Broadford

**Broadford** was a town in Enisti.

## History

Little is known about the town of Broadford prior to the arrival of the false hydra, though it was once a profitable port town with a celebrated mayor that enjoyed both magical and mundane commerce and hosted a resident wizard.

### False Hydra

A false hydra burrowed beneath the town centre and grew steadily, sowing discord and negativity among the citizens with its song and eventually becoming large enough to feed on them. The hydra continuously erased and altered the memories of every living person that approached Broadford, eradicating all memory of those it fed on while it continued to rapidly deplete the town's population. This led to numerous inconsistencies in the town's collective memory and though the hydra's effect quelled any concerns regarding them, it failed to negate the underlying cognitive dissonance.

### ICA Intervention

Those affected by the memory-altering effects of the hydra included a team of four ICA agents that arrived in Broadford and subsequently caused them to forget their mission. They became convinced they were there to either kill or rescue a man and even believed they had arrived with a fifth agent whoin reality had never existed. Only by leaving and reentering the town's borders did they become aware of the effect and in their search for answers outside of Broadford, agent Kran was tragically killed before learning the truth.

Thanks to a  bestiary they acquired from the witch Granny Ragna, the remaining agents managed to identify the false hydra in the town and located its lair beneath the Mayor's house. Honey Smith took advantage of the town's memory loss to declare herself the new mayor and following the subsequent parade the next morning, the agents evacuated much of the town and recruited what remained of the town's guard to assist in killing the hydra.

Unfortunately, the mission was a failure and the vast majority of Broadford's guard, including the ICA team's new associate Tio, were all killed. In response, the agents chose to burn the town to the ground and evacuate with the remaining survivors, killing the hydra.

### Refugees

The surviving residents of Broadford, many of whom were elderly or injured, set up a small camp. Grateful for freeing them from the false hydra, the town's survivors agreed to officially recognise Honey Smith as their mayor. After sending for help, the ICA agents took a group deemed fit for travel to help gather aid and resources and to find new homes for the Broadford refugees. The agents would soon move on from Enisti, but their efforts helped to establish new lives for the survivors.

## Points of Interest

In 4678, Broadford was burnt to the ground in an effort to destroy a large false hydra that had taken up residence there. Prior to its destruction, however, there were several points of interest as given below. Unless otherwise noted, all should be considered destroyed.

 Cathedral of Reorx
 Town Militia Barracks
 Eolwynn Snowspear's Compound
 Covered Market
 Welfer's Wizardry
 The Mayor's House

## Trivia

* Schmoogli is an annual festival celebrated in Broadford. The number of times the residents celebrated it in 4678 under the hydra's influence is unclear.