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=== The Rise of Blackwater and the Dissolution of the Kingdom of Savaguard ===
The arrival of former ReCharge<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/ghh177/recharge_recruiting_for_new_city_rivers_end/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x</ref> members on the server in the new nation of Blackwater rapidly disturbed the established geopolitical situation on the server - the former top dog, Savaugard[[Savaguard]], had a strong challenger in the burgeoning Blackwater-Cantina alliance. The invasion of Eslenti<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/gs1i8r/civ_news_cantina_takes_eslenti_city_no_casualties/</ref> and Savaguard's refusal of their ally's pleas for assitance showed weakness, and this was soon exploited when a group of Cantinans breached the Savaguardian vault, and it fell without any bloodshed<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/gtzwbo/regarding_the_graveyard_events/</ref>. What followed was a complete collapse in both Savaguard's desire to fight, and the very nation itself, as the king [[Invader1337]] abdicated and the nation balkanised into many small nations in a loose defensive alliance<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/gwa1xd/regarding_the_dissolution_of_savaguard/</ref>. While Savaguard had been defeated, many remembered the injustices performed., These grievances later extended to include GDAN (after he was pearled) and later the [[Roman Empire]], as Cantinan mercenaries under R&S were contracted to return the former lands of [[Columbia]] to independent control. Cantina and Blackwater seemed undefeatable - at least, until a new power rose to challenge their newfound hegemony.
===Chungus-Varathian Border Incidents===
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