Castle Crowhaven is an imposing fortress which once served as the ancestral home of Torslowe's kings, particularly the Ruthven dynasty.
Crowhaven can trace its history all the way back to before the formation of Avylon, when the first of the Ruthven line, Draken von Ruthven, started construction on the building in preperation for the eventual spread of war into his kingdom. The original fortress was built on the side of Mount Arctis-Mon , which was also home to the cavernous tombs of all the past rulers of the North. Many had attempted to convince Draken that covering the ancestral crypts of the Northern Kingdoms with his new home was a bad idea, but he refused to listen.
The castle has seen many extensions through the centuries, growing into a gargantuan mountain-side fortress overseeing the region. Its towering spires have long instilled ominous dread upon those who live in its shadow. It is known to be cursed- passageways which come to sudden dead-ends, or entire wings which seem to appear overnight with no explanation. Many have become lost in the castle's mazelike interior, taunted by the ghosts of the place and found dead weeks or months later by servants in the most secluded corners of the keep. This was all well before the rule of the direkin King Friedrick Ruthven, who only perpetuated the castle's dark nature. While it has now been abandoned by even the Counts, there are rumors that the interior of the fortress is still haunted by its last mad king and the countless souls who perished in its depths.