Château du Fassberg

Château du Fassberg is a château located in Belgium, near its capital city, Brussels. It served as a residence of the knights who were in search of The Scarlet Griffin in the 13th century and nowadays it is a tourist attraction and acts as a museum. Underneath the building, there is a system of caves with an underground ravine with the map to the artifact having been hidden in one of the caves. Due to this, the château was one of the major settings in the In Search of the Scarlet Griffin series.
== History ==
The château was established in 1294 on the former French lands, after six knights returned from their secret crusade to find the powerful artifact that was The Scarlet Griffin. In order to hide its mystery and destructive nature, the knights decided to reside there with an intention of protecting the scroll with a map to The Griffin's location. They hid it in one of the many caves under the building and spent rest of their lives there. Despite guarding the scroll, they didn't have any special form of protecting it to cover up the fact that it even is in the building. This is why the residence is considered a château, rather than a castle.
In 2018, the Château was visited by the Journey Squad of Spyman's Cosmos, as well as two criminals, Tobias Sanders and Larry Mealey. Both groups had the intention of finding the scroll, with the former planning to do it before their enemies, BSoD's Gang, and the latter actually being hired for the job by the evil gang. However, the groups were unaware of each other, until Dr Saturn and Alice did not find the way to activate the secret passage to the cave. It was under the château, when they all first met, right when Phil was reaching the scroll and Tobias threatened him with a gun. However, the map was easily taken by Spyman's Cosmos, who escaped to a ravine. There, upon checking the location of The Griffin, they faced their own enemies, Commander Bus and Dr Rex, and were forced to give the scroll away to them, when they threatened to kill Phil's friend Jenny and she actually got hurt due to Spy's actions. After the villains left with the clue, Spy and Phil had a tense quarrel, which was eventually stopped by Dr Saturn. After that, the gang left the château to continue their adventure and save Jenny.
== Places of interest ==
=== Library ===
An old-fashioned library, containing lots of antique books and decorations, such as knight helmets, a medieval globe, or the lamp brackets, one of which was broken by Lenny Jester, when looking for the secret passages. Another type of a decoration is the tiled segment of the floor that has an "X", or ten in Roman numerals on it. It was extensively searched by the Journey Squad, when they were looking for secret passages to the cave.
=== Corridor ===
One of the many corridors in the building, the one that goes out of the library, to be exact. Inside of it, there are six knight armours, each belonging to one of the late knights of the secret Scarlet Griffin crusade. When moved towards the wall opposite of the entrance, their lances activate the secret passage, which in result destroys the wall and reveals a tunnel to the underground cave system. This riddle was solved by joined forces of Dr Saturn and Alice Marbleford. 
=== Underground ===
==== The scroll cavern ====
First underground room that can be entered and the used-to-be resting place of The Scarlet Griffin map. It is reachable right from the tunnel through stairs. It is obviously where Spyman's Cosmos found the scroll, as well as had to face Tobias Sanders and Larry Mealey, also on their way to get the map.
==== Ravine ====
An underground ravine, located a little bit away from the scroll cavern, is where the Journey Squad stopped after escaping from Sanders and Mealey and met Commander Bus and Dr Rex. Both sides of the ravine are connected by some kind of bridge, presumably built there by one of the château inhabitants.
== Appearances ==
* In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 2/5
== Trivia ==
* TBA
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