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[Adragis]

I realise this is probably asking a bit much of Dwarf Fortress' generation algorithms, but peasants and such in Adventurer (or perhaps Fortress Mode somehow) being able to remember events they were involved in (for example, a war) and give opinions on same would be (to use slang) pretty wizard. I'm fairly certain they already remember the events, but a more specialised branch of dialogue/form of record taken would add a lot of apparent depth to the world. Nothing much, just perhaps:
Adventurer: Tell me about your history (or something along those lines)
Peasant: In 14 I fought in the War of Biting. I killed 3 during my time on the battlefield. It was terrifying.
Adventurer then can elaborate, i.e: What was the War of Biting?
Peasant: It was a conflict between (army name) and (army name). It was fought due to a dispute over the treatment of plants/I don't know why it happened.
Adventurer: Where was the War of Biting fought?
Peasant: Right around these parts/It was fought on The Plains of Washing/I don't know where it was fought.

Or something like that. If this is the wrong place for this I apologise.

[Witty]

I thought something along these lines already existed to be honest, but I guess things can get confusing in that laundry list of conversation options. I fully support this nonetheless though.

[Adragis]

Asking about profession sometimes makes 'em tell you any kills they've done, not sure on wars.
Either way, this is for a specific dialogue tree: they might not mention war, perhaps their marriage, or the like. Stuff you can use to fill out Legends when history isn't set to be revealed (I love finding things out on those worlds).

[AlexanderTheIncompetant]

 Awesome (I also think this is almost completely implemented) but dialogued versions would be nice in adventure (although it could be already be there, idk since I never play it).