Kaer Okleddol

6 Elite Witchers (3 Elite Witcheresses) (Even thought she has a honorary rank, Christa is an Elite Witcher)
6 Witcher Travellers (3 Witcheress Travellers)
6 Witcher Professionals(3 Witcheress Professionals)
4 Witcher Apprentices

### Staff

1 Spymaster
2 Librarians
1 Dwarf
1 Halfling
2 Blacksmiths
6 Blacksmith apprentices

## Specifications

### Materials

Sandstone
Clay Soil
Pine Timber

### Amenities

Smithy
Crafting Workshop
Alchemy Lab
Artifice
Training Grounds
Library

### Defenses

Ramparts
High Walls
Inner Baileys
Outer Curtain Wall
Flanking Towers
Battlements
Machicolations
Drawbridge
Iron-Studded Pine Gates
Steel Portcullis
Murder Holes
Arrow Loops
Gunports (later)
Cannons (later)

## History

### School of the Lynx's base

After the disbandment of the School of the Wolf, Kaer Okleddol, then Kaer Morhen became abandoned and nature took over, and for many decades nobody ventured to the keep, until Lambert and Keira Metz returned to the mountains where the keep was built and made it one of the secret homes of their Newly formed school.
To keep their secretism and the safety of their school, *Lambert* and *Keira* decided to maintain the appearence that the keep was abandoned.
### Anika's Property

When Anika Marsir found Kaer Morhen in her travels throught the North, the keep was still the secret base of **The School of the Lynx** and bought it from the Kaedweni crown, however, admiring Keira, seh did not force the School of the Lynx to move out, it was Lambert decision to do so.
Keira wanted to stay, however, the old keep brought to many memories to Lambert that wanted to leave his past behind and in the end, the decision was made and the School of the Lynx moved out, returning to their nomadic ways.
### Rebuilt and Renamed

To be able to create a new Witcher School, Anika Marsir travelled to the then called Kaer Morhen, accompanied by an army of castle builders, a esoteric group of mages and siege war experts, set to rebuild the legendary keep and reinforce it's defenses. The work took five long years, and was finally completed by the year of 1358, one year before the official formation of the **School of the Gyrfalcon**.
After the work was done, Anika and the other mages brought the workers and the experts back to their respective homes and completely erased their memories as a way to ensure the safety of the future school and to avoid any future sacking, pogrom or attack.
All the work that was done at Anika's behest guaranteed that Kaer Okleddol was the best protected Witcher keep in the Old Continent after the Second Conjunction.
Later, when guns replaced bows and crossbows, all the Arrow Loops were turned into Gunports and Cannons became the main defense weapon of the keep.
## Greater Keep Floorplan

* Catacombs
* Basement
* Ground Floor (Barbican)
* Ground Floor
* First Floor (Barbican)
* First Floor
* Second Floor
* Second Floor (Western Tower)
* Second Floor (Eastern Tower)

*Vault* - Protected by powerful magic put in place by the school mages, the vault is used to seal powerful artifacts and dangerous cursed items.

*The Laboratory* - This is where the second and third trials were carried out.

*Circle of Elements* - Herbs and fungi are grown for the first trial.

*Library* - Often frequented by the School Mages, Apprentice Witchers and visiting guests the library was the depository of all the knowledge the Gyrfalcons had accrued over the years.

Rooms for the apprentices came equipped with bunks, a bookshelf with study material included (checked regularly by the School's Loremaster Jalast for defacing and slander.), candles and appropriate medical supplies.

 *Main Gate'*

*Stairs to First Floor*

*Entrance* - The entrance hall of the keep.

*Reception Room* - Room where the witchers returning from the path and visitors are welcomed.

*Store* - Place where all decoctions and potions are stored.

*Kitchen*

*Banquet Hall* - The largest collective room in the keep where everyone from the Grandmaster to apprentices took their meals. Stairs led to the second floor and to the basement and it was in this floor that was placed the entrance of the keep.

*Stairs to the First Floor*

*Stairs to the Basement*

*Bridge Winch*

*Dormitories* - Individual rooms for the Witchers measuring 15 by 15 feet came equipped with a bed, bookshelf, two tables with chairs and an enchanted chest tied to the Witcher's Medallion.

*Training grounds* - Used by the Apprentices and other Witchers to practice and train.

*Guard's Room*

*Armory* - This is where the witchers keep their equipment.

*Stairs to Second Floor*

*Evening Hall* - Smaller Hall used in the months of the year when few people live in the Keep.

*War Room* - Used by the Masters (honorary and otherwise) in conjunction with the Grandmaster.

*Smithy and Crafting Workshop*

*Alchemy laboratory/Mage's Research Tower*

*Grandmaster's Office*

*Grandmaster Room* - After the rebuilding the Keep, this room was completely refurbished and became Anika and Christa's Room.

## Castle Exterior Floorplan

* Drawbridge
* Outer Courtyard
* Lesser Keep
* Secundary Gates
* Tower
* Inner Courtyard
* Keep Entrance
* Greater Keep
* Door to Interior
* Trapdoor to Interior
* Bastion
* Stairs to Interior
* Lookout

## Permissions from the Article's Author

* As the Author of this article, I state that **Kaer Okleddol** is a keep that is free and available to use in stories and articles as long as you honor the lore present and if you include it in any of your stories to add the events to this page.