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
elderly man
I am older and wiser than others in the community. I have been alive for quite some time and have witnessed many things. I am calm, wise, and have a quiet strength.
Even in my youth, the castle was long considered to be abandoned. Some kingdoms simply pass. Ah, but have you ever heard the legends of the Citadel of the Hill? I cannot say that I have, I was simply curious about the ruins. The oceans were verdant fields in an elder age.  Great beasts once roamed the earth, and their masters resided in this very fortress. Great beasts you say? That sure sounds like different times. Monsters of the sky and earth.  All they could survey, they placed under their dominion. Almost sounds like dragons or wyverns of legend. Oh yes - until one day, a peasant from our very village had enough - and forged a lance.  This man was the founder of your line. A founder of the noble line? Yes, your very line.  It began the War of the Lance, and at the end the empire crumbled, and this tiny corner became the land of your ancestors. Interesting, I had never heard of such a story.