The nearest landmark is a large black obelisk stationed in the middle of a small island that is within what is now a lake. A river eroded the area and over the course of time the river carved out a small lake around the obelisk. That river also connects into the moat around the fortress and flows down the Toadsquat Mountains. They say if you listen closely for a while you can hear the wails of the ghosts trapped inside.
Lush fields of crops surround the castle walls and provides the inhabitants with food all year round. This castle has clearly stood the test of time and its inhabitants were intent on making sure it stayed that way for ages to come. Huge Dragon bones litter the fields outside the castle, half overgrown, but still a painful reminder of the past. Trees grow close to the castle gates and provide it with valuable wood for all sorts of purposes. This fortress complex sits upon a granite outcrop, accessible by a single road.
The road leads to a drawbridge crossing a moat to a two story barbican garrison that has a fixed bridge with a drawbridge behind it leading to the first portcullis gate. The moat surrounds sixteen massive, square watch towers with corbels that are low, but set firm and secure for a great defensive line against sappers. They are connected by fortified, thick outer curtain walls made of black limestone. The rocks of the walls are aged and vines and plants grow inside the cracks.
Polygonal bartizans furnished with oillets and arrow slits are at every corner with the turret supported by stepped masonry corbels. Oillets and murder holes are disguised by exceptionally carved Nightmares rearing up on their hind legs or in other poses, with the hot oil erupting from their mouths when used. These Nightmares were to represent the feared mounts of the Order of the Undying Dragon. Tall windows are scattered in an asymmetric pattern on the outer walls, along with small holes for archers and huge crenulations and machicolations for artillery. A portcullis and vast gate with colossal metal doors, barbicans and hot oil pots guards the only way in, at least without taking down the castle walls.