Risingsteed Citadel is a striking marvel to behold, a mountain seemingly carved into the likeness of a gigantic horse, several hundred feet tall, festooned with platforms and encrusted with barnacle-like buildings. Some postulate that the stone must have been reinforced and strengthened magically, as it rests on three spindly and physically-improbable legs. A variety of winches, pulleys, and precarious rope-operated elevators, as well as a narrow staircase spiralling through one of the legs, provide access to the citadel.
Beneath the citadel is a large inn for visitors, while a variety of defensive galleries and emplacements provide easy positions to spy attackers from miles away. Atop the surprisingly-detailed horse's head is the ruler's palace, home of Richard Aubemeur. This canny warlord commands a mobile brigade of a hundred pegasus-mounted cavalry, able to respond to distant events at short notice. He is growing a little old in the tooth, and his daughter Rafaella has newly been knighted, giving some hope that she will inherit command of the Winged Knights. How you can use Risingsteed Citadel in your games: - Risingsteed Citadel might be a bastion of hope on the fringes of civilization, or perhaps the home of an evil warlord who maintains an iron grip on the region. An attacking force cannot approach without being bombarded and intercepted, so it might employ infiltrators to soften an approach. The PCs might be these infiltrators, or might be trying to stop them from sabotaging the citadel's vulnerable defences. - Perhaps the colossal stone horse was not a mountain pared away to the shape of a horse, but some colossal steed which was transmuted to stone in ancient times past. If some force threatens to transform it back into flesh (or to reanimate it), then the inhabitants of Risingsteed Citadel would be under dire threat. - This makes for an interesting and exotic place for a Player Character to visit, or perhaps their original home. A career as a pegasus-mounted knight makes for an ideal aspiration, and could certainly be fun for a paladin or ranger character. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 13 October 2021. Comments are closed.
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