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Authorities in Point Harbour today finally annouced to the public that Dirk Driss had in fact escaped from prison.
Local residents were startled awake in the early hours of the morning as the local jailhouse caught fire and emergency firefighters raced to the scene. Militia were also dispatched to the scene considering the dangerous nature of the criminal within.
Reports indicate that Dirk Driss aka the Black Blade escaped from his cell, murdered all four guards in the building at the time, lit the fire, then escaped through the city while authorities battled the potentially devastating fire.
While the fire was contained with minimal damages local authorities are now pointing fingers at each other for responsibility in the matter. Especially since two more milita were found with their throats slashed while on duty guarding a service gate leading from the city into the countryside. What was most disturbing was the body of a merchant found outside the service gate having received multiple stab wounds. A local healer commented that the stab wounds and slash wounds were done with "great force and an extremely sharp blade and effectively destroyed every organ in the mans chest and abdomen."
Conflicting reports from local residents suggest that Dirk excaped the town through this gate while unconfirmed reports place him in the docks district as well. Authorities believe he has fled in the countryside but are investigating the rumours that he was seen in the docks area.
Local Militia captain Darren Islange had this to say at the end of the interview "We mourn for those lost in the line of duty this night, but it has given us greater motivation to find this fiend and bring an end to his blatant murders. We will find him and when we do it will be the hangmans noose for him."
