The tower base has a path of cobblestone leading to the entrance. Two torches are lit with large blazing fires. Most of the tower base is covered in moss.
The tower base, Outside Tower
guard
villager
I've been walking for days. The sun is bright and hot while the nights are dark and cold. Our young is getting sick while our old are getting weary of finding a safe place to arrive to. We have heard rumors that there is a camp one day north. I can only pray we hold on for that long.
Oh my... phew... my legs, I can barely stand.   Hello villager, are you okay? A-a guard!  Have we made it? Are... are you real?  As real as this here moss in the tower base.  Gods be praised!  We must have made it.  Oh, it has been so long since we left, we had dared not hope... but no, I've gotten ahead of myself.  So much has happened, and we've come such a long way.   Who is we? Are you okay Villager? Do I need to get the local Apothecary to fix you a potion? Ah, my apologies, sir Guard.  The others are just behind me.  We've begun to run out of food, so they send me to scout ahead to see if the camp we had heard rumors of was here.  We've no where else left to go after... after the Great Calamity. Well no one is allowed into the Castle so you and your people will have to turn back to where you came. But... surely you will allow us to approach?  We could camp out here, we wouldn't cause any trouble.  Please, sir, allow us to at least work for our food.  The children are starving! Of course you can stay on the grounds. You are just not allowed to enter the Castle. I am sworn to protect it. Oh, well, of course, good guard, of course.  It's important you protect the king, now, more than ever!  I fear we may have been the only ones who survived the scourge of those foul flying lizards, they may be on their way here even now! Those are lizards Villager. Those are dragons. We will defend this Castle from them!