Kraken was also made a dark judge for the duration of the Dark Judges' reign. They would go on to wreak havoc in Mega City One, creating their own Necropolis, with life the ultimate crime. Kraken was easily manipulated by the Sisters of Death, who had attacked and left Dredd for dead in the Cursed Earth in The Dead Man saga, to bring about the Dark Judges Judge Death, Mortis, Fire and Fear.
The real Dredd, on the right, and the 'Imposter' Kraken, on the left After Dredd left, Chief Judge Silver faked Kraken's death, and kept Dredd's resignation secret from the public, to instil Kraken as a replacement for Dredd, regardless of his failed assessment by the departed Dredd. Not this one, anyway.' In the same moment, Dredd also resigned effectively immediately, and requested to take the long walk. Despite performing in his exam impeccably, even helping Dredd to remain calm when his mentor, and own assessor, Judge Morphy, was murdered, Dredd failed Kraken, proclaiming 'A leopard can't change his spots. Kraken, a clone of Dredd, but was previously under Judda influenced, was rehabilitated and due to be assessed by Dredd for his full Judge assessment. The letter, although written with naivety, highlighted several problems with the Judicial system which Dredd was already aware of, and concerned about, and ultimately felt responsible for the boy's murder, as he was en route to post the letter when he was murdered. Three years after the marches, Dredd finds a letter, addressed to him, from the body of a young boy, who was murdered. Dredd had defended the Judicial system he represents from democratic marches, although he became disillusioned due to the underhand tactics the Judges used to stem the marches. Although the actual-titled Necropolis story ran for 26 issues, it was in fact part of a Democracy storyline which began four years previously.
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