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0004316Dwarf FortressLegends Mode -- Historical Figurespublic2011-03-24 10:262011-03-30 18:44
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Summary0004316: Historical figures "never married" if they (or their spouse) became the spouse of a night creature
DescriptionWhile examining the list of kings for some Dwarven civilizations, I noticed that several were listed as "never married" even though they had one or more children. In some instances, there were living adult children who did not inherit when a king died. In Legends mode it could be seen in the former case that the spouse of the king had at some point become the spouse of a night creature. This caused the king to become "never married". In the latter case, the king became the spouse of a night creature and the living, disinherited children listed were also night creatures.

This may be related to 0003563 and 0003091.
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related to 0003952new  Historical figures will only be named if they ascend to a position of power and associated woes 
related to 0003563new  When entity members become night creatures, their title changes retroactively in art etc. 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2011-03-24 10:26slinkNew Issue
2011-03-24 11:38FootkerchiefNote Added: 0016519
2011-03-24 14:03RossMNote Added: 0016520
2011-03-24 14:12FootkerchiefSummaryCivilization Leader List Made Strange Someone Becoming Night Creature Spouse => Historical figures "never married" if they or their spouse got abducted by a night creature
2011-03-24 14:12FootkerchiefSummaryHistorical figures "never married" if they or their spouse got abducted by a night creature => Historical figures "never married" if they (or their spouse) became the spouse of a night creature
2011-03-24 15:08RossMNote Added: 0016524
2011-03-24 16:57FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003952
2011-03-25 17:04slinkNote Added: 0016604
2011-03-25 17:05slinkNote Edited: 0016604bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0016604#r6179
2011-03-25 17:07FootkerchiefDescription Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=6181#r6181
2011-03-25 17:07FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003563
2011-03-25 17:07FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003091
2011-03-26 13:26KumquatNote Added: 0016643
2011-03-27 05:45Knight OtuNote Added: 0016660
2011-03-30 14:21KumquatNote Added: 0016815
2011-03-30 14:30Knight OtuNote Added: 0016817
2011-03-30 15:17KumquatNote Added: 0016822
2011-03-30 18:44Granite26Note Added: 0016824
2013-03-04 02:53DwarfuRelationship deletedrelated to 0003091

Notes
(0016519)
Footkerchief   
2011-03-24 11:38   
I think I understand the report, but I can't parse the summary -- what was it meant to be?
(0016520)
RossM   
2011-03-24 14:03   
Notable persons becoming night creature spouses causes weirdness in civilization leader list?
(0016524)
RossM   
2011-03-24 15:08   
This appears to be related to 0003952
(0016604)
slink   
2011-03-25 17:04   
(edited on: 2011-03-25 17:05)
It's more related to the other two that I mentioned, in that it seems to be a side-effect of someone turning into a night creature spouse and retroactively changing past events or relationships.

Also, when the king itself becomes a night creature spouse, the resulting night creature children show up as royal offspring.

Sorry that it wasn't very coherent.
(0016643)
Kumquat   
2011-03-26 13:26   
Furthermore, civilizations whose king became night creature spouse never get a new king (unless, possibly, someone or something manages to kill the beast).
(0016660)
Knight Otu   
2011-03-27 05:45   
Do you have a save where that happened, Kumquat? In every case I've seen, the "nightified" ruler was replaced at the beginning of the next year.
(0016815)
Kumquat   
2011-03-30 14:21   
Oops, my bad. The civilization event log actually indicates that the king was a night creature spouse right from the beginning...

"In 1, the twisted hag spouse Tun Justicebooks the Tenebrous Murky Skull became the king of The Violent Oar."

In fortress mode, "this civilization has no important leaders."

I guess I'll have to keep playing and find out what happens when the fort becomes capital...
(0016817)
Knight Otu   
2011-03-30 14:30   
Well, no, he wasn't a night creature from the beginning, see bug 0003563. He started as a dwarf, then later was turned into a night creature. If your civilization has no important leaders, then it ceased to exist at some point for some reason. I think you should be able to export the region world history file from Dwarf mode with the Export Local Image option, so you could check where the line of kings ended for your civilization.
(0016822)
Kumquat   
2011-03-30 15:17   
Oh, indeed, I forgot about that.

Let's see. This merits closer investigation.

Oh dear, every historical figure has starved to death. This probably means everyone else as well. Every king and queen after the one that got dwarfnapped survived about one year and then starved, last one at 11. This means the merchants just pop up from thick air every year and the outpost liaison is just a dirty condwarf and the vagrants are just exiles from other dwarf civilizations.
(0016824)
Granite26   
2011-03-30 18:44   
I imagine there are some intentional holes for Dracula to drive through.