What does this noble activity mean

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Apparently Mountainhome is happy with my colony, so I got to appoint a baronness, and chose my legendary miner. Now she spends most of her time doing the activity "Noble" in her room. What's that? Should I avoid appointing important dwarves to high positions?

Best Answer

As the Wiki says:

Nobles are snotty good-for-nothing parasites

Jokes aside, noble dwarf are quite demanding, but they are useful because they unlock the possibility to appoint other nobles.

Your baroness, as you can see in the table in the link, will let you appoint Champions and Dungeon Masters (and Tax Collectors in the future)