The Palace Grounds

One can not know the beauty of the palace grounds by trying to peer through the palace gates. It's hard enough to get anywhere near the gates in the first place. The palace is surrounded by a tall stone wall with fortification. No one has ever really seen beyond the gates, except those who work in the palace, guards who are paid so well they never talk, or those born or raised in the palace. The grounds are like a whole different world within a world. Not only are there many plots full of Lord Azzur's favorite plants and flowers but small buildings for guards and the taxes office including the barns and workshops. Let us start at the front by the main gates and work our way towards the rear of the palace.

FRONT OF PALACE

By the gates, are two rectangular small buildings these house guards, it's where many eat and gamble and sleep, there are only table and stools in these places, no beds. It's also where meetings are held. Behind the one building is a tiny hut, this is the taxes office. It's full of scrolls, quills, files, and books. A goblin works there, and he is a trusted worker of his lordship. The guard building on the other side in the only one with stairs and ladder so one may access the great wall. There is also another guard post but it's not as utilized as the others.

The gates are made of twisted black steel and iron and heavy reinforced woods. It also holds an archway above with hot oil stations in case of a siege.

SIDES OF PALACE

On the right of the palace by the main tower are a few tiny buildings that might hold ammunition, weapons and some food like beans. On the left side is the black gravel driveway and the fairy gardens.

REAR OF PALACE

By the kitchen doors, they have a chicken coup, there is a nearby stable for the horses that also houses Lord Azzur's carriages and deflated hot air balloons. Further aback is another barn that has goats, a few pigs, and one oxen. Behind the barn are fruit trees or the orchard. Going to the Catfish gateway is where the smokehouses are, the butcher, and other workhouses used for various tasks that can't be done in the kitchen. There are many plants everywhere, berry bushes, and a few tiny trees.

THE GARDENS

The most notable of the grounds are all the greens, the fairy gardens homes hundreds of active fairies and has thousands of exotic flowers all along that one wall. In front of the palace is the noble stone lion plot that has black and pink lotus guarded by leaf beasts. The four lions backed against the circular large pot have mouths drip smoke as they are also incense burners. Along the main tower area are glow in the dark flowers, that ebb a beautiful eerie green simmer of light at night. All along the palace itself are planted all kinds of bushes, plants, and flowers. Azzur has flowers and plants imported from all over Titan and he doesn't succumb to safety rules of whether they are safe or not. There is a type of flora that grows on the walls and rooves and vines as well that may hide creatures within. Inside the palace he has metal flowers that grow on the 3rd floor and in the library areas. There are a few metal flowers outside. The plots are tended to regularly by gardeners to maintain the beauty and scent and weeds are trimmed every day. The fairies have started building little homes amidst the flowers and guard their homes by biting intruders. At night, one may glimpse the glowing fairies as they fly about the grounds. The grounds attract dragonflies, bumblebees, and gorgeous colorful insects. From Spring to Autumn there is an array of colors, and there are a few trees lining the black gravel driveway. There are so many flowers and plants gardeners are having a difficult time finding places to put them as they follow the demands and bulk orders of the lord every month.

THE MAIN TOWER

This is located just outside the door of the officer's lounge. Guarded by a heavy wood door, inside is nothing much to behold, it has a spiraling staircase going up to the top. In between levels is a mini wooden spiral staircase that seems like it was glued to the outer part of the staircase. It doesn't offer much usefulness except for show. The trap door goes up onto the roof of the great tall tower that overlooks the rooftops, and has a jumbo cannon called Bilb. It can bellow out magic green cannonballs during a siege that can wipe out entire units in the fields outside the city. The tall tower can be seen like a menace from over the great wall, it sits there like an extension to the palace.

There is grass and bald spots throughout the grounds, with a wildflower collage here and there. It's lustrous wonder adds a genteel atmosphere to the palace. Lord Azzur does not walk outside to view his plots, he only knows they are there. He may be more familiar with the gardens up on the 3rd floor than what's out on the main grounds. The grounds have fruit trees as well, including grapes, olives, and berries.

Stables & Barns, turn to .

The Main Tower, turn to .

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