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Tpre022

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Dwarves with elf names?
« on: February 22, 2012, 05:26:38 pm »
Is it possible for dwarves to be raised by elves, or something like that? I've never noticed anything like this in previous versions, but I have two dwarves in my fort called "Sareve Rayalinula" and "Alisa Nifipefo". Those are not dwarf names. I'm pretty sure. They are both former members of "the Buff Mirth" which kinda sounds like something elves would come up with. Is there any way I can find more information about that in-game? Is it new?
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Re: Dwarves with elf names?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 05:43:36 pm »
It definitely happened in previous versions - for example, if a Dwarf was abducted by Goblins and then married another abducted dwarf, its children would have Goblin names.
In your case, your dwarves were probably born into an Elven civilization but then rejoined your Dwarven civilization before becoming migrants.
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Re: Dwarves with elf names?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 09:20:55 pm »
The first one is Rose TempestBury and the second is Bud Jewel. Some sort of weird Elf-Dwarf hybrid thing.

Har har.
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Re: Dwarves with elf names?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2012, 09:35:30 pm »
I've had this happen before: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101577.0

I think it's a new feature of DF2012, since I've never seen anything similar while playing DF2010. Dwarves are born in a different race's civ, and they get elven/human names.
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Re: Dwarves with elf names?
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2012, 03:51:17 am »
I was wondering something; if you give Dwarves the Babysnatcher tag in their Entity raws, will you get non-dwarven migrants to your fortress from your civilization? Now that migrants are historical instead of being made up on the spot shouldn't you end up receiving some?
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Re: Dwarves with elf names?
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2012, 03:53:08 am »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on February 22, 2012, 09:20:55 pm
The first one is Rose TempestBury and the second is Bud Jewel. Some sort of weird Elf-Dwarf hybrid thing.

Har har.

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(using lignite floor grates. they dont deserve to be magma'd)
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Re: Dwarves with elf names?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2012, 02:29:31 pm »
Quote from: miauw62 on February 23, 2012, 03:53:08 am
Quote from: Loud Whispers on February 22, 2012, 09:20:55 pm
The first one is Rose TempestBury and the second is Bud Jewel. Some sort of weird Elf-Dwarf hybrid thing.

Har har.

I say burn the traitors!
(using lignite floor grates. they dont deserve to be magma'd)
Nuclear lignite bin !!ftw!!
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