Paperwhatevers has finally fallen. A huge purple dimetron with fire came up from the caverns and had a fire battle with a child in the stairwell between the main fort and the well/food stockpile. During the battle, this epic screenshot was produced:
Bear baiting is for
elves. Keep in mind that fire implets are the size of your hand.
Everyone in the fort was trapped below the FB and eventually died of thirst. Everyone was throwing fireballs at the FB this whole time, so most of my fort became legendary archers by the time they died. During this a goblin ambush was defeated by a single phoenix. Also, another forgotten beast came up from the caverns. Some migrants came, including a hunter, who managed to kill the fire-breather. The other one, a gas-producing bug, was still in the stairwell. It was killed by a team of peasants that I put in a squad.
Eventually I was down to four imps: the ranger who killed the fire-breather, a decent hammerman, a milker/medic, and an imprisoned vampire. Everyone was miserable except the vampire, who had no relatives. When the hammerman and the milker went insane and died, I realized that the vampire was due to be released. The ranger was promoted to captian of the guard and went to release the vampire.
The vampire got released and was put to the task of making enough coffins for everyone. The ranger just tantrumed. At one point he nearly beat the vampire to death in a fit of rage, which probably would have been the end. The vampire was left with a broken leg. As vengeance, the vampire drained the ranger of blood the second he closed his eyes. After a long, long time, the vampire made enough coffins and had buried everyone. Somewhere in there a violent ghost had torn off his broken leg, which he would have bled out from if it had been a normal wound. After all the ghosts vanished, I abandoned the fort. When a legendary mason shows up at my next fort, I will be ready.