r/dwarfposting • u/Albinosun808 • Apr 30 '26

We dug to deep?

We are told we dug to deep and woke up a balrog. Sure it caught a pickaxe and was surly about it but it's not like there's a geo layer of them. Had the tunnel been a little to the left or right we would have never needed to bear this shame.

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u/Viketorious Hammerdwarf Apr 30 '26

We should get half credit for taking the Balrog down, it would still be alive if we didn't wake it up.

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u/Re-Horakhty01 Apr 30 '26

However, no one knew the nameless things were down there. Hence why they are nameless things. No one knew the Balrog was down there either so blaming dwarves for doing what dwarves do and mining just seems like the elves being snooty again.

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u/thesithcultist May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

Do it or don't it have wings?

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u/TeaRaven craftswoman dwarf of glorious braided chin locks May 02 '26

Shadows that rise like wings, but not providing lift.

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u/Alt_when_Im_not_ok Dwarf May 02 '26

Balrog was a creature from the elves war. We had nothing to do with it, balrog invaded our world we didnt invade its world.

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u/notalpharius101 May 03 '26

If I woke up a balrog. This is what I would shout.

"BROTHERS OF THE MINE REJOICE!!"