Seven Dwarven Maidens - Prologue

So What is This?

Every great story begins somewhere, and here, my friend is the start of ours. I’m not sure what reaches brought you here, but in the same breath, I am eternally thankful that you came.

And since you are here may I ask that you stay a little while? I do believe you are in for a sweet treat. But where are my manners, before we go headfirst into exploring lives on far off distance planets, I would like to explain a little of what you are in for.

This blog is a novel chronicling the life and adventures of an evolving developing world inspired by the game Dwarf Fortress. If you haven't heard of Dwarf Fortress (don't worry I only discovered it less than a year ago), then take a minute to check out this review by Kotaku. If the review catches your fancy go play it for free.

So know that you know where it is, I won’t go into details of the game because one, this is not a gaming review site, and two others can do that much better than me. What I can do is bring to life a rich story of the experiences, pain, happiness, sadness, and eventual death of our friends as I explore the world with you. 

Truth be told I have only played Dwarf Fortress for less than a month or so and I’ve barely scratched the surface, but my ineptitude in guiding the story of my fellow dwarves should make for interesting reading, don’t you think? 

Ahh.. Where to begin. Well since the rest of this novel will be in character, I guess I can use this prologue to talk a little about the world at large.

For starters, I am using a mod called MasterWork to add a bunch of exciting features into Dwarf Fortress to make the lives of my dwarves a living hell. For those that are interested, I will post the game settings in a subsequent post. I felt it was much too dull to open with,

So Where is This Place?

As you can see below the world is quite large. This story won’t focus on much of the world. Just a bit of small landmass as the story unfolds. The goal is to keep this world and continue to build rich stories from it. The world is young, with only about five years of written history. But more on that later. All we need to know is that the inhabitants of this planet view the world as the Ageless Universe.

The Ageless Universes circa Year 5 of Our Lord.

So Where Does the Story Start?

The tale of the Six Dwarven Maidens begins near the Barb of the Blades mountains on the small continent recorded on ancient maps as the Land of Fog in the northwest corner of the globe. It is an area of low mountain ranges, hot deserts, swamps, and fields full of mystery. It is a land populated with many different races surrounded by the Sea of Swallowing. As we explore we shall learn so much more about this land.

The Land of Fog

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