Sigil: City of Doors

Tragedy in Sigil

Several deaths around Sigil occurred this dark day among them three names that have risen up in recent legal cases. ex-Judge Owen, Mover Two Cadaveus and Victor Mabel of inter-faction relations department and couple guards, initially the cases were thought to be individual cases, but on further investigation these each occurred same time. Harmonium investigators also point out that attempts to ressurect has failed on each of the victims.

A ceremony will be held for burial to remember the victims within seven days time. It is said that Factol Sarin will pay his respects to the victims as well.


With no uncertainty has the Harmonium announced war against Cartel and Syndicate. They have given Consortium one chance to remove all allegiances and connections to Hildmor d'Kridis or share the wrath.

Anonymous tip was also given that a delegate has been sent towards the Tradegate to resolve all operations of Cartel within their city.


Hildmor d'Kridis has now been announced wanted for whole sum of two hundred thousand jink. He is wanted alive, there will be no payment for corpse unless his trapped soul is also given. A bounty of two thousand jink for each member of Cartel and Syndicate, also wanted alive.


That's all for S.I.G.I.S. news today, boy I sure wouldn't want to be in Hildmors shoes now, it is not often one manages to enrage factions.

Garen would take the news seriously enough that he would triple all of his usual security routines. Mabel and Cadavius were dead... out of the trial... that just left him.

The old mage was going to have to play it real smart from now on...

*Found in the next issue of SIGIS*

A Reply

Recently a reply has been found in the SIGIS offices. It's not clear whether it's indeed words of d'Kridis or a prank or something else but we decided it should be quoted here nontheless:

wrote:"I am sure many of you Cagers find this pretty amusing and to be honest, you have all the right reasons. It has been about two weeks since I was released and I am already allegedly charged and convicted for three deaths of three high-standing officials, apparently without any involement of the Guvners. Convicted without a trial. Furthermore, I hear they're declaring a war against me. One doesn't have to be a bookmaker to realize who'd win this so called 'war'. One also doesn't have to be particularly smart to say that I realize what consequences an act like that could bring. Would I prefer those three to be dead? Ofcourse. Would I do it the way the Harmonium describes? Ofcourse not. All my friends and all my enemies could tell you that much.

You'll say that if I claim to be innocent I should turn myself in but I won't, for pretty obvious reasons. As you probably already understand, Harmonium is looking for a scapegoat and I would fill the role pretty well, now wouldn't I? They have nothing but a motive. A shaky one, at best. I am a businessman and these deaths don't look like a profit to me at all...They actually profit my enemies the most.

Mayhaps, if they're still capable of such, the Harmonium should atleast attempt to perform an actual investigation rather than embarass themselves by trying to pin a crime on me without any proofs. Right now, it seems they'd rather use this incident as an excuse to destroy me. Not a very good way to honor their fallen comrades, now is it? Understandably, starting a manhunt is easier than investigating to find the real murderers but one thing I cannot get is why the Harmonium are allowing themselves to be used so blatantly and striking at their own reputation at the same time. They claim to be peacekeepers and now are declaring a war within the Cage where they're supposed to go by the laws of the City Council and Fraternity.

I hold few delusions about the outcome of this but I want you, dear Cagers, to know that I am not going to give up so easily. I also hate it when people attempt to touch my business.

Hildmor d'Kridis"

Hildmor d'Kridis,

This is war, you brought it upon yourself by playing with fire over and over again, now face consequences. You were allowed to leave, you were warned many times, but still you failed to cease your actions. You may choose how many will have to suffer for your decisions.

Also to note, we have never publicly informed 'how' they were murdered thus the attempt of claiming that our description of your involvement is flawed. "Nice" attempt. This is just another case of a berk claiming to be innocent, just like all those crimes you claimed to be innocent of in the trials in which evidences proved you wrong. Your words may fool ignorant, but the Harmonium is done playing around or giving a chance for you to murder more people.

I doubt your murdering two members of Fraternity of Order will bring much sympathy from them either. Your own imposing of rules to the citizen of Cage already shows you are not one of free thought. To the Red Death this shall be justice. To the Society of Sensation we provide sensation of war and the sensation of grief your actions have produced to your victims. From doomguard we shall purchase weapons to supply this war. To believers of the source we say that we have learned from our past mistake of letting you go and now we grow wiser. To the athar we say that no god shall keep you safe. To the dustmen we promise the corpses of those whom fail to surrender and make their amends. To Ciphers we say that time of planning is over and now actions shall guide our way.

We have quarrel with no other, our issues are with you, Hildmor d'Kridis. You should have known better when to cease, you should have understood when to give up. There shall be no more victims, the peace will be restored after you are no more. We have been lenient too long with you despite your arrogant behavior you were allowed to walk unharmed from several proven crimes and still you persist. There shall be no amends to you, those whom serve you will be treated fairly as prisoners of war and be given chance to redeem themselves.

All files of Hildmor d'Kridis crimes will be published [size0]((except witness protection matters))[/size], all court records will be made public. You will not be allowed any citizen rights while you are banished anyway.

Mover Four Jhaenus Korreth

Dear Harmonium Higher-ups,

Never have I mentioned how they were murdered, too. The SIGIS does mention that they happened on the same day, though. So, if you have any proofs that I am indeed lying and I indeed involved, present them. Please.

If you so desire to crush me, please go ahead. Both you and I know that you won't have massive interfactional support over this(won't go into a large political tirade about this unless you insist), not that you really need it at all to destroy me. I am simply pointing out how this is looking like. It's a mere show of power. Among many, I am not a very popular figure yet I am sure even they can follow the logic. It's your own members who need more confidence. I understand you. Allowing them to destroy the most obvious "supposed" criminal does seem like a good idea. Were I in your shoes, I would quite likely do the same. I am not judging you, just calling things their own names...

Won't wish you a good hunt but rather a healthier mind. It's not late for you to stop breaking the rules The Fraternity of Order and you created and begin a real investigation.

Hildmor d'Kridis

Hildmor d'Kridis,

I shall explain the public what your strategy is so that they can choose themselves. You attempt to paint us the villains with words that you cannot prove yourself to be true, you use strategy of reflecting to turn attention to another side since you do not wish anyone to study your case but rather make uneducated and uninvestigated presumptions of motives for the actions of the Harmonium. You expect us to be aggravated by such strategy to then misrepresent ourselves.

Such is not uncommon strategy although more often is such seen from Anarchists. However even we know the Anarchists are hardly innocent of many crimes they have committed, this is not to say that all Anarchists have committed such heinous acts.

We have little desire to this charade of attempted protection by public opinion that you attempt to gather. To understand the decisions formed one must know the case and details, not mere form of wording a message. And as you have already expressed your desire to their death, given your background of doing exactly so, to refer into court case of McStickley whom you bribed in court, but also threatened his life after the matter. He survived but still suffers from mental stress.

During waiting sentencing after that trial you had been given freedom to walk within Cage with two members of Harmonium with you. The records indicate that the first things you did was to threaten not one, but two of witnesses of the trial that are to be named as Khazeet and Isendis.

Natasha V'xtre the owner of Kith s'Jet had not been such lucky, as proven in court you had been found guilty of pressuring her to commit suicide via blackmailing her after having imprisoned her friend and even took such actions as cut pieces to give them.

Judge Owen was a judge whom had been opposition to you from legal point of view. As proven in latest court, your actions framed him as murderer to destroy his reputation and also proves yourself capable of such heinous act, what was also evident was that the person that was killed had their soul stolen, which to be mentioned each of the current three victims are as well, yet none of the guards was that had defended him. Owen had obviously been the target.

Mover Two Cadaveus had been as well known the lead investigator in the case against you. A number of house searches and gathering of evidences for the trial. His soul had been stolen.

Victor Mabel a inter-faction relations member of Fraternity of Order whom had been involved quite closely as well in reclaiming of your possessions within Sigil territory to Sigils ownership. His soul has as well been stolen.

The "surprising" thing is that none of these have any other person that could be considered an enemy than yourself. And as you mention, you have motive, which is desire to their deaths combined with reputation that includes all the signs in these, someone with enough resources and known cooperation with groups of assassins to perform simultaneous attack in the much usual manner under belief that the Harmonium are equally intellect as gelatinous cube.

Mover Four Jhaenus Korreth

Mover Korreth,

This is a very curious verbal debate we could go on with for a quite a while. I may even say that you're not not half bad. However, to your surprise I am not against the details of the the case being revealed and here is why:

During the trial for alleged framing of Judge Owen, I was questioned under a Zone of Truth. There was no real evidence, just mine words and memory against Nienna's Sensory Stones. She was never questioned during the trial and probably was not even present. The judge decided that the words of my associate(even if with a somewhat less stained record) more reliable than my own, even though claiming that past incidents have no place in the courtroom. Lets see if you what you publish will differ from this.

As for Natasha...Her death requires further investigation. You claim I was somehow responsible for it, yet it was not in the charges. It happened after I was petrified, there's no proof whether she indeed commited a suicide or was disposed of. No contracts were signed between us by that point, she was free after I was captured and so I believe was Mara. Quite a lot of her money and possessions ended up with Nienna rather than her heirs...I could attempt to prove this statement if you ask me to.

Now, the three who recently died. I know not whether your statement about me being their only 'enemy' but I know for sure that many of my enemies are capable of staging what you claim to have happened. It's a quite powerful way to harm me.

In conclusion, you claim that I don't have any civil rights anymore, being a persona non grata. You don't really need any reasons or excuses or evidence to kill me or drag me to Arcadia. So, do you have any solid, direct evidence of my involvement? Reveal it to public if there's any or state so if you do not. You have already declared we wanted thorought the Planes without a case or a trial, so I do not believe your apparent lack of evidence would change much.

Hildmor d'Kridis

A simple note is added into the opinioned editorials of SIGIS.

The Following is an interview with Suzerain Daudhir of the Azure Wind, and a Notary within the ranks of the Harmonium

Me? My opinion is simple: if he were not guilty, he would offer negotiation, and willingly turn himself over to clear his name in a proper way. You see, as one who has been covertly working covertly against Mr. DÂ’KridisÂ’s organization for some time, and proudly so, you have to understand that his main weapon is not his tower, his magical abilities, the fact that he has several clones, followers, or even his money. The biggest weapon he has wielded is fear, and the people of the bazaar feared him, make no mistake.

The Harmonium did not step in before because of several reasons, none of which I am sure my superiors would be happy with me sharing. What I can say is this: his greatest weapon is utterly and completely useless against us, and if he things any of those smaller things will help him, well, this will be short, and –very- easy.

As for hisÂ… colorful, letters, added into the SIGIS lately, well, now heÂ’s trying to play the innocent victim against the big, mean tyrant that the lawful triad is. Need I remind you that he held a rather iron, fearful grip upon the people of the bazaar, making them so scared that we had to constantly urge them to come forward with evidence, and I had to offer from my secondary organization, the Azure Wind, additional protection. So I ask you truthfully: who was the real tyrant?

Hildmor DÂ’Kridis whines now because he knows he has overstepped his bounds, and his inevitable doom is at hand. Suddenly now that he knows he is fighting a fight he cannot wind, he tries to play a victim, or even a hero? Ha! Heroes have allies, and his are dwindling, and fast. I personally have offered to help some of his number in legal trials if they were to turn themselves in, and I need not say, that ones like him have little loyalty in numbers.

So he can go ahead, call what he wants, say what he wants, think what he wants, but he has called down the might of our factions. This one is overstepped his bounds not only against us, but the people of Sigil, and if there is one thing I agree with them on, it is that it is high time Mr. DÂ’Kridis pay for his crimes.

In this conflict, you are for or against the Harmonium and the Triad of Law. If you are not on the HarmoniumÂ’s side in this, then I urge you to stay out of our way. If you are against us, I urge you to take the time to reconsider, for it is a decision you will regret. We will come down upon Mr. DÂ’Kridis and his Cartel with a force that would make the Blood War shudder.

May Peace be achieve through Order.

~Notary Daudhir of the Harmonium, and Suzerain of the Azure Wind Company

"Ladies and gents,

How 'bout ya stop salad-tossing with words and do yerselves a favor by taking a trip to the Outlands and y'know... get the whole thing out o' yer system by clashing ya bloody armies and stranglin' eachother over it. Atleast it'd make ye shut up for one fockin' day, which would be a relief."

Sincerely, an elven reader who's a wee bit fed up with pompous buckethead speeches and arsefaced gangsters

Addendum: Why? Because fock ya, that's why.

*Harmonium dispatch is sent to S.I.G.I.S. press, not to surpress, but ensure that all Cartel and Syndicate information sources are properly documented and that they are first to know whom sends these messages or through which paths they come from. This dispatch will be working undercover and track down the paths to arrest them, the mail box is also under constant surveillance, mail is checked before anyone is allowed to leave and if Cartel messages are placed the one delivering the mail will be arrested. However this is by far not the end of Harmonium continuing to simply chat like nothing had occurred.*

Hildmor d'Kridis, Yes, we agree the discussion is without doubt going to move quite a while as you will persist declining your guilt or weighing of your morality where as our actions have been reactive. You should know best the weakness upon Zone of Truth spell being spellslinger, but for obvious reasons you wish to ensure public that it would be foolproof, again attempting to appeal to the crowd whom do not know the facts. But since you brought up this matter, it will be deducted that Zone of Truth spell is not foolproof, those of strong mind, and it is to be mentioned for the records that Hildmor is a spellcaster thus strong mind is already implied, can shrug off the effects. Another simple clue is that yourself had never before asked Zone of Truth spell until this court and despite everything leading and pointing to you evidences included, well. The solid conclusion is that you were simply quite confident of the results it would bring. Then regarding to Natasha, no it really does not require much investigation. Witness testimonies already tells the simple truth, she wasn't suddenly conspicuously assassinated since she took the time to share her possessions to people she trusted and even mentioned her plan to many of them. For reference of real dispute being between you two as well can be seen in the S.I.G.I.S. already where it was announced that she would no longer trade with those affiliated with you due to your kidnapping of person. There's really little to no reason to hear your side of the story of this case, you claimed business meetings, but it can easily be mentioned that Harmonium searched through all your property in Sigil and confiscated all business documentation, curiously there was none of the ones you claimed to exist. In-fact for a business organization they claim to be surprisingly just about all documentation had vanished from the past couple months. We already proved your involvement. You again simply try to say "No I didn't do it" as if such proved your innocence. In-fact how about you tell us instead why you are innocent. That would be first time, since looking at court records there is quite little of you doing so and only attempting to reword the prosecution. We have no reason to not believe it to be you. We simply have no evidences to point to any other direction than yourself. So unlike you say... we have absolutely nothing to prove, you're not the guilty one. Mover Four Jhaenus Korreth [/li]