We return to the exciting conclusion of the tale of Bañec Hazyblockades, a brave hero who set out to conquer the world of Dwarf Fortress with only the power of poetry. In last week’s episode, our hero was attacked for no reason by a vicious, but apparently undernourished, archer. It looked like this was the end for Bañec, until suddenly –
– he runs. He cries out in fear, turns tail, and sprints away, leaving me wounded and bleeding on the ground.
I examine myself; I’m in bad shape, and there are two arrows lodged in me. I figure I’m just deciding how I die from here on out, and decide I want to try to make it back to my lord’s hall, and hit T to bring up the travel screen, expecting it to tell me I can’t while I am bleeding. It opens instantly, and I start walking. Moments later, I find myself staggering through those same chicken fields, still bleeding, though miraculously less, retching and short of breath and still mortally wounded. I stagger past the chickens, remembering the last time I came this way, barely an hour ago, I felt so much younger, stronger, full of hope. (more…)
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