Dwarf Fortress: Legendary Stories

[@christopherclayton5500]

"Not a hero?" They revolutionized medicine.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

And was a master of witty humor with the title of that second book, most likely satiric towards his detractors.

[@Kryptnyt]

After a quick search, scraping, or Gua sha, is pseudo-medicine and harmful. The things he did afterwards were pretty good though.

[@franklindrgaming8027]

@@Kryptnyt gotta start somewhere tho

[@Kryptnyt]

@@franklindrgaming8027 And it makes for an interesting character!

[@psyxypher3881]

@@Kryptnyt I found something else; apparently "Scraping" is taking off pieces of the skin for observation.

[@livendus]

So a fortress once conquered by a forgotten beast and the grave of countless powerful adventurers that attempted to kill them is now the home of a cabal of NECROMANCERS. This can't possibly end badly.

[@spartanwar1185]

Ah yes, like the drunken fool who called himself an adventurer and thought he could kill any beast would make a good undead assistant Lmao Seriously though I mean if i were a necromancer i don't imagine there would be very many better choices

[@crimsonrose2487]

It's the place to be for powerful necromancers

[@sicariusflamus3033]

Spartan War118 whats hilarious is that if the corpse of the FB/titan is still there they could probably resurrect it

[@cyrusmann5443]

@@sicariusflamus3033 armageddon incarnate

[@hisradiancelordnasty]

are you kidding . sounds like a perfect place for a *very choked back laughs* very self sustaining…recycling…biodegradable lifestyle. almost like a commune

[@fnorgen]

"The small dragon breathes fire!" "You are caught in a burst of boiling copper!" "You are caught in a burst of steam!" You are being incinerated!" You are melting!" Brütal

[@tomhill3248]

A brutal tale from legends mode. A Brutal legend if you will.

[@NinjaBusCow]

@@tomhill3248 Hah! Nice.

[@tomhill3248]

​@@NinjaBusCow I see a man of culture familiar with the heavy metal hurricane. Nice.

[@NinjaBusCow]

@@tomhill3248 \m/

[@martinn.6082]

As a German, Brütal sounds hilarious. It’s weird that ü found it’s way into metal music, since it’s usually a diminutive in German, used to describe things that are cute or tiny. Example: dog - Hund, doggy - Hündchen

[@monkeibusiness]

LOOKS LIKE THURSDAYS ARE BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

[@kruggsmash]

You will taste dwarf-flesh, my bearded bastards!

[@robfrank3423]

@@kruggsmash please do an adventure in this world

[@MrTroves]

I remember a demon from one of my worlds. It's been a long time so I can't remember his name, but he and another demon was summoned and bound to the world at the beginning by a dwarven goddess of suffering. He ruled for about 50-100 years before a human civilization invading and took him prisoner, dragging him back to their lands and letting a goblin take over. Within the year, the demon was ruling the human civiliasation and was in command for about 25 years or so before he was outed and returned to his original lands, but instead of taking over again he became a ranger for the Fortress (I fully suspect so he could kill more people). Said demon met their end when a slave girl who had been abducted from another civ, started as a farmer then became a tavern keeper killed him in her first year running the tavern at the age of 18. She would die to a dwarf 20 years later.

[@Crawlforth]

Honestly the bad guy being taken prisoner and then taking over is pretty much Sauron's backstory. Rather insane that the DF has sorta manged to replicate it. And getting killed by a tavern keeper makes it all the better.

[@MrTroves]

@@Crawlforth I checked. The girl in question was stolen from her family when she was 5 years old and taken as a slave. Worked as a farmer until she was 18, when she became the tavern keeper of the place's tavern... in the same year, she killed a centuries old demon who had a kill count in the 100's. Only thing she ever killed.

[@alwinwinter1645]

@@Crawlforth Just imagine a mighty demon like that, a ranger using fireballs and unfair tactics to kill as many of his enrmies as he could, but messing with the wrong tavern keep one time, getting his face smashed in with a goblet of ale

[@Stealthsilent1337]

What kind of demon gets killed by a slave girl

[@MrTroves]

@@Stealthsilent1337 This one.

[@crabby6730]

one of the most interesting historys i see in legends mode was about two demon masters, one of them was named gusmul tombhorror (a goat demon) and the other zumzust devilsburial (a chinchilla demon), both of they civ were the most powerful and large in the land of ciclones (the world name) humans, dwarves and elves were extinct and/or kidnaped by both civs, they were at peace with each other until one day an elven spy kills an important goblin from the civ of zumzust pretending to be part of the other civ, the problems between each other start escalating quickly. A great war between the two most powerful and large civ of the world started and last for almost 500 years and ended up when gusmul in person lead an army to the goblin capital were zumzust lived and kill zumzust with an dwarven artifact (it was a steel battle axe) gusmul live as a king for many years and was killed by the same elf that started the war.

