Heroism. Cast it on our two damage magnets - every time before we go into battle.
Not doing this as we attacked the cannibal dwarves cost Verxatitus his life. I mean, yeah, sure, we bought it back, but still. Shouldn't have happened.
But man oh man what a fight. I got to cast a fireball! BOOM! I was hoping to take out the spell caster (Druid, I guess) but eventually we took him out. I was a little worried at various points, tho. Seemed like we were close to disaster a couple of times.
Also, cannibals are disgusting.
Need some time to think about all the bits and pieces of info we have. So much going on.