Ah the unscrupulous mule! It understands war.

Millions of books lining the shelves at Borders and stacking up in Googlespace and literature moves on…

One thing to make clear is that I try to make everything an interpretation of the game. If I went around inventing stuff it wouldn't be fun anymore, because you wouldn't know what I'm making up and what is the game being crazy. Plus, Dwarf Fortress is such an excellent story generator that it's always more entertaining to write around what it gives me. It's a fun creative limitation...