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We arrived at the docks in Karthwasten mid-morning, and I followed the road winding up the hill through the farmland to the city.
The effects of the war are very visible among the farmland: there are many burnt-out or abandoned houses and fields laying fallow, even thirty years on. I suppose the population hasn't recovered if the farms aren't in use.
Just inside the gates of Karthwasten I met a Cathay-raht who seemed as lost as I, looking for his cousin, named Ja'Zavirr. I told
him I'd tell him if I happened upon him - more on that later.
I stopped by a local alchemist’s practice to see what they would give me for ingredients from Morrowind. Not much better than in Morrowind itself, but a little. The alchemist told me their husband is missing and they’ve been struggling to hire anybody to help find him due to the tensions between ethnic groups here.
The reach is traditionally home to four major ethnic groups: Nords, Redguards, Reachfolk, and Orsimer. The War of the Bend'r-mahk likely caused everybody to draw lines in the sand and declare themselves on