The Apple Castle

The Apple Castle was a large castle in the Peasant and Mac Guy Coalition. It was preceded by The Non Apple Castle and before that the Second PC Guy Castle, and used the same fabric as those two castles. The castle was used as the hub for the Peasant and Mac Guy Coalition, as well as the centre for the Mac Guy Army and the residence for the most important Mac Guys.

## History

The castle was a refit of The Non Apple Castle, itself a mirroring of the Second PC Guy Castle.

During The Adventure to Retake The PC Guy Empire, sections of The Non Apple Castle were destroyed by Dilys. At the end of the adventure. the castle had been captured by the Mac Guys. The damage to the castle was mild, with most of the destruction being interior walls, doors and windows, it was therefore decided by Mac Guy3135 that the castle would be restored and reused.

The castle served as the successful headquarters for the Peasant and Mac Guy Coalition for 3.5 years, before being taken back by the PC Guys and restored again.

## Design and Differences

All the interior walls and floors, including the vaulted ground floor and basement were demolished, except for the four large rooms that were used as The PC Room, The Linux Room and the respective Great Halls. The bay window, a symbol of The PC Guy Empire which was destroyed by Dilys, was not rebuilt and a flat wall was put in place instead.

The castle was refitted to have twice as many floors, with the ceiling to ceiling height dropping from 8 metres to 4, this was done throughout the castle, including the Earl's towers and the gatehouses. This was because Mac Guy3135 decided that the Mac Guys were adapted to living in crowded and small spaces and they did not need the grandeur of the PC Guy's high ceilings. The resulting design of the main building therefore had two basement floors, six above ground floors and an attic floor for nine in total. Interior walls were also rebuilt thinner than previously due to there being more of them.

This refit doubled the floor area of the castle and made it more efficient for housing Mac Guys. All of the floors of the castle were used for this purpose, except the lower basement floor, used for storage, and the ground floor, used as an administration and catering floor. The four retained large rooms were used for general purpose rooms, from entertaining, to dining. Access around the castle was improved by knocking through walls into the gatehouses and earl's towers, and by constructing balconies through the four retained rooms.

King PC Guy's Tower and Diana's Tower were also retrofitted with twice as many floors, and became the main administration buildings of the empire, as well as the residences for Mac Guy3135 and other high ranking Mac Guys on the upper floors. The exterior circuit of walls were kept as they were, being the only parts of the castle to retain 8 metre high floors. This was to allow the storage and use of large weapons.

## Dimensions

* Floor count (without basement) - 18 (largest) 9 (most common)
* Width - 500 metres
* Width of largest tower - 40 metres
* Height - 102 metres
* Height of one storey - 4 metres
* Height of inner towers - 50 metres
* Height of outer towers - 34 metres
* Height of roof pitch - 34 metres
* Area - over 400 000sq/m
* Volume - 1 000 000cu/m
* Weight including foundation - 2 000 000Mg (2 million tonnes)