Palace of Birdsong

The Palace of Birdsong is one of the traditional estates of Taldor's current ruling family, House Stavian. It is located at the heart of the Stavian Barony in Meratt County of Taldor's Tandak Prefecture, near Lotheedar.

Structure

The palace is a reminder of the excessive splendour of old Taldor, replete with beautiful carvings, stunning murals, artful frescos, and other breathtaking architectural features. It oozes wealth, taste, and fabulous opulence.

Outside, the Palace of Birdsong boasts extensive grounds with miles of intricately decorated gardens that include laburnum trees, flower gardens, orchards, and vineyards. Some say these grounds are even guarded by magical living topiaries. Within, the palace itself boasts eight sumptuous guest rooms, a library, a vast marble-lined ballroom, and dozens of other rooms.

House Lotheed has left its arcane mark on the Palace of Birdsong, adding a magical library, secret laboratory, and conjuring chamber.

History

After the Stavians rose to rule the land, the palace was entrusted to House Lotheed as seneschals. As of 4718 AR, the Lotheeds had operated the Palace of Birdsong for the prior two centuries.

The master of the palace as of 4718 AR was Count Bartelby Lotheed, a gifted but cruel magus who ruled the surrounding lands like his own personal kingdom. House Lotheed not only brought the usual aristocratic hangers-on, such as Lord Titus Lotheed-Casava, Dame Carodd Hellebore, and Syras Cockleburr Esq., but also more arcane and bizarre inhabitants into the palace.

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Mercater Lotheed's ghost now haunts the estate, murdered by a vile sahkil ichkoh named Ehlers (a servant of his own relative, the powerful wizard Panivar Lotheed) who still roams the palace's halls. Similarly, a trompe l'oeil of Paniver's wife, Duchess Veleto Lotheed, also haunts the hallways of the Palace of Birdsong. An attic whisperer created during one of Bartleby's blasphemous arcane experiments also remains imprisoned within a forsaken nursery.

During the War for the Crown, Eutropia Stavian wrested control of the Palace back from House Lotheed and established it as her base of operations for her campaign to claim Taldor's throne. The status of House Lotheed and the Palace of Birdsong since the events of the War for the Crown are unknown.