Fiction:Montamar

Montamár is the capital and largest city in the Mushrum Kingdoms. It is the residence of the kingdoms' ruler, who holds court at Fiction:Mushrum Kingdoms/Melicant Castle, and is home to most Mushrums in the realm.

Founded over seven centuries ago as a small Mushrum village that eventually grew to rule over the others, Montamár has been the official home of Mushtariä's imperial crown ever since the first unification of the Shrumian Crescent was carried out. Over the ages it has been besideged on several occasions, burnt twice to the ground, and been the setting for countless coups, the stage for two dozen coronations, and the target of innumerable attacks. The fact that not a single outside invasion has ever breached its ancient walls is something of a local legend (that some claim is mere myth). As the head of the realm and a hive for the nobility, it is also innexpressably rich.

History
The city was originally founded by some of the earliest Mushite inhabitants on record, as a settlement of newly-sedentary Mushrums dedicated to agriculture. Few if any traces of that remain. After achieving the status of the Fisrt Funghal empire's capital, it was enlarged by each ruler's succesor. Built on a hill surrounded by miles of plains in every direction, it was given its original walls by King Mrothgar the Legendary. Several great building campaigns followed, oftentimes funded by the rich merchants that have always flocked to the city. Its location in the dead center of Shrumia- coupled with more than a handful of imperial decrees- have brought affluence through trading routes that criss-cross the kingdoms.