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[tonnot98]

On one of my more recent adventures, I've had a maceman sacrifice himself twice to save my life.

The first time he saved me was in the castle dungeons while I charged toward a crossbow goblin, he stayed behind me and defended against a sword goblin and got that goblin's silver short sword through the lungs for that. The second time was during a Kobold ambush, there were 2 spear kobolds and about 7 or 8 bow kobolds. I spent almost the entire encouter fighting one bow kobold that kept dodging me until I finally put him in a choke-hold and stabbed him to death. A spear kobold was charging at me when the same maceman came in and caved the kobold's head in right before taking an arrow to the face. I decided to charge straight at the kobold with the silver arrows that killed him, and took 2 iron arrows, one to my leg, the other piercing my lung, but none becoming lodged. I made my way to the kobold and promptly turned him into swiss cheese with my pike while blocking arrows from 2 kobolds. By the time the fight was over, the kobold that killed my friend was the last to die from blood loss.

Out of my 7 companions, only 3 survived. A crossbowman, and a maceman that I recruited from a castle, and then some goblin prisoner that I found in some random hamlet's house. I buried the maceman that saved me in a lair where we killed a were-beast with the majority of his belongings.

He had a single gold coin, a dwarf nail amulet, a copper morningstar of which has killed 3 goblins and 1 kobold, and... a silver arrow...

Odd thing is that he had a bronze helmet that just didn't block that arrow one bit.

Have you guys ever decided to bury a companion instead of leaving them on the battlefield like a used meatshield?

[a smiling bearded cretin]

My character carries them back to the town they came from if we're closed enough. There they're left near a tree with their belongings. Otherwise he/she puts them in a nearby lair.

[StagnantSoul]

I decided to go with only one companion one time, and he turned out to be great. He had a steel battleaxe, and an iron helmet and breastplate. I gave him some more armor we found in a bandit camp after I armed myself. We were totally ready for anything. After six months in the game, he turned into an axe lord. I was a hammer lord and I was also a great swordsman. I had turned myself into a vampire, so he didn't seem to be as strong as before. Still clove people in half, just not as much as me. I had a lot of respect for the guy, though. He had saved me from many, many near death incidents. I'd been playing that adventurer for two weeks now irl. We were the strongest pair of warriors on the continent. I carried a bag, stuffed full of teeth from dragons, hydras, giant tigers, ettins, anything notable we killed. I even had a ton of novels from a necromancer tower, and since I couldn't read, were only useful for trading. Hey, a pair of lairs, intersecting each other! This was on the travel map, and once we exited it, we found both lairs we on opposite ends of a brook. I stealthed and checked both. A hydra and a bronze colossus. We had killed three hydrae, and this was going to be our first bronze colossus. Might as well kill the hydra first. No problem! We thought. We went in, weapons drawn, ready to kill it. I charged in, smashing at a leg and stabbing with my iron long sword at the upper body. The hydra dodged. And then my companion swung and cut it a bit. We both kept dodging or parrying/blocking blows for a while, got a couple cuts in. Then, the bronze colossus walked in. He shouldn't be here. This is the hydra's lair. I decided to try and finish the hydra before dealing with the colossus. My companion broke off and attacked it. He has a steel axe, just a couple head hacks and he can kill it. All looked good, he cut off an arm in three hacks, I just stabbed the heart dead on, and crushed a brain. Hydra blood spewed everywhere. I lopped off and crushed another head. It just died of bloo-my companion and the colossus are out of view. I charged out of the lair, just in time to see my companion have his head crushed. I flipped out and started bashing and hacking away at it's head  After a while, I threw my hammer and picked up my companion's axe. I cut the colossus' head off. I picked up the head, statue, a hydra tooth, and my companion's mangled corpse. I went to the first lair we emptied, a cyclops' lair. After 2.5 weeks of playing, I was rather attached to this guy. I put him in the lair, right in the back. I left the statue of the colossus that killed him, which was a statue of a dragon, an iron flask full of dwarven wine, a plump helmet, a piece of cat heart, and his axe. The first fight I got into after leaving his tomb killed me, because an iron arrow pierced my brain.