[@candys7285]

One elf undid a thousand years of demonic rule by shit talking two demons into a war? Blasphemy.

[@crabby6730]

@@candys7285 i dont know why but the elves of that World in especific were pretty based in the legends, also in a playtrough 3 bards that always show up in my tavern, killed a forgotten beast with their bare hands and instruments, i think the whole kingdom were the cacame descendants

[@veng3r663]

Wow. You could almost say that there was a lot of IRONy involved in the use of that one central STEEL Axe...

[@HCforLife1]

Wow. Great story. You could check the elf history as well and grab more details and make a book of it. Lol

[@effeilensucre]

Otherwordly demon lord: *exists* Dwarf in a fell mood looking for crafting materials: itsfreerealestate.jpg

[@davidsstalidzans2167]

That demon stood no chance

[@Rautakello]

29:32 "Like a moth to a flame."

[@kruggsmash]

Lol'd. Too goddamn perfect yes. I'd like to think that was his greatest form of ecstasy.

[@Feraligono]

The forbidden lamp.

[@dustinandrews89019]

More like "Like flame to a moth."

[@Twisted_Logic]

I don't know what's weirder, hearing "craftsmanship" or the fact that hearing "craftsmanship" is weird.

[@thatguynameddan2136]

"Let's go see a dragon, this will go well." I mean, yeah, i could feel the sarcasm but i was right there with you with a "What could possibly go wrong?" Very cool to get a taste of how you look into telling some of these stories too. Would very much appreciate if you did more Legends mode dives in the future!

[@kruggsmash]

Ha, yeaaah. Poor Edzul. Glad you liked it! Probably will end up doing more in the future when we do short forts again. That'd be sick, huh?

[@MrFleem]

"Fly away as fast as you can, moth!" (Mothman flies erratic circles around dragon's fiery maw)

[@TheGrandUser]

@@kruggsmash So you'll capture a dragon or two to use as fortress guards? :D

[@maxschreck9988]

@@kruggsmash A full tutorial would be awesome. As you are accomplished at playing the game and navigating the menus, you can bounce around easily and know what to look for. I have always wanted to run a DnD game in a DF world.

[@kyransamy4907]

Like a moth to flame. Oh boy.

[@dontpanic9772]

No one: Ngersos Giteisha: So what about this scraping, am I right?

[@blvalverde]

Probably. Dude invented four different new medical methods. He would classify for four Nobels.

[@Feraligono]

"So anyway, I just started scraping."

[@DarkAvatar1313]

It's a real thing, Gua Sha. It's a Chinese medicine thing if you google it. It's basically scraping the skin with a jade tool to break capillaries near the surface (brusing) to supposedly vent pent up toxins or some such. To so me it sounds like old school bloodletting just without breaking the skin surface, and bloodletting was nothing but bullshit crockery.

[@friendguy13]

@@DarkAvatar1313 Wrong type of scraping. Scraping in Dwarf Fortress refers to debridement which is the removal of infected or damaged tissue.

[@patrickbuckley7259]

@@DarkAvatar1313 We still do Bloodletting though? I mean we have the technology and good sense to put new blood back in now. But some of the principles behind Blood letting are not as Bullshit as youd think. The problem was that it normally hurt more than it helped, beceause unlike now they could not replace the blood.

[@dochrry]

I think I would love to see a cyclops hunter adventure mode series based off of this world! Tasked with reclaiming stolen artifacts.

[@kruggsmash]

Oh me too, but the damn next update is imminent! I want so bad to start SOMETHING big!

[@dawggydawgtown]

@@kruggsmash no need to rush, there is all the time in the world

[@robfrank3423]

@@kruggsmash well you can still do something till then

[@dethkruzer]

I think this video served to highlight something: there's been a serious lack of people melting in these videos. Jokes aside, that was a really interesting video.

[@kruggsmash]

Oh I agree! I really do hope to remedy that in the coming "long series" though

[@mr2octavio]

The moth melted

[@dethkruzer]

@@mr2octavio true, but if you ask me, one melting moth man hardly fills the quota for people melting.

[@CommisarSnakePlaysbadly]

@@dethkruzer yeah but the 'by a dragon' adds a certain amount of kudos

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Legends mode is still one of the most interesting parts of DF I mean just look at all the peculiar stories Krugg found just skimming trough it

[@kruggsmash]

Isn't it? You never know what you'll see in there!

[@schwarzeseis4031]

Agreed. And most of it will be passed on to Oblivion, never to be comprehended, while never once comprehended in the first place. Cosmic Horror.

