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[KenboCalrissian]

I have the opposite problem.  My population went from 115 to 8 in a very short time after I found hidden fun.  Lots of stuff was destroyed.  Nobles died horribly.

I then got a wave of 8 and a wave of 20 dorfs.  Most of whom were eaten by the titan that arrived at the same time.

Then there was my previous fort, where one dorf walled himself off from the world and every immigrant was drafted and stationed by the magma next to the rampaging goblin ambushers.  Each year, about 15 to 20 dorfs arrived, despite the danger.

Did those waves come with Nobles?  When the dwarven caravan arrives and finds you missing a noble, they send you a new one.  Most users (myself included) report that the new wave will come the next spring following your last dwarven caravan. 

The nobles bring along workers in their wave, so if you're desperate for some migrants, sacrificing your baron might be a good gamble (might be, because you don't always get workers.  I recall the straw that broke Boatmurdered's back was a full wave of nothing but nobles, and only one dwarf available to keep up with demands AND defend the fortress from rampaging elephants).  Just be sure to kill the consort, too, because a new baron will always bring a new consort, meaning extra demands.

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Did those waves come with Nobles?  When the dwarven caravan arrives and finds you missing a noble, they send you a new one.

Ah, right, that will be what happened.  I got a replacement Hammerer and Tax Collector, I think.  How nice of them to bring so many cheesemakers with them.