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[MrCompassionate]

Forgive me if what I am about to say is commonplace but I don't use these forums much.

So I chose one of the founding seven as my Baron for his valor against a Minotaur, which turned out to be smart because he went on to save us from a 730 year old dragon while armed with nothing but a copper pick and a leather buckler.
Anyway
A season after the Dragon a message pops up telling me somebody has inherited the iitle of Baron. Fearing the worst I unpause to see if the existing Baron is dead only to be interrupted by another message about an entirely different dwarf inheriting a Barony. Long story short? I have three Barons, none of whom are related and each of them owns a seperate Fort and they ALL want their own expensive rooms and nicknacks.

So what happened here? How did my fort become a Baron Wasteland? Was there some mass slaughter elsewhere and we just now met somebody Baron the bad news? I haven't updated to the latest version yet so maybe it was a goblin raid?

[Col_Jessep]

History keeps happening while you are playing since DF2014. Wars can be declared on you, enemies can conquer fortresses of your civilization and you have the honor to house the surviving nobles in your fort.

I recommend very small rooms with very heavy doors at the end of a looong corridor. Show them to their new rooms, lock the doors and melt the keys. ;P

[Aslandus]

Better, build them some lovely masterwork steel spike traps in their 1x1 room, and have the spikes popping up and down to ensure they can properly appreciate the dwarven craftsmanship that went into them. Ideally, have it activated by a repeating lever pulled by a dwarf whom they ordered jailed for violation of production orders.

Bonus points: have windows into the rooms of your other nobles so they can witness how much their friend appreciates dwarven engineering

[PillarsOfSalt]

So what happened here? How did my fort become a Baron Wasteland? Was there some mass slaughter elsewhere and we just now met somebody Baron the bad news? I haven't updated to the latest version yet so maybe it was a goblin raid?

Simply unforgivable.

[Max™]

So what happened here? How did my fort become a Baron Wasteland? Was there some mass slaughter elsewhere and we just now met somebody Baron the bad news? I haven't updated to the latest version yet so maybe it was a goblin raid?

Simply unforgivable.

Agreed.

[utunnels]

I recommend very small rooms with very heavy doors at the end of a looong corridor. Show them to their new rooms, lock the doors and melt the keys. ;P

If one is dead, perhaps another one will just inherit their position?

[MrCompassionate]

History keeps happening while you are playing since DF2014. Wars can be declared on you, enemies can conquer fortresses of your civilization and you have the honor to house the surviving nobles in your fort.

I recommend very small rooms with very heavy doors at the end of a looong corridor. Show them to their new rooms, lock the doors and melt the keys. ;P

Ah ok so it IS a war of some kind that caused this. Maybe next time the Outpost Liason turns up he'll tell me all about it.
Also yeah I was aware of the whole active history thing. It is terrifying.

[Max™]

Could always try grinning and Baron it?

[Aslandus]

Could always try grinning and Baron it?

But it's unBaronble!

[Max™]

Could always try grinning and Baron it?

But it's unBaronble!

*nods*

Our work here is done.

[Thisfox]

I've got four of them, well, two baronesses, with their "baron consorts" and two barons, with their "baroness consorts". It happened after I managed to get under nine layers of aquifer, so I just dug them their excellent bedrooms, mausoleums, offices and dining rooms and left them to do what they do, which generally is mandate things. I was amused by the fact that there's only one champion, and eight examples of nobility. Shouldn't they all have their own Champions?

Anyhow, more recently, all four of them got their duchy. More armour and weapon racks in their offices and so on (they want three of each, for each of them) and I put a whole bunch of statuary in their tombs (Which are covered in bone decorations from my beginner bonecrafter, he's getting better, but he's not there yet...) and one of them has the artifact featherwood bed in their bedroom, another an artifact cabinet in theirs, and a third an artifact armour rack which was a pleasant surprise what with needing so many of the damn things...

I've put the barons and baronesses into the military (with the Champion as their commander heheheh) but frankly, if they do die (Unfortunate accident, or forgotten beast, anything is possible) their descendants are here in the fort: They'll just inherit and the problem will continue. So I've just learned to live with them.

[Col_Jessep]

I recommend very small rooms with very heavy doors at the end of a looong corridor. Show them to their new rooms, lock the doors and melt the keys. ;P

If one is dead, perhaps another one will just inherit their position?

Well, if you want to look into it you can check if they have family in your fort and if they or their potential heirs have item preferences. I'd prefer three barons without item preferences and mandates over one who wants bucklers or amulets. New nobles with stupid item preferences get The Bridge™. 

[jax3639]

So what happened here? How did my fort become a Baron Wasteland? Was there some mass slaughter elsewhere and we just now met somebody Baron the bad news? I haven't updated to the latest version yet so maybe it was a goblin raid?

Simply unforgivable.

The first one was actually a bit clever and made me giggle

the second is deserving of... A HARSH STARE

[Illogical_Blox]

History keeps happening while you are playing since DF2014. Wars can be declared on you, enemies can conquer fortresses of your civilization and you have the honor to house the surviving nobles in your fort.

I recommend very small rooms with very heavy doors at the end of a looong corridor. Show them to their new rooms, lock the doors and melt the keys. ;P

Ah ok so it IS a war of some kind that caused this. Maybe next time the Outpost Liason turns up he'll tell me all about it.
Also yeah I was aware of the whole active history thing. It is terrifying.

It was envitable. 

But, still, why not try and keep them all happy as a challenge? Its FUN.

[MrCompassionate]

History keeps happening while you are playing since DF2014. Wars can be declared on you, enemies can conquer fortresses of your civilization and you have the honor to house the surviving nobles in your fort.

I recommend very small rooms with very heavy doors at the end of a looong corridor. Show them to their new rooms, lock the doors and melt the keys. ;P

Ah ok so it IS a war of some kind that caused this. Maybe next time the Outpost Liason turns up he'll tell me all about it.
Also yeah I was aware of the whole active history thing. It is terrifying.

It was envitable. 

But, still, why not try and keep them all happy as a challenge? Its FUN.

Yeah I shoved them all in the rooms I was going to give the potential queen/king or duchess/duke so they are pretty happy. It's pretty easy to make expensive rooms when you focus on making all furniture encrusted with gems.

We also just finished what we came here for which is a massive bridge spanning over the ocean. It's less an ocean (although it technically is one) more like an enormous lake with a point in the middle where both sides almost meet so I just bridged the gap with a granite bridge that took about 3 years to make and cost us well over a thousand granite blocks, should save people the trouble of trekking miles and miles around to reach our glorious motherland in the northwestern mountains. We started on the side which is a terrifying biome which may not have been the smartest thing I ever did because the weather literally beats the s**t out of you, bruising your whole body upon contact. It's how we beat the Dragon, it was slowed down from it's legs being bruised.