I checked legends mode for the fort I just started, and as far as I can tell the Dwarves are pulled out of thin air. Which is somewhat annoying, but at the same time I guess it gives you more artistic liberty.
You've always been able to see their age in fortress mode, which is an indicator that the game stored birthdates
somewhere.
I wonder, if your fort is utterly destroyed by an invasion that leaves many dwarves unburied, and you then reclaim or visit it in adventure mode, whether the next visitors to the site will be haunted by unnamed ghosts.
I just reclaimed an old fortress that crumbled into ruins. Its old inhabitants are ghosts now, they don't seem to haunt anyone, though. They just kinda hang around in the front yard.
Edit: Oh, wait, they do haunt. Time to make rock slabs I guess.
Neat! Were they there as soon as you embarked?
... Will they show up in adventure mode(!)?
Ok this maybe i dumb question but aretheredifferences for good/evil biomes? Also if a dragon reghosts will it have its breath weapon?
edit: Has somebody tried a cage-trap?
edit2: And what happens to them if you visit a dead fort in adv mode?
- I've only tested in evil biome.
- Has anyone actually seen creatures (like dragons) spawning as ghosts? Or do they only show up as engravable, for no particular reason?
- Also, ghost AI is clearly specially written, and ghosts don't make attacks as such, so I doubt a dragon would have its breath weapon.