[@danielchequer5842]

Before I go into a new world I export the XML to LegendsViewer and spend a lot of time (sometimes hours) looking at the world history to get the context of my civilization bc it's interface is so nice to browse and get a greater view of events. I have a dream of one day create a channel named "DwarvenCulture" where I just look at some civ's music and poetic forms and try to compose stuff based on that while showing drawings of artifacts, battles, landscapes and general stuff related to the civilization I am composing to. That would be amazing.

[@veng3r663]

These videos keep giving me all KINDS of grand (and crazy) ideas for history, items, and events for MY game world project... :)

[@sceleratis3578]

Daniel Chéquer Please do that, I would subscribe and watch it in my free time.

[@Larzang]

Oh those poor kobolds on that tiny island. I can't begin to imagine how they manage to hold up in such limiting conditions. Wonder what their forebears could have done for the gods to cause all of them being isolated so from the rest of the world,

[@semi-useful5178]

Given what happened to the other Kobolds it's probably good for them to be so isolated.

[@kruggsmash]

Oh boy, they probably don't care vey much. They're kinda miserable little creeps for the most part!

[@alwinwinter1645]

I just imagine them constantly stealing from eachother, they probably have two main caves, so I wouldn't doubt there just being dozens of near worthless tokens they just can't help but steal from each other.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

It's the England of that world.

[@velprox1]

Kobold island best island go away filthy mainlanders

[@belltowersubductions5104]

I would like to say that I love this. I also would like to say that I like how the scholarly Dwarves had a God of truth. It fits with them. Emotional, artistic, curious, fun-loving Dwarves and dour, scholarly, logical, conservative Dwarves. One of my favorite Dwarven pantheons was one with the standard Gods of jewels, Fortresses, War, and Craftdwarfship, but also a Goddess of Dreams, night, and nightmares, and a God of mist, travellers, and traders. I love this game so much. I just wish my Computer was working again so I could play the bloody thing!

[@kruggsmash]

Oh good! Glad to hear it, dude. Isn't it great how you can kiiinda get a feel for a civilization's "personality" though just seeing their beliefs like that? Makes the game just that much more fun. God of mist, travellers and traders? That sounds kinda spooky, lol

[@belltowersubductions5104]

Since Dwarven Civs are given the same set of beliefs, its a nice way to see diversity amongst them, and it can often feel like it has a solid, genuine effect on them, whether or not that’s been actually coded in. And I ended up stealing the god of Mist, Travellers, and Traders to stick into a D&D Setting. Randomly generated things can often be the most interesting.

[@TrabberShir]

@@belltowersubductions5104 So, I'm not the only person to use DF to generate the worlds for my D&D campaigns?

[@97epicman]

Ngersos is a really interesting figure because he’s so... living. He was a genius who made many discoveries but died at a young age. He had existential crises and questioned his mortality, but still succumbed like all of us eventually will. Very fascinating stuff!

[@sampeng1]

This happened in one of my worlds from a while back so I dont remember every detail. In year 1 the Dwarf Ug (I dont remember his last name) was crowned king, he had a best friend by the name of Degel who was also the sergeant of his army. In year 5 or possibly 7, Ug was kidnapped by a Gloom Creature (a female night creature with dark matted fur, humanoid form, and three tails) and forced to be its husband. After this happened not only did he lose his title as king but every civilization he came into contact from then on despised him, even his friend left his side. In year 15 (I think), his "wife" was slain by an elven adventurer who shot her in the heart. The adventurer was slain by Ug soon after. A few years later Ug was slain by his former best friend Degel who bashed him in the head with a warhammer.

[@joshtr-sd3mr]

Damn!

[@Chordus_Gaius]

What the heck..?

[@mr.nobody896]

oofd

[@gvo252]

Dwarf Fortress, a fun light-hearted experience for the family

[@georgeridden1705]

In the end. He loved her anyways.

[@truefailure6359]

I remember a Fortress where I was invaded by a giant, flaming spider forgotten beast; and it could absolutely path into my fort… But it somehow got itself stuck in a pit somewhere deep in the caverns and just gave up; sitting there in the water at the bottom and constantly creating steam / mist. I eventually just carved out a hole over the steam cloud and set the path next to it as a high traffic zone so my dwarves would constantly get a happy thought from the mist. … That was the plan anyhow. I remember retiring the fort shortly after.

[@nekonsk]

7:55 Ever since one encounter in my play through with a GOD, I have no intention of thinking that the Gods in the game are made up, and are somehow programmed in. To be fair though, my game did crash almost immediately upon talking to her, and having her give a full introduction.

