This castle is based on Castel Thun in northern Italy. It was built by the Thun family in the 13th century(who had several other castles as well) and has had a turbulent past. It survived two peasent uprisings(1407 and 1477) and a Lutheran inspired peasent rebellion(1525)(The peasents themselves usually rebelled due to overtaxing). The Thuns themselves managed to stay in power until the 18th century. In the 1500s the castle was remodeled as an aristocratic residence and has seen lots of change over time including the addition of two towers to the inner walls sometime in the middle ages. This is considered one of the largest castles in the area, in a valley with an unusually high number of castles.
The time of the scenario for this map is 1407. The peasents are rebelling and its up to you to defend the castle from those who have been over-taxed and are looking for someone to blame. To even things up some they have also stolen a shipment of weapons bound for another castle and have armed themselves.
It doesnt take long for the peasents to get the weapons and then go on the attack you will have little time to prepare.
This map was made for the 3rd Castle Competition and appearently I was the only one to enter so I "won" by default. This will be the second map I have submitted to here.
I hope you all like it.
Take a look at what the castle actually looks like: http://www.castelthun.com/castello/immagini.asp