Syrgorod

Overview
Syrgorod (previously named Shellport) is a small town residing in the Sparwood continent. They are controlled by the Frosterium and act as the Capital of the Shellport District of the Frosterium. The town consists of large fields, breweries, the Lake Syr of which the town recieved its name and a large lakeside housing and market district. The city laid at the heart of the Highways between Frosterium provinces due to its central location and is the only town which the highway passes through. Now under the new era of Sparwood politics, its central position allows it to play a key part of politics still.

Creation
Shellport was created by AmbitSkinhub, Soodiez, Heijmanboy and Frenchfriesboi in an attempt to hide their land from the dangers of the Burgamerian plains. The group spent time gathering resources to sell so they could turn this land into a prosperous community. During this period the town was mainly built underground and hidden so any bandits would not steal the most valuable items Shellport owned. The size of Shellport grew as Caikee, thehedgigamer and EggThe4th settled in the town. After claiming the town it wasnt long until the land they had squatted on, the UBSR, experienced a plotted coup. AmbitSkinhub made contact with Point DeGuard,the man plotting to coup Palaris and revive the UBSR. After the coup, instead of burning the squatter settlement of Shellport, Point offered them their own district in the new land.

Relation to leaders
Although Syrgorod had a low population, it was drastically overrepresented in government positions. 2 General Secretaries lived in Syrgorod at some point (Lpreston and Ambit Skinhub, although Lpreston lived in Duragrad and Voskovy as well), 2 of the 3 Red Generals of the UBSR lived in Syrgorod (Soodiez and Tammy) and the longtime advisor of the General Secretary Heij. Close advisors to leaders live in Syrgorod today, namely the Shellport group. Syrgorod has competed for influence with Voskovy in past, especially in the early days of the revived UBSR.

The Torchbearers
Due to the nature of the Burgamerian plains, many travellers never made it to their destinations. Notable examples of this is the parents of former General Secretary Lpreston, who died on their way to Duragrad and the writer of a widely distributed journal, which detailed his travels from Vraelea to Duragrad and his descent into madness. Under the reign of Lpreston, the people of Syrgorod established The Torchbearers, who were to guide travellers to their destinations across the plains, through the treacherous pass from Syrgorod to Duragrad, or the much more mild climate of the Morskaya-Syrgorod road. The Torchbearers have succeeded in lowering the deaths from walking these roads. It is also helpful that The Torchbearer HQ lays at the midpoint of the Frosterium Highway network, as the gateway to the frozen lands that lay ahead.

New Panem
Although the area itself was peaceful, Shellport still encountered trouble. On the first day Shellport was officially part of a nation, their neighbours from New Panem, who were friendly towards Shellport, attacked the under renovation buildings of Sparwood town before they were properly guarded was placed. The revival of the city which had before been in ruins was the first thing Shellport accomplished with their newfound place in the world and their oldest allies razed it infront of them. This was a mistake on the part of New Panem, believing that the UBSR was trying to exert influence near New Panem. After asking Shellport residents Frenchfriesboi and AmbitSkinhub if they would like to help destroy the town, they realised they had attacked their allies work. The damage was undone but the deed wasnt forgiven. After DiamondKid, the king of New Panem, refused to apologise for attacking a member of Shellport district during the confusion, Point and 2 others visited DiamondKid. This visit turned into DiamondKid attacking Point and a short siege of New Panem. After consulting maps it was declared that New Panem was Vraelea's issue as it was in their territory and that the UBSR would leave. A short while later, a player known as Boram was seen to be slaying the horses stored in Shellport. After asking for an explanation, Boram admitted to being hired by DiamondKid for what he thought was a bandit camp only to find a small group struggling to survive. After both sides talked, Boram apologised and compensated Heijmanboy and AmbitSkinhub with 5,000 each. Boram would after this, regularly check on the city. The New Panem feud was ended when Caikee and DiamondKid dueled as a show of goodwill.

Bandits
Shellport rarely experiences issues with bandit raids, with only 2 attacks ever happening, both within hours of eachother. The first was the murder of a new player to the server, called Idahawk. He was murdered by the self acclaimed "Hunter" FullMoozers who in reality was just a bandit. Idahawk had just hours earlier been accepted into the UBSR and into Shellport. The bandit FullMoozers loved to drink, so was invited round to the opening of the Shellport bar which in reality was rather old. He took the bait and joined players AmbitSkinhub, Soodiez and LpreSTONE at a table. Heijmanboy then delivered free drinks to the players. AmbitSkinhub, Soodiez and LpreSTONE all recieved coffee whereas FullMoozers recieved decay absinthe. After everyone drank the 4 residents attacked FullMoozers, who was already being inflicted with poison from the drink. The fight was over in seconds and FullMoozer was dead. The second attack was from Callamiity, who attacked Soodiez, taking his armour.

The Syrgorod Monk Massacre
After the fall of Kartek, Kartek Soleannen monks ventured around the empire to try and spread their faith to the other provinces of the Frosterium. One place they visited was Syrgorod. When the monks arrived, they approached two of the high status individuals of the town, Ambit Skinhub and Tammy. Ambit, being a Soleannen already, encouraged them to spread their faith around the empire, but assured them that Syrgorod held the Soleannen faith already. Tammy protested, claiming to be a Lunaist. The monks incessantly pestered her around the town. Tammy eventually realised that one of the monks following her around Syrgorod was wanted for the destruction of a building in the Harbour district. She warned the Kartek monks to leave under threat of violence. When this did not work, she put the wanted man to the sword. The incident sparked the Kartek Terror bombings around the empire and Syrgorod was the first to be struck due to this event.