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Fenshire

The summer castle ruins of the Flatheads

Fenshire map

Fenshire is a swampy region which stretches east of the Flathead Mountains to the edge of the world. The summer castle of the Flatheads was located in a remote section of Fenshire. They would travel there from Flathead Caste hangar with a dirigible.

When the place was deserted, the entrance hall of the summer castle retains but a shadow of its former elegance; the ceiling has partially collapsed, and myriad weeds grow amongst the debris that covers the floor. A fireplace is choked with the rubble of its collapsed chimney. Above the fireplace is a faded fresco, and next to that, a tiny vase is mounted on the wall. A vase above the fireplace, when having a flower in it, would open a secret passage.

The swamps of Fenshire have encroached its once-beautiful garden and the wall is now just a pile of mossy stones, and the garden terraces are ankle-deep with squishy mud. To the north is a wide expanse of fetid quicksand. The First Dungeon Master helped Barbazzo Fernap to make a Borphbelly Stew and he gave him a hexagonal block in return.

A crumbling archway leads south to the enclosed arboretum, Hothouse where they played Snarfem and Fernap gave him the fan.

Trivia[]

In Conquest at Quendor, the Helm of Zork is located a deserted castle near the Flathead Mountains, which is accessible by air; the castle is ruined and overgrown with moss. The castle is not named, but the description makes it possible that it was the same as the summer castle of Flatheads.

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