Castle Le Fanu

*Guillotine* - ThorHighHeels

*The Hunter* - Jarren Crist

*Beached* - Akuma Kira

Castle Le Fanu is a main area connected to The Sanguine Sea, and is the biggest area you will explore so far.

The castle was once ran by the queen Jusztina Fanu and her wife Ophelia Fanu but is now ran by their son The Dark Prince Crilall.

## Guide

**Tip: Vampires get free access to the castle so skip to Getting Vampiric Symbol A portion of the guide.**

### Entering the Castle

When you enter Castle Le Fanu you're met with a sudden road block, a door with a white gem blocks your path into the castle.

Exploring the castle a bit you'll find a Mana Vial on the right side of the castle, and Garrat the Hound on the left side.
He doesn't seem to help much expressing the same issue you're having.

Continuing to the left you'll find a garden in which you can obtain Moon Petals and what seems to be an entrance into the castle.

#### Getting Vampiric Symbol W

Go through the doorway and you'll come across a red door, there is a pedestal next to the door. Use a blood spell on the pedestal, it will light up, and open the door, leading you into the cattle cells.

Go down the stairs into the Cattle Cells and head to the left, head into the room off to the right and get the Spectral Candle. Continue down the path until you run into another room to the right, this time containing a Health Vial. Keep going forwards ignoring the gate to the left and turning right.

At some point you will come across another red door, ignore it for now. Continue until you find the frozen gate to the right and burn it with any fire item. In here you will get the Summon Ice Sword ring. There is also a note here by the spellsword who transmuted himself into this summon.

Head back to the red door and use a blood spell on the pedestal again opening a path forward deeper into the cattle cells. Head forward into the next room ignoring all other areas and you'll reach the Vampiric Symbol W along with a bunch of Vampires. Kill the Vampires and pick up the Symbol.

Before leaving the Cattle Cells head into the cell on the right and hug the wall, a Secret Door can be found here. Head down the secret path avoiding the enemies along the way to find the Wand of Power.

### Getting Vampiric Symbol A

Now that you have Vampiric Symbol W head back to the entrance of the castle and the door should open.

Head into the door and into the castles main area, all paths but the bottom floor left ones are closed so head into the left path for now entering the castle halls. This is a long winding maze like area of the castle.

Once in the castle halls turn left when you can and head forwards until you come across a room on your right, enter it and collect the Light Urns. From the room continue forwards through the halls until you're met with a split in the path. To the left is book with a lore entry while the right is the path forwards.

Head down the path forwards ignoring the stairs to the right for now, once you reach another split in the path go left to get another lore entry.

After reading the book continue moving forwards. you should almost immediately come across another split in the path, go right to speak with Garrat the Hound, get some Holy Water, a Crossbow, and a healing fountain. After speaking with Garrat head forwards far enough and you'll reach Vampiric Symbol A.

### Get Vampiric Symbol E

After getting the Vampiric Symbol A head up into the castles second floor and through the dining room stating area into the 2nd floor halls.

### Reaching the Ballroom

After picking up Vampiric Symbol A the doors beside it should open. Now the second floor of the castle is open!

Before heading up, go back outside and to the far left. There should be a tower with a circular spiral pattern for a window, shoot a dark, or poison spell at it. You can also use Wand of Power but it may take a while. This will unlock the door to the Sealed Ballroom. Afterwards head upstairs and through the blue Castle Door.

Head through the dining room area and then turn left to enter the Sealed Ballroom.

## Secrets

### VHS Sidequest

Once Vampiric Symbol A is gotten the blue door to the second floor is open, head up the stairs and you'll reach the dining area. Walk through the dining area enter the corridor, head to the right and into the 2nd floor halls. Head down the hall to the right and enter the first room on the left. Jump over the coffin and interact with the Secret Door right behind it. Head down the elevator to reach the TV Room, there is a machine on the other side of the room which the White VHS Tape can be used on.

### The Sealed Ballroom

    To enter the Sealed Ballroom, the player must find the flower-shaped window outside of the castle, and use either a dark or poison attack on it in order to to activate it, in which it will then light up and the door blocking the way into the Ballroom will vanish.

The Sealed Ballroom door itself is located on the second floor of Castle Le Fanu, going left after you enter into the first hallway.

### Talking Statue Head

In one of the rooms of the upper floor of the castle near an Ocean Elixir, there's a giant stone head tucked in the corner of the room. Listening closely to this head reveals it to be presumably whispering "Cut my face", and "Hard to listen to".

### A Holy Battleground

Simply by falling on either side of the outside of the castle the player can reach A Holy Battleground, a small area filled with crosses and carts. A mini-boss is located in the middle, defeating it rewards a Black Book. The player can get back to the castle simply by attacking an illusory eye near a wall, which reveals a climbable rope.

## Items

* Moon Petal (Destructible foliage)
* Bloodweed (Destructible foliage)
* Health Vial
* Mana Vial
* Holy Water
* Blood Wine
* Ocean Elixir
* Earth Elixir
* Light Urn
* Vampiric Symbol (W)
* Vampiric Symbol (A)
* Vampiric Symbol (E)
* Spectral Candle
* Summon Ice Sword
* Crossbow
* Wand of Power
* Blade of Ophelia

## Lore

* Cattle Cells
* Wand of Power
* 17/04/0578 M.A.
* 17/05/0578 M.A.
* Outside of Ballroom
* 17/25/0578 M.A.

To whoever may find me,
I was at my end, I couldn't survive any longer without transmuting myself. Take me out of this prison and you'll find I can be of service.

- Therian Bunch, spellsword of the golden lance.
They can tear me to pieces all they like, but I'll never let them have it.
 My holy patchwork relic, my greatest creation.

17/04/0578 M.A.

I write this letter fervently my sweat Ophelia, for it presents itself that I, Last living of the Fanu line, might have solved my family curse.

As you know, our castle has always unnaturally great fog beasts. And of which your annihilation, I've much been affectionate.

But today, I have found the cause. Please return to me as soon as you can.

Jusztina Fanu

17/05/0578 M.A.

Dear lady,

I've read your words again and again for it brings me unforeseen delight to hear that you have finally beaten your family curse.

I ride now, from our great battlefield on the outskirts to your estate. I will have this steed fly like it never has before, but I presume the raven which brings this letter might arrive sooner.

Ophelia of Lyria.
The Golden Lance has finally broken **Castle Le Fanu**. While their last army was a pitiful, hopeless display of combat, they won. I have sealed the worst of their damage away.

17/25/0578 M.A.

Dear diary,

I read of those with this gift before. Oh but the sun! HA! If they knew what would become of that dim orb behind the fog. Ophelia found this amusing as well. I have yet to bestow her with this, or burden her so. She is so dedicated to serving as a knight that she pledged for it immediately. But that is not what I long for, Ophelia! There are none who stand above us now. None to take away our kinship. No reason left not to pursue happiness in your arms and in your kisses. I must know that she feels the same before sharing this gift, I cannot stand to wait a lifetime.

Jusztina Fanu

## Trivia

* Castle Le Fanu is named after the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu. Le Fanu is renowned for writing Carmilla, the tragic tale of the homonymous vampire and her love interest Laura. Carmilla later served as one of the main inspirations for Bram Stoker's Dracula.