During the most recent goblin siege of combinering, I had a lone dwarf fend off an entire squad of goblins. He killed two with his hammer, injured 2 others, adn the rest ran for their lives. What's more, his first attack wasn't a swing of his mighty hammer, but rather it was a bite. He fricken CHOMPED DOWN on a goblins arm, right off the bat, and then proceeded to kick all their butts. Ingy, of the bodices of trade, you have just earned yourself a place in a tomb. good for you.
Two others were slaughtered though. One of them was quickly knocked unconscious then repeatedly stabbed in the helmet-covered head with a copper spear until something broke. it's a very brutal fight.
Also killed a cyclops. Horas did that with his named sword. That thing is the stuff of legends now.
Lets see, what else is new. We're making an underground forest and storage area for all of the clothes dropped by invaders. I'll never be able to sell all of that crap, even if I am able to miraculously store it all. I'm finally working on the upgraded hospital as well. Granted it's missing a wall and is right next to a main stairway, and missing soap as well, but dwarves haven't thought of the germ theory of disease yet. It's good enough they have 9 times the amount of cloth they asked for, and 4 times the amount of thread. They still need water, but there are no nearby lakes, so that might take a while.