Castle Whitestone

Whitestone Castle is a small castle built on a hill to the north of the city-state of Whitestone. Originally owned by the de Rolo family, the Briarwoods claimed the castle for themselves once the city fell under their rule. After the success of the Whitestone Rebellion, Cassandra de Rolo and (in absentia) Percival de Rolo regained ownership.

Description
Prior to the Briarwoods' occupation, there was a circle of teleportation in the castle; however, it appeared to have been destroyed as part of the Briarwoods' efforts to further isolate Whitestone from the rest of the world. Another circle was created during Vox Machina's year-long break from adventuring.

The castle has at least two libraries: Vex's personal library and vast, family library. Since 812 PD and by 836 PD, JB Trickfoot served as the head librarian.

First floor

 * Grand entry hall: A pair of massive, 8-foot wide double doors opens to the castle's entry hall. Hallways to the right and left lead to further rooms in the castle. At the back is a grand staircase that leads 15 feet up before splitting to the in a curved staircase that comes to a landing on the second floor.
 * Music room: Located on the southwestern side, this room has seating and instruments to entertain guests, as well as a fireplace. A window here overlooks the city.

Second floor
The eastern wing has several guest rooms, a reading room, and a few studies. Frederick de Rolo's was on the eastern wall of the castle, and Byron Anders' was facing the north side.

Basement floors

 * Dungeon: Located down the stairs from the first floor western hallway, the dungeon has several cells. A large statue hides the entrance to a secret escape tunnel that exits at the western base of the hill the castle is built upon. It was notably used by Cassandra and Percy de Rolo to escape the Briarwood's assault.
 * Crypt: A set of wooden stairs led to an undercroft where the bodies of previous rulers were entombed. A more recent long tunnel was dug through the back wall of the mausoleum leading outside the castle toward beneath the Sun Tree to an ancient subterranean ziggurat, formerly a temple to Ioun.

Grounds

 * Widow's Garden:A poisonous plant garden was planted around 730 PD by Lady Melanie de Rolo to covertly poison her husband. During the Briarwoods' rule, the gardens were left untended and withered. In 836 PD, the garden, now renamed the Widow's Garden, has been reestablished and maintained in part by Keyleth.