Castle Horsetooth

Castle Horsetooth is a Moonbase comic by Oren Otter and Eala Dubh.
==Setting==
Castle Horsetooth is set in the Fort Crawlins universe, in Fort Collins, Colorado. The eponymous castle takes its name from the real-world Horsetooth Mountain, a famous landmark of Fort Collins.
Anachronistically, the comic mentions real-world locations around Fort Collins, such as Ault (as "A Unique Little Town", a popular back-ronym for the town) and Interstate 25.
==Characters==
*Sir Fluren - the naive hero
*Briarwood - the noble steed, and Fluren's best friend
*Morrison - the unlucky bat bard
*The Wizard - Nikito, the bumbling wizard who turned himself into a mushroom
*Aldershot - an owl, the archduke's chief adviser
*Pots - a rat and the castle cook
*Chuckles - Pots' brother and the court jester
*Rufus - Canine captain of the guard
*The Duke - The human who signs the paychecks
*Sir Cason - The local bully
*Yzma - Cason's mean-spirited horse
*Gribbich - The moat monster
*The Dragon - collector of plush toys
*Og - Dungeonmaster and bad mapmaker
==Plot==
The comic follows the adventures of Sir Fluren and Briarwood as they undertake various missions and encounter other characters. The stories usually end up following the plot of a well-known nursery rhyme. The major story arcs are as follows:
* #1 - #39: Sing a Song of Sixpence - A baker wants to stop two dozen blackbirds from singing in front of his shop.
* #40 - #66: Ring Around the Rosie - Briarwood enters a floriculture contest, while a strange sickness plagues the castle.
* #67 - : The Owl and the Pussycat - A royal owl and a cat fall in love and flee to another dimension to marry each other.
Hey Diddle Diddle is also alluded to in #66.
==External Links==
Castle Horsetooth
Category: Series