0011875: Forgotten Beast that created a false identity that became it's own unique entity in legends and world gen

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0011875	Dwarf Fortress	Legends Mode -- Historical Figures	public	2022-06-12 19:04	2026-03-04 08:07

Reporter	maloy	Assigned To
Priority	low	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	Windows
Product Version	0.47.05

Summary	0011875: Forgotten Beast that created a false identity that became it's own unique entity in legends and world gen
Description	Here is the save: https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15963 Gedor Echoprofaned became Arane Earthenringed. Both share the false identity of Vabok Anvilromance They are all the same person although legends separates Gedor and Arane. To the extent that Arane developed unique world gen events as an elf including marriage. The forgotten beast essentially behaves as a regular villain in world gen. He managed to trick Legends Mode into thinking his false identity was a real one
Steps To Reproduce	Look up Gedor Echoprofaned and Arane Earthenringed. They appear as separate, but are not as they share some of the exact same events at the same time and the same false identity used to accomplish these events
Additional Information	Here is a thread where the specifics are noted with pictures using Legends Viewer and the default Legends Mode https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/vajv98/this_forgotten_beast_would_appear_as_an_elf_over/
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Huntthetroll 2026-03-04 08:02 reporter ~0043191 Last edited: 2026-03-04 08:07	More generally, once world generation ends and the world is "activated," all new cover identities no longer respect the species of the historical figures that adopt them. From a random site in my world, the human-occupied fortress of Basementtrailed: (before world activation) In the early autumn of 249, the goblin Osta Sadmenaces, as "the goblin the mercenaries Tul Skinbored of The Granite Nation", formed a false friendship with the goblin Asno Everhates, as "the goblin the monk Ejas Limeblot of The Cerulean Fellowship", in order to extract information in Basementtrailed. In the early winter of 249, the goblin Stozu Mileterrors, as "the goblin the monster slayer Pabat Glowedburial of The Granite Nation", formed a false friendship with the dwarf Ral Tomescrystals in order to extract information in Basementtrailed. (after world activation) In the midspring of 250, the goblin Ote Sloppedshelter, as "the dwarf the monk Lipi Appearcaves of The White Creed", formed a false friendship with the human Kád Crewscale in order to extract information in Basementtrailed. In the midspring of 250, the human Cusith Dentedbite, as "the dwarf the mercenaries Oqui Drooptail of The Granite Nation", formed a false friendship with the goblin Snodub Handlespiders in order to extract information in Basementtrailed. To my knowledge, this bug has existed since identities were introduced.

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Date Modified	Username	Field
2022-06-12 19:04	maloy	New Issue
2026-03-04 08:02	Huntthetroll	Note Added: 0043191
2026-03-04 08:02	Huntthetroll	Note Edited: 0043191
2026-03-04 08:05	Huntthetroll	Note Edited: 0043191
2026-03-04 08:07	Huntthetroll	Note Edited: 0043191