[@fiona9891]

That was probably a demon (I think they're the ones that do it? Maybe vampires and werebeasts aswell) posing as a god. Yes, they can do that.

[@kruggsmash]

Mmm, i've seen that before myself. A long time ago before I knew what I was looking at. A "deity" sitting alone in some abandoned house. Looked like a black, hairy lizard with horns or something. From what I understand, it was most likely a demon pretending to be a god. Wish I could see something like that again.

[@j2dragon109]

T Thung Where on earth did you get that idea?

[@bijtmntongaf]

@Magos Nihilus fun fact, that feature was never implented out've the game. my first adventure into modding lead me into giving the human civs wyrm overlords, which then proceeded to pretend to be their gods.

[@DwarfComic]

Today we learned focusing on defense and traps instead of celebrations and footraces might be a smarter option when Gods drop you from the heavens year 1.

[@AbyRemy]

Hay Dwarf you still alive I did not see your KZbin channel sens the dominion campaign

[@DwarfComic]

@@AbyRemy yup

[@Atulack]

Krugg, seeing how you always appreciated and showcased fan art and how overwhelmingly positive the reaction to this legends video was I wanted to suggest a little contest for us. If you shared this world’s save I’m sure there would be many dwarfs excited to take a stab in finding and telling some of the Future Worlds stories for others, be it in text or video. After all your channel consists of both art and storytelling, not every DF player is good at the first thing, but we all learn to see and thus tell the stories!

[@BaDSPLeR]

The only legend that needs looking at around here is you Kruggsmash! Keep up the fantastic work, know that we all love it.

[@kruggsmash]

Pshh, too damn kind I tells ya.

[@Vesdus]

That mothman was too cute! Edit: Aaaand... He's dead. Incinerated in dragonfire even.

[@adeade3978]

Like a moth to the fla- oh

[@CapnJigglypuff]

"EY, MA! YOU KNOW WHERE THAT DRAGON IS? I'M GOIN OUTSIDE!"

[@danielhzn]

Really creative way to explore the game! I started using the legends browser recently and generated a world with an extinct dwarven civilization, destroyed by a bronze colossus. So I created a dwarf semi-god who grew up in the human civ (ruled by a criminal organization!); he had no beard and worshiped the human gods. He gathered a couple of followers and confronted the colossus, eventually avenging the dwarfs and becoming famous. Renal (as he was called) travelled the world telling tales of the lost dwarf fortresses and kings, trying to keep their memory alive. I built a fort on the ruins where the colossus fell and started (trying) to bring the dwarves back from exctinction. All very symbolic and roleplay-like; when I got familiarized with the interaction between Fort/Adv/Legends mode I realized the true potential this game has...using the most powerful tool ever: OUR IMAGINATION. Keep it up Krugg, great fan of your work, you bearded bastard!

[@CAMSLAYER13]

I try to hold my fortresses to a higher standard after watching these. Rather than just scraping by I try an leave something interesting but I lack imagination

[@danielhzn]

@@CAMSLAYER13 Guess it comes naturally. One of my forts managed to craft some adamantine swords and I stored them (via adv mode stored on a pedestal) for future generations. There's a kill count on each weapon, so even items have their own history.

[@ganymede5983]

A Dwarvish historical society that occasionally sends out field researchers to get first hand accounts is quite the interesting formula for a video. Your experimentation here created something pretty awesome

[@andrew_cunningham]

Yes! More layers of roleplay!

[@mattgt4711]

Please do more legends mode, I love hearing all these stories :). I don't comment very often, so I just thought I'd say I really enjoy your content. It's unique, fun, and it is clear how much effort you put into every video. Keep up the good work man!

[@QuestionableObject]

You ever just get possessed by the god of blood and go on a quest to find a dragon?

[@QuestionableObject]

And then get incinerated by said dragon..

[@darthdangermouse1453]

@@QuestionableObject F in chat for our poor Mothboi

[@QuestionableObject]

@@darthdangermouse1453 F

[@EclipseClemens]

@@darthdangermouse1453 F

[@Mnnvint]

Like moths to the flame.

[@larkincarmichael4773]

Lor Bowanvils. What a LAD. Moved to the enemy's lands to have a fell mood, kills there king to wear them like a hat, and sends the remains back home. Metal AF

[@exhorter7363]

Oh yes I forgot about the 2020 Villains update Thanks krugg

[@kruggsmash]

In the next few days even! IT's imminent I tells ya!

[@fishewife]

@@kruggsmash literally just got back into dwarf fortress and spent a sleepless night editing raws. looks like that was a waste of time lmao. oh well. the new update is probs gonna be sweet

[@Woad25]

I think it should be noted that it's somewhat amazing that a small world was still in the Age of Myth after nearly 1000 years.

