Moonstone Keep

When Ravyn Corvida defeated the Baro family (former rulers of the region) in 209 AU, he became the first Landgrave of Fallcrest and took up residence in what became known as Moonstone Keep.

The keep was at that time merely a fortified hall on the hill; the entire surface structure of the small original keep was demolished in 231 AU and the only remnants of that first keep are the interior walls of the inner keep (which were originally the outer halls of the fortress). The New Keep was erected in place of the first keep, consisting of the current ground floor and eastern battlements. Two guard towers were added to the New Keep in 246 AU and the battlements were extended to their present size in 287. The first floor, initially consisting only of a rather small feast hall, was constructed in 301 and the feast hall was expanded to its current size in 312.

In the period of 324-331 AU, Landgrave Cervo Corvida, known as “The Builder”, remodelled the ground floor extensively (with the library and dining room added at this time) and adding the second floor and both large towers. Cervo also officially renamed the structure Moonstone Keep and the surrounding wooded hills became the Moonstone Gardens. The area of the outer keep is mostly occupied by barracks, storehouse and other buildings of a military nature. Additionally, the Volsci Bank maintains its offices within the walls of the outer keep.

In the year that Corax Corvida became Landgravine (367 AU), the library was closed for most of the year for extensive redesigning. The famous stained glass window of Baro Gethiod on horseback was destroyed at this time under circumstances that remain unclear. Note that a copy of the image is preserved in Utrecha’s “History of Fallcrest”, published in 359 AU. The last major refurbishment made to the keep was the rooftop garden, which Corax Corvida had constructed in 369 AU.