The castle is located at the top of an erosive cliff face of a vast ocean. An entire wing of the castle appear to have collapsed into the ocean due to the erosion of the cliff face, perhaps the reason why the castle now lay abandoned.
An abandoned castle on an ocean cliff side, Abandoned
noble
homeless man
I am a homeless man. I sleep on the streets in my village. I beg for money and my clothes are dirty.
This is my home - no one else has live here for hundreds of years.  After a long day of begging, I like to sit here and imagine being a lord such as yourself. Begging? Aye, must seem strange to one so noble as yourself.  With no job, it is me only way to survive. How terrible! Do you have a family? Not any longer sir.  Me mother was taken by badger-cultists, and my father killed by the turtle-folk during the last uprising.  My sister was sacrificed to the weasel-god, and my brother caught a disease and pooped himself to death. My goodness! What a dreadful existence. So now you just stay here and beg in town? Pretty much.  What's my alternative?  They don't exactly let the homeless take wizarding classes at the mage's academy. Can you not work? With what jobs?  Ever since the recession, I can not even find work at a poop smithy. I know the king has been looking for soeone to make repairs around the castle. Are you good at fixing things? Well, I will give it my best shot.  Truly, you would do that for me? Absolutely. You seem like an honorable man. 