The Emerald Eye

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The Emerald Eye by Stone Gargoyle

Found in the Land of the Damned, this ruined Elven castle sits surrounded by ruins of the city that once surrounded it. The triangular layout of the castle and the green emerald ceiling atop it make it unique to the Palladium world. Two of the towers still sand, but the third has been reduced to rubble. A vast battlefield surrounds it, with an elven steed standing petrified on what was once a battlefield. A broken sword in a sheath on the side of the saddle gives some idea what may have happened here. Caves said to be the home of dragons lie directly to the south, looked upon by the row of seven large windows on the front of the castle. Going inside the castle, there are archways in the entrance hall where doors should be, but which lead nowhere but to stark walls, as if magical portals once occupied the spaces within these archways.
Who once occupied this castle? Was it a great wizard during the Age of a Thousand Magicks? Where did the portals once lead, and did the occupants of the castle escape through them or were they all killed? These questions and more await those who are actually able to make it to the castle which lies in this desolate land.