So I recently got into Dwarf Fortress. I am only on my second fortresses (my first one died of dehydration as soon as winter came and all the water froze) and my poor dwarfs were recently attacked by a werpanther and I lost 6 dwarfs before the monster was killed. I figured that the dwarf that killed the beast died in the fight (there was blood everywhere) and started preparing an honorable burial for him (bejeweled coffin anyone?) but I found out that the one who did it survived the fight. I obviously can't put him in that coffin now. So what can I do to honor him?
P.S. He has absolutely no leadership skills. I think he is either a lumberjack or a hunter.
Best Answer
You can give him a fancy tomb, even if he isn't dead. Create a room, put a fancy coffin in it, and select the coffin to make it a tomb (similar to how you make a bedroom out of a bed). It will give him happy thoughts to know that he will be remembered well. (Certain nobles insist on having tombs made for them while they are still alive)
Also, as @StarPilot and @Studoku said, give him well-decorated fancy rooms, and have them engraved (you will likely end up with at least one picture of a cringing were-panther being struck down by the laughing owner of the room). And a noble title just for good measure (and to prevent other nobles from getting jealous of his nice things). Most of the titles are honorary anyway (Do NOT make him hammer-dwarf or captain of the gaurd!! You NEVER want a strong fighter in either of those positions, unless you are fond of tantrum-spirals)
But a word of warning: