Ok, so I've got this young (150year old) world, with 3 major dwarven civs.
I chose blindly and then took a dive in Legends Viewer to have a peek on my civ.
Turns out my civ has had only 2 queens. The first one and the current one, her daughter. The former queen had a husband and 9 children but a bronze colossus attacked the capital and struck her, her husband, 6 of her children and a bunch more of people, destroying the fortress. So, succession doubts.
The current queen inherited the crown, jumping over her older male brother. Maybe I played a bit too much Crusader Kings but, ¿What are the succesion laws in DF? ¿Do they change from civ to civ? ¿Is my civ a matrilineal despotic rule, and female members of the dinasty come before male heirs? ¿Or is it just random and I'm over-reading this?
Also, the queen is married to a super-duper-master weaponsmith female dwarf. So, no children at all. ¿What will happen if the queen dies? ¿Will her brother get the throne, her spouse, or each baron is a candidate? ¿Is there some form of election if the main royal bloodline dies?
Finally. I want to roleplay a revenge fort to hunt for Amak, the Bronze Colossus. ¿What is my best stretegy here? ¿Look for clues as an adventurer and then set up a fort near the latest known location of the Colossus? ¿Just build a super-wealthy place and wait for him to come crash the party? ¿Reclaim the lost capital (now a cyclops lives there) to see if he wants an encore?
This lesbian queen - no children at all - business just made me think: ¿What happens with orphan kids? Death by horrible monster is almost 'natural death' in DF. Even if they can't divorce or marry widowers, ¿do dwarves adopt / foster / take care of orphan babies and children?