Online:Castle Giovesse

Ruin: Castle Giovesse (view on map)
Unmarked
Discoverable	No
Occupants
Duke Calvus Vanin, Vasha the Wicked Crocodile, Death Hopper Wraith, Spectral Archer, Spectral Brute, Spectral Duelist, Spectral Mauler
Zone
Gloomire, Blackwood
Location
North of Gideon

Castle Giovesse

Castle Giovesse is a ruined Imperial fort located north of Gideon. Vasha the Wicked, a powerful Maormer sea mage, is located beneath a tree on the side of the path leading from Gideon to the castle. A crocodile and some death hoppers can be found near her.

Related Quests

• The Ghostwriter of Giovesse: Help an author find inspiration from past tragedy for her latest work.

Books

• Duchess Astella's Notes by Duchess Astella Galenus — A plan to bring back a departed loved one
• The Feast of Saint Coellicia IV by Arfons Jellicandante, Expert on Nibenese Cuisine — A descriptive list of the fifth and sixth courses served during an infamous feast
• Scrawled Incantation by Duchess Astella Galenus — An incantation to bring back the dead
• Unfinished Letter to Pronobius — An unfinished letter detailing their concerns about their mistress

Layout

Castle Giovesse Ruins

Also called "Castle Ruins", this is the exterior portion of the castle. The chapel ruins comprise the western portion.

Tavia's Tower

The tower is located atop the northeastern hill. The accessible interior consists of a single room with an altar.

Duchess's Private Study

The entrance lies through a trap door in the northeastern section of the courtyard, beneath the hill upon which Tavia's Tower sits. A backpack is located to the right as you enter. The lead for a Soiled Tapestry Scrap can be found in a broken part of the northwestern wall.

Giovesse Mausoleum

The entrance to the mausoleum is located beneath the bridge leading to Tavia's Tower. The room contains an altar and is ringed with statues.

Notes

• Castle Giovesse also appeared in the in-universe historical fiction series 2920, The Last Year of the First Era as the place where the paranoid Emperor Reman III imprisoned his wife Tavia for seventeen years over fears that she was plotting a rebellion against him. Her Imperial Majesty eventually committed suicide by falling from the open window of her tower four days after receiving word that her son Juilek had been wrongfully assassinated in place of his father. Part of the ruins still bear her name in 2E 582.

Gallery

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  Tavia's Tower

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  Inside Tavia's Tower

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  Duchess's Private Study

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  Inside the Duchess's Private Study

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  Inside the Duchess's Private Study

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  Giovesse Mausoleum

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  Inside the Giovesse Mausoleum

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  Chapel