Development and Revenge

Lethbridge is a developing City. Green areas are fast being swallowed. Cranbridge McAdam Construction sees to that. The fastest growing property development and land management company in Lethbridge. The 9 Hole Golf course which ate up the gorgeous wooded park was one of theirs. Complaints were made but never acted on. Now they turn their sights on areas of Norwood where they intend to turn 10 Acres of woodland into Meridian Leisure. Protesters are routinely turned off of the land where semi permanent squatters camps risk the allegedly haunted and cursed woods even though several of them have had “accidents”. The council are also considering their tender for the urban renewal of the Overthorpe and Underthorpe districts.

The entertainment area of Lethbridge is diverse. Crown jewel of the section is the Casino known as The Fools Gambit. A testament to the governments relaxed gambling license laws it stands in the middle of a complex of Cinemas, Hotels and assorted Eateries. If only the mortal populace knew more about what lies behind the glittering facade. It now lies under new ownership as it once was held in the hands of the local Invictus but with Holden-McDowell’s disappearance two years ago the Lancea Sanctum swooped in and swept it up. You might think it odd but the Sanctified do not. You see with their laws against feeding off of the holy and belief they are the reapers of Gods vengeance against the sinful what better honey trap than a casino.

In Old Lethbridge the criminal community live in fear. It seems someone is playing vigilante. Several drug dealers have turned up killed with either their own weapons or overdosed on their own merchandise. Police are baffled but to be honest aren’t really trying to put it together as long as only the scum dies. The last case however involved Rodney Danvers serial rapist. Local kids found him in an abandoned tenement block with his trousers round his ankles. His face was full of terror and his alimentary canal filled with a nail studded baseball bat which according to reports had been rammed in and out several times by someone with unnatural strength. The names of his victims were written in his blood on the four crumbling walls. The problem was Danvers was a Police Constable and none of his victims reported it until after they were questioned by the Police. So how could any vigilante know about the crimes and names especially the names of those who had died from his attentions? The Police had at first thought it unconnected till they found the burnt handprint on his chest which matched all the others. Of course they deny Rodney was a rapist but then they would wouldn’t they?

Yes Lethbridge is a developing City but what is it developing into?