Bethany is the remaining territory of the historic Arena Plateau. Once fully administered by the City of Inverportshire, the barren land was occupied by the Pilegron city administration to forcefully erect a settlement. In the late 1880's, Count Rythor ordered the area to be retaken by Inverportshire, thus founding the borough of Bethany in the west of the plateau. The Borough was then handed over to the evangelic church of Inverportshire and has been administered semi-autonomously ever since. The most significant projects in the area were the 'Bergeron-Findeisen tunnel' in 1886 and the Bethany Hospital in 1889, along with workers houses, a monastery, a church and several smaller prestige projects. The Bethany remains one of the most disputed boroughs in the greater Pilegron Metropolitan area, causing a few dozen fatalities.