The Midnight Watch

Mister Isaac,

It's about Jake. Some time back, a Mister Jake Jeckel was brought in on burglary charges, but released due to insufficient evidence. I have reason to believe he's still operating as a thief.

The Captain tells me that since his release, there are rumours of his having broken into and robbed more houses, including the Captain's, which was vandlised by way of being filled with cats.

A note was left in a container in the Captain's burgled house, signed by one "Raven". We believe this to be the alias currently in use by Jake. This is the same signature as the note given to Mister Leon.

Yesterday evening, a Mister Finn Herrik confronted the that's been staying on your estate about stealing his gold. He said that he'd marked his coins, and if the girl turned out her purse, he'd be able to prove it was her. She did not comply, and the Sheriff, who was present, said that Herrik had no basis to accuse her, and told him to leave.

Finn was later seen threatening the girl by Miss Sasha. He reportedly used the words "you'll die for what you've done."

Later in the day, it was reported to me by Rurik Keres that he'd seen two people in the Keres estate, leaving your office. They were described to me as a man in green robes, and a man in dark armour with a blue bandana. The girl suspected that it was Finn, come to get his revenge, aided by Jake Jeckel, who is said to commonly be seen with:

- Some sort of robe
- A large square shield

After Rurik saw them, they bolted, and myself and Craystor were brought in to investigate. The girl, reporting that she knew where Jake hid out in the woods, showed us the way, and eventually, we were able to find the entrance to his hideout. After the girl bypassed the lock, we were able to search the premesis for evidence that Jake was involved in the crime.

In a box behind the bed, we found:
- Over four thousand gold
- Magic scrolls
- Gems
- A green robe and armour, matching the girl's description

As we were searching, a man stumbled in. Given the remote location, and the fact that he was wearing a robe and a heater shield, I can only assume it was Jake himself. However, with no basis to make such an accusation, we made him sit and watch while we rifled through the proceeds of his crimes, taking the evidence that would surely damn him, with him unable to object lest he damn himself. I would be lying if I said it was not a satisfying moment.

This is surely evidence that he has not mended his ways since his previous brush with the law, and that possibly, he was engaged with Mister Herrik in a plot to harm or kill the young girl.

I hope this information is useful to you.

- Derek

**04/09/14**

* Disguise kits are now single use
* You can now only accumulate 15 skill scrolls while offline
* Injury points now decay at a rate of 1 per 2 hours
* You can now only get 20 injury points before permadeath

**01/08/13**

  * Prevent multiple mines from being placed on the same tile
  * Show target cursor for mine placement
  * Removed mining skill check from treasure hunting
  * Code support for decaying injury points of offline characters
  * Being killed by the environment/traps now causes a base of 3 injury points
  * Tinkers can now trap chests that are not in their packs
  * Passive detect range on traps now scales to your Detect Hidden skill
  * Passive detect chance on traps is now 1/2 of your Detect Hidden skill
  * Active detect chance on traps is now just your Detect Hidden skill
  * Mines now cost 40 iron ingots each rather than 10

**31/07/13**

  * Orcs no longer drop the orcish kin mask
  * Spirit Speak should now cost 6 mana rather than 10 when not chanelling from a corpse
  * Removed location based growth restrictions on plants
  * Added throwing axes to blacksmithing menu
  * Removed Sai from blacksmithing menu

**29/07/13**

  * Special zombie spawners that only activate in the dark
  * Made night times even darker
  * Got rid of the more outrageous green thorn effects
  * Digging with a shovel can now yield seeds and fertile dirt
  * Digging with a shovel now has a lower chance of finding gold coins
  * Carpenters can now make plant pots
  * Defiled Rewards are no longer salvageable
  * Added a functional town bell

Since it was brought to my attention that the current town bell has the rather unpleasant side effect of summoning Chyloth, I have replaced it.

Double clicking on the town bell should now send a message to all players within 200 tiles that the alarms are ringing.

Enjoy!