Grauer Palast

The Grauer Palast is a squat keep to the north-east of Black Rock Castle. It was long used as the official residence of the Baron of Lady’s Vale, the heir to the county of Ubersreik. It contains a very large ballroom, and is where the Jungfreuds once conducted their social functions and weddings.

Black Rock Castle

Black Rock Castle is enormous, easily the largest fortification in the southern Muden. Built 800 years ago by House Bruner, the castle was occupied by the Jungfreuds more than a century ago, and is now synonymous with their rule. 

It is warren of halls, salons, barracks, and private chambers, beneath which lie the extensive Ubersreik dungeons, where many Jungfreud enemies spent their remaining years. The castle’s corridors, which once thronged with servants, now ring with the hollow echo of the invaders’ footsteps. The huge fireplace in the Great Hall — once a beacon welcoming guests — lies empty and unlit. 

General Jendrick von Dabernick now rules the castle, and he puts on a good show of ruling the rest of Ubersreik with all the power and none of the responsibility of a duke. Von Dabernick is the scion of a minor noble line with a historic grudge against the Jungfreuds, and has a distant claim on Ubersreik from centuries ago. An abrasive presence, he is determined to root out any sympathisers for the exiled Jungfreuds, which earns him few friends locally.