Rhydin Vindicator Special Crime Report

Crime in Rhy'Din Rising
City Under Siege
By: Norman Marlin, of the Dockside News Report

According to officials, crime in the city is reaching an all new high. As reported by Tom Thompson of the Rhy'Din Watch, over the past thirty days there have been 130 bodies attributed to the Zodiac Killer, 60 members of the Rhy'Din Watch killed in the line of duty, 123 girls taken into slavery, 34 slavers killed in retaliation, 3 murders not attributed to a serial killer, 3 massacres wherein the body count is still being tallied, 1 kidnapping, 3 violent assaults, 1 case of draconian infanticide and 1 unknown explosion.

According to recent census data, the total population of the city is 20,932 — taking that figure into account, that means that ten percent of the population of the city was wiped out in a thirty day period and another five percent was taken into slavery, according to an official in Governor Helston's office. A bill was brought forth to hire 100 new watch members, in the hopes of stemming this tide of crime in the city, and immediately approved by the Governor. Several citizens on the streets have expressed concerns about

the ramp up in crime. While the apprehension and imprisonment of the Dockside Killer brought forth a sigh of relief, citizens are concerned that not enough is being done both by officials and by other citizens to stop the crime wave before it gets out of control. One man spoken with said, "It ain't that we don't have good people in the city, it's that we ain't got good people working together to stop this insanity. People need to stop workin' as vigilantes and come together, or else we're all gonna be lost for good. I think we need to really get it together."