Castle Siege

Dream: After months of building, the defences were ready. The peninsular was multi-levelled, building slowly to the castle at the top. The invading forces stormed towards it, trying to breach the walls when the tide came in and swept a majority of them away.

Half way up one of the levels, the prince stood. Resplendent in his golden armour. The forces were determined, and he called upon the spirits of nature to help. A statue in the side of the cliff animated, and holding in her hands a chain of letters, like child's building blocks, these letters changed and morphed to become something new. The word was unclear, but light shone from the statue's eyes and the attackers were vaporised.

Inside the castle, myself, the newcomer, was shown around. At the head of the great hall, a number of thrones were arranged. The cleric explained that the thrones themselves were all decoys, and the royalty sat on invisible chairs just behind the thrones for their business meetings, as so many people had sneaked in in the past and booby-trapped the thrones. This was the safest way to meet.

Adventure: It's obvious that the vast amounts of defences are necessary to protect something, but what? A memory? A secret hidden from the world? Or something more mundane. What word was the cliff spirit trying to spell? Was it a warning of something to come?

The idea of invisible thrones to seat those in power behind decoys leads us to think that the subject is worried about being tricked or deceived in some way, or that they feel threatened by those around them. Who should they be afraid of, especially if it is someone who can get close enough to the throne room itself?