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[Glanzor]

So I just genned a new world and started up fortress mode.
The second time since the last big update that I decided to make a fortress (I'm more of a adventure mode person) and the first time I actually bothered to look at the embark infomation since then.
But I still didn't expect that:


What am I looking at here? What the hell does that mean, "Neighbors:Fortress"?
Necromancer shenanigans, I would say, but according to the "sites and pop"-file all fortresses belong to the normal dwarven civ.

Has something like that happened to someone else before? What does that mean?

I'm not using any mods, by the way.

[Astrid]

It means as simple as it sounds. You ahev a Fortress as your neighbour.
Might be relevant if you ever want to do Dwarf on Dwarf wars.

[Eric Blank]

There's probably a necromancer living peacefully in one of the fortresses around there. Ive found necromancers chilling in human hamlets in adventure mode, no zombies present. He might send some undead occasionally, maybe.

[Aristion]

Just pray it isn't a HFS necromancer who will be like a normal necromancer except it will slay the undead it brings  along with what additions it has when created.

[Dwarfu]

I added your fortress situation to Bug #7015, until we get a decision on if that is intentional or not.

[Aristion]

I think it is intentional. If anything, it is like a Town or Hamlet showing up on the neighbors screen only it is a dwarf fortress that got taken over by a necromancer. There have even been forest retreats that have also been lead by a necromancer.

[neblime]

also isn't it possible it's been taken over by goblins or somesuch (or necros as people say)?

[Glanzor]

There's probably a necromancer living peacefully in one of the fortresses around there. Ive found necromancers chilling in human hamlets in adventure mode, no zombies present. He might send some undead occasionally, maybe.

I think you are right.  I visited one of the fortresses as an adventurer and was immediately mauled by a zombie dwarf.
Still weird, all worldgen data suggests that the fortress is still owned by the regular dwarven civ.

I added your fortress situation to Bug #7015, until we get a decision on if that is intentional or not.

Good to hear!