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Ebonblade7

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Narcissistic Dwarves
« on: October 23, 2013, 02:24:36 pm »
I was having my dwarves engrave the walls and mint coins to document the history of the fort. The outpost liason (now one of my engraves and metalsmiths) kept carving images of herself becoming outpost liason. Is there a higher chance for dwarves to depict themselves in their work?
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imperium3

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Re: Narcissistic Dwarves
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2013, 02:46:17 pm »
It does seem to happen sometimes, I think it might have something to do with their personality traits. They also seem to develop a few favourite subjects - usually things or other dwarves that they like. For example I once had a legendary metalsmith who was producing gold statues to adorn the fortress, and at least 25% must have been of themselves...

The flipside can also happen though. There's a long history of engravers drawing dwarves they dislike being frightened by vermin.
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