[99Hedgehog]

I remember I had a companion Axewoman. Even though her legs gave out, she still fought brilliantly. I can't remember how she died, but I tried to bury her in a nearby chapel.

I died via bandit because I forgot to drop the coffin.

[nomoetoe]

In my current adventure I store my fallen companion in chests, and set the down near the throne in the mead hall that I claimed as my own. :-D

[Magnumcannon]

The closest thing i did was in my first adventurer in Dwarf Fortress, back in 34.11. I didn't know about the hiveminded and mind-reading villagers, so i got inside a house, slaughtered one guy, threw him in a river and i thought no one would know about it. Got killed by a cat.

[ShinQuickMan]

I don't bury my companions. I cremate them. Or, if they were exceptionally powerful, raise them as undead. Then cremate them when they die again.

[ClorrProdigal]

When I come across a companion I actually like I usually butcher them and carry around their skulls. It may not be the most dignified memorial but I'm generally unwilling to risk being ambushed while hauling a corpse to the nearest site.   

[TheFlame52]

One time, a paralyzed crossbowman was killed a minotaur that was choking me. He was later killed by bandits. I carried his crossbow in remembrance.

[SyrusLD]

I butchered and ate my last companion.

Makes me wonder why that is even possible, but heh, I was underground and she was bitten by a giant cave spider. I was able to slay the spider as it was focussed on her, but she obviously died from the paralysis. Since I was running out of food and water I filled my quiver with her blood and butchered her corpse.

Well...that was my dwarf's way of dealing with that.

[Nikow]

It depends who i play, usualy i gether all bodies from battlefield and store them in one place, and then start campfire where They are. After this i create 3x3 field of campfires and waiting there to burn them. Just because, They actualy can be raised by wandering necromancer and can be left there. I remember once one of my demigods characters was part of necromancer army, who atacked my fort.  It was not funny, my dorfs died.

[Dampe]

Nah, I usually just take whatever I can sell and dump 'em in a river. Circle of life, man.

[FallenAngel]

I just did, after seeing this thread.
It's not an amazing story, but it's pretty neat.
I recruited a human swordsman. We went off to see why this camp bothered the local Lady. Upon reaching there, the Overlord was completely neutral to us. We then recruited a goblin wrestler. While trying to get to some towns we were told about, a night creature attacked.
I used a (stolen) crossbow to try to injure it from afar, but I missed. By then, the Wrestler was under attack and the Swordsman was slashing away. I jumped into combat with a (stolen) iron knife and a handful of other (stolen) items. The Wrestler, after giving in to pain, was ignored. The night creature began attacking the Swordsman. I dealt massive damage while he was under attack. He was eventually brained by the creature. However, it began running awa- oh, never mind, it died of blood loss. After waiting for 2 hours to let the goblin heal, I took his corpse and lugged it to the place I recruited him from. I left him at the feet of the local lady (without his gear; no backpack), and left.

[a smiling bearded cretin]

My swordsdwarf was passing through a hillock and was directed to the human Quihu Girlishspicy for directions as (s)he was well-traveled. The Drinking Mound to the right was where we found Quihu, struck down by a goblin spearman. While the swordswarf was holding a polite conversation with the goblin, the companion elf axeman hacked the goblin to death. First, we brought Quihu Girlishspicy's corpse and belongings into the Castle Mound so that the mayor and militia commander would know what had happened.

Later outside a funeral pyre was built:

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Quihu Girlishspicy was set aflame with his/her steel short sword, bronze shield, iron breastplate, copper helm and other belongings.

I don't know why we did this, but that's what happened. Not a companion, just a stranger.

[Nikow]

And burring companions is new fashion in DF Adventure Mode.