[@NostraFnDamus]

What we are here for is your storytelling, your artwork and your sexy voice. Dwarf Fortress and its randomness are a vehicle for you to extemporize and let your imagination run wild. Whichever aspect of this labyrinthine puzzle box of a game you choose to explore, we'll be here, popcorn in hand :)

[@DarkCT]

more or less this. Such a fan of the weaving Kruggsmash does.

[@condoslime776]

Popcorn in hand. Put it in the pile and get back to work.

[@kruggsmash]

Well, certainly glad you enjoyed it, then. As always, I give the credit to DF for the stories though! I just read and mutter for the most part :)

[@goose6360]

Honestly I never realised until now but krug really does have a very handsome voice.

[@DarkCT]

@@kruggsmash the thing is, you are still the storyweaver. you decide what to tell and what order. you give the context in your way. DF winds up being a canvas that has it's own unpredictable nature, and you make it shine. i wouldn't care as much about DF without your efforts, Krugg. and i think others can say the same. I'll remember the succession campaigns, but your stories have a life to them all their own.

[@vaporwavevocap]

The story of the crown Rentopen sounds like a long running video game series about a crown that keeps being stolen by a bunch of villains with the main character(s) being Dwaves who keeps getting it back with the main villain of the series being Faci Flickerfire.

[@nicholasberryman3454]

I just wanted to say that, as someone who only has the barest knowledge of DF, this is probably been the best way of seeing the best the game has to offer without getting past the initial slope of accessibility the game seems to have. It's been very entertaining, I love your drawings and the way you interpret the stories you come across. Keep up the good work! This channel deserves so much more subs and views.

[@anewhero1216]

Legends mode seems perfectly within your style

[@kruggsmash]

Glad you thought so! Wasn't sure how it'd end up going, really {:)

[@markelbarrena6555]

DF: a town of humans is destroyed. Kruggsmash: oh, very interesting

[@tippity-toptown1725]

"In 1, the hag groom of the night Ushrir Hamenamed became the general of the Stockade of Irons" *Hold up*

[@tsunamio7750]

That's so good! Just mix it with fortress mode! I do feel that you best stories were those which were in context to the world around them. Steelclutches by example was incredible! Look at the legends of a world (and show us), where are the major civilisations and such, what do they look like, then start a fort! This is so immersive! And from time to time, retire the fort to see your impact on legend mode. Maybe you could have a *multi-fort* frontline to defend a dying dwarven civilisation. Maybe you could have a fort dedicated to teach a nation how to fight, with crude baracks. a 24/7 training center with only the 7 starting dwarfs doing work, all the others training day and night. bannishing out dwarves that are well trained enough to train new ones... Making the most competent ones write books about combat techniques... The fact that a mini-fort or a serie of mini-forts could have, in fact, a purpose within the context of a whole world, it makes is that much more interesting. In a world with relative peace, we could create the greatest tavern of all, with thousands of visitors! Or the greatest swimming pool in history! Or even a whole city temple, dedicated to one god (of death), killing or bannishing all of the hereticts! You know.... multiple areas (i) can be assigned to the same establishment... what if all rooms, all dinning rooms, all buildings were part of a temple? :D

[@kruggsmash]

Wasn't it interesting? I'd like to do something like this for the next "long series" but I don't know if this info-dump format will work too too well. I do prefer to keep it a little more abstract and obscured with the hopes that some things will be revealed in time. perhaps there could be a segment in some episodes where dwarves tell stories that have happened in the world though? That's something i've thought of doing since Steelclutches!

[@tsunamio7750]

@@kruggsmash I do believe that a quick presentation of the relevant civilisations is important. Not all of them, just the ones next to you. So we know what your dwarves know. Just by seeing the map, our imagination can go wild. If we live right next to a goblin nest, we know it's serious! *Tension intensifies*

[@tsunamio7750]

@@kruggsmash It was very interesting! btw

[@reggiekoestoer1511]

That training fortress idea is just....pure genius. Is it actually doable in game? If we train and banish enough dwarves, would it release a whole "warrior caste" of well trained combat academy graduates that'll improve the military standing of the nation? Ohh I'm all in for that idea!

[@kurtbeltpants1413]

Tales deserving of the title "LEGENDS" You going into the dragons horde. is like Miss Frizzle exposing the children to the vacuum of space.

[@nyanhellcat5354]

I liked it. Would enjoy more vids of this type every once and awhile.

[@kruggsmash]

Hey cool. Glad you liked it, bruh :)

[@AlexanderCantoni]

i could really get behind having an episode like this every month or two just to dig into some of what makes dwarf fortress a unique storyteller.

