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I wanted to illustrate Rascal's castle for a long time now (well, there was a rather lazy attempt on my previous Ras painting Carpe Noctem ) and so it finally happened.

I always imagined this castle as this very mighty, epic yet monstrous construction on top of a high mountain in a very unforgiving terrain. As you can notice, certain parts of the castle are built in totally different styles. That's the result of constant destruction and rebuilding during the centuries. (the first building on top of the mountain appeared in the early 6th century, which was just a little shrine sort of thing) The castle depicted above is the final version (set in the early 18th century) there were no reconstructions after this stage.Considering the placement of the castle and the harsh conditions the construction itself cost many human lives (you can imagine how haunted that building is).Now I'm curious, if you decided to raid the castle (there's treasure and stuff,or perhaps a loved one got kidnapped by that bastard) what would be your approach?Keep in mind that you start in a dark forest where wolves and bears will be the least of your problems, then comes the mountain climbing and dealing with harpies and other creatures Rascal has in store aaand if you actually reach the castle without dying, prepare to be confronted by Rascal himself. Good luck!