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Bronze 'Lilith' Statue Located: Malbork Castle, Poland

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Malbork, Poland 1890s

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Bronze Statue in Malbork Castle, Poland

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Not a whump post but I’m gonna infodump for a moment about some research — specifically the castle that the imperial palace in For His Kingdom is based on! I used Malbork Castle in Poland for it, pictured below:

The main entrance would lead across the river (in my story, it is smaller and more of a moat), with the main castle keep being huge and impressive while much of the city would be across the moat where Cinn would be able to see it from his cage on the outer wall of the keep.

This palace is really cool, as it has a whole heating tunnels system to keep it warm rather than relying only on fireplaces! Interestingly, it was originally built for the Teutonic Order of the Crusades so it has a somewhat unusual layout but it was later a residence of Polish kings and is still the largest castle in Europe!

Here’s some great shots of the courtyard of the main keep, the equivalent of which is where Cinn would have been whipped:

Also note the wide space in the left of the second image at the top, as that is a key location for the next installment of the story, being where wagons/carriages/etc. would be prepared as well as being where much of the daily activity of the palace would occur.

Of course, the red brick isn’t quite the aesthetic I wanted, and that was taken from the imperial palace of the Hapsburgs (left) for the exterior and inspired by medieval cathedrals and the Munich Residenz (right) for the interior:

I needed to verify the layout for the next chapter since a lot of it takes place outside the handful of smaller parts of the castle I’ve been focusing in so this infodump is the result. I hope it’s enjoyable even if it’s not the usual for this page!

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