Editing v0.31:Baron

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{{Noble
| noble= Baron
| office= Decent Office
| quarters= Decent Quarters
| dining= Decent Dining Room
| tomb= Tomb
| chests=2
| cabinets=1
| racks=1
| stands=1
| mandates=1
| demands=2
| arrival=
* 20 population
* 100k created wealth
* 10k exported wealth
}}
{{av}}

When your fortress meets the requirements the [[liaison]] will approach you about becoming a barony. You will then have the option to promote a [[dwarf]] of your choice to the rank of '''baron''', which will occur some time later.

Since the baron is being promoted from within, s/he will not be an immigrant, and thus no baron consort will accompany her/him.  However, if you chose to promote a [[marriage|married]] dwarf, then his/her partner will become their consort, and will be considered an unlisted noble (doesn't appear in the {{k|n}}oble menu, but is listed as a [[noble]] in the {{k|u}}nits menu). Also, the promotion of the baron will '''not''' usher in the [[economy]] as it did in older versions.

The elected baron(ess) may still perform useful labour from his/her normal life (as a miner, for example). However, as the baron is supposed to be a [[v0.31:Noble#Notes|lazy noble]], this seems to be a unintended, broken behaviour in all 0.31.xx versions and might be be fixed in further releases.

Some have met the requirements and not received the option to promote a dwarf to a baron, this is a bug.{{bug|519}} Seems to be solved in 0.31.17.{{verify}}

This bug can be avoided by putting off the meeting with the liaison (e.g. by keeping the mayor busy or locking him up in a room) until the last member of the trade caravan has left the map. Apparently you have to delay the '''start''' of the meeting ("Greeting from the mountainhomes..." screen) because only that moment makes a difference. {{L|military|Draft}} to active patrol duty ASAP after the arrival of the liaison is the most reliable way. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62028.0 source]

== Requirements ==
*Have a caravan leave when your pop is 20
*Exported 10k wealth
*Created 100k wealth

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