**Avery**
The moment we pulled into the town limits of Blackbriar, I suddenly realized that everything I read was true. The history of this place was a dark one. Pre-1600, it was originally sacred ground for rituals performed by Native Americans. In the late 1600s, European settlers arrived, and there were witch trials where many witches and innocent souls were burned. In the 1700s, a mysterious epidemic breaks out, and the town is essentially now dead. Many think that the witches got their revenge. In the 1810s, the War of 1812 began; Blackbriar became a penal colony, which included a prison and a hospital where many soldiers were tortured. Their bodies were buried in unmarked graves. In the 1830s, the Native American forced removal policy in North America started, and many died unnecess
