Dr Simon
Explorer
Still, for a span of only a week and a half, a 10% death rate is phenomenally virulent. If compared to the Black Death of the 14th century (which left a 30% to 60% reduction in population in major European cities after 2-4 years) Blood Veil seems positively apocalyptic. At this rate the city's infrastructure will collapse in a matter of weeks and the city would be largely uninhabitable in a matter of months. Between now and then chaos will reign as desperation sinks in. Even if the deaths drop off sharply soon the city will suffer a serious labor shortage that it may not be able to fully recover from for a generation or more. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the scenario; just trying to get a perspective on the situation.
All I'm going to say is... yes, that would happen, wouldn't it?