Only 4 Dwarves remain. Several died after the fight with Rifi, most likely due to his poisonous vapors. I can't risk anything getting into the fort, so I'm going to throw it into lockdown until migrants show up.
Honestly though, it is kind of depressing. These 4 dwarves just wander through the fort endlessly, carefully stepping over the corpses that litter the roads. Blindly following orders, as if trying to ignore the inevitable fact that they will soon suffer the same fate as their friends. And there isn't a damn thing I can do about it. All I can do is watch them work, knowing that anything could send the fort into chaos.
That's why I decided to do something drastic. I ordered all of the Dwarves, aside from one hauler, to join the militia. I will work them to the bone, equip them in the finest armor, and make sure that they stop at nothing to protect Townbrush. They will become the finest soldiers my fort as ever seen, or die in the process. They have no skills. No talent. No hope. But that's not going to stop me from trying.
I have come to far to give up now.
EDIT: So immediately after typing all of this, my hauler randomly bled to death.
Fuck you game. Fuck you.
EDIT 2: Oh god another one. There's only 2 left. This has to be because of the Forgotten Beast. But there isn't anything I can do about this. I'm about to lose the fort to an enemy I can't even fight.