The castle of Ardel stood bold on the hill in the City of Constance, the kingdom's capital.
Its walls were made of evenly square stones carved from the mountain and layered perfectly. Ornated windows were scattered in an asymmetrical pattern alongside several huge balconies and crenelations for archers and artillery from the towers.
A hefty metal gate and drawbridge guarded the main gateway, and built forts became a stronghold for the castle with surrounding moats.
Fluttering by the wind, the red flag denominating the golden eagle soared up to the sky from the central pole on the tallest tower.
It was once a castle that the great kings of the Ardel Dynasty hosted.
Inside it, through the walking path of the cloister, at the end of the corridor, there was a vast room full of bookshelves from wall to wall and in between. It was so huge that hundreds of books were sorted on the racks, all bound thickly and thinly in various languages and genres; It was the royal library.
