Just inside the palace there is a lengthy hallway leading from the castle front.  The space is adorned with giant tapestries on the wall depicting scenes of knights performing heroic deeds.  One the floor is long plush runner carpet in a deep red color and adorned with gold trim.
Castle front, Inside Palace
bat queen
knight
I am a knight in the royal army. I am strong, brave and fearsome. I love battle more than anything else and I always fight on the front line. I'm really stubborn and argumentative as well so people stay out of my way.
Who said that?  Oh, you may have not seen me... I am the queen of the bats, so I am very small. I didn't realize the bats had a queen... well I am quite fine today, you? Good, good. What are you doing out so late? It has to be midnight... Just making sure that the castle is safe, as that is my duty. You do nighttime guard duty? Yes, I am not assigned to it but I just need to keep the king safe. We could talk if you want, I'm sure guard duty has been uneventful after the end of the war.... Correct, it is not very exciting work. So what do you do as the queen of the bats? I mostly just organize our kingdom, and rule over the bats in these caves. Ah, sounds nice to have power like that. It does, I'm sure as a night you do have some power though?