[@IlPane1505]

This reminds me of your video about Peeve the Elf, your first video I've ever seen more than 2 years ago and that made me fall in love with your works. I hope you will make more vids like this one, when the new release comes, just to get a better grasp of the world in which you're going to set your next series. Keep it on with the hard work my friend!

[@kruggsmash]

It's so hard to find characters in adventure mode with that sheer amount of different events tied to them! I wish there was some easy way to sort them or something? I'd like to do more of that style of video, but you really gotta dig to find them!

[@IlPane1505]

@@kruggsmash Maybe using legends viewer can help? I mean, at least you can filter stuff in there and looking for a specific type of creature is easier and helps to sort out stuff by kills and events, which can lead to interesting characters. Sometimes I also like to look to wars which usually have some "main characters" standing out from the others. Interesting characters like Peeve are rare but since I started using it I've found more of them in my worlds.

[@Droggarth]

*reads description* Uh, uhm.. okay. *pulls and moves toilet from its place in the bathroom to sit on in another room* ..close enough I guess, the proverbial toi- erhm, throne is clean after some proverbial cleaning I did so no worries about sanitation. Aaanyhow, what I liked about this episode the most is the mastercraft artwork that is of the highest quality and how you are able to pieces events together in a wonderful narrative manner, making even the most boring stuff way more interesting than they orignally seem.

[@kruggsmash]

Good! Keep it there, now! Well thank you m'dude. It was very fun doing the pics for this episode in particular. Had so many different things to draw. Kept things very interesting!

[@Lotus_Lenex]

Thank you for intro me to this amazing game I thought I was a sim master for mashing Civ!

[@melissadaiz1233]

Really curious about those isolated Kobolds, hoping to see you delve into their civilization soon

[@Gebunator]

Man, the Intrigue and Villains caught me suprise. My current fort is well armed due abudance of iron and flux and world having pretty robust number of military-background immigrants. Yet no sieges had arrived.. ..Instead my Captain of guard keeps uncovering new and new plots from way too many different groups looking to cause mayhem or steal artifacts from the fort. Most prominent being this wild boar wooden mace, "Allbrook" that keeps being target of many thieving attempts. Add in occassional foolish human challenging my entire military as he stakes claim on the artifacts my dwarves have created. Sleeper agents, infiltrators, shady guests... Lemme just say, the stories and mindscapes that generate through all the text is just exhilirating!

[@raynorzeraph953]

"This animal trap I made from BONES AND WOOD needs a name. Y'know what'd be funny?"

[@AnimusTelum]

I was expecting the Dragon encounter to go like this: Mothman: "Uh. Hi." Dragon: (Blank, unimpressed look) Mothman: "So... how you doin'?" Followed by the dragon swatting him with a palm to a fine mist.

[@somewhereelse1235]

Was it really all that far off from what happened?

[@Magmadu100]

This was amazing! I wonder why more games don't try their hand at this kind of procedurally generated storytelling. Could you imagine getting a sword in an RPG and going into its description only to find that the goblin you killed to get it is the great granddaughter of a famous thief who stole it from a king?

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I always read through Legends Mode when I create a new world. I have a few good stories. In one, there was this dragon who's lair was in this hot desert. The dragon became an enemy of several surrounding civilizations, so eventually they all began sending heroes to kill her. There were dozens that journeyed to her lair and were torn to shreds. Eventually, the dragon must have gotten fed up with constantly having these idiots showing up in her lair, because after a certain point, she started ripping the eye lids off of everyone who showed up, and let them live, wandering in the desert. And I mean EVERYONE who showed up at her lair to try to kill her ended up with their eyelids ripped off, and wandering in the desert. I had another world where every civilization was run by vampires, with most of the population vampires. And there was this ONE human civilization that was completely unscathed, living apart from them. And the vampire run civilizations were NOT nice people. They had goblins and other not-nice things mixed into their civilizations. The last, remaining civilization. And the largest of the vampire civilizations, every year, held a festival that was kind of like the Olympics, where every civilization sent people to compete. Including the human one. So it was always this one human, competing against all these vampires, goblins, and other things. I always thought that this world would make a great setting for a fantasy novel.

[@biglenin7306]

Krugg, can we expect anymore modded Dwarf Fortress content in the near future?? Id really enjoy that:)

[@kruggsmash]

Possibly, possibly. i still don't have the slightest idea what i'll be doing next week!

[@Barnabell]

Kruggsmash how about diving even further into this world? (Or are there no more interesting stuff you found?)

