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[Snook]

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Er... what? I got a dwarven caravan and... this. A goblin. A goblin diplomat, no less. He's just standing at the edge of the map, not doing anything... I think he's as confused as I am.

e: If I kill it will they send another diplomat? On the up side, he has some REALLY nice clothes, a <<*Iron Crossbow*>>, and several pieces of <<*Random Armor*>> , none of which is small/narrow/whatever.

e2: Well, he finally met with my boss. Standard greeting, and he isn't harming anyone... I've heard of FB diplomats, but never a gobbo diplomat.

Makes me imagine him as something like a slave to the King... Why make a dwarf brave the harsh outside world? Let a goblin do it!

[SenorPiquante]

He's either staying at the edge of the map to gather his courage to walk into a fortress full of dwarves who might not know who he is, or else he's really reluctant to explain for the millionth time that no, he's NOT here to steal the children.

[Snook]

Well either way I've nicknamed him "Gobbo the Fearless, Diplomat of the Dwarven Halls". I'm amused.

[Yocas]

Makes me imagine him as something like a slave to the King... Why make a dwarf brave the harsh outside world? Let a goblin do it!

I was kind of picturing him looking something like this.

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[Josephus]

Makes me imagine him as something like a slave to the King... Why make a dwarf brave the harsh outside world? Let a goblin do it!

Actually, with all that tricked out gear, I'm picturing some kind of prancing dandy of a goblin with "great negotiating skills". And by "great negotiating skills", I mean "a big crossbow".

[Quietust]

Notice that your goblin liaison has a Dwarven name. His parents were probably captured by your Dwarven civilization during a battle and integrated into your society - though he may look like a goblin, he would gladly fight other goblins to defend his fellow Dwarves.

This sort of thing is actually quite common - in a 40d fort, my Dwarven civilization had an Elf for a diplomat and several Goblins for priests (the high priest was also originally a Drunk).

[Josephus]

And lest we forget, there was an Elven king.

This sort of thing isn't without precedent, and besides, DF Dwarves probably hate Elves a lot more than they hate Goblins.

[Snook]

Except it's my first embark in this world.

[Lord Shonus]

There is a huge amount of history generated before you embark, in which civilizations are formed, expand, and sometimes die, where mighty beasts rapage through town and fortress, and armies do battle between civilizations. In worldgen combat, a site or civ can be taken over without everyone dying, so most empires are comprised of multiple races. Elves and goblins, being immortal, often rise to positions of power in civs made up of mortal races.