Kitchen Cove Founded In 1837

The Breville family is one of the founding families of Kitchen Cove. As such their roots in the community go deeper than just industry, philanthropy, and charity. The eldest child of the family, Robert Breville became more involved in the community after his mother passed away from an illness the family has not yet disclosed.

During these years Robert built up a reputation as someone whose generosity knew no bounds. He established work programs for unskilled laborers and food lines. This is also when his father remarried, but this did not shift his focus from what really mattered to him. Instead, Robert campaigned for mayor and became the youngest acting mayor in the city's storied history.

It was during his time in office that Robert had his biggest impact on the city. Robert introduced a tariff on exports that saw a massive spike in the city's financial budget. Robert used this money to invest in modern infrastructure and this investment grew to primarily effect the warehouses and shipping industry into a regular city of commerce. The tariff did make the once booming industry of shipping shrink, but the industry did not die it just adapted.

Robert did not know it at the time but the tariff had an everlasting impact on the city. The west side grew with modern business while the East side where the Old Bay was located stayed focused on the still prominent industry of shipping. The tariff unintentionally split the city and became known as the Tariff That Divides. But the city did not stop growing. Nightclubs, newspapers, manufacturing, and leisure all popped up in the wake of the split. 

Unfortunately, this time of prosperity did not extend to the young mayor. It was then that Robert's daughter, Connie, was murdered at one of the very sights constructed because of his influence. This destroyed Robert and he became a recluse until his time in office came to an end. After his time in office was over he campaigned for a spot in the Senate and won with very little contest. Oddly enough the distance between Robert and Kitchen Cove did not affect his influence over the region. It was there in the Senate that Robert based his most influential law to date, the banning of gluten as a legal substance for consumption.

Many researchers in retrospect see this law as a result of the murder of his daughter whose killer was found to have trace amounts of the substance in their system at the time of their arrest. Since then, Senator Breville has been an advocate for the banning of the substance and the crackdown on those profiting from it. The most ironic result of all of this is that his city has become the major hub for the illegal exportation of the substance. Some may say it all started with the tariff that led to the rise of the criminal element in the city. When gluten was banned the criminals were already uniquely qualified to transport the banned substance. Whichever way you look at it, Robert Breville has had a profound impact on the city not all of which yet has revealed itself.