Duragrad

Duragrad is a historic town located in central Sparwood, it was founded as a mining town on the mighty river Zios. Duragrad was a major city in Sparwood. As Burgamere's cultural center, Duragrad receives countless tourists. It is considered an important economic, scientific, and tourism centre of Burgamere. In modern times, the city was home to notable federal government bodies and contains the capital building, in the historic pit district. It was the historic capital city of the United Burgmerian Socialist Republic

History
Duragrad was formed by the survivors of the Great Cataclysm, an event that destroyed the old Burgamerian mining town. The early days of the settlement were filled with issues, such as sub-zero temperatures and icy winds; these issues led the townsfolk, using their salvaged mining equipment, to dig a massive hole into the soil of the icy wasteland and form a town there. When this was finished, this hole provided enough shelter for the survivors to build a city with a thriving industry that provided enough heat to keep the city warm. The city was promptly named Duragrad after the tested durability of its inhabitants. Then after a some time the city grew and the 1st UBSR was formed and Duragrad was the capital of the nation even in the ECP, the city hold many important events and became the most important city in all of Sparwood. After the ECP was dissolved the city was made capital of 2nd USBR and thrived.

Architecture
The architecture of Duragrad is a combination of retrofuturism and Victorianism. Notable landmarks include: the Public Works building, which holds the conference room and the People's Brewing Center; the People's Mining Center, the UBSR Immigration Center, and the Three Pits. After the dissolution of the second USBR the architecture changed consisted more of a georgian-brutalist style.

Duragrad During the UBSR
Duragrad was still the most important city in all of Sparwood, but has lost many people during its time in the UBSR but the city is having a revival and is gaining new players to call Duragrad their home, Duragrad had 2 mayors in the month, Nesspine who was made mayor of Duragrad by the government in July, 1st, 2021 she was later impeached because she was inactive and the second mayor who was elected was Rust (ItsMeRust) on the 18th July, he has planned on making many reforms for the province (As he is the magistrate of Burgamere) and the city, he and the head builder of Duragrad came up with city plans, and he is trying to create reforms in the city and province like the most recent reform The Bugamerian Revival Plan, and on the same day he was elected the Sparwood summit took place in Duragrad and it delved into topics about Sparwood.

Duragrad during the Frosterium
The battle sealing the fate of the UBSR occurred in Duragrad, with rebels preventing the Frosterium from forming meeting their end inside the city. After this, the ex-leader of the UBSR, Figurative, was impeached by Kathy Skinhub (IGN Underscoregrog) who renamed the town to Grogtown_1 while it was under her ownership. After some delay brought on by paperwork issues, the city was handed back to Rust

Duragrad during Tovarisha
For the start of Tovarisha the capital was Duragrad. After the now debunked city of Cinnaburg in the south gained more people, the capital was moved there before finally being moved to Voskovy. During this time Duragrad was seeing a major decline in active population and a shift to the southern towns. The mayor for the majority of this time was Anonymous001.

Duragrad during Ecclesian rule
After the dissolution of Tovarisha the state of Burgamere was given to Ecclesia. The leader of Ecclesia Kasper, wanted to rule with an iron fist, he appointed Gurt (poopyballfart) to be Governor General of Burgamere. The Ecclesian Leadership only had power on paper, everything was controlled by the Burgmerian Government. There where 4 governments during the Ecclesian rule in Burgamere, First was the transitional government of Anonymous, Second was the elected government of Cennard Cogaidh, and third was the Imperial government under Unic0rnb0i, after a few weeks in office he resigned to deal with Bardonian internal politics, leaving Lox incharge of Burgamere, where he created a government based with three roles. During the last few days of Ecclesian control, Sherman convinced Kasper to remove Gurt from office of Governor-General, which he did and replaced him with Sherman. During this time period, the former Vice Mayor ConDud would replace annonymus as mayor, although his popularity would slowly decline as time went on. ConDud's health would also decline, eventually dying of a stroke. He would instate popular worker General_ich as mayor after his death. Leading to prosperity within the city.

Duragrad during the Burgmerian War of Indpendence
Since the beginning when Ecclesia took over Burgamere, there was a strong resentment for them having control over them. Then Governor General Sherman announced without the permission of or knowledge of government that Burgamere was a free nation. A week before the Burgamere government signed a deal with the Kingdom of Councils to Vassalize them so they could have support from DUTY to fight their war of Independence.

Duragrad During The Burgamerian Civil War
During the Burgamerian Civil War, the Tsarist Powers managed to push deep into Burgamerian Territory and Encircled Duragrad. This was the Seige of Duragrad, which started on April 1st, 2023 - May 7th, 2023. Yet this seige was broken with the 1st and 2nd Battle Of Duragrad, ending with Crushing Tsarist victories and a Burgamerian defeat. The occupied city was utterly destroyed during the war, and the city was disbanded on May 7th, 2023. Its land was reformed into the new city of Lilygrad, this was the Death Of Duragrad. It was then made the capital of the newly independant Nation of Luscovy for a while. Until its Capital City was changed to Voskovy. To this day the City is a former shell of the once prospering city it was.