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Beengus was a Kobold.  In 753, carrying only a dagger, Beengus tried to sneak past 10 of my steel-armed-and-armored guardsdwarves and was killed instantly. 

I liked the name Beengus and looked her up in Legends only to find out she was effectively nobody.  A non-kobold.  A nothing.  A blank space in history.

Beengus was born in 683.  She was of unknown parentage.  An orphan.  She lived an event-less life.  In the summer of 752, Beengus decided to become a thief, operating in the wilds.   She had nothing and did nothing to add to history.  Except die ignominiously to a dwarf who outmatched her 100x. 

Yet she tried.  For that, I made a monument: about the best I could do:



"This is a masterful platinum statue of Beengus created by Inod Kekimlikot.  The item is a rendition of The Arena of Flickering, an image of Beengus the kobold and a sock.  Beengus is embracing the sock.  Beengus is laughing.  The image was commissioned by The Pulley of Passion, a local dwarven government."

Rest in Peace you little nobody.  Somebody remembers you now.

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Stupid little sprites making me feel things...

Within minutes of my first fort, a dorf fell out of a tree and went "Splat" on the ground into several pieces.  I have no idea what he thought he was doing climbing trees in the first place.   The expedition leader got angry and punched my metalsmith in the head until he died of brain injuries, but not before he bit the leader's ear off and broke one of his fingers.  That pissed off someone else who broke my farmer's arm.  A tantrum spiral seemed imminent, but somehow everyone was happy just throwing things until a couple of migrants showed up and got to work.   Two dead, two injured (one permanently in bed until I get a Dr. to examine and fix his broken arm) within five minutes of my first 40.01 game.  Best. Update. Ever.

One word:

OUCH

This is an echidna.  Even though I think they are cute as the dickens, I would not grab it over and over.

Those 1117 "Other" kills are historical kills from before he migrated to my fortress.  He's not a vampire, he's just killed a whole hell of a lot of goblins. 

I'm digging through Legends mode right now trying to figure out how he's got such a kill list, but all I can see is that he fought an alligator, then migrated to my fortress.  I'm not that familiar with Legends mode, but I'll keep looking.

I can upload the save somewhere if someone thinks they might be able to dig out more information on this guy.  I'd personally love to see the history of how he managed to slaughter over 1000 goblins. 

"WATCH OUT IT'S LARGER THAN AVERAGE FOR A MOUSE"

It's white and looks longer than your average cloak or cape....

"Them's some pretty nice nails you got there.  They'd make a nifty crown.  I want 'em."

"RAWWRRRRRRR!"

*The hydra bites at Catten, but the blow is deflected!
*Catten is unimpressed
*Catten bitch-slaps the hydra in the fourth head, crushing the skull and driving it into the brain!
*The hydra has been killed

"Like I said...  Gimme."

*Catten walks away whistling with a pocket full of hydra toenails to make into a crown at the nearest village

Honestly, if your mayor was not the vamp, the one who replaced him probably will be.  Almost invariably vamps have the highest social skills and almost always wind up being the mayor.  Check the mayor's successor for pointy teeth.  (And things like being former member of dozens of previous civs.) 

Might as well kill them anyway, even if they aren't the vamp, who needs mayors.

I was going to say something to the effect of "I have an elegant proof but there is not enough room in this message box to write it" but Kidiri went and actually wrote it all out anyway...

So instead I'm just gonna go relax.