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So, an unexpected zombie biome resulted in my starting 7 being reduced to two, who managed to wall themselves in, one had a tantrum, killed the other - went insane.

Thankfully, migrants have shown up before she died - the fort has prospered, albeit avoiding the surface world - but there's a minor problem.

It's been years and no one has elected a new Mayor, which means I can't assign anyone to any positions (no military, no record keeping / assigning tasks).

Is there any way to "force" an election / Mayor, be it ingame or via file editing, or will one turn up eventually? If this continues then it may end up being better to just reclaim the place, which would be a shame.

One of my dwarves seems to have claimed over 500 items of prepared food, he spends most of his idle time (military dwarf) hauling good food to his bedroom and letting it rot. He has no preferences for the food or it's ingredients or any other reason I can find to cause such behavior.

Is there any way to prevent this / is it a known issue (I've checked the bugtracker but didn't notice it up there)?

Undead seem completely unkillable, after restarting a fort multiple times, each time increasing the military I have on hand due to skeletal wildlife, I've reached the 5th reclamation - traps helped stay alive long enough to train up a military of 5.

Currently, one skeletal goat is holding off the entire military + 7 drafted in dwarves. Another Goat is submerged in 7/7 lava and has been for over 25mins. They take damage but never die, I've managed to knock a goats horns and hooves off and a marmotes teeth out, the rest of the body turns red / yellow but won't stop functioning.

Prevous attempts have had skeletal animals remain in combat long enough for the dwarves fighting them to die of starvation / dehydration.