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For testing purposes, I'd like to quickly get te monarch arrive at my site.

So far, I used this:
- setting the settings for economic triggers and landholder triggers to the lowest possible
- with df-hack: set the timeskip-duration to about 5 months
- with dfhack and 'force caravan', let the output liaison show up early, to get the site-elevation to barony
- with dfhack and 'force diplomat' twice, get the site elevated to county and then duchy.
So Iam now a metropolis (says in the upper left corner under my fortress' name), and a duchy.

- with dfhack and 'remove-stress -all', I made all the citizens as happy as possible.

This only takes like 5 minutes., but no monarch so far.

Any tips?

The dwarven general, as well as the demon overlord of goblins go off to the "Depths of the world" for their taming-creatures-job, as part of their MILITARY_STRATEGY-responsibility.
Elven princesses, go out to the wilds instead, to tame other kinds of animals, like Grizzly Bears of bobcats. (Crimson Forest)
Human generals also do this. In one instance I found a human general taming polar bears in the "Blizzards of Odor".

What is the distinguishing factor in this behavior? What makes them go to certain places?

How much is a dwarf worth? And the other intelligent species?
If slavery was a thing in Dwarf Fortress, what do you want to pay for it?

Here are some actual numbers for comparison
Dog: 30
Cow: 300
Giant elephant: 500
Gigantic tortoise: 1500
Dragon: 10000

Here's my point of view.
Dwarves and elves: 2000
Humans and Goblins: 1500
Kobolts: 500

Studying some guides and info, I dived in what the royal entourage exactly means. Those are the folks that accompany your monarch when he arrives at your fortress. Besides this, he also brings some warriors, and those are still a mistery to me, but thats another question.
The 'entourage' may consist of consorts, a general, trade liason and as far as I know also barons, counts or dukes. So no special titles here. I guess, and this is what I'd like to discuss with you, is that these 'entourage' is nothing else as the civ-level nobles of your nation. Like every noble that is not bounded to a site. They need a place to live and same as the monarch, they live at the capital of their nation. which is now your fortress.
About the baron, duke and count: I think those guys just lost their occupation, because their lands were conquered by enemies and they just went back to live with the monarch.

But there's also the lieutenant, the diplomat and the captain. They are civ-level nobles too. Have you ever seen those show up as entourage?

Do you think that all civ-level nobles will take residence your fortress, when you become mountainhome?

This seems to be new. It used to be only aplicable for militairy positions. Now, also the messenger has it, but I do understand why: you may need more messengers.

But why should you ever need more ruling nobles?

If a site reaches the metropolis status and has a land_holder of 1,2 or 3, the monarch may arrive. the monarch is the leader of a civ.
but which tokens make him/her the leader of the civ?

Is it the highest PRECEDENCE? I think not, becouse the elven druid has 1 but the queen has 2, and the queen is leader.
Is it LAW_MAKING responsibility and the missing SITE-token? (and also precedence, becouse what if your have more?)

Short question: Were there ever community projects for just smoothing DF up? Polishing the RAW edges, tying loose ends, fill in the gaps?
As we all know, there's a lot of DF that is a bit 'rough' so I though why couldnt we - as a group - help a bit out, just by smoothing up. But if Tarn and Zach are 'not interested in our wishes', it has no point.