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The following all happened within a span of 10 seconds:

Some migrants have arrived!
Urist McThresher has gone berserk!
Urist McMigrant has been struck down!

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Did you reclaim? This tends to happen if you reclaim after abandoning a fort that still had dwarves in it (can't remember if they have to be unhappy at the time). The dwarves will sometimes come back as part  of a migrant wave while berserk/suicidal.

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Nope. My fortress was tantrum-spiraling and my thresher (read: hauler) was about three squares away from where the migrant popped up when he went insane. The migrant wave actually stopped after the guy got wacked. I can see it now...

Urist McMigrantOne: So, this is Goldenage, eh? Looks like things are coming along smoothly enough.
Urist McMigrantTwo: Good thing, the wife and 12 nobles are starting to get antsy. Hey, who's that?
Urist McMigrantOne: Greeting, good sir! We have come to join your wondrous fortre-
Urist McThresher: RAAAAHGAA! *Punches Urist McMigrantOne's brains out*
Urist McMigrantTwo: I WANT TO LIVE! *flees*

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Urist McMigrantOne: So, this is Goldenage, eh? Looks like things are coming along smoothly enough.
Urist McMigrantTwo: Good thing, the wife and 12 nobles are starting to get antsy. Hey, who's that?
Urist McMigrantOne: Greeting, good sir! We have come to join your wondrous fortre-
Urist McThresher: RAAAAHGAA! *Punches Urist McMigrantOne's brains out*
Urist McMigrantTwo: I WANT TO LIVE! *flees*

i LOL'd

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Did you reclaim? This tends to happen if you reclaim after abandoning a fort that still had dwarves in it (can't remember if they have to be unhappy at the time). The dwarves will sometimes come back as part  of a migrant wave while berserk/suicidal.

Doesn't even have to be a reclaim. If you start a new fort in the same world migrants will come from the old fort to the new one. Had a couple migrants show up and immediately go melancholy one time.

Nope. My fortress was tantrum-spiraling and my thresher (read: hauler) was about three squares away from where the migrant popped up when he went insane. The migrant wave actually stopped after the guy got wacked. I can see it now...

Urist McMigrantOne: So, this is Goldenage, eh? Looks like things are coming along smoothly enough.
Urist McMigrantTwo: Good thing, the wife and 12 nobles are starting to get antsy. Hey, who's that?
Urist McMigrantOne: Greeting, good sir! We have come to join your wondrous fortre-
Urist McThresher: RAAAAHGAA! *Punches Urist McMigrantOne's brains out*
Urist McMigrantTwo: I WANT TO LIVE! *flees*

There goes that glorious fortress reputation. Only way that could have been worse better is if another of the migrants was a hunter and one-shotted the thresher in retaliation.

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And while doing the reclaim, I get ambushed by one of the survivors, a legendary miner who went berserk.

Fuck me.

EDIT: Reclaim dead; miner killed them all.

[squidgen]

Did you reclaim? This tends to happen if you reclaim after abandoning a fort that still had dwarves in it (can't remember if they have to be unhappy at the time). The dwarves will sometimes come back as part  of a migrant wave while berserk/suicidal.

Doesn't even have to be a reclaim. If you start a new fort in the same world migrants will come from the old fort to the new one. Had a couple migrants show up and immediately go melancholy one time.

Really, that's understandable. If I saw a dwarf fort, I might get a bit depressed that I would have to live there.

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And while doing the reclaim, I get ambushed by one of the survivors, a legendary miner who went berserk.

Fuck me.

EDIT: Reclaim dead; miner killed them all.

Miners are without a doubt, the worst non-military dwarf to go berserk. Mining is used as a weapon skill when combat is involved with a pick used as the weapon, and picks have a TINY impact point which means they do a lot of damage.