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It'd be nice but not needed. I suppose I'll start playing if no one is going to claim another dwarf any time soon.

I wouldn't worry too much about enemies dodging past traps. It's like Brownian motion, except less directed. Face it, goblins are as likely to dodge back up your trap corridor as they are to dodge further down it. A deep enough trap corridor would almost completely elliminate the improbability of a goblin dodging all 10 weapons, in the same direction. Besides, isn't that what your militia is for?

I suppose I'll take this one:

   Rakust Niltosed, female Blacksmith
      Average in size, sparse straight hair neatly combed
      Calm, friendly, relaxed, not a risk-taker
      Talented metalsmith

Does Rakust like any metals? If so, name her "GreatWyrm[whatevermetalshelikes]," replacing the [whatevermetalshelikes] with the name of the metal she likes--e.g. GreatWyrmSilver, GreatWyrmCobalt, GreatWyrmArsenicBronze, etc. If not...um...if she likes any ores, use the metal associated with it, and otherwise...get back to me on that. She'll want to import a bunch of whatever metal she likes and try to make as much and as many different kinds of things out of it as she can and is allowed to.
If she doesn't like any metals or ores, then I have no idea what to do. BTW, what kind of gems do you want for eyes in that tin sea serpent I still owe you?

And that "looking into river turns you into a fish" =/= "good" in any way, shape, or form, like (say) healing mists or monthly ressurection would be.

Dear Urist McRambo
     We had assumed all was lost when the goblin swordmaster slew our brave militia commander. Little did we know that the swordmaster's callous slaying of a little duckling would send you, a humble pot ash maker, into a rage so legendary we shudder at the very memory of it. You proceeded to slay the swordmaster and his entourage, not with a mighty weapon of steel but with a piece of wood. Even when the vile goblins stabbed you in the heart you continued to slay them until finally with your dying breath you crushed the swordmaster's skull. We interred you in our finest tomb along with your precious duckling and noble oak log. As our final gift we bestow upon you the title of Kinron "Oakenrage".

With tears in my eyes and pride in my chest, your's eternally, The Overseer

...That's got to be the best use of a log I've seen in a long time.

You could also attempt dwarven abortions. That is, blows to the abdomen.

I wouldn't be so confident about survival. This is a haunted area, which could mean anything from "Blood rain and knuckle worms" to "Ogres, zombies, ogre zombies, huskifying fog, ogre husks, ogre husk zombies, blistering muck rain, blistering ogres, blistering ogre husk zombies, and very short sieges." Speaking of sieges, I'm using the Fortress Defense mod.

Rigoth "Alra" Grinderrinses: Check. Four dwarves left.

Sarcastic Dishmab "Splint" Dikesearched the farmer/fisher being added to OP. Idea of individual or family "cells" with quantum stockpiles of food being considered.

Note: The title of "Warden" is assigned to every non-prisoner dwarf. It's not specifically the dwarves guarding the prisoners; there probably won't be many prisoner guards, in fact, due to the probable need for guards protecting everyone else.

My/Vabok's idea: Just let the prisoners live among us, for a while at least. After that, some kind of big communal detainment center can be built. Maybe in the caverns.