Breptor
Breptor was one of the first Empire towns founded after Eal in the late 500s in response to discoveries of gold deposits in the neighboring hillsides on the edge of the Eastern Desert. Its founding is responsible for the creation of the Ravens Way, the road from Eal across the desert to Na'Faish, as explorers pushed deeper and deeper into the rock and sand in search of more treasures. These initial gold deposits have long since been mined out and the area is pitted with old mine pits. Travellers are advised to stick to the roads as abandoned mining shafts aren't always well marked.
It is not uncommon for Breptor to gain a new influx of travellers in response to rumours of a new vein of gold being discovered in the area. The reliability of such rumours is...varied.
During the war, Breptor was lost to Conclave forces on 0.4.26 agf, but was reclaimed and rebuilt about a golden acorn. After the war, the question of the fate of Breptor brought the three factions of the old Empire to the brink of war, as Salsten Riley claimed the territory due to the amount of blood spilt over it by the old Imperial legions whos loyalty she now held, while the other two factions were loathe to give up old Empire territory to Riley's breakaway provinces. In the end, a deal was struck by Lady Wintergreen - Riley would govern Breptor and bring it into the new nation of the Dinga States, but she would be soley responsible for security of the Raven's Way, and sale of minerals mined in Breptor to their eastern neighbours in the Empire would be free from tax and tariff. The peace obtained through this agreement remains fragile, however.
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