The Palace

The **Palace** is the name given to the small building in the grounds of Hillerska Boarding School. It is used by students to host parties and as the headquarters for The Society.

## Features

* The building is reached by a walk through the forest from the main Hillerska campus. It is also a walkable distance from the town of Bjärstad.
* The building is entered either through a window, or a front door with a doorbell and a sign that says "Ring!"
* A corridor leads from the window into the main room. There are a few wooden crates and boxes along here.
* The main room has DJ decks, lights, and sofas and tables, with plenty of space left to dance.
* There is a space with lots of shelves leading to the door to The Society headquarters.
* There is a back room accessed with a key. In here is The Society headquarters.
	+ On the wall in here is the Forest Ridge crest, as well as the Society motto, *En gång en broder, alltid en broder* (Once a brother, always a brother).
	+ In here, there is a sofa, and a table with chairs.

## Appearances

### Season One

* *Episode 1*: August and the boys of Forest Ridge arrange an initiation for Wilhelm, culminating in a party in the Palace. During the party, Felice and Sara bond, and Simon and Wilhelm have their first proper conversation.

* *Episode 4*: Wilhelm recieves a note telling him to come to the Palace that night. In the evening, Wilhelm attends the meeting of The Society, a boys club for noble born heirs. The group includes August, Vincent, Henry, Krille, Per and two others who are unnamed. Erik used to be a member, but Wilhelm has taken his place after his brother's death. Alexander is also in attendance, but is not a full member. They drink and take drugs, and Wilhelm and August have a conversation about the deaths of August's father and Erik.

* *Episode 5*: At the start of the episode, August sits in the Palace, rewatching the video he has taken of Wilhelm and Simon. Later, Alexander has been caught with the drugs and is threatening to tell on them and the other members of The Society have been trying to work out how to get him out of it. The members meet in the Palace for the third of their discussions, and August announces that they need to come up with an alibi. Wilhelm argues against this, and suggests they let Alexander take the fall. He tells the group about August's money problems. The boys leave August alone in the Palace.

### Season Two

* *Episode 1*: The third years organise a party for the first day of their last term, and Sara's Manor House initiation brings her to crash it. Wilhelm also crashes the party with a group of first years, including Henry and Walter. Sara sets fire to the flag of Forest Ridge, and Simon rushes to come check on her after seeing a video on Instagram. During the party, Wilhelm and Simon see each other again for the first time since Christmas.

* *Episode 6*: August summons Wilhelm to the Palace where he blackmails him into convincing Simon not to go to the police.

## Mentions

### Season 1

**August:** Make sure they leave him at the Palace before the party. We need to be alone with him to swear the oath of brotherhood.

**August:** Congratulations on making it through the initiation. And welcome to the Palace. Sorry if we got a bit rough.

**Written note:** The Palace at midnight tonight. Strictly confidential. At 11:30pm a diversionary manoeuvre commences. Stand by. The Society.

### Season 2

**Simon:** (*on the phone with Ayub*) Could you give me a ride to the palace?

**Simon:** (*texting Rosh*) Rosh, could you please give me a ride to the palace?

**Rosh:** So how did it go yesterday? Did you get to the palace or what?

**Simon:** Marcus gave me a ride. The third-year from Marieberg.

**August:** (*texting Wilhelm*) We have to talk. Come to the Palace.

**Wilhelm:** What? What do you mean? We have proof that it was you.

**August:** You have proof that the video was recorded on my phone, yes. But I was pretty drunk. So drunk that I left my phone at the Palace.

**Queen:** An old factory, right? Wasn't it?

**Duke:** Mm, the Fortress.

**Queen:** Where we, uh... No! It was called The Palace!

**Duke:** Mm!

**Queen:** That's where we had our parties.

**Duke:** Your mother wasn't as innocent as she'd like to appear.

**Queen:** Stop it. Stop. Don't give him any ideas.

## Trivia

* The Palace may have been an old factory, as suggested by the Queen's comments in episode 2.6.
* The Palace has been used by students at least since the time when Wilhelm's parents attended Hillerska, if not much longer.
* It can be assumed that the teachers at Hillerska are aware of the existence of the Palace.

## Gallery

### Season 1

After Wille's initiationBowls of punchCorridorForest just outsideOutside viewRound the backTables and carpetThe Palace at midnight tonight. Strictly confidentialApproaching the PalaceDoor to the Society roomClimbing through the windowSociety door from the insideWelcome to The SocietyWilhelm swearing allegienceShots and cardsGoing through the forest to get thereThe corridorThe window
### Season 2

Disco ballForest Ridge flagOut frontDJ deckPlastic sheets cover the entrance to the main roomThe entrance"Ring!"From the outsideSwedish flagsStorageShelvesDoorway*En gång en broder, alltid en broder* (Once a brother, always a brother)