Free Castle

The Free Castle is a settlement in the Aldovir Peninsula, located to the north of The Lunar City State of Lirgal and west of the city of Asalath. Originally founded around December of 2021, it persisted through the Empire of Aldovir and the first half of Empire of Astyllea, under which the people of the castle met their demise as an invading force of Astyllean Legions tore down the walls and looted the castle. It was later found by Arkanae Morningstar, who took the task of restoring the castle.

History
The Free Castle, before known as the Barony of Anráce, is a remnant settlement of the ancient Kingdom of Lóthra, an old realm which dominated the Northern Region of the Aldovir Peninsula, as well as certain portions of the Northern Desert of the Continent of Alteniquia. It was held by nobles as a fortification against invaders. When the Sagaviri peoples start dominating the Aldoviri peninsula, it was one of the main settlements that served as a point of resistance against the rise of the Empire of Sagavir. When the Empire of Sagavir took over the region, the Kingdom of Lóthra was the last to fall, as pushes from the North and the East reduced their land to only the marshland.

The Barony of Anráce, even after the fall of the Kingdom of Lóthra, remained through history. As it was protected by the marshland and the hilly terrain that surrounded it, and the Empire of Sagavir had no great interest on the region, it was left alone with a small but tight knit community developing in the surrounding lands. With the fall of Sagavir and the rise of Sironia, the latter tried time and again to destroy the settlement with no success. In open defiance, the Barony of Anráce renamed itself to the Free Castle, or "Kaithráce", as the commoners called the region. Even with the combined military might of the Empire of Aldovir, any attempts of destruction of the Free Castle were met with great resistance.

It was under the Empire of Astyllea that the Free Castle finally fell, as during the night legions of Astyllean soldiers tore through the walls with rams, and arrows showered from the sky. Few escaped from the attack, dispersing themselves through the land and having to reintegrate in society, even though they spoke a quite different language and did not know the customs outside the Free Castle.