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[simonthedwarf]

Anyone had these in 34.11? I haven't seen them once.

[Hans Lemurson]

I once was trying to rescue a fort from a tantrum spiral, and one of of the dwarves had a fell mood and killed the first dwarf that walked by, who just happened to be the MAYOR!  He took his bones and made them into a "Statue of a Dwarf".  Placing this artifact Mayor-Statue in the dining-room entrance provided a strong enough happiness bonus to turn the tide of the tantrums and the fort stabilized after losing only 30% of it's population.

Ironically, the killer was also the Captain of the Guard, and so the brutal murder of the mayor went curiously unpunished.  Attempts to assign another dwarf to fortress-guard duty led to a tug-of-war as they tried to arrest each other (the new guy had violated a production order from the former mayor).

All of this happened in 34.11

If you're a good fortress manager, you will probably never encounter these since they require quite unhappy dwarves.

[Coalwalker]

Bibanfath saw a fell mood (my first and only) late last year, in 34.10. Not sure about the newest version, though. Oddly enough, a random presser or miller loosed a roaring laughter, fell and terrible, and then grabbed my legendary bonecarver, rendered him into a flute, and then became a legendary bonecarver. Talk about succession.

[Talvieno]

If you want a really interesting fortress, try to keep everyone just happy enough to keep tantrum spirals from happening... Jusssstttt brushing your toes against the magma, basically. Keep them there as long as you can. As soon as a tantrum spiral hits, you'll have your fell mood, provided you lack a hammerer. They tend to put a stop to Fun things.

[Nyxalinth]

I once was trying to rescue a fort from a tantrum spiral, and one of of the dwarves had a fell mood and killed the first dwarf that walked by, who just happened to be the MAYOR!  He took his bones and made them into a "Statue of a Dwarf".  Placing this artifact Mayor-Statue in the dining-room entrance provided a strong enough happiness bonus to turn the tide of the tantrums and the fort stabilized after losing only 30% of it's population.

In the novel "Aztec" there's a plot arc where the protagonist is in service to the local ruler.  the local ruler's wife had the habit of taking lovers then ridding them by having them killed...then their bodies reduced to skeletons.  The skeletons then had clay sculpted upon them, turning them into statues that resembled who they were in life.  She would claim it was a statue of such and such hero or god, but is eventually found out and punished.  That's what you description of the dwarf statue made of dwarf bones made me think of.  It's a pretty dwarfy read at times.

[wurmy]

I once was trying to rescue a fort from a tantrum spiral, and one of of the dwarves had a fell mood and killed the first dwarf that walked by, who just happened to be the MAYOR!  He took his bones and made them into a "Statue of a Dwarf".  Placing this artifact Mayor-Statue in the dining-room entrance provided a strong enough happiness bonus to turn the tide of the tantrums and the fort stabilized after losing only 30% of it's population.

Ironically, the killer was also the Captain of the Guard, and so the brutal murder of the mayor went curiously unpunished.  Attempts to assign another dwarf to fortress-guard duty led to a tug-of-war as they tried to arrest each other (the new guy had violated a production order from the former mayor).

All of this happened in 34.11

If you're a good fortress manager, you will probably never encounter these since they require quite unhappy dwarves.

"I never liked the mayor anyway" said Urist McDrunk, Right before using the statue's hand as a mug holder.

[Gentlefish]

Was it a statue of the Mayor?

[i2amroy]

Anyone had these in 34.11? I haven't seen them once.

They will only happen if an unhappy dwarf is the one that moods, and if that type is then randomly selected. As such in most fortresses they won't be present, but they are still there.

[thegoatgod_pan]

My first mood in the current (and current version) fort was this:

Ushangshislug "Monstrousmuddles" a dwarf bone earring. Made by a child. Out of a jeweler.

[Nyxalinth]

My first mood in the current (and current version) fort was this:

Ushangshislug "Monstrousmuddles" a dwarf bone earring. Made by a child. Out of a jeweler.

What was going on in your fort that caused its first mood to be so grim?  and awesome?

[RiotShield]

"I never liked the mayor anyway" said Urist McDrunk, Right before using the statue's hand as a mug holder.

Annnnnnd.... quoted.

[Hans Lemurson]

Was it a statue of the Mayor?

Sadly no.

In fact, double-checking it just now, it seems as though it was actually a statue of Dwarves.  They are laboring, and it relates to the founding of the fortress.  It is decorated with hanging rings of dwarf-bone.

It would have been totally bad-ass if it was a statue of a Dwarf making plaintive gestures, relating to the brutal murder of Bim Urdimlolok, but alas, it is not so.

It still brings up one of the eternal mysteries of dwarven artifacts though:  How did Kogan Zonudar make multiple dwarves out of the skeleton of a single dwarf?

[Silverlock]

It still brings up one of the eternal mysteries of dwarven artifacts though:  How did Kogan Zonudar make multiple dwarves out of the skeleton of a single dwarf?

To scale, one would think.


That's a bone you'll have to pick with the sculptor.

[Skyrunner]

It still brings up one of the eternal mysteries of dwarven artifacts though:  How did Kogan Zonudar make multiple dwarves out of the skeleton of a single dwarf?

To scale, one would think.


That's a bone you'll have to pick with the sculptor.

I think I see what you did there.

[thegoatgod_pan]

My first mood in the current (and current version) fort was this:

Ushangshislug "Monstrousmuddles" a dwarf bone earring. Made by a child. Out of a jeweler.

What was going on in your fort that caused its first mood to be so grim?  and awesome?

It was the founding of my necromancer fort. The first migrant wave peasants and founders were sleeping in a hillside and building the future necromancer compound fulltime. Then the retired adventurer necromancers started showing up in the third migrant wave and I hadn't yet begun to throw all bodies and body parts into the volcano. The results were not pretty