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[Wh1tefang12]

I have a habit of nicknaming the expedition leader of all my fortresses after me. And i want to know about any cool stories you guys have about characters you named after your self.
mine is:
"Shawn" Sarveshzes
Title: Mayor of the Barricade of Jungles 3 years in a row.
Job: Carpenter, Wrestling(Gain 2 minute prior to death)
Died on 1st Sandstone year 48
Cause of death: Fighting the Dragon Eruwa Akeralethari Niweni Caci "Gem Diamondfurnace spark gild" Aka the Elven dragon (due to name)

On the 1st of sandstone the dragon entered the map my untrained military was destroyed, so i sent everyone 50 dwarves died(the outside booze depot seemed like a good plan) everyone stared wrestling the dragon though the mayor didn't get the kill he was the only one to gain a level in wrestling (having no experience) so i can safely say he did most of the work, He survived the battle put died in the mist of boiling who knows what. I hope to someday see an engraving of Shawn fighting the dragon some day.

Now this may be a daily thing for most of you but for me its rare and this is the first time i god a full heath mega beast (i got a bronze colossus or something with loped off arms.)

[Kidsta]

"Kyle" Cantremembername
Job: Master Clerk/Wrestler
Can't remember when he died...as for how...
Cause of Death: His hobby was wrestling werewolves to death. There would always be one spawning on my map, and when it did, I'd send me to break its neck. This resulted in Kyle loosing his left eye and many, many broken bones, despite the awesome stats he had from Mastering clerkship.

Amazingly, his dangerous hobby did not claim his life. One day when Kyle was recovering from a mangled arm, an enraged Clothier burst into his room and kicked the life out of him.

My death ended up resulting in a tantrum spiral that destroyed the fort. Fitting.

[Aspgren]

Sounds fun. I'll name them after myself in the future, but right now .. I can pretend to be "Friendly" Wireshield.

Job: Desk Jockey/Master Engraver/Stonecarver

 Friendly had a very diplomatic and easygoing life. Once Abysstown was planned he was voted to become expedition leader in 191 and soon became romantically involved with one of the other founders. One "Solitaire" Curlgalleys. He was the expedition leader, the broker and the hoardmaster. He earned his nickname because how many friends he had.
 In 192 he gave up the task of hoardmaster and later took a break from brokering, as he suffered a broken leg at the horns of an undead goat. He still managed the city and the liaison patiently waited for him to recover before discussing matters of state. After his recovery he resumed his duties as broker.
 In the late spring of 193 Abysstown needed a mayor. Friendly was elected without fail but resigned in the early summer. The reason for this has been lost to time.
 In 194 he was once again elected mayor and kept his position until 195. Sadly his lover passed away during this time.
 After this not much has been recorded. Friendly moved out of the noble's quarter and spent his time perfecting his stonecrafts and his engravings. He even dabbled in brewing. It was a splendid time to hang around children, it was just a shame that he wasn't blessed with any. Nevertheless the fortress was flourishing and many families were born. Friendly made the acquaintance of MANY children and immigrants alike. Even the nobility liked him.

 Disaster struck in the great tantrum spiral of 198. After watching the most horrible deeds, as mothers killed children and children killed mothers friendly was lost to melancholy. He drowned himself that year and many of his friends followed his example.

[Eviltyphoon]

'Eviltyphoon' Zanegnikot
Job: Miner
Died: somewhere in the year 15
Cause: He channeled out the wrong tile, causing a cavein...

[Gergination]

'Gerg' Kolegeb (Wheelbulbs)
Job:  Miner, Weapon/Armor Smith, Glassmaker, Cook, Metal Crafter, Trader, Engraver (Legendary in all)
Died:  Never has, anything that gets near him would probably be torn to shreds from ludicrous stats

He's pretty friendly with everyone in the fortress but he likes to spend time alone.  He's one of the hardest workers I have and is almost constantly busy in a fortress of 393 dwarves.  He has 7 children, 5 of which are adults.  Nothing particularly interesting ever happened to him.

[NW_Kohaku]

I don't have one I named after myself, but I do have a dwarf that I share a fairly large amount of empathy with...

When I was starting my fort, at embark, I was looking through my dwarves' personalities, and found a good candidate for a leader - she was never discouraged, made friends quickly, easily moved to pity, often cheerful... but she also had "dislikes intellectual discussion".  As such, I named her "Sunny", and gave her a few ranks in pacifier and consoler. (Primary profession as carpenter, secondary as brewer, although she dropped that when I got migrants.)

To compensate for a lack of thinking, however, I got another dwarf, one who had "takes time in making decisions," "open-minded to new ideas," and "Candid and sincere in dealings with others" as traits, and gave her my appraisal ranks. (Primary profession cook, also odd-jobs until migrants.) 

I kind of like the notion of having a leadership duo with a charismatic "face" who manages to motivate and negotiate, and then a dour manager who does the actual planning and work.  Since she was taking this psuedo-support role, I named the second dwarf "Luna" for completeness.

It kind of helps that Luna is not just record keeping and trading and price setting, and was my first legendary, but is also pretty much running the show in terms of fortress value, as her legendary cooking skill makes her capable of pretty much sneezing on a quarry bush and making it worth more than most artifacts.  (I just keep notions that she's "staying in the kitchen" aside...)

I prefer to picture her as doing the actual planning of fortress design, while Sunny runs around hugging cats or demanding more goblets and fine pewter or meeting with dwarves who are unhappy that they are bankrupted by housing prices caused by all my beds being high-quality.

Oddly, when enough unhappy dwarves got together, even though Sunny had successfully dealt with all the complaints, and even did a "carpenter's union" mandate, they actually did elect a new mayor... Luna!  Now Luna's finally being seen for all her hard work, even if she may not exactly enjoy the additional responsibilities...  (I was just working on giving Luna nicer quarters, as well, but now Sunny and Luna are switching rooms, since my mayor's housing is pretty nice.)

edit: Oh, Luna's last name is "Thathilstukos", or "Autumnrazor".  Sunny's, if anyone cares, is Kubukribar = Lancehomage.

[Karnewarrior]

So far I haven't been very exiteing, but I am the woodcutter, so...

[Biag]

Name: "Noah" Somethingorother
Died: Not Yet

I picked "Play Now!" because I like the setup it gives, and the leader happened to be the woodcutter. So I named the woodcutter after myself and told him to chop some trees.

This fortress has an especially-infested volcano and a saltwater aquifer. The first important thing my alter ego did was tear apart a black bear. I have high hopes for the future!

[Deimos56]

"Dave" SomethingSomething
Would-be mayor, Woodcutter
Got a strange mood for silk. Promptly jumped in a well the next season.

[MelloHero]

I love how just after I disappear from the forum for a while, I come back to find it full of brilliant new threads like this (I wonder if correlation equals causation...)! My next immigrant wave will have my own personal avatar in it, "Jesse" McDwarf. Unless I try to translate the name for extra fun and profit. We shall see what happens.

[Wh1tefang12]

I have a new mayor, and after a minute of being mayor he mandated 2 crystal glass items, he was promptly named Sir Stupid von Moron with the profession of Village idiot, I expect a fabulous death involving a pit, elves, and a giant eagle, and a pyramid.
MEGA PROJECT!!!!
1. Make Pyramid
2. Get Eagle and Elf
3. Put Eagle, Elf, and Village idiot in hole
4.
5. PROFIT!!!!!

[Kavalion]

I embarked in an evil forest...

"Kav" the Werewolf Slayer.
Wielding a sword forged from silver.
Werewolf bone greaves, gauntlets, and helmet.
Steel chainmail, shield, high boots.
Slayer of a fair twenty or so werewolves and becoming a skilled swordsdwarf without sparring.
Felled by a goblin bowman ambush while out hunting yet another werewolf that had wandered onto the site.
He was laid to rest in a silver sarcophagus placed inside a tomb of Glumprong wooden blocks built above ground next to the brook.  His sword was placed inside the tomb and forbidden.  Several werewolf skull totems were also arranged inside and forbidden.  A silver statue was made in his honor and placed in the dining hall.

P.S.  I really wanted werewolf leather but couldn't make it!

[Doomshifter]

All dwarves named after me have been in succession games.

Boltsnarrow - Doom Fortressflare, mechanic. Crushed by drawbridge, became a ghost.

Mightygrips - Doom, legendary stone crafter. Fell in magma after a building incident knocked a bunch of useless peasants (and me, who happened to be nearby at the time) into the pipe.

[Aspgren]

a "carpenter's union" mandate,

what's that?

[XSI]

I used to always name the expidition leader after myself, and once upon a time I got bored, handed the multi-legendary stockkeeper/architect/manager/mayor/socialising/masonry/planting dwarf an adamantine axe, and matching plate armour.

Then I send him to go kill as many thing as possible, all other military temporarily disabled so he wont spar. I've got him about halfway to legendary by just killing things before I got bored.(And like all bored forts, it got flooded with magma, which he somehow survived to not only run outside while on fire, but also to get close to a river with carp and get pulled in, extinguishing him and making him the only survivor of the fort.

Then I abandonned, and went to talk to him with an adventurer.

Apparently, it was a 'she' all along. Minor detail I missed while making the entire fort based on the likes/dislikes from the thoughts screen.

Oops.


This was different from the many other times I named a dwarf after myself(Leader, always), which nearly always meant my dwarf would not survive the first year, or if he gets lucky, the first 2 years.