Why is there is a human in cave on my embark area?
I've just embarked near a mountain, and on checking out my local area (3x3) I've noticed that there is a human in a small cave...
Is this normal? I've never had this before! I've not even unpaused yet, I wonder what will happen? Strike the earth!
He comes up as a "Current Resident". What is that?!
Update: Things have taken a turn for the worse.
Gods be damned, I'm only a week in. We're doomed.
Best Answer
According to the wiki, Current Resident is normally applied to creatures that have killed a humanoid and thus have received a name. There's no mention of this applying to anything other than animals/monsters, so thiis might be a glitch, or a rare exception. On the other hand, there are reports of vampires as current residents, so what you may be looking at is a human vampire or werecreature that you just haven't identified as such... yet. Be careful.
(Edit: I didn't see your update until I was finished answering, so this seems to be confirmed...)
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