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I would like to join the Stukist party. Death to the usurpers!

Excellent! The attempts to silence the cause by making Nephilim a political prisoner have only inspired more dwarves to join our ranks!

I’m going to request a Dorfing, I haven’t read through the whole game yet.

Glad to have you aboard. Do you think you'll be joining one of the current political parties at this time?

What is the status of Nephilim? Has he recovered yet?

After the fierce debate had ended, every dwarf was given a ballot. Once each ballot had been deposited in the pot in the center of the room, Dan was called to read out the votes and to sort the ballots as she took them them. Taking each ballot one after the other, Dan began to read the votes aloud.

"Fatcat. Nephilim. Abstention. Fatcat. Abstention. Nephilim. Abstention."

Seven out of the eight votes cast had been read out. After setting the seventh vote on the table in the center where all the votes could be scrutinized by any dwarf who wished to do so, she reached her hand into the pot to withdraw the last vote which would break the tie one way or the other. Everyone in the room watched as Dan folded the ballot and ran her eyes across it. Without announcing the contents of the final vote, she placed in on the table, cleared her throat, and began to speak once again.

"The final vote is three for Fatcat and two for Nephilim; three abstaining. Fatcat is the winner."

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As an aside, I want to remind anyone who may happen to be lurking or who stumbles upon this thread that you can always request to be dorfed even if you do not want to actually run in any election and have a turn as overseer. I send ballots to everyone who has a living named dwarf in the game, and the more votes there are the more fun the game is.

Whoever voted for "other," please DM me and let me know who your vote is for.

Nephilim's eyes narrow. "I had expected this sort of slander from Eniteris, but I had hoped that my opponent was above such tactics. It's easy to criticize my leadership in the first year of Goldsilver and to talk up your own record when you didn't have to carve out a living space out of the untouched, virgin mountainside. Need I remind you that it was my fortress design that you built off of when you embarked on your grand project to carve open the side of the mountain? Your term was "term was spent attempting to provide us some sort of protection"? Don't make me laugh. I find myself agreeing with Eniteris here, your project has left the population of Goldsilver exposed to rain and to harassment from aggressive birds. We are all lucky that we have not been subject to any attacks from rocs, or we would have all certainly been killed. Furthermore, the rooms that were constructed during my term as the temporary accommodations of a young colony have been "cramped and dreary, yet neither leader of the S.A.C. saw fit to offer any sort of living arrangements to any dwarf except themselves. It may have escaped some dwarves' notice that the small dormitory had no more beds under your leadership or under Maximum Spin's than it had under mine, despite the fact that you didn't have to brave the caverns in search of wood and didn't have only as many dwarves as you could count on your hands to perform the work. After all that, you have the guts to look me in the eye and denounce my desires to improve the morale of the fortress as "fake"? Disgraceful!

"You want to know what my plans for this fortress are? Very well. With a workforce to mobilize under my command which I did not have access to in 250, I will dig out a much more expansive fortress in the levels beneath the current fortress. The top level was never intended to be a permanent living space, yet it has formed the framework of what little expansion has been done since the first year. We have enough space and resources to dig out rooms for every dwarf, a real tavern to replace the old dining hall, temples for every god, and a real dungeon for rightfully-convicted criminals. The hospital will also be outfitted with a nearby reservoir so that cleaning patients will no longer require a trek to the brook. If Lucky truly rejects the offer to finish the pyramid, then this makes it all the easier to accomplish all of these tasks within one year.

"That is my proposal. I ask you all to carefully consider it and not believe the attempted character assassination against me."

Good job finishing your turn, Eniteris. Hopefully your successor will be able to deal with the stress problem. ELECTION TIME!

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Events of 28th Obsidian, 253
At the end of yet another year in Goldsilver, it is time to vote. The electorate gathers together, this time in the new library that was constructed during Eniteris' reign. This location was decided due to its proximity to the new hospital, of which Nephilim had recently been made a long-term resident. The library, furthermore, already had the tables and paper necessary to facilitate an election, requiring none of the extra set-up of the old guildhall. Once the fortress guard had emptied the library of its inhabitants, the eight dwarves entered. Eniteris, looking quite pale and in need of sleep, marched to the tables and took his seat, followed by Maximum Spin, who seemed to make a point of not taking a seat next to Eniteris. The rest soon followed, with Lucky, who had the practically carry the heavily bandaged Nephilim to the tables, taking her seat last. The only dwarf absent was Yung Boujee, who was still transformed on account of the full moon appearing on the 28th.

Nephilim attempted to rise from his seat to address the electorate. He quickly lost his footing and had to be helped back into his seat once again by Lucky. Accepting that he could not stand in this state, he began his address.

"I intend to stand for election as the candidate for the Stukist Party. If elected I will immediately try Eniteris for treason, high crimes, and misdemeanors."