Journal of the Archwiseard, 8th Granite 1093
We have a serious situation on our hands. After I finalised the plans for the road, we were alerted to a goblin ambush walking into a cage trap to the south east of the fortress. They are lead by some humans. I immediately raised the alert to Level 7 - all civilians remain on the main island or underground.
I opened the drawbridge to the west, which is for some reason operated by the "Right Far Bridge" lever. That's OK, I make that mistake all the time.
The Dead Armours are been stationed on the fortress island just behind the door. They seem to have the best equipment.
Meanwhile, the miller finishes his trek underground and pulls the intake lever, and the Shroud of Armok's barrel loads up with magma. We now have fire on demand, if the operators get to the lever fast enough.
A few goblin marksdwarves walk into the traps, and get skewered. One of the traps jams, but there are many more. These have 10 weapons in each, and there are four rows of them. A few things fall into the moat, and burn up. Finally, the human leader walks into the traps, and gets skewered. He manages to get out right into the middle of the bridge before bleeding out. There are now some goblins with swords waiting around the bridge, and another marksgoblin got skewered. Hopefully we can get rid of them before there is more trouble.
In the mid-caverns, the rough gabbro bridge gets demolished and a new Orthoclase block one is going in. I hope the doors hold back the towering iguana creature, though they haven't taken any damage yet. We also have progress on the road to the depths, I hope we're not going to breach the cavern wall prematurely.