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So I'm back into Dwarf Fortress after a year-long hiatus. Anyways, I just got my first caravan, and at first for some reason it said the Trade Depot was inaccessible but the caravan got there fine anyways. The caravan stayed there for a normal amount of time, and started heading back. It was just about to leave the map when the merchant randomly went berserk and started attacking the guards, who just killed him and left. The interesting part is that everything from the caravan has been left on the map, and my dwarfs are happily taking everything into their stockpile.

So is that supposed to happen? When the merchant dies through some reason other than me, is everyone supposed to just leave and I get to keep all of the goods? Because that would be pretty great.