How Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld tell radically different stories
: While digging out a new wing for the legendary weaponsmith who had just arrived, a miner accidentally tapped into a cavern filled with the very mist they feared.
As the months passed, the three remaining dwarves—all secretly infected—waited for the moon to turn. When it did, the fortress fell silent. No more hammers rang; no more songs were sung. The only sound left was the rhythmic clicking of claws on stone.
The fortress was flourishing until the "Great Unpacking." A group of seven pioneers had struck the earth in a biome known for its "terrifying" weather—clouds of purple mist that turned anything they touched into weremonitors .
: The militia commander, a dwarf who valued "family" but had a "short temper," managed to lock the survivors behind a series of obsidian floodgates.