You've got to hire them. Don't even care if wood-burners are literally only useful once. o3o
I did, though I dunno how to control that bit ^^;; Best way to get petitions I know is just to wait and pray, while having my mayor accessible and unchanging.
Now, I looked into legends, and it turned out they learned how to burn wood when working for Seduction of Bases, staying in a dark pit
founded in desert.
Another woodburner elf who petitioned to join had exact same career path, though they
were born in retreat and hated independence, freedom and quest for knowledge. Not surprisingly, both ended up Adequate wood burners...
Though a different goblin who showed up claimed to be great at burning wood, while not having any job experience on their CV. It's a freaking desert, there aren't enough Saguaros for an university of woodburners! And lets not mention the nightwings nomming on woodcutters (it's an evil desert - now normally, I'd say every desert is evil to elves, but these elves ain't terrified of anything) cutting town the lone few saguaros.
I don't think I'll keep the save long term, let alone the fort, but this is nonetheless weirdly entertaining.
Interesting. All my guests are bards, peots, mercenaries and various kinds of purple professions. Though they do have different skills, but I have yet to see one with other profession titles.
They're usually purple too for me (sans mercs, who never are). Athafi
should be purple as well, since they're competent piker and adept poet, but
c'est la vie