After crossing many rivers, mountains, plains and forests and never walking past a friendly face, travelers are always amazed to see the tall image of this Watchtower splitting the horizon, sign that they have at long last reached the Nightstone Citadel.

This model showcases a part of a fictional medieval town I created : The Nightstone Citadel, a larch fortified city, home to the fearsome snake knights.

In this model, you can find the great watchtower and a section of the city walls.

The great watchtower is a very detailed building. It is quite an unusual dungeon : there are trees growing at its top. It seems that the Baron of the Nightstone Citadel wanted some shade as he looked proudly over the city.

On the inside are four floors.

- The first floor features the great entrance, with a statue of Didorf the Great, respectable knight who founded this city, as well as many barrels containing provisions for travelers or knights of other realms on visit.

- The second floor hosts a small bedroom for knights on duty to get some sleep between turns to watch over the city. It has a bed and a bookshelf.

- The third floor is the home of the Baron of the Nightstone Citadel’s pet pigeons. These powerful allies carry out the realm’s most important messages to friends or ennemies.

- The fourth floor has the bell, which each hour rings loud into the entire citadel.

The Rampart hosts the Blacksmith’s workshop, as well as a prison cell. Beware ! It is said that rats live inside the walls of these ramparts…

On the second floor is a simple study for the Baron. It has a chimney and a desk.

Each floor of the whole castle is detachable.

The Rampart can be detached from the tower. It can be attached on both sides.

Removing it creates a gap at the tower’s base, but an assembly to fill this gap is provided on either side of the tower.

There are some side builds.

The first one is a stand for the baker to show off her latest creations.

Next are displays for the Blacksmith, with his latest blades and shields.

For this build, I used fairly dense building techniques to achieve the worn-down look of the citadel. My favorite technique is stacking round plates to create a random look, and of course, the use of the masonry brick.

This model features 10 minifigures :

Didorf the Great’s statue, The Barron of the Nightstone citadel, the snake knights’ general, a guard, an archer, two Horse knights, a Griffin knight, the Blacksmith and the Baker.

I hope you will enjoy this model !