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ozyma

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Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« on: June 02, 2020, 11:30:05 am »
I've played this game for a long time but I also haven't played in a long time. I'm very confused about exactly what a sunless corpse is or why he's a civilian in my fortress.

You can see he's displayed with the undead symbol


He came in the first migrant wave and is listed as "dwarf ranger sunless corpse"




Is this just a regular dwarf with a weird name?
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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2020, 12:38:49 pm »
He's an intelligent undead; a rarity for a migrant! They're occasionally raised by necromancers instead of a regular zombie and have a will of their own.

Consider yourself lucky; they're immortal, immune to pain/etc, and will never be stressed. He'll make an excellent military dwarf, based on his listed attributes.
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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2020, 12:46:50 pm »
Necromancers and some demons can create intelligent undead lieutenants with procedurally generated titles. They can also have a number of different magic powers. It looks like yours somehow became a member of your civilization and ended up migrating to your fortress.

I'd look up the groups mentioned on his description page in legends. "Citizen of the sweltering mine", "member of the fated crypts" "former member / former lord of the band of lutes", "former prisoner of the cloaks of wickedness / the consideration of brushes"
It sounds to me like he was formerly the ruler of something called the band of lutes, was captured by the cloaks of wickedness and the consideration of brushes (one being a civilization and the other being a cite government under that civilization) and then escaped and joined your dwarf civ.
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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2020, 01:08:29 pm »
How is he over 700 years old in year 219?
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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2020, 01:13:30 pm »
It says he was born in 219, so the current year would be ~957.
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ozyma

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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2020, 01:16:36 pm »
Thanks so much for the info guys I had no idea that was a thing now. It also made sense since I was actually reclaiming that fortress from a demon necromancer. I made him the Baron since I felt bad that he lost his old title. I'm enjoying my immortal zombie ruler/corpse hauler.
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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2020, 01:19:14 pm »
Quote from: Egan_BW on June 02, 2020, 01:13:30 pm
It says he was born in 219, so the current year would be ~957.

year is currently 1053
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Re: Sunless Corpse Dwarf Civilian?
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2020, 01:26:24 pm »
It does seem useful how he apparently doesn't care about seeing corpses, huh? :P
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