Almost lost all the ones in the north wing too. Ended up penning them up so they couldn't be reached by ANYTHING, then ensuring all construction was secure, and set 'em free again. I've since recovered both populations almost entirely.
I think I'm going to also do an east face population too (back side), which would connect the two current sets so that the populations can naturally recover themselves. Effectively, it would give them livable environments connecting the two, so as they reproduce, they'll slowly spread back to either side.
I've been working on building the innards of the castle today. Lots of floors and staircases and a few inside walls. In the process of doing this, I ran out of torches and night fell quickly. This was NOT good, because almost instantly - and before I could run to get more torches - zombies began spawning and they immediately would beeline for my villager populations. It was a LOT of work running back and forth to try ensuring that no zombies were killing my villagers. I have iron golems to protect them, but the golems are slow and can't always get the zombies.
So, I'm going to keep some villagers behind iron doors as a secondary "emergency breeding stock" population. Just have to figure out where exactly, and how to get them there.
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