Royal Palace of Grendel

The Royal Palace of Grendel stands as a fortified citadel at the heart of the kingdom, its towering stone walls visible even from the contaminated city below. The plague tunnels burrow upward toward its grand halls, designed centuries ago as secret escape routes for the royal court during epidemics. Narrow staircases spiral through rock-hewn passages, their surfaces slick with moisture from the earth above, leading to ornate chambers where once-reigning monarchs took refuge. The air grows stale in these hidden routes, thick with the scent of damp stone and faint traces of ancient tapestries dragged down for insulation. Once a symbol of absolute power, today the palace’s true purpose lies forgotten—its corridors repurposed as last-resort arteries, capable of delivering the healthy straight to the throne at a time when the streets outside teem with plague.