So uh, first artifact with the latest version (I haven't played in a good while)
Glacierfind the Drink of Chanting, a precious Ancient Vanguard Artifact piccolo. It is encrusted with precious ancient vanguard artifact and menaces with spikes of ancient vanguard rubble.
Worth 117600 dorfbux.
Makes me sad he wasted an artifact, but, well, must be a badass piccolo (which, for some reason, conjures an image of an alien martial artist).
I've also got two Traders that are just hanging out at the edge of the map waiting to absorb some blows from the inevitable siege. Is that a vanilla thing, or is there something
EDIT: And I've got some bronze pikes an a spear I know I didn't make or trade for clogging up my choice of weapons for the militia.
EPIC EDIT 2: First encounter with Shedim, took place in the summer of my second year. There were 15 of them, made up of mixed lower-level units, but my militia was balls. Luckily for me, I had walled in my fortress already.
So they showed up right behind the Nephal traders. Some of the caravan guards came in, but I closed the drawbridge before the wagons got through, as the shedim were significantly closer and faster. The caravaneers decided to pile themselves up against the drawbridge, and the Shedim swarmed.
My first time atomizing anything (in fact, this was my first drawbridge and walled in fortress) took out 13 of the Shedim, one Nephal (the Shedim took care of the others waiting for the bridge to drop), and the wagons. I suspect the Nephilim won't be too happy, but faced with the alternative, it doesn't really bother me much.