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Malecus

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Kidnapping diplomats?
« on: August 07, 2010, 08:50:54 pm »

Well, it finally happened to me.  A large eyeless tortoise has convinced the humans that it's a deific avatar, and became their ruler.  And diplomat.  It's been on the outskirts of my fortress before, but I managed to seal everything up so it wouldn't have anything to smash and leave.  But this year it snuck in and is currently in my central staircase smashing door after door.

I've had enough, and I want to get rid of it.

I can't dunk it in the volcano, because it seems to be immune and occasionally enjoys relaxing it's door-destroying muscles by having a dip in there from time to time.  But I do have a plan to lure it into a room and wall it off.  But it IS the only ruler of the human civilization.

What happens when you capture the ruler of another civ?  War?  War once it's dead/insane?  And what if it's effectively immortal?  Should I just wait for it to go wacky and kill it the old fashioned way (with wave after wave of otherwise useless migrants)?
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