Castle Hartwick
Fortress in The Spine of the World, Hartsvale
Castle Hartwick is the seat of the royal house of Hartsvale, a hidden valley kingdom in the Spine of the World founded by a son of the giant god Annam.
White granite walls and slender turrets crown a sheer, spruce-covered spire in the middle of a rushing river, and giants stand guard at the drawbridges.
Castle Hartwick at a glance
- Type & size
- Royal castle on a river island
- Allegiance & rule
- Allegiance: Kingdom of Hartsvale
- Ruled by: The royal House Hartwick
- People & culture
- The royal household, human soldiers and the Giant Guard, giants sent by the surrounding tribes as envoys
Overview
The castle stands on a granite spire rising hundreds of feet from the Clear Whirl River, between the town of Hartwick and the village of Stagwick, reached by two drawbridges. Its throne room holds the Alabaster Throne, a gift from the dwarves of the region.
Hartsvale was founded by Hartkiller, the last son of the giant god Annam and a mortal woman, and his half-human descendants rule it. One gate of the castle, the Giants' Gate, is built so that true giants can come before the monarch, and giants of the surrounding tribes serve in the castle's guard.
On the map
Regions nearby
- The Spine of the WorldMountains · Castle Hartwick lies within it
- Ice SpireMountains · ~6 mi south-west
- The High IceIce · ~41 mi north
Nearby places
- Citadel AdbarCity · ~62 mi
- AscoreTown · ~122 mi
- Beorunna's WellTown · ~193 mi
- Citadel FelbarrCity · ~199 mi
- SundabarCity · ~210 mi
- Hellgate DellRuin · ~236 mi
Distances as the crow flies, measured on our map.