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The dwarves of Tempesthome are building a golden ziggurat containing an obsidian cube over a lava vent in the deepest caverns. (They would have built it over the volcano they embarked upon, but it doesn’t vent out in the embark zone's skybox). Except the cavern's ceilings are too low, so they're excavating out the roof. Who would have thought that pyramid construction would be so awkward?

I think my current fort may have the liaison bug. Liaison shows up with the caravan, heads straight to the bar and stays there until the caravan departs. No attempts to meet with my mayor, no making requests of the capital (and I could really use a few bins of leather), nothing.

I suspect it may have developed from the death of an ex-pat baron when a caravan was in port, causing the liaison to leave in a huff. Since then, he won’t talk to my mayor and it doesn’t look like I’m getting a baron of my own (and I’ve a perfect candidate! They like rutherer bone and earrings). I’ve switched the mayor a few times to clear out any hidden queue, reassigned and fancied up their office, removed all they mayor's tasks but no luck.

ETA: in addition, I’m not getting any petitions either - there's nearly 100 visitors on my recreation level, most of which have been there for 3-4 years, and nada.

First time I've seen a Fell Mood come up - and of course, out of a choice of visiting poet, legendary brewer and irritating noble, the well-loved and popular brewer gets the chop. And what does the miscreant create? An earring called Rithogedir 'the stinky dungeons'. You don't need a whole dwarf for an earring, could have just lopped of a leg or something.

Otherwise, Brasschapel is proving a remarkably rich and prosperous fort. We've more iron than we know what to do with, literal tons of gold and silver, four candy spires poking through into the third cavern, a volcano for power and a stream for water needs. Can't find flux so it looks like we're skipping steel tech, and both the queen and duchess have a fondness for axes and shields, so the military is absurdly well supplied. Now prepping to say hi to the local circus.

ETA: is there a bug where everyone starts to 'feel vengeful when joining an existing conflict', or are by dwarves getting in a fighting mood over something I'm missing? Because barring the wasteful earring I mentioned above, it's been revoltingly peaceful for overabout a year now - I've not even needed to butcher any animals in at least a season. Even dwarves burrowed deep in the fortress and free from the threat of being stung by a bee are feeling vengeful, when tbh, they should be bored/annoyed at their boring lives.

Metals/wood/resources not available in my embark, fancier gems, exotic foods and seeds, drinks for variety and to build up my stockpile, bins of leather and cloth mefore my weaving industry is up and running, interesting animals (elves bringing me giant lions, tigers and grizzly bears are always welcome) books and scrolls, interesting instruments....

I don't really bother with weapons or amour - the quality is usually poor compared with stuff I can turn out. I generally sell prepared meals, low-grade crafts and furniture, and maybe worn-out clothes

I usually build all three early on - just a basic space is enough to start out with, and once I'm properly established, improving them is easy enough. Libraries first, because I like libraries, and fancy tavern infrastructure is more complex.

Temples get outfitted with whatever religious statues the craftdwarves inspiration falls on, but I tend to just go for an interfaith prayer space, rather than individual temples unless I've a sizeable majority worshipping one particular god - no setting up individual shrines for that one god that one dwarf is kinda fond of.
Libraries are fully stocked with sufficient desks and a couple of coffers of scrolls/quires for them to scribble on. I usually set a scholar and a scribe - someone with strong scholar or writing skills but no other useful skills, maybe a medic as well if there's one looking underemployed between bouts of !!Fun!!  since that'll usually kick the writing process up a gear.

The tavern/dining room extravaganza with dance floor, mist generator and extensive statuary for that 'ate in a legendary dining room' experience takes a while to develop, but it's fun to put together. I've been tending toward two taverns - a fancy one just for citizens, and a more basic one that allows visitors (who can't hold their liquor) in order to reduce the impact of their fights on my dwarves. Anyone who wants to petition for citizenship has to serve their time listening to poetry in the Slug 'N Spoons.

I've tended to figure (on no evidence) that a fancier experience will fill up their socialising bar faster, and if I've a lot of dwarves socialising rather than working, that's fertile ground for the pressgang.

@fleetingframes - He was a glassmaker, but wasn't asking for glass. I didn't seem to be missing anything - other stuff was bars of metal, stack of cloth and cut gems - all available in abundance. He just grabbed the workshop and wouldn't gather anything

Ímimi Chancemother, an Elven poet has joined Silverdiamond. She personally would have nature and the great outdoors burned to ashes and converted to a great mining pit.

Might be Saruman, but we like her. She can stay. The charcoal makers could use another hand, and I've just finished a lovely wing of smoothed obsidian apartments.

ETA: she just punched a forgotten beast to death.