Komitus trots upwards in a tight spiral. At the second loop off the ground, it simply vanishes. For a few more moments you can hear footfalls in the air above you, but distance and some natural skill at stealth, combined with the background noise of a city, soon render Komitus' presence undetectable.
Several hours of investigation later, and you've found at least some of the information you were looking for.
The chain of events starts off with an unusually large number of kingdoms and city states being thrown into chaos. In a few of these, chromatikin managed to stage successful (and often brutal) revolts - that usually lasted all of a few weeks before neighboring countries sent troops to "calm" the situation. And then heading home to "calm" their own population of chromatikin before a revolt could happen there. This, of course, led to more revolts - and a steady stream of refugees pouring into (comparatively) safe havens such as Targrove.
Worse, the human refugees coming in generally blame all their problems on the chromatikin, and vice versa. It did not take long for the human population of Targrove to start clamoring for stricter controls; an actual watch station in the chromatikin district, and so on. (Nevermind that the human refugees were at least as much at fault for the increased violence...)
So queen Malika held a meeting with the most vocal (and richest) human protestors. It went something like this:
"So, you want the full force of the law to be applied to the chromatikin?"
"Yes!"
"And are you willing to pay for the city watch to be expanded enough to resolve this issue?"
"Um, well, that is... maybe a little..."
"Excellent! Here's the bill. Sign, please."
And then she turned around and declared that Chromatikin were henceforth to be considered full citizens of Targrove, with all the rights, priveleges, and responsibilities thereto appertaining. When challenged, she merely observed that perhaps, if they hadn't wanted the full force of the law to apply, they should have asked for something else.
While this has not been a perfect solution, it has limited the conflict to smaller scale events - such as the vandalism you encountered.
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