Mossfort

Mossfort is a city in The Spur. It boasts the title of the Spur's southernmost fortress, and is linked by typical arrow-straight roads to the larger cities of Hazelfort and Lagonmount, as well as to the Omelian town of Tenera.
== Geography ==
As stated above, Mossfort lies adjacent to the towns of Hazelfort, Lagonmount and Tenera. It lies on the foothills of the small mountain Ingoor Bern, while the town's fort lies approximately half a mile further up the slope.
== History ==
Mossfort has been inhabited since time immemorial - there is evidence of settlement by the People long before the arrival of humans in the area, and once humans did arrive they made note of the easily-defensible position of the settlement. A settlement named Monsford, along with a small fort, were built on the lower slopes of Ingoor Bern before the turn of the 4th Century BCE.
The citizens of Monsford bade their time as farmers and craftsmen. The turbulent times of the first settlements were forgotten and the fort built on the Bern fell into disrepair. The town earned its name as moss grew over the fort's battlements.
Eventually the status quo was broken. Several of the larger towns in the area declared their intentions to become sovereign nations. While many other settlements were wise enough to follow suit before they were absorbed, Monsford was not one of these. It fell to the new Kingdom of Ocary during the 1st Century BCE, and was ruled by this land until it was conquered by Briawicke in 125CE. After spending several months in the town, Briawicke's monarch Jormund Edricksen decided it was more defensible than his current capital of Barkville and moved his capital, repairing the fort as he did so.
Briawicke was one of the first political entities to recognise the threat posed by Varhold in the early 4th Century, and proposed the merger of the cities in the area to form the Spur as it stands today. Since then Mossfort has been part of the Spur.
Mossfort was besieged by the Vardanids during the Spurnian Subjugation, though due to the Great Gap it is unknown whether the town fell.
Category:Settlements
Category:The Spur
Category:Briawicke
Category:Ocary