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[Nail]

Here I was, happy as can be about finally solving a minecart problem, when one of my citizens(thankfully just a fisherdwarf) was found drained of blood. I immediately started searching for the vampire, but he didn't even show up when I tried revealing him in dwarf therapist. I used DFhack to check for cursed creatures and there he was, a certain En Sinokenom. Now that name didn't ring any bells, but that was to be expected, so I looked through my dwarve's art. While I was searching I noticed that the human diplomat was visiting and a faint memory of him being a vampire law-giver surfaced. I checked, and yes, he was En Sinokenom.
I had never heard of this happening before, but looking at the justice screen there was indeed a witness who accused him of the murder. I promptly convicted him but while he now appears in the list of criminals, he also seems to have diplomatic immunity as there is no sentence pending.

So now I have the option of either killing him and inciting a war with the humans or leaving him be to come snack on my citizens once every year.

EDIT: Coincidentally the fisherdwarf was apparently out on bail having done all but 4 days of his 101 day sentence for failing to construct toy axes for the baron(one of my dwarves inherited the position for a different site). I suspect a collaboration between the nobles.

[StagnantSoul]

Wait a couple more years, then, one day, send a few soldiers to rend him in two. Send your strongest squad, or this human diplomat will pull out a knife and stab each to death. I had a similar situation, and sent a squad of normal troops to kill him, only to find that he killed them with an iron carving knife.

[Nail]

Oh I have a perfectly capable military and am aware of the danger vampires pose in combat, but the humans are a valuable training partner at the moment and killing the law giver is usually a cause for war.

[StagnantSoul]

They'll get a new one, and after a few humiliations versus the dwarves, they'll send a diplomat.

[Aristion]

Or lock him in a room never to see the light of day again and go from there.

[khearn]

If you just lock him in a room, he won't ever die, so I don't think the humans will ever actually get upset. Ok, so you won't have any more human diplomatic visits. It's not like they're anything other than an annoying interruption to tell you the latest gossip about which human settlement was abandoned or invaded, and who is now mayor of what insignificant human settlement. It's not like it's something you actually care about.

Human Trader: Say, you haven't by any chance seen our diplomat? He hasn't been heard from in a while.
Baron: No. I haven't seen him in almost a year. He didn't travel home with you last year? <shrug> You guys need to keep better track of your people.

[Aristion]

Human Trader: Say, you haven't by any chance seen our diplomat? He hasn't been heard from in a while.
Baron: No. I haven't seen him in almost a year. He didn't travel home with you last year? <shrug> You guys need to keep better track of your people.

I feel like that's what they would say for sure also.

[Saiko Kila]

I have prepared an isolation chamber for a vampire diplomat in case he causes troubles, but he doesn't kill my dwarves, so I let him be. He brings news, and thus has some value. But if he killed someone important I would retaliate by confining him to the chamber. And maybe throwing one of the three minotaurs in, just to give him some company.

[Pirate Bob]

I had the humans send what I think may have been a necromancer as their diplomat (he was a Ñ, and I don't think vampires are revealed as such) in 34.11.  I decided to help them out by killing him, and the next year they sent a siege, which I slaughtered, but the following year they sent another caravan.  Long story short - just kill him.  He murdered a dwarf, so he deserves to die...

[Staalo]

I simply sent a squad to greet the human vampire law-giver diplomat who had snacked on a militia captain the year before. There were absolutely no repercussions from killing the vampire; year after that the humans just sent another diplomat.

"A year ago Thep Channelarmors became law-giver of the North Confederacy, replacing Opte Southferns", the new diplomat reported to my mayor. I think he was just pleased about his promotion.

[Findulidas]

Unless you really need the caravans for stuff like food, clothes or wood you really shouldnt be afraid to destroy them I think. The dwarves might bring precious metals and good armors/weapons and the elves might bring rare plants/useful animals but thats about it. I would say that 1/10 brings you the rare stuff anyway.

[wuphonsreach]

Human caravans arrive with wagons and carry lots of metal items in my current fort, so they are worth trading with.  They were also my only source of rope weed seeds in the first round of caravans.

Still - kill or isolate the vampire, it will be likely to result in !FUN!.

[Sirbug]

I had the humans send what I think may have been a necromancer as their diplomat (he was a Ñ, and I don't think vampires are revealed as such) in 34.11.  I decided to help them out by killing him, and the next year they sent a siege, which I slaughtered, but the following year they sent another caravan.  Long story short - just kill him.  He murdered a dwarf, so he deserves to die...

I think that's a vampire. They are revealed if they are diplomats, and I'm pretty sure I've got vampire diplomat listed who showed up as big red N.

[thegoatgod_pan]

I had the humans send what I think may have been a necromancer as their diplomat (he was a Ñ, and I don't think vampires are revealed as such) in 34.11.  I decided to help them out by killing him, and the next year they sent a siege, which I slaughtered, but the following year they sent another caravan.  Long story short - just kill him.  He murdered a dwarf, so he deserves to die...

I think that's a vampire. They are revealed if they are diplomats, and I'm pretty sure I've got vampire diplomat listed who showed up as big red N.

Yeah, I think it is red for vampire and purple for necromancer.