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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6740193" data-attributes="member: 2093"><p>Yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking. The "upper" floor of the map that I'm using is a temple, so I have a mess of crawling claws and other skeletal undead (orc origin) on the stairs, whose purpose is to keep the creatures that are still "up there" away from the orcs. Actually, I don't necessarily think they're the SAME orcs; the orc army marched off after defeating the dwarves, but there are a lot of orc tribes in the area, and over the centuries, various tribes have moved in, tried to live here, and either left because it didn't suit them, or were hunted into oblivion by whatever IS up there... or further down in the lowest level of the town where the river-gates are permanently jammed open at one end of the river, and are jammed shut at the other (I imagine that the escaping dwarves jammed them as they fled, to minimize the chance of being followed). </p><p></p><p>Also, in the centuries after the dwarves vanished, at least two expeditions have come here and searched for the lost dwarves. Neither found anything, so where-ever they went was far enough off, and well-enough hidden, that they were not found. I suppose it is possible that one expedition also vanished, or was badly beaten up by monsters and forced to retreat, but the other simply searched and found no trace of their current location. Maybe they went the wrong way down the river?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 6740193, member: 2093"] Yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking. The "upper" floor of the map that I'm using is a temple, so I have a mess of crawling claws and other skeletal undead (orc origin) on the stairs, whose purpose is to keep the creatures that are still "up there" away from the orcs. Actually, I don't necessarily think they're the SAME orcs; the orc army marched off after defeating the dwarves, but there are a lot of orc tribes in the area, and over the centuries, various tribes have moved in, tried to live here, and either left because it didn't suit them, or were hunted into oblivion by whatever IS up there... or further down in the lowest level of the town where the river-gates are permanently jammed open at one end of the river, and are jammed shut at the other (I imagine that the escaping dwarves jammed them as they fled, to minimize the chance of being followed). Also, in the centuries after the dwarves vanished, at least two expeditions have come here and searched for the lost dwarves. Neither found anything, so where-ever they went was far enough off, and well-enough hidden, that they were not found. I suppose it is possible that one expedition also vanished, or was badly beaten up by monsters and forced to retreat, but the other simply searched and found no trace of their current location. Maybe they went the wrong way down the river? [/QUOTE]
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