Hommlet castle
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The castle itself is under construction, with only a single tower having been completed. Workers have dug deep trenches, and are in the process of laying foundations for the castle itself. Work has barely begun, but the outlines of bastions, towers, a gatehouse and keep can all be noted. Workers regularly travel to and from Verbobonc (where they live) on what seems to be a weekly basis, and stay in makeshift tents and huts nearby while on-site. The occasional villager can also been seen lending a hand. The tower is some 55 feet tall, a smaller tower rising inside the greater at about 35 feet above the ground. Its entrance is accessible only by going up a curving flight of stone stairs which terminate in a landing about 10 feet above the ground. The outer door of the tower lowers to form a bridge to the stone landing. There are numbers of arrow slits around the tower, and it has a splay around the base to about 6 feet in height. The lower and upper battlements are machicolated, the merlons being pierced for archery as well. Two men-at-arms watch from its roof. |
Rufus and Burne occupy the tower, having previously been very successful adventurers. They help run the Hommlet militia, known commonly as Burne's Badgers
