Got my first dragon yesterday, right when I had a bunch of woodcutting and plant gathering peasants out in the fields working, so I sent them all inside. They all made it, except one... a child.
Fikod was his name. He was literally 4-5 steps from the front gate (which was laced with cage traps) when the dragon got too close and scared him off, then an epic chase ensued. The kid booked it for the river with the dragon hot on his tail. He narrowly avoided the fire breath twice (once by turning around a corner RIGHT when the dragon breathed, I should have taken a screenshot but I'm sure you can imagine what it looked like). Out of the river and into an open field, Fikod kept running. I was really rooting for the little guy, and was thinking of changing his future as a peasant to something more suitable like a mason or squad leader if he happened to survive this encounter. Unfortunately, he didn't. The dragon soon caught up and finished him off in a fiery blaze. After a short break the dragon came for my base and got caught in a cage trap right away.
Was a little disappointed at how it ended, but at least I have the dragon now (he's currently stationed in my barracks for fun), so I'm sure I can do something awesome with him.
Oh, and while the chase was still going on I managed to assign a would-be noble's mausoleum to little Fikod, may he rest in peace. There was also a statue placed out in the field on the tile he died on. I hadn't yet engraved his tomb and when I did I was REALLY hoping for a burning dwarf engrave "relating to the death of Fikod in year whatever" but no dice.
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