Spearcavern 1: The Hunter's Shrine

*An edited, illustrated and narrated playthrough of the game Dwarf Fortress*

Sharpen your spears and oil your beards because today, my dwarves, we head into the northern swamps in search of monsters!

Watch as a small band of hunters delve the deepest tunnels in search of quarry! Will they prevail? Or will the nearby shrine's guardian put a swift end to their ambitions?

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Thanks to everyone who helped out with this episode!

-Mrs K for her unending support and expert waxwork (she colors all the drawings. With crayons.)
-And of course, you, for watching, my bearded bastard.

[junkjack]

I'd like to imagine that the dwarf who discovered the Swamp of Brightness was originally going to name it "The Horrid Dismal Swamp, " before he realized that wouldn't really draw in any immigrant dwarves or really bring him any fame. IDK but I think it'd be pretty interesting cannon.

[devinbrooks]

I'm loving that you're staying in a single world for so long. you really get to dive deep and know the lore of the world. it feels more familiar, in a way. keep it up!

[GrimAndGrams]

I can imagine the titan just looking at them with interest. Ya know? Wondering around tall pillars all day gets boring. Now Krugg supplied him with the equivalent of an ant farm. Or a TV.

[SpiritOfLenin]

i really like the marsh titan's design, the weird decorations on it especially kind of implying it has let someone decorate it at some point, possibly hinting at its intelligence being more than that of just a beast

[ultimatecorgi]

The shrinebuilders must have been a powerful culture. It must be a place of honor! I bet something super valuable is there!

... Why is my hair falling out?

[lordfriedrick]

The hunting fortresses always ends in one of the two ways...
Gloriously remembered and still proudly standing, or completely crushed under one particularly dangerous forgotten beast...
Both are always fun endings...

[bryal]

Interesting choice to make the alligator look like a gharial!

[yobgodababua]

I cannot overstate how much I love how the lancers of Oiling commemorate everything in bead/armband form.

[blipboigilgamesh]

I just wish to stress how well paced your recent videos have been! You've refined your editing style and art to such a degree it's amazing

[raduloff_dev]

I just randomly remembered about this channel after many years and holy shit has the quality gone up significantly. I’m so glad he’s still doing it.

[Sevish]

Love that you drew the dogs as sighthounds. Beautiful

[geeshta]

I love getting to know some dwarves intimately and following their personal stories, it was missing a bit in Northbridge because there were so many of them so I'm really glad for this small party

[ScottB]

The pillars of the shrine remind me of those concepts for warnings about nuclear waste that would hopefully last into the far future. Maybe whoever built the shrine meant it as a warning against the Marsh Titan.

[stewartgames]

If the dog breeding works out you should show updates for each generation, to show their gradual evolution from cute whippet things to monster-hunting mastiffs the size of horses that can breathe fire. Dogs do that in DF, right?

[vitorbortolin]

This is amazing, when I generate a new world I never really understand the size and complexity of the lore it creates. I think that is the one of the best ways to play DF, to learn and live a world for a long time .Eager to see the next episode!

[caesarsalad]

Krugg, love the overviews during the introduction of each dwarf. Nice touch.

[FrogmanhatesQibli]

My grandfather (Duncan hamish of clan McCullim) destroyed a beehive once, the bees were furious he ran for three miles before he came across a lake.
he quickly fashioned a straw out of a read and jumped in
He waited in that lake for forty years
Every day we would pour soup, fresh water and some Whiskey down his straw
He would tell us tales of his youth thru morse code bubbles
One summer there was a drought, and the lake dried up
The bees were swift and ruthlessly efficient they beat him viciously, for days we would hear him scream and beg for his life.
But it didn't matter to the bees, he had wronged them and they would have their revenge
A week later my father found him hanging by a noose next to the same beehive he had attacked so long ago

[saul]

I really dig having all of the fortresses in one world, makes me feel immersed and its really cool to check in on all of the past forts and see sorta the politics in the world. I think it'd be real cool to delve into each nation and just general world events for future stuff (This fortress being centered around the 7 dwarves). Keep up the good work!

[XenoZach]

This video is insane. The commentary and editing is very engaging and the art is spectacular. Really happy to have randomly stumbled across this channel. Don’t normally watch DF content, but I will certainly watch this. Well done.

[timmythy]

God that titan design is amazing! Love that.