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For super-mega dwarf points, have them be dwarven Elf-king bones.

Great Wyrm-
I recommend swinging the hammer in a circular motion.

Actually, I think this is how it should work:

Secrets, okay? You have the 'Magical' secrets, taking the Spheres of:
Decay/Death vs. Life/Regeneration
Fire/Pyromance vs. Ice/Cryomance
Earth/Golems vs. (You'll get a kick outta this,) Nature/Wilderness vs. Air/Sky
Metal vs. Magic(With the possibility to half-combine them, actually resulting in metal that's actually slightly life-threatening to the User, just by virtue of being wielded.)
Each of these has a total of TWENTY aspects. Opposing forces cannot be mixed together, except as part of the History. You'd have to get the person who knows the secret as a Migrant, and the ability could only be activated via a mood.
HOWEVER, Forces that do NOT oppose have a 75% chance of being mixed together by ANY mood, with the Mood taking 3 random Aspects and throwing them together.

Then there's the non-magical aspect of it: LEARNING it.

First thing's first: It applies SPECIFICALLY to a skill. The only time you can learn it, is if you're Legendary at it.(Thus, those abilities that can't be tied to a skill are tied to 'Alchemy' which can have some use in the future.) In fact, the only way you can TEACH it is if you're a master Teacher. Thus, SEVERELY limiting the amount of people who can use Secrets.

There's five of them, and they're all in a single column going down.
That's all.
Seriously.
Like, I'll use printscreen and show you.
If I can figure out how to use it.

I'm just remembering the Troglodyte that bit off a Hunters left leg, then, after deciding that wasn't quite enough, followed through and ripped off her right arm, too.
And the great thing? The hunter WON...
..With the help of a military-squad dispatched when I did a routine check-up on my hunters.

I have a few subjects contained in one of my Fortresses that are most certainly alive, just not effective. Athens-class Pods are not narly strong enough. And the new ones are small enough, EASILY small enough, with a small two months being enough training time, but seem a tad bit deadly, as the child is now almost completely in the browns, with one yellow and one red.

Throw all immigrants into a big chamber with grates as floor.
Step one: Dump magma on them.
Step two: Dump water on them.
Step three: Allow for a single doctor to practice with them. Those who die while waiting are obviously not worthy.
Step four: Drop in the Gobbos.
Step five: Now that the surviving dwarves have killed the Goblins, allow them to use the weapons they dropped.
Step six: Capture as many FBs/ Demons(Cave Spider Webs, everyone!)/Colossi as possible.
Step seven: Drop them in.
Step eight: Give them leather/bone armor.
Step nine: send them into Candy-Spear infested Danger Chambers.
Step ten: Allow the few survivors to exit..By swimming to freedom.