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v0.31:Demonic fortress
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Demonic Fortresses
If you dig deep enough, and in the right place, you might find a demonic fortress (also known as a curious underground structure) made entirely of Template:L Template:L. You will get a boxed message telling you of this. A demonic fortress is found once per region tile (thus, it is located in precisely one spot in a 16x16 embark square). Demons and other foul beasties might be located at the bottom of the fortress; higher up may be hordes of random Template:L creatures. The bottom of each fortress is connected to Template:L through slade walls, so demons spawning there can not immediately cross into the fortress and swarm you. Hell is only deemed reached once the upright weapon is removed (see below).
If your site does not have a demonic fortress, you will need to breach Hell through a tubular Template:L. As there is plenty of space inside a demonic fortress to set up traps and defense, they seem to be the easiest way to safely enter Hell. It is also quite possible to reach the bottom layer of the fortress through controlled cave-ins without ever having to fight a single enemy.
It is easy to locate a fortress (or see if your site has one) using an exploit on the Template:L screen: In the "Weapons" category will be a masterpiece Template:L weapon when you embark. Zooming to this will tell you the approximate location of the fortress. Also, you can locate it on the bottom of the Template:L as an upright masterpiece Template:L weapon.
Getting inside
Since it is not possible to dig through slade, the only way into the structure is from the very top - a large hole will be present at the highest level, not necessarily connected to any nearby caverns.
Inside
In the center of the lowest smoothed level (pictured) will be a glowing floor and upright Template:L Template:L weapon. Removing the weapon (by deconstructing it like a building, also known as a bad idea) causes the glowing floor to disappear, revealing a staircase and releasing the demons from the lower part of the fortress. Below this level are chambers containing demons. Above this level are many similar levels, but without the glowing floor and adamantine weapon. Some of these levels may take the form of long, twisting corridors, and some may have patches of Template:L. These levels contain many Template:L enemies.
An example of a demonic fortress can be viewed here.