SUBJECT:
PARTICIPANTS: Bethany Hawke
DATE FILED: Last day of Cloudreach
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: Bethany and her Templar guard went off to the west of Kirkwall, and found a tiny village.

REPORT:

Per the request of the Research Division, I headed out with my Templar escort Anamaria, to the west of Kirkwall, and further into the Free Marches proper. Both Anamaria and I, due to our time respectively as Templar and Warden, were very familiar with the area, and were able to find some small communities easily enough. However we were looking for a slightly larger village, and on our third day we found the seaside village of Braeburn.

This particular village had, for the most part, been left remarkably untouched by the Templar and Mage war. Mostly made of fishermen and local farmers, they had no recollection of any mage being pulled from their village for at least fifty years. The Chantry building there was not much more than a statue of Andraste put into the driest room in the town.

Braeburn, however, has had other problems in the outset of the war. They had an open Rift, not far from the village proper. It has been closed within the last year, which was why the Inquisition was made so welcome, but demons still plagued the area. Anamaria and I took it upon ourselves to clear out a nest of them, but we may want to send more sweeps out in the areas where Rifts were active. The lingering demonic presence will make it difficult for those who live far from major Inquisition outposts to try to rebuild.

I've included a small map of Braeburn with this report. As you can see, it is built into a slope, leading down to the sea. We may want to consider this as a good stop-over port when we are traveling further east. Maker knows these people could use the business the Inquisition could bring.