Riverbreak

Riverbreak is a large town on the bank of the Spur, part of the eponymous nation. 
== History ==
Roughborough was founded after the Age of Migration, likely around the 4th Century BCE. Like many towns in the surrounding region, it was fiercely independent in its early years, refusing to let go of its sovereignty even when the countries of Ocary and Botaland threatened.
Eventually, the Republic of Ocary contacted Roughborough as part of an attempt to annex the area. Obviously the town elders were less than thrilled, and along with the other towns in the region they declined Ocary's offer. Realising this straightforward request meant Ocary may have been willing to use force, Roughborough and its neighbours militarised.
Eventually, Ocary backed down and entered a period of internal turmoil as its republic was replaced by a single monarch. Roughborough and its neighbours were on good terms by this point, and over the next several decades they became closer. Eventually, in 73 the settlements signed a charter making the area the realm of the Confederation of Sparhiel.
Rughborugh was always a border town in Sparhiel. It marked the southeastern boundary, and as such developed a formidable series of defences now known as the Ruvborugh Works in order to defend the Confederation from invaders, primarily the Kingdom of Briawicke. While the town did not trust Briawicke, though, the central council of Sparhiel became closer to both them and Ocary.
In 320, the Confederation recognised the threat of Varhold to the northwest, and after seven years of negotiations Sparhiel, Ocary, Briawicke, and Alcantair-Albarossa merged to form the Confederation of the Spur. For Ruvbruch, this meant it was no longer the frontier. While there were teething problems, especially with rebellious Briawickian and Ocarese lords (see the Spurnese Revolts), Ruvbruch was no longer expected to defend the realm.
The Ruvborugh Works fell into disrepair towards the beginning of the Great Gap, and afterwards had been destroyed entirely, though there is evidence of a hurried expansion of the fort network. Ruvebruck was now a burgeoning trade town, sending its grain and cattle down the Spurnian River and receiving spices, dyes and silk from the booming Vardanid Empire upstream.
In the lead-up to the Battle of Vorgebirge, Ruevebreuck sent a small levied force to fight for the Irun Pact, which returned mostly intact.
Since the Gap, Riverbreak has remained relatively constant. With the encroachment of the Kingdom of Omeland, Riverbreak is once again a border town, but is on much better terms with the potential invaders.
Category:Settlements
Category:Sparhiel
Category:The Spur