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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gray Shade" data-source="post: 2669308" data-attributes="member: 32340">The Black Keep was indeed quite large for something designed as simply a watch-tower.  There was a large gate that faced East (away from the forest) and a smaller gate that faced south and met with an off-shoot from the road we'd been following most of the way from Safe Haven.The iron bands that had held up the doors were bent and rusted with neglect, and the wooden doors burned and rotted out.  However, someone had obviously been here recently, as there were makeshift wooden walls put up over the doorways.  The walls covered the arching entrances and were apparently attached on the inside and were without so much as a handle to grasp.We took a closer look at the rounded keep wall.  It was about 25 feet high, with a ledge that cropped out about four feet near the top.  Most of the stone seemed sturdy and damage, realistically, was quite minimal overall.  Although my master did notice with a frown how slick the walls had become with all the moss grown over them.We could not see or hear anyone inside the Keep, and it, if you'll pardon my turn of a phrase, 'felt' quite safe.</blockquote>