To the attention of her Grace, the grand Cleric;
I have finally been permitted the inspection, that your Grace requested a few month back, on the treatment of Lady Amell, and the overall circumstances of the state the Circle is in. As you are well aware, the number of formal complaints from both the circle mages, and from civilians, has greatly risen over the past few years. Especially regarding the case of young lady Amell, and the most unusual events that led to her capture, parts of the nobility have been in outright uproar. With the city pretty much under martial law, and without a Viscount, it was most unfortunate how things went down. In fact, it has come to our attention that some of the more daring among the nobles seek to award Lady Amell with the title of "Champion of Kirkwall". With the rising support for such claims in mind, the necessity to treat her like any other equally dangerous apostate, has not quite served to calm the waves.
As such, I am more then happy to report that now that the year of quarantine has passed, she will soon be presentable to the public, and that any claims of abuses or outright torture within the circles halls, are entirely unreasonable, and can be dismissed as such.
When I was finally permitted to pay her a visit, I found Lady Amell in one of the regular two-bed dormitories that make for the majority of the accommodations in the circle. In fact, in an usual display of kindness, the the Knight Commander has granted permission for Lady Amell to share said dormitory with her sister.
(On that note your Grace, let me repeat that the entirety of this incident could have been avoided, if the templars had not faltered in their vigilance in the first place. When Lady Bethany Hawke was discovered in Kirkwall four years ago, the daughter of an Apostate escaped from this very circle no less, a thorough investigation of her remaining relatives would have been in order. I have time and time again proposed to have those templars in charge of her arrest are to be held responsible for the mess that their failure has caused.)
Regardless, I am most pleased to report, that I found Lady Amell in a weakened, but thoroughly healthy state. While I did not wish to embarrass her overly in front of the two templar guards present at the time, a brief inspection did not turn up any signs of physical violence whatsoever. At the very worst, she was tired out, if fully conscious, when I spoke to her. I have been assured, that a certain deprivation of sleep, as harsh as it might appear, is necessary during the initial quarantine, to prevent possible maleficar from conversing with creatures from beyond the veil in their dreams.
If pressed for a prognosis, I would hardly assume that she poses any further risk for the security of both the circle and the public. As lacking as as their ability might be at times, throughout the inspection I have found the templars to be not only vigilant, but fully capable of upholding uncompromised security within the circles walls. Additionally, Lady Amell herself, who appeared calm and entirely reasonable during the course of the interview, explicitly expressed any lack of incentive to leave the circle, now that both her siblings reside here in one way or another.
If I was to propose a course of action, I would advice your Grace to give Lady Amell a week or two of time to recover, and then formally request her to be made part of the mages delegation that take part in the official counsels. Presenting her to the public as soon as she has fully recovered from quarantine is likely to calm some of the unrest, currently caused by the nobility.
I remain your humble servant
Mother Claire
-A letter to Grand Cleric Elthina, written by a revered mother 9:36 Dragon, retrieved after the retaking of Kirkwall 9:42 Dragon