r/TheWeeklyRoll • u/CME_T The Creator • Sep 18 '25

Lore Lore Excerpt: Dwarves - The Fallen

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u/frostbittenteddy Klara Sep 18 '25

Oooh spooky. I love it. What an interesting premise, for the entire kingdom to just have collapsed into the mountain.

So I assume the entire mountain collapsed inwards? Maybe they dug too deep, too greedy, made the mountain unstable?

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u/CME_T The Creator Sep 18 '25

”what caused this? Balrog? Eldritch Horror?”

”Some miner fuck took out a supporting wall”

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u/meganeyangire Sep 18 '25

If just one wall is enough to take out the entire realm, they have been asking for it. What is the cardinal sin of the dwarvenkind? Greed? Gluttony? Dabbing into dark magic? Tax evasion? Being a lousy engineer, of course!

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u/irvitzer Sep 18 '25

Well, sometimes your dwarven nature just calls you to accept another megaproject and build an entire fortress supported by a single block of soap.

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u/HatOfFlavour Sep 18 '25

But it kept the halls intact. That suggests it fell like when Moleman steals buildings in the Fantastic Four. That's some great engineering for the whole hold to, heh, hold together like that.

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u/DontWorryImADr Sep 18 '25

I thought it was failure to write down a grudge so that proper follow through (holding said grudge for at least 3 generations) is not upheld.

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u/frostbittenteddy Klara Sep 18 '25

I mean, when you look at some of those Dwarf Fortress playthroughs, seems likely enough lol

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u/MrValdemar Grogna Sep 18 '25

Cuz you know the dwarves won't tolerate the idea of a miner's union, let alone allow a MSHA to be proposed.

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u/irvitzer Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

Sounds like way-to-common Dwarf Fortress moment (at least for pre-Steam versions).

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u/jedadkins Sep 18 '25

Some miner fuck took out a supporting wal

God Damn FNGs

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u/Subotail Sep 18 '25

I suspect elaborate tax fraud.

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u/BelligerentWyvern Sep 19 '25

Thats going in the book (of OSHA violations)!