[@cameronkramer2367]

wtf why is this so interesting, how have i not found dwarf fortress before, literally i’ve been looking for a game that just randomly builds lore like this, my life is now conplete

[@russellchamp]

Thanks for the vid, Krugg. I really enjoy these videos. The truely procedurally generated nature of df is what makes me keep coming back and your uniquely dwarfy art style make these legends come alive. :)

[@hedgehog3180]

I like that the human in this world seem mostly concerned with sweets.

[@ghanphol]

I'd really love for this to be some sort of regular thing. I enjoy listening to you speak and speculate. It's very entertaining, in the same way listening to any good story is. Of course, I love almost all your content. But this in particular is something that really captures me.

[@baublittr1709]

24:33 that damn artifact was stolen back and forth for damn near 300 years!

[@ronarscorruption]

I enjoy your typical episodes a lot - I make sure to watch them as soon as I see them uploaded. But this was a truly great episode. I would love to see a recurring series of you just delving into legends mode, and talking about them.

[@circusmeat]

This video alone has fully convinced me that learning to play Dwarf Fortress is worth my time

[@Dorsidwarf]

I just cant wait to hear you narrating the intrigues and tales to be told in the future versions! I loved this video

[@yuuchirito8360]

i love your illustrations, the amount of thought and effort that you put into the rendition of the dwarves, gods, symbols and furniture really shows. keep up the good work man, were all rooting for you

[@TomahawkTimebomb]

He had a very mothman death though. He himself is a legend to moths everywhere.

[@FlonesBust]

I never got too deep into legends mode but I do know how diverse and interesting it can be if you put some time into it, discovering all these connections. There is no one else on KZbin who could breath so much life into these Dwarf Fortress AI-stories, getting a feel for how all these civilizations are connected, going on in a world that was alive for over 900 years. You made my thursdays special no matter what topic you choose, thank you!

[@Guydude777]

Damn! That Cyclops family has a more interesting life than all the cyclops in my "Cyclopses Realm." More like Cyclopsless Realm if you ask me.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I remember another story from Legends Mode where there was this elven girl who grew up in a small village. Her village was attacked by a bronze titan, destroying it, and killing her family. She ended up wandering the wilds well into adulthood. She eventually made her way to the capital of this elf civilization, where she must have caught the eye of the civilization's prince. They married, making her royalty, but a few months after her marriage, she was kidnapped by this, "Creature of the Night". He took her to his lair and transformed her into a "Lady of the Night", and produced children with her. Eventually, she left the lair, and made her way to this goblin fortress, and once there, she killed their leader. She became the leader of that goblin civilization. And immediately after, must have declared war on the old elf civilization that she had married into, because they immediately sent armies and invaded. The war went on for years, until, this one female dwarf farmer picked up weapons, left her husband, and went over to the goblin fortress. There, she confronted the Lady of the Night, and struck her down. The dwarf then went back to the farm and her husband and they lived out a happy life back on the farm. This was one of the coolest stories DF has ever generated for me.

[@Dequerk]

Nice!

[@LesserOfTwoWeevils]

I love how just watching someone read DF random world history is great with Krugg

[@nicholasroberts8378]

This tight here is why I love DF. I am awful at fortress mode and my adventures typically are short lived but the worlds that can be made and there stories told in them are simply amazing! And you have give me a renewed vigor into DF!

[@commanderboreal1343]

I love how even the little statues are made to look different... I am always amazed by your creativity Krugg!!!

[@evankimori]

Loved it! It's just like listening to a storyteller with a huge Wiki ay their hands and just taking stories out of the world complete with full drawings! Love it!

[@Scholar_Varius]

I would love to see more Legends Mode stories like these sometime in the future! This is a side of DF I don't often see explored, and the idea of just browsing through a library of procedurally generated lore is incredible. Awesome work here, keep it up!

[@seanmaster]

I love the exploration of the different modes. Legends was always super hard for me to approach. I'd be super happy if you made more like this. That toad forgotten beast illustrations looked awesome.

[@bojcio]

Do more of these, thyre are brilliant. You could use this to make DnD campaigns or get quest ideas. I can see this being a series, this is so great.

[@froggyranger]

Nothing like a steaming hot mug of new Kruggsmash video in the morning to start the day off right! Keeps muh beard luxurious.

[@andrewjones2562]

I could listen to Krugg read from legends mode all day. 10/10 would learn about lizards discovering the joys of scraping again. My favorite part was the history of that one poor crown being stolen back and forth.

[@lynthecookie2k23]

Ah yes, I absolutely love this game! It's cool to see the histories that unfold as time goes on, though I haven't used Legends mode that much. I should do it more.

[@kruggsmash]

You can see an awful lot of cool things in there!

[@jonathansmith9782]

Great job! I've barely touched Legends Mode, but when I finish with my current fortress I'm going to explore the world around it. Wonderful.

[@clausberg8395]

At the fork in the road, follow the rocky path. it will take you to the dragon's lair.

[@lucasunger1020]

Yes, Thursday episodes are back! And I really enjoyed this dive through Legends, something I also enjoy doing with my worlds. Though I can't resist the pull of Adventure and Fortress modes. I'll definitely be having this video in mind when creating a new world, seems like a fun way to get more immersed in them. If perhaps a bit tedious as you noted. Still, it was so cool to see the differences between dwarven civilizations with ostensibly the same beliefs as far as tagging in the files goes. And the story about those cyclopes was pretty amazing too, reminded me of my own exploration of (semi-)megabeast family trees and actions. Though I will say yours seem to do more than the ones I've seen so far. Then again I tend to generate larger worlds with shorter histories so that may have something to do with it. And the chameleon doctor, he was definitely a hero, of the medical world. Can't deny that. And it was really cool seeing the stories of those dwarves that slayed monsters and named their gear, to see where they went. That steel crown story had me laughing as it went back and forth and where it finally ended up. That seemed pretty fitting. Hope to see more episodes like this in the future, this one was really good!

[@theflyingpen]

I honestly loved this style! The world lore really is fantastic; I'd love to see this in our normal world after a few short forts.

[@kruggsmash]

I really would like to work this into a normal series in *some* fashion, but i'm still a little fuzzy on how I could manage it. I'm sure we'll figure sooooomething out though!

[@businessmail1435]

Damn every new world created there is unique God, culture, tribe anything ! This game is awesome

[@kruggsmash]

Isn't it wild? DF is just a goddamn fest for the imagination! Love it

[@Magnymbus]

This really makes me want to write a book based on legends mode results.

[@darthdangermouse1453]

A Kruggsmash upload! A suprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@darthdangermouse1453]

Also RIP Mothman, we hardly knew you.

[@kruggsmash]

Surprise?! It is Thursday, m'dudes!

[@twiexcursori]

Maybe Vabuk just happened to know the Elven tongue? We've established that both dwarven civilizations contain a wide variety of humans, elves, even goblins. Perhaps they have human, elven, and goblin languages as well, and that's how Vabuk gave his artifact an elven name?

[@Juli-xm2hu]

Not even through the whole thing but I am loving this legends mode format. Very interesting stuff!

[@kruggsmash]

Oh good good! Yeah, it was an interesting new format to be sure!

[@psyxypher3881]

"969 in the age of myths" Back when I played, this never happened.

[@Mnnvint]

Because the age of myth was over by then, or because world generation inevitably crashed before that?

[@psyxypher3881]

@@Mnnvint The age of Myth was over. These videos inspired me to try DF again, and I couldn't even get 250 years in. Might have been the starter pack, I'm not sure.

[@Azraile]

Craftsmenship? Elven writing? He's obviously lost his mind.

[@dfghrthtjytrjtfjgnvb]

Love that drawing of the dwarf with the pipe writing next to the bookshelf. It's an evocative little slice of life

[@FireheadLazzo]

Tar En had a good run. Time to pack up the badger bone silverware and sink her to the ocean floor.

[@Gouhllit]

that crown story was amazing, love the figurine of the dragon with the crown. great episode all in all, i feel like fantasy writers with a writers block could do some good things with dwarf fortress.

[@shellingford9941]

A really interesting episode, I really like this "history episode" ^^ Legend mode can be so cool... when we make the effort to piece things together. Thanks for the video ! :)

[@EvilTwinn]

That cyclops family was incredibly interesting! Neat to see that such a storied family has a nice place in the setting!

[@Sethar1234]

Absolutely loved this video, probably one of my favourites from you, Krugg! Very hopeful you decide to do more with Legends mode

[@korkad_]

I love quirky oddball episodes like this that come every once in a while, truly

[@Ardelanin]

well, might not be for everybody. but I loved it; such a creative look at the many legends and histories that show up.

[@kruggsmash]

Hey cool! Yeah, it certainly was a fun little side trip, eh?

[@dicewrites]

I gotta say the drawings you add to the videos are really fun, I like the artstyle a ton :)

[@c.c.germaine9960]

Woot! A whole half hour?? *Makes a bowl of popcorn and settles in for the show*

[@psychologicalsuccess3476]

Bruh a Cyclop's ate their king on his coronation lol

[@UnicornRaline]

I would love to see more episodes like this. Maybe do a "Lore Forts" series where this is the kind of thing that you do.

[@nakorbluerider]

I for one would love to see more episodes of this sort, even if they're only just occasional. This was great!

[@benjaminehren7965]

Any chance that you could make a video talking about the updates that you mentioned (if you hve already please forgive my awful perception checks)