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Gorn: One of the exhibits in the first Museum consists of 31494 items made of human body parts, all stacked into a pile.Ghost City: The larger abandoned player-made fortresses often come off as this, prior to some unlucky adventurer or reclaim party running into whatever doomed the fortress (such as forgotten beasts, goblin invaders, or angry ghosts).The Exile: Whether as punishment or voluntarily, several adventurers are effectively barred from their homelands.Eldritch Location: Multiple fortresses were rendered inaccessible by FPS issues or bugs with the save these are explained In-Universe as becoming these, with the paths to the fortress looping back on themselves no matter how far an adventurer walks, or time slowing to a crawl whenever someone tries to approach the settlement until they turn back.Due to the Dead: The Tomb of Heroes and Herograves were both founded on this principle, as a place where dead adventurers could be buried rather than left to rot in the wilderness or be resurrected by Necromancers.A very literal example in the case of Yufluggus Cavernslides, who accidentally triggered a drawbridge to fall on him.Nine Shovelmurders was built up to have a long and rather impressive storyline (arguably the first 'proper' one of the Museum as a whole, in terms of length and detail), only to be ambushed and unceremoniously killed by a group of wandering bandits that are implied to have been sent by Logic Legendfinder.Amala Fragrantshaft either kills her sister or indirectly causes her death due to an Evil Weapon's influence, then jumps to her death from a mountain peak out of guilt after entombing her body.Tipi Fatewalks' dreams of becoming a travelling entertainer ultimately come to nothing, as a Husk rips her to shreds in the ruins of an isolated, abandoned fortress.Imic Heatherwind is brutally murdered by a pair of goblins that he accidentally stumbles across, only a day or two after suffering severe emotional trauma from killing a human in self-defence.Nine Shovelmurders dies a pointless, brutal death in the middle of nowhere at the hands of several bandits.Breather Episode: In between the short tragedies and grand adventures, a few of these can be found - such as the adventure of Maloy Craftsoars, in which a Wolf Man and his pet dog ( and a possibly-sentient ear) explore the world.

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Museum III took this up to eleven in epic fashion after several in-game decades of Urus Ghostumbral the Cold Abbey of Knowing holding the record at 1141 kills (besting Dishmab's record by the skin of his teeth), it was veritably obliterated as Avolition Holyblood the Autumnal Kingdoms and Moldath Mournsaints reached a kill count of 90 respectively, over the course of two or three turns note It should be noted that due to the changes to the unofficial in-thread system used to record the actions of adventurers, this excludes most non-notable kills with them, it is likely to be even higher.For Museum I, the crown goes to the Museum's Memetic Badass, Dishmab Northmanor the Mute Saffron Soot at 1140 total (notable and other) kills, followed by Kosoth Griffonblaze the Shaken Galleys at 930 kills and Aco Knitadmire the Sly Rhymes of Glee at 613.Or become an Empowered Badass Normal, whether by accident or design. Badass Normal: Many adventurers become this over the course of their story.Armor of Invincibility: Adamantine armour, on the rare occasions an adventurer gets their hands on it.Apocalyptic Log: Most adventurers who die before reaching the Museum have their tales told in this format, with an oft-unnamed reader perusing their diaries or similar records.

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Anyone Can Die: Adventuring is hardly a safe profession and PC deaths are a common occurrence during turns.

The third instalment, The Museum III, which began in 2020 and is presently active. The short-lived sequel, The Museum II, which began in 2014 and finished in 2015. The Museum I, which took place in DF 34.11 and ran for 78 turns before it finished in 2014. The game has gone through three incarnations: The players create a character and then proceed to explore the world, creating a story as they seek to find an item to submit to the eponymous Museum. Unlike the vast majority of succession games, The Museum is played entirely in DF's adventurer mode. The Museum is a Dwarf Fortress Succession Game, hosted on the Bay 12 Forums and first launched by Bralbaard in 2014. 'At least we're doing this in the true spirit of Dwarf Fortress.

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