High Elf Castle
Names: High Elf CastleCastle of the High Elveself castlethe castleSugar Cube
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 28 (28)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 28Killing Imogen unlocks the High Elf Castle's loot, rumoured to include something that protects against Scolopendra's attacks.
- Ch 64The high elf castle is carved from ancient white wood, with troll-filled caves and a secret entrance beneath it.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 23The high elf castle from the sixth floor, the Sugar Cube, now serves as the Lemig Sortion's headquarters.
Connections
- containsImogen
- inFloor 6
- containsBallroom A
- containsBallroom B
- related toLemig Sortionheadquarters
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 54Planning around the brambles
Carl and Katia realise the Gehenna brambles will drive everyone toward the high elf castle by floor's end, and plan to regroup and map stairwells there.
- Book 5 · Ch 56Masquerade announcement
The system announces the Great Race floor and details the Butcher's Masquerade: plus-one tokens, contests, hunters in a parallel ballroom, and no violence inside.
- Book 5 · Ch 64Arrival at the castle
The changeling posing as Signet is turned away, the dinosaurs are caged and moved to the hunters' attendant room, and the crawlers pass security into Ballroom A.
- Book 5 · Ch 70Battle at the castle
Mounted elves, mantises and changelings clash outside the castle; mantises seize the Twister and the Sledge jumps to the roof with Bonnie and others.
- Book 5 · Ch 70Samantha enters the tunnels
Samantha sneaks into the cat tunnels but has forgotten the map, so Firas guides her toward the security room while the talent show begins.
- Book 7 · Ch 23Massacre in the Lemig throne room
Carl wakes covered in blood in the Lemig Sortion's throne room after their sabotage attempt backfired, leaving about fifty dead including Luke; a minor quorum of adjutants pauses hostilities.
- Book 7 · Ch 24Field ruling on the Lemig plot
Panford leads a minor quorum showing how Stockade used Summon Ally to pull Carl to his base, replaying Katia's dream memories; Stockade's outburst is ruled an admission of guilt.
- Book 7 · Ch 25Ruling and Stockade's death
The quorum clears the Madness and Princess Posse and penalizes the Lemig Sortion, but Stockade, maddened by Shi Maria's spell, kills himself, and the Lemig assets go to the Madness.
- Book 7 · Ch 25Faction Wars begin early
The ceasefire ends early; Houston shoots Carl as he teleports home with a stolen bag of cat food, and enemy artillery begins striking the Princess Posse's shield.