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[gorge]

The human diplomat just arrived and he is a demon.  I prefer to kill him (he is a demon...) but I'm not sure of the consequences.  I've read some other posts about this, that it's a bug and such, but haven't seen answers to the questions below.

Now for the questions:
It's been so long since I've actually seen a human diplomat, what does he want?  Is it relevant enough to let him live to talk to my mayor and then kill him?

How do the human merchants that arrived at the same time react when I kill their diplomat?  Do they leave?  Do they attack?  Are they indifferent and just slightly miffed?

Will the humans declare war just for killing their diplomat?  I've been trading with them for years and since I have no iron of my own, I want to trade with them.  I don't want to fight them. 

[psychologicalshock]

Kill it, nothing will happen until next year if anything does happen.

[Sphalerite]

If you ignore it and let it leave the map, it will lose its position in the civilization (as happens to every civ position holder who leaves the map) and you'll never see it again.

[martinuzz]

If you do get into a war with them,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(they will siege you if you kill their diplomat often enough. Maybe you need to use DFHack's fixdiplomats command first for wars to happen)

you can always make peace the next year, when the next diplomat arrives.

[khearn]

Unless you kill him, too. That does tend to put a damper on peace talks.

[gzoker]

Be aware, if you get into conflict with the humans, then they will be immune to all your traps what the diplomat has seen.

[robertheinrich]

I wonder if (how?) the humans would know that you killed their diplomat if you kill all the traders who arrive with him as well.

[luisedgm]

I wonder if (how?) the humans would know that you killed their diplomat if you kill all the traders who arrive with him as well.

scouts watching from afar
or they can just assume that you did it, since the diplomat went to visit you

[Loud Whispers]

Trap him in a 3x3 construction box. Having a berserk demon will be useful. If not, then very cool.

[Flying Dice]

The human diplomat just arrived and he is a demon.  I prefer to kill him (he is a demon...) but I'm not sure of the consequences.  I've read some other posts about this, that it's a bug and such, but haven't seen answers to the questions below.

Just a note, but this isn't true. It is part of normal worldgen for demons to escape from hell and trick civilizations into making them leaders/nobles.


But yes, killing him will piss the humans off and they may siege. On the bright side, they'll bring plenty of iron and bronze to you like that.

[Sphalerite]

I wonder if (how?) the humans would know that you killed their diplomat if you kill all the traders who arrive with him as well.

They don't know who killed him.  They just know he didn't come home, so you mist be responsible.  The better question is how they know that he'd dead, rather than just walled up in a chamber somewhere in your fortress.

[Loud Whispers]

I wonder if (how?) the humans would know that you killed their diplomat if you kill all the traders who arrive with him as well.

They don't know who killed him.  They just know he didn't come home, so you mist be responsible.  The better question is how they know that he'd dead, rather than just walled up in a chamber somewhere in your fortress.

Elfs told them.


RESCUE MISSION!

*A vile force of humans has arrived*

[malroth]

1) Kill it preferably as far from your real entrance as possible
2) immediately dismantle and rebuild all your traps
3) use what iron you have to make a ton of iron crossbow bolts which you then issue to your marksdwarves and or your newly drafted pesant militia.
4) Use said marksdwarves and traps to slaughter the human invaders with complete impunity
5) issue a melt order for absolutely everything in the battlefied. even if the invaders brought no metal you'll still come out ahead thanks to spent bolts melting down for more than what it takes to make them

iron problem solved

[Fnear]

I killed the Human Diplomat that visted me (Blind Cave-fish Woman Vampire with 4800 pieces of human and elf part jewelry).  A couple seasons later the humans sieged me (lame siege, half-dozen pikemen and a horse - I just let them hang out at the edge of the map).  A couple seasons later they sent a caravan followed by a diplomat.

The diplomat asked for peace (sure... I wouldn't mind a "thank you" for killing your tyranical vampire leader either) and the caravan left quite a bit lighter but with 200 pieces of human-part jewelry.

[gorge]

So what does a human diplomat actually do since I'm already at peace with them?  trade agreement? nothing?

What about the merchants that came with him?  Will they get mad and leave when the diplomat dies?