly straight-faced delivery.
I liked your description of the Elves and their Circle of Life. Explains the Elves a little better....They want to be tree food.
I imagine they eat and use a lot of fruit and foliage and structure for their own ends.. to use, you have to give
I want to use this in a fantasy world, now. Also, those cool human masks.
i imagine Akam manifested Ranarethi as a result of a bet or game of chance which occurred in the spirit realm. I imagine goblin clerics argue about which diety won the bet as well. Him going to and enjoying festivals seems very correct for a being of his particular mystical nature, gambling and chance and all that. That whole wrestling thing could be a shoenen anime and i would watch it.
As for tamecanyon attacks not appearing in legends mode, i imagine now that rather than official acts of war those were done by a hardliner sect of their civilization. While such war parties are officially denounced or disavowed, really its understood as a way for elves to return to the cycle with honor.
You're too hard on yourself, sometimes. You did a great job giving a narrative tale to the legends. The detail you added to the wrestling matches leading to an eventual war and the human wrestler dying was wonderful.
Loved the dramatic echo when you uttered Ballkisses
Parsing information in legends mod sounds exactly like performing research in a sprawling library.
I totally agree. It always feels like legends pages are incomplete - and they are! You have to check multiple different pages to piece together histories - like a puzzle - and it really shouldn't be that way. All of the information about one thing should be included on that thing's page.
Eh, not too far from how real-world history often works out. You read an account by one person saying this one historical figure was a certain type of person, then you find another that gives a completely different impression or reveals some new facts that reframe much of what they did.
The starting of year 1 tied to the appearance of Goblins: that's genius! That's going to be my headcanon now. Also the Elven Wheel and suicide-by-battle. I wish the Elves were actually MADE of wood: the mobile fruit of their home-trees
"...the mobile fruit of their home-trees" - New head-canon! This is absolute genius.
… Woah, that’s actually a really interesting take on elven life cycle. Kind of like how in some lore, dwarves are born out of geodes from mother veins of ore, eh? >):^D
@@toryumau6798 I've always been a fan of fantasy worlds that explain Elves as being relatives or younger versions of Dryads or other tree spirits, and Dwarves eventually turning to stone or other such. Really makes humans just dying and rotting in the ground stick out as being identical to every other animal and underlining the logic behind them being considered "upstarts" by longer-lived races.
LORE DUMP! Love it Krugg!
You know when Krug uploads it's gonna be a good day.
I literally start a pot of coffee and make a snack to get ready.
I agree ate ice cream while watching his episode 😅
… Of all the things one could’ve expected is that the demon lord of prophesies is a gamer who stays in his man cave for most of the year playing with the little guys, only to emerge whenever there’s a festival to join in the fun as a recurring wrestling villain to face off against the local underdog who somehow end up befriending him through the power of himbo vibes. >)X^D
like a shonen manga protagonist that ne man stepped up to wrestle and somewhat befriend the demon
what an amazing guy
I just love fantasy history, and this might be my favorite video yet. Probably only cause it built on all the previous videos, but this kind of stuff makes the world feel real and lived in.
"Ballkisses" truly outstanding Dwarven Wordcraftship!
Dwarfs: If the Demon Lords were to cross into our own world, then this world would be doomed. All would be lost. Oceans would boil, the sky will fall, the land will become infertile, and the very stone will crumble!
The Demon Lord: Man...I just wanna wrestle.
"This is a video by Kruggsmash..." you know the rest
The Lizard Demonlord .... seeing him forming a friendship with a Human over the Festival and Wrestling events showed me that even the most evil beeing of Dwarf Fortress do's have a heart and CAN find friends ... this is far more 'Human' then one might think.
I really love the design you did for Wealthydeath, very imposing.
What a fantastic episode! I love the way you pull stuff out of legends mode like this!
That story of the Demon attending festivals where there are wrestling matches was brilliant.
Also, you have to suppose an artifact sword called "ballkisses" will have a bonus chance to land "gelding strikes"...
… Harshwhimsical GMs watching this- “Write that down, write that down!” >)B^}
Krug, you deserve the utmost respect for keeping a straight face whilst recounting the tale of the Silver short sword "Ball-Kisses"!! I love the randomness of DF
This is very calming to listen to.. I just closed my eyes and let it all take shape. Thanks for a peaceful morning half hour :)
I absolutely loved this episode, And just have to say that this portrayal of Elves is fantastic and the art during that segment just blew me away, the first picture with three in the woods smoking pipes, until you notice there are pipes and smoke coming from behind almost every tree. Wow.
Wealthydeath is like Nurgle: an embodiment of pure evil and the nicest guy in the universe.
… He’s the grandpa who plays R rated video games with ya when mum and dad are out for anniversary. >)X^D
I absolutely love these legends mode episodes. You do them so well!
i just LOVE the way you draw and interpret those forgotten beasts and events/places.
Elves were so completely erased they didn't even bother to write it down. Makes your recount if the battle so much more exciting as a unique record of the event in an exciting a tale!
Whenever I see a Dwarf Fortress Legends episode, I go "HELL YEAH!!"
DF is a story generator.
I once generated a world, where a multi-racial library was attacked by goblins again and again, but each attack was fended off by a *single* vampire. He killed thousands of goblins to protect the written records. I'm just in complete awe of such stories.
I love these drawings. They are so unique and a breath of fresh air from normal fantasy lore.
I love the time and care you put into the emergent storytelling that comes out of DF. Ave Kruggsmash, beloved chronicler and artist.
Absolutely love this shared universe. Adds so much depth to all the videos and stories!
Love that pink-beraded Wario looking ass dwarf king
I LOVE this kind of videos. I found your channel back in 2019 thanks to the video about Epeve the elf. Still my favorite to this day!
"My Queen... Please accept the Ballkisses..."
Just wanted to say I love episodes like this. Legends mode is great and you do an especially great job at pulling out the stories in it
I love how we're learning more about the world we'll see more stories in. 😊
I have never been this early to a Kruggsmash video. Your videos are amazing, top tier editing and production!!!
Hey Krugg, I love these episodes in between fortresses. They flesh out the world for us and bring the world *around* your fortresses to life. However, I think it's good you don't do them too much, because the mystery of the world makes the occasional Legends episodes very tantalising.
i like the idea of a dark lord who isn't even evil he just chillin
I love these types of episodes. I cannot imagine how much work it is to put together but it makes for the best DF content available IMO
What a wonderful episode Krugs! Loved the coincidental aspects of Legends mode, like the wrestler and the demon lord fighting once, and then the wrestler's son becoming the demon Lord's sparring partner! How does this game do that? That is so organic!
Simply mesmerising. Great work as always!
I like the side story of the family of professional wrestlers competing with the demon lord for the pure love of wrestling.
A, what a delight to wake up to. I love the little narratives you can squeeze out of DF if you look close enough, and your own tidbits of worldbuilding to justify things.
the party demon lord that is just gambling and having a good time
I'm already super attached to the Northbridge world
Every world generated in DF is a fully outlined Game of Thrones on steroids.
this sort of episode is PERFECT for long form series where you stay in the same world.
makes me wonder though, can Dwarves get ahold of the secrets of Grown wood items? Show those filthy twig ticklers how its done
My guess is they would have to make some for themselves or else they wouldn't fit. It would take a long time in my mind as well because I think it would be like growing a bonzai tree but in the shape of armor.
@@benji-menji true, maybe I'll let the skinnies keep their funeral attire after all
actually an amazing ep. its so fun to see you tell the kinds of stories fortress mode just cant create
Lately I haven't had the ability to keep up with many series on youtube or elsewhere, so this type of episode is actually really great for me.
Legends mode is also my favorite part of Dwarf Fortress for sure. My time trying to parse through it always greatly influences the decisions I make in-game.
So it's a great pleasure to watch your summary of your own findings within that labyrinth of information together with the wonderful illustrations that you and Mrs. K include. It's also greatly appreciated how you put up the names of each noun kind of like a caption on top each time you start talking about it-- makes the whole thing that much more cohesive.
Amazing World Building! Just totally became so much more invested in this world!
Favorite segment: The Rough Festival and the endless retellings of the battle of Ducim and Renuna! 8:14
Cheers, Ivan :D
Woot! Been hyped all morning for this!
I really enjoyed this episode. The different angle Legends Mode offers is really interesting, taking the typical zany logic and names of DF and making it sort of... idk, "storybook"? It's cool to have context (as silly as the context itself can be) for the greater world you've presented. Also always great to see the art cooked up for these, so much love and character put into the illustrations! (And this take on elves is really cool too!)
OMG the name of the Queens sword,
What a name for a symbol of great Queenly power XD
My favorite way of playing dwarf fortress is legends mode, and having my favorite story teller to do the hard lifting and creative part is just insanely lovely
Loved the demon lord flicking the human away in that one drawing!
Please more soon!!!!
I love videos like these, just telling some of the strange and fascinating events of a world we've only seen through one lens so far.
Some really great stories in this one. thank's for going through the massive trouble of wrestling all these wonderful tales out of the mess that Legends mode is.
It feels weird to say so, but this is my favourite episode of this series. I do enjoy seeing progress and the events of things moving forward, but I really love hearing these other stories of the past, the reason for why things are how they are, and the notable figures that have sadly been lost already. There was so much content packed in here. This one episode has enough story to be a trilogy of films. The fact it is all in a world that I do care about too is a big bonus.
Really interesting to learn about the larger world and where Northbridge fits in. It'll give great context for future forts here. Your art is what really made the video great. This video wasn't as cozy as the journey of building a fort but I still enjoyed it and feel it's a fantastic setup for whatever follows. Thank you for the story!
I love it! I think its a good idea to do one of these types of videos every couple of small fortresses, or after one big run of a fortress, to see all that's happened since it rose. Updating it that often too would make it so you didn't have to make the video so long if you don't want to take away from other fortress projects for too long
Whew! Just watched this till the end. What a way to make a world special. You're an amazing story teller as always. Really like the legends episodes. Can't wait for the continuation of this world.
Man imagine GIGA SATAN coming to Strawberry Festival in order to win a Hot Dog Eating Contest
This kind of episode is incredible! It really helps the world building for all of the forts and stories that you tell.
I love that you don't rebuild a world every time, and legends episodes help to tie it all together
7 minutes in and i'm already LOVING this episode! I can tell that much work was put into making it!
not that i didnt expect this to be interesting, but it was way MORE interesting than i had thought!
thank you for digging up these awesome stories and bringing them to life with your art & narration
Every time a new fortress appears on this channel, it makes me so happy that I stumbled upon this amazing corner of the internet and specifically this channel those few years ago. Keep forging ahead, master dwarf, for around the next bend in the mine is often gold! (Well... at least for me and these videos anyway!)
29:10 that kobold is 100% not returning that book
It was honestly an awesome episode, it gives more context to the world itself, and some known characters.
I do agree that Legends is one of the best parts of Dwarf Fortress, but there's just so so much information scattered I rarely know where to start and what to look for.
Always glad to see a Lore episode for Dwarf Fortress! This game is such a wonderful storytelling engine, and I'm always fascinating by the different cultures and monsters of the world, and how they correlate and coelesce into a story. And you Krugg, being such a wonderful storyteller and inspiring artist, truly allows us viewers to fully appreciate the wealth that this game is put before us. I was a bit disappointed not to hear more about the human cultures in this world (the masks they wear are fascinating!), or the other elven societies. Elves in this game are so confusing.
But i must commend you on the vast amount of work that you have done. We viewers truly appreciate everything that you put before us
May Idrath smile upon you
Yo my autoplay has brought me this treat early!! Thanks Krugg.
A very enjoyable episode, really good to get more of an overview of the world that these recent stories take place in!
The relations the dorfs form is sometimes fun, maybe because of how random they are. Sometimes it seems like everyone in a dwarf civilization knows someone at the other forts.
Logem's background was more interesting than I thought. A legendary craftsdwarf that competed with the very king himself back at the capital.
Another great video Krug. I find myself lagging behind on some of your series but ive always come back to watch! Binging your video's when a series is complete is my favorite thing because you put so much effort into each video, Its like watching a netflix series!
This is so fun! I love the rassledemon, and the way you personify the elvish culture is really interesting! A lot of taking-it-seriously, which I really, *really* like, and it's a lot of what makes your videos such great stories, even if you don't consider yourself much of a narrative guy on purpose.
I absolutely love the origins of worlds and societies like these. Love these sorts of fantasy stories--Im always eager to listen to more!
I absolutely love all of your content, regardless of what mode you pull it from.
Your dwarf fortress stories (Along with art style) remind me of my solo D&D games.
I happen to love these episodes, here's hoping there are more
This was an AMAZING episode.
I love the DF History Channel, as narrated by Kruggsmash. And so fun to learn more about the lore of the world you're playing in!
I just wish there was an easier, abbreviated way to do it for every fortress we play, in conjunction with 'fortress mode'
I really enjoy these deep dives into the History and really draws me back into Dwarf Fortress.
I love this episode! It will make future forts in this land more interesting because I will have some context. Great work!
Legends mode has the most fertile ground for making stories. There are so many connections you can make from almost random threads of information it makes it read like a Silmarillion of this particular world. I hope Tarn makes legends mode more of a collection of myths the further along we go on this journey to make a fantasy generator.
I really like these legends videos, it fleshes out the world and is a good wind down for a fort. Excited to see what is coming next!
I love this, it's like exploring but with words instead of legs. I do quite enjoy myself a bit of exploring.
This was one of the best episodes. Thanks man. Amazing work of art. You are brillant.