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[MrAnderson]

so i have this fort, at war with goblins. nothing special so far
after some sieges, they arrived with their leader, a demon twisted into humanoid form. still nothing special
ofc i tried to kill him, but no luck, as he fled the map after some of his gobbos were massacred by my marksdwarfs. now, my problem: he neither is in the deceased list, nor listed as leader of the goblins, aka "this land has no important leaders". did he vanish just like diplomats do? any chance i get another try to kill him?

[Sphalerite]

This is a bug.  When any named civilization member leaves the map, they lose their position in their civilization and vanish.  You will never see him again.  This is the same bug that causes diplomats and liaisons to be replaced every year.

[Girlinhat]

Known to happen.  Any named creature that leaves a map ceases to exist.

Previously (so I've heard) there was a bug with diplomats.  Your diplomat would die on the map, and you would never get another one.  To rectify this, the diplomat always dies, and is always re-chosen.  It's a very stop-gap measure.

[TomIrony]

Contextually, it makes sense. Said creatures were too ashamed from their cowardice to return home.

Doesn't explain why the liaisons disappear, though...

[MrAnderson]

too bad, i knew of the diplomats/liasons bug, but not that it affected all named creatures.
i had a demon human diplomat on the map aswell, but couldn't finish my spear-traps fast enough
and for the demon leader... well, i'm very disappointed, just letting his servants die and then vanish...

[Girlinhat]

Similar reasons.  They were too traumatized to go home.  The only thing that kept their feet moving off the map was the overwhelming fear "If I die here, it will not be the end."  They came to discuss trade, and they keep their voice steady and calm, for fear of giving any hint of fear to dwarves who systematically built a baby death trap in the dining hall.  They walked past the impaled migrants and the dogs locked in cramped watchtowers, and into the bloodstained mayor's room to discuss the sale of 50 elf bone crafts in exchange for 20 barrels of yak brain.  They leave, quickly, very quickly, and fall to the ground in shock at what they have seen.  The last thoughts running through their minds are the requests, and they scream to the heavens and echo in the caves, "20 YAK BRAIN BARRELS!" before the weight of their traumatic sights crush their sanity, and they fall silent in the fields, rotting and withering until hunger takes them.  It is only these last screams of terror that alert the mountainhome to the trade agreement, and prepare the next liaison for the terror to come.

[peskyninja]

Girlinhat,you're awsome!

[Quietust]

Simple answer: this is bug #2892.

[TomIrony]

A dwarf scribe sits in his office in the mountainhomes, going through a stack of trade orders when his attention is suddenly drawn to the window as a distant cry echoes off in the distance, punctuated by the the scattering flight of crows.

He turns to his secretary and, without ceremony, says: "Congratulations. You're the new liaison."