Castle Heterodyne

Castle Heterodyne is the ancestral home of the Heterodyne Family. Imbued with the charming personality of one of Agatha's mad scientist ancestors, Faustus Heterodyne, it is self-aware and considered to be alive. It thinks it has a sense of humor. The castle was nearly destroyed 19 years prior to the beginning of Girl Genius in a mysterious and as-yet-unexplained attack by The Other. Many people were killed in the Castle that same night, including Agatha's infