Sastela Lighthouse

“So, the Imperial fools think themselves the masters of the sea. Do they truly believe that their crude vessels could bring any glory onto distant shores? All they do is spread their dogmatic rot to the far corners of this world, while our people stand blinded by their gilded light. Well, let us see how they fare when the light plays against them.”   -Gunther Kueglemann

  By a range of dark mountains and upon a short cliff overlooking the northern shores of the Penumbra Barony, one may find the Sastela Lighthouse. Though in its right, it is more of an oppressive castle-manor with a treacherous beacon that casts a blood red gaze out over the seas.   Designed and commanded to be built by Mayor Gunther Kueglemann - this castle serves as a defence against the Golden Empire’s fleets as the red lights cast a powerful illusion onto any ship - or airship for that matter, to crash into the nearby reefs and cliffs.   Thus, outside the castle is a massive aquatic graveyard swarming with re-animated subjects that will claw onto any vessel that gets too close, to slaughter any lucky bastard who somehow navigates through the illusionary light.     The Lighthouse-Castle is built in a mix between the high and sharp spires common within Diestria, yet with the round towers and domes popular within the Golden Empire. Striking a match between the southern classical and northern gothic themes - with a gray and black colour scheme combined with bloodred window panels and lights, to truly radiate its foreboding aura.   The building itself is divided into three parts. The temple part of the Black Church, which looks like a miniscule cathedral. The courtyard part, which is a small graveyard with a fountain-statue in the center and blood roses growing around it. Lastly, the lighthouse in which Kueglemann himself is said to reside. Ruling Sastela from a large yet oddly modest throne-room that is filled with esoteric artefacts and propaganda papers.