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Justyn

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Burying merchants?
« on: October 25, 2012, 09:45:04 pm »
So, I recently had a human merchant caravan wiped out by some a besieging force, and despite having a coffins built, set up, and having them set to accept bodies, by dwarves are leaving the corpses to rot.

So, what do I do here? Do I just leave the bodies outside and set up memorial slabs?
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Blue_Dwarf

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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2012, 09:49:16 pm »
When I clicked on the topic, I wasn't expecting it to be about burying merchants that were killed by a besieging force  ;D
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Justyn

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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2012, 09:52:19 pm »
Quote from: Blue_Dwarf on October 25, 2012, 09:49:16 pm
When I clicked on the topic, I wasn't expecting it to be about burying merchants that were killed by a besieging force  ;D

Yeah, if I were the one to have killed them, I would be doing something funny with their bodies. But these men gave their lives and died in glorious battle defending my fort, the least I can do is to give their remains a proper burial.
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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 09:56:08 pm »
Toss them in the Magma. The only Burial I give to heros of the fort, to be one with the magma. No Necromancer, no evil darkness, no accursed magic will ever again seperate the dwarf from his home.
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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2012, 09:08:00 am »
Or just make slabs.
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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2012, 09:16:26 am »
Quote from: misko27 on October 25, 2012, 09:56:08 pm
Toss them in the Magma. The only Burial I give to heros of the fort, to be one with the magma. No Necromancer, no evil darkness, no accursed magic will ever again seperate the dwarf from his home.

Quote from: Klitri on October 27, 2012, 09:08:00 am
Or just make slabs.

Why not both?
And if you cant afford magma perhaps you could use a atom smasher instead.
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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2012, 09:39:57 am »
i let them rot in front of my fortress. although my fps seems to be dropping from having so many, so will probably need to atom smash them.


only use for burial i'm pretty sure is dwarf/pet only.
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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2012, 10:39:41 am »
Quote from: Justyn on October 25, 2012, 09:45:04 pm
So, I recently had a human merchant caravan wiped out by some a besieging force, and despite having a coffins built, set up, and having them set to accept bodies, by dwarves are leaving the corpses to rot.

So, what do I do here? Do I just leave the bodies outside and set up memorial slabs?
I think I see the problem...
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Re: Burying merchants?
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2012, 11:37:25 am »
Yeah, only dwarves are put into coffins. Memorial slab them, or build a special memorial room and put their corpses into there with slab and statues or decorated furnishings of the event.

I don't think there're any ways to put them into boxes, short of hacking, but those are next best thing I can think of!
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