[James keeps to himself - the mages need their space and their time to grieve. He'll assist where needed, but he has the feeling it won't be asked for. So he does the one thing he is sure that neither his people or the mages will do -- he gathers the bodies of the templars. They do not get individual pyres. They have not earned them. He puts all the bodies into one giant pile after stripping them of all valuables and burns them to ash.
After that, you might see him gathering up all the valuables and putting them in a singed cart. If you come to ask him, he's going into town to sell the lot of them on the black market. Whatever coin he can barter for is going to the mages and their families.
Later on, you might see him with small sacks of coin, gravely and quietly handing them out to each mage with a quiet, "To start a new life."
It is only after all this that he goes off by himself, off to the shore to light a candle, take out a small statue of Andraste and pray over it. Eyes closed tight, jaw clenched, as he murmurs his prayers in rapid fire grief.
Re: aftermath of the rescue;
After that, you might see him gathering up all the valuables and putting them in a singed cart. If you come to ask him, he's going into town to sell the lot of them on the black market. Whatever coin he can barter for is going to the mages and their families.
Later on, you might see him with small sacks of coin, gravely and quietly handing them out to each mage with a quiet, "To start a new life."
It is only after all this that he goes off by himself, off to the shore to light a candle, take out a small statue of Andraste and pray over it. Eyes closed tight, jaw clenched, as he murmurs his prayers in rapid fire grief.