The castle was his life’s work. He’d been an apprentice mason when the baron had ordered it’s construction, and they began by building the keep from the existing stones of an old Roman ruin, incorporating the mound beneath into a defensive hill.The initial construction had taken ten years, through which he had risen from apprentice to master. The rest of his life had been dedicated to expanding the site, adding walls, gatehouses, moats and outbuildings.Finally, he was finished. He passed his tools down to his sons and retired.He heard the cannons attack the walls the next day.

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