Journal of DDDragoni Floordrink, Investigator and Overseer of Constructivory1 Hematite
It’s been five years since I stepped down as Overseer in order to find the goblin traitor that I know is hiding among us, and my investigations have led to nothing but disappointment and dead ends.
Trails go cold after months of work put into following them, leads vanish without a trace, and still the traitor continues their malicious work.
This approach isn’t working. I need to get back on top. I need to be the Overseer again.
Which is exactly why I left a backdoor in my resignation note—if you look closely at the back, it says that I can take the Overseership back at any time. I knew the queen wouldn’t read it—probably just threw in the corner with the rest of the paperwork.
And now’s the best time to take it back—Heretic’s little “art project” hasn’t exactly endeared him to the dwarves, the Queen least of all. No one save Heretic will mind if I take the position back now, and one unhappy dwarf is a small price to pay for safety.
Let the investigation begin.
5 Hematite
There’s a bone carver, Tobul Smithtusk, sitting and staring at the wall in the dining hall. According to some of the other dwarves in there, the stress of being one of the last hopes for dwarvenkind drove her to depression.
I don’t blame her, it can be rough, and not all dwarves can handle the pressure as well as I can. I’m handling it so well, I’m the only one who notices the signs of a traitor among us!
Also, a weaver gathering webs in the cavern was attacked by a Flame Imp. The markdwarves took care of it, but one of them got set briefly on fire. They put him out before it could do any lasting damage.
15 Hematite
If I’m going to find this traitor, I’ll have to pull them out of hiding, which mean’s I’ll have to open up a weak spot in our defenses, giving them a chance to strike. And when they take the bait, I’ll be there to catch them red-handed.
And there’s no better bait than a large-scale construction project—dozens of dwarves milling around, every one focused on their task, with the slightest mistake causing disaster. With that is mind, I’ve given orders to complete the magma pipeline and pump stack.
20 Hematite
Dwarves working on the magma pipeline are complaining about not being able to reach the locations they need to be in in order to finish the pipeline. The traitor’s starting to show their hand—I’m so close!
27 Hematite
Tobul threw a tantrum today. She completely tore up her room, spreading furniture and old clothes everywhere. She’s getting to be a problem…
2 Malachite
Today, Constructivory had an unwelcome visitor.
I ordered everyone inside, and sent the militia after it. I expected victory—these dwarves have been training for years to defend the queen, but I didn’t expect this:
Apparently, ancient creatures from the dawn of time are easily defeated with one bolt, two punches, and a single stab.
The only injury we had was a child who tripped over a minecart on his way back into the fortress.
15 Malachite
The traitor has struck again! Apparently, while working on the pump stack, five dwarves ended up sealed underground with no exit. Luckily, Immortal-D heard them banging on the walls and we were able to get the wall down before any of them starved or died of thirst, but it was a close call.
The traitor must have used the Titan attack as a distraction—did they lure it here, or did they just use their good luck to their advantage?
4 Galena
Tobul threw another tantrum—but instead of doing anything destructive, she just went to sleep.
In much more interesting news, I was walking through the hills, sweeping for clues as to how the traitor attracted the titan to us, when I discovered that one of the cage traps had been backed up—the animal stockpile has been full for months, so no one’s been taking the cages out of the traps.
And in this cage trap, I found something wonderful.
I’ve ordered something special to be built for him—he’s gotta know something about the traitor!
13 Galena
I’ve had no luck getting the Goblin to talk. He just jabbers some kind of jibberish at me whenever I try to get information out of him.
Well, let’s see if a season or two on top of the tower change his mind.
17 Galena
One of the wood burners, Urvad Wallplunge, has been possessed. He’s holed up in a metalsmith’s workshop, and has some experience with weaponsmithing, so whatever he makes should be very useful.
20 Galena
Taupe hasn’t been doing her job as manager—when I asked why she wasn’t delivering work orders, she told me that someone had told her to make rock blocks and not stop.
I told her she was off masonry duty.
Some of the dwarves working on the screw pumps are complaining about objects blocking their work sites, making them unable to complete the jobs. The damn traitor’s trying to delay our work again, and again they managed to do it behind my back!
25 Galena
Urvad’s started on his project, after we got him the raw green glass and extra bones he needed. He also grabbed some galena, red flash opals, crystal opals, and, most importantly, goblin bones and adamantine. This is going to be wonderful!
Also, the shield naming is happening again.
30 Galena
Constructivory is now the home of an
ArtifactADAMANTINEwarhammerDammit! This has to be some kind of sabotage!
Evidence Collected so far:There is definitely a traitor among us, no dwarf would be so stupid to do all these things without some kind of outside force.
They have some kind of influence over beasts, luring the Titan as a distraction and setting the crundles loose back during my firs investigation, as well as sending the giant toad to attack me.
They are skilled with masonry, skilled enough to send a dwarf through solid stone and to cause incidents such as my fall and the workers trapped in the screw pump.
They also have some kind of power over spirits, as they were able to sabatoge Urvad's posession.
They’re influential enough to manipulate dwarves without them realizing it, and perceptive enough to know I’m watching and how to act behind my back.
I will find this traitor, for the sake of every dwarf in Constructivory!
well, not every dwarf, since one of them is a traitor
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