SUBJECT:
PARTICIPANTS: Mal Draco and NPC Soldier
DATE FILED: Last day of Cloudreach
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: Mal went North with her escort to see what happened with some small villages that had not been heard of for some time.

REPORT:

After being assigned to mapping some of the northern villages, past the Vinmarks, my guide, Sergeant Arces and I found one of the major passes through the mountains and followed it to the other side. We saw signs of villages that the Inquisition has frequented in the past on our way up the mountain, but on the road down we had considerably less luck.

Most of the smaller hamlets and villages north of the Vinmark have been completely wiped out. One or two places were from plague from a too cold winter, and no healers available. Other villages, it seems, saw the brunt of the conflicts in the Mage and Templar war. We found one village, named Maker's Pass, down near the foot of the mountain. Most of it had been burnt down, and it was clear that it had been picked clean by scavengers. We saw both Templar bodies and mage ones, decomposing along with what remained of the villagers.

In each of these places, we did stop to make sure everyone was burned the way of the Free Marches. Even though I hold with different beliefs, and do not fall in with torching my dead, the Sergeant and I agreed that these people at least deserved to be taken to the Maker as they chose.

In conclusion, we should keep a closer eye on things towards the north and the River. I believe demons will be drawn to such places of strong death and torment. We also don't know if there are more rogue templars or mages out here - those who haven't joined either side but their own. We might also offer to send patrols - a gesture of good will and a guard against future attacks that may come from a northern direction.