The thick moat is filled with murky dark water. It is very wide and surrounds the entire castle. Alligators and other dangerous creatures roam the moat, ready to warn away intruders.
Moat, Outside Palace
alligator
electric eel
I am an eel. I swim around in the king's moat. I was brought here from far away by a foreign diplomat, and I have lived here for many years scaring away unruly citizens.
An Alligator! let me pass of course I am just waiting for my next meal Do I look a meal to you?  Not at all plus you be quick shocking not into that  Have you been long here? where are you from?  I came from florida but been here since I was a wee lad how bout you I don't remember my home, I was brought here by a man when I was young.  I guess we are the same in a way I reckon so what do you normally eat  Whatever comes my way, it's hard to tell what you're eating sometimes int his dark water  Very true its why I try and catch it on the way down Have been in the castle at all?  Nope don't fancy going in there to cold