How fun! You're doing a good job cleaning things up. It does take forever though.
Hey, here's a mini-series, one about the corrupt bureaucrat:
Misko sat in his temporary office, and plotted. The new overseer had performed to his expectations. True, he had halved the number of remaining dwarves in the fort, but it was to be expected in a conscripted individual.
He was upset by the dwarves abandonment of him, the hero who brought them through the undead attack, and designed the system which saved them from the worst of the aquatic onslaught, and yet he had no recogntion. True, he had not killed any goblins, but he had a huge part in preventing their advance on the entrance, as well as injuring mounts in the fort. The recognition of brodich and dumat especially hurt. True, he begruded them no glory, but he was angered by how his role as the mastermind and the archer didn't net him the same glory as the lunatics who charged them with whatever was at hand and won. Well, I'll get a tomb worthy of a war-hero anyway.
In anycase, the time for glory was over, and the time for rebuilding was now. The Fort stood in shambles, and he knew his limited aristocratic power was tied to the fate of this fort. Without any working power, He wasn't able to tell the overseer to isolate tantrumers, and what little he could suggest with the door mandate only got him angry looks. Huh, Well, such is the life of a baron, he thought.
The rise of Brodich as a hero of the fort bothered him, but He was sure with time, He would return to being a simple miner, leaving his war career, and his fame, behind. Dumat was more worrisome, but a strong soldier can be just that, a soldier. He was confidant he could keep him placated. The death of scientist was sad, and the appointment of more nobles loyal to others was a problem. Perhaps he could reel them in to his web with offers of gifts. He had never been so happy about his reconciliation with gulf. He was the most positive about how drunkencaveorge pulled through, and He'll make sure DCO knows why he was attacked. Due to, poor leadership. While Dumat was busy getting his rewards, he neglected to help him.
Yes, Misko thought. He would play off diferences between the nobles to keep them fighting, and to further elevate his position. But not yet. For now, he'll wait, ad reconstruction is aided by cooperation. Yes, he'll wait, for now...