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[Azkanan]

Population: 7

IT WAS THE SPRING OF 137, AND EVERYTHING WAS JOLLY. DWARVES WERE DIGGING, DWARVES WERE CRAFTING, DWARVES WERE SMITHING, DWARVES WERE FUCKING. EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL.

Population: 23

Then a god damn child was found dead in their bed, drained of blood. A shadow fell on my god damn fort.

So, I set up a Captain of the guard patrol route through the bedrooms area and buried the poor child. A year went by without any more vamp-murders, the patrol was doing its job of dissuading any more attacks.

Population: 62

Then suddenly, a werelizard snuck into my mines through a hole in my exterior wall. The thing charged down, destroying my iron-equipped soldiers. My fort went into mayhem, with everybody targeting the werelizard. Then poof, it got worse.

It turned into an Elven child. I ordered my soldiers and civilians to kill the cursed thing... but it got away.

As things settled down and everything got back into working order, bam, another drained child in their bed. I then went through my units list, one by one, checked dwarves for paleness or inhumane equipment (Human Tooth Necklace, etc).

No luck.

Population: 61

I noticed at this point something very suspicious. One of my Dwarves was "Attending a meeting" with the mayor - the Mayor was paying no attention to them, working on the books instead. I decided not to aprehend them, and keep an eye on them instead - just in case.

Later, they were cleared, as they went to drink.

Population: 101

A dwarf in the barracks, my best warrior in steel equipment, was found dead, drained of blood. I was about to look into it, but then,

Population: 100

A VILE GOD DAMN FORCE HAS ARRIVED.

Bloody grand.

the goblins swept into my fortress through a ramp-hole in my floor I hadn't noticed (>_>). I put the base on high alert, and the goblins came charging.


Population: 100



Population: 86



Population: 62



Population: 49

Eventually, I was whittled down to my last person, the mayor. She was hiding in the coal bunker, under the south-wing where the metal-nonsense went on. The goblins chased her in a loop and she ran out into the main hall - where I was then utterly devastated to discover that she had discovered the bodyofEVERYTHING.

In this last image, you can see her running into a dead end in the north-wing at the end of the hall as a red down-arrow, with a few goblin macemen behind her.



Population: 0

You dead, bro.

Fuck.

HOWEVER, I decided to look into Public Records to discover who my mysterious vampire dwarf was.

>Site: Stakesavage
>Searching for: Drained of blood
>Vampire: Bomrek Certainworks

Are you fucking kidding me.

Spoiler: Entire History of Bomrek the Bitch (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Local History of Bomrek the Bitch (click to show/hide)

Also, I've just noticed something that confused me a bit;



Wat.




I gotta say, though, Toady. You've really done yourself well with this update. I've not nearly had this much fun with Dwarf Fortress since I was breaking bones with spinning vomit and flies.

So how long till we can send out raiding parties, trade caravans and build/craft fully in Adventure? <-- Me eternally occupied thereafter.

[Tiruin]

Vampires have social skills (increased rate?) and therefore, rise to places of power.

You could try the

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Check Nickname or customize profession thing

on the suspect. Spoilered because it seems to work for others, I don't want to try it 

No idea on the impersonation though. Many are still finding out what does what in the new version.

[Azkanan]

Yeah, I read about the bug, but I don't want to cheat my way out of interesting situations.

+1 on "Social skills", I'll keep an eye out for that in the future.

Apparently, they impersonate to hide their kill count and such. Or so I imagine.

[Matoro]

That was awesome story. Pure Dwarf Fortress.

[Yaotzin]

Sounds fun

The tricking bit is when she tricked you into thinking she was someone else. They always do that - assume a new identity. Otherwise you would just see that they're actually 180 years old and have killed 500 people.

I think they tend to become mayors/have good social skills because a lot of mayors become vampires in the first place. Just power hungry personalities resulting in both, I guess.

They'll also tend to have a large variety of skills, because they've been moving from place to place having different jobs each time.

[captain proof]

Wow, quite a story. Odd she met her fate at the hands of greenskins. I have had a bit of a vampire outbreak in my Halls as well. I threw two into the pit where they are still broken and bleeding down at the bottom. Another is awaiting the Hammerer.

[Broseph Stalin]

I'm assuming Shorast Gravelmark is the name she used in your fortress while Bomrek was her real name.

[gopa4]

Does this story debunk the whole "your fortress crumbles when the last dwarf is in fact a vampire" myth?

[darkflagrance]

Does this story debunk the whole "your fortress crumbles when the last dwarf is in fact a vampire" myth?

It has been debunked for a while already, I hope

[Robsoie]

It's not the 1st time i read a DF story with a vampire that end into a position of power in the fortress hierarchy.
In one of mine, a vampire showed up with the migrants, i detected him shamelessly using the name exploit as i didn't want to lose some of my best dwarf with the goblin seasons that just started.
And directly assigned him to his own squad, sent him to station in a closed room, alone, none could visit him.

Few days later he was elected as the new mayor, despite even in the relationship screen he had absolutely no friends, only 2 "passing aquaintances" (probably from the migrants)

So lesson learned was to be very cautious on anyone reaching a position of power in your fortress on his own if you start to see dwarves drained.

[AWdeV]

Mr. Ious indeed.

[Azkanan]

It's not the 1st time i read a DF story with a vampire that end into a position of power in the fortress hierarchy.
In one of mine, a vampire showed up with the migrants, i detected him shamelessly using the name exploit as i didn't want to lose some of my best dwarf with the goblin seasons that just started.
And directly assigned him to his own squad, sent him to station in a closed room, alone, none could visit him.

Few days later he was elected as the new mayor, despite even in the relationship screen he had absolutely no friends, only 2 "passing aquaintances" (probably from the migrants)

So lesson learned was to be very cautious on anyone reaching a position of power in your fortress on his own if you start to see dwarves drained.

+1.

[slothen]

I think its funny that the dwarves held an election to make Bomrek mayor during the middle of a siege.

[Loud Whispers]

I think its funny that the dwarves held an election to make Bomrek mayor during the middle of a siege.

When everyone's about to die, they have to know who gets to die first! It's an honour always bestowed to nobles. Obviously Shorast didn't care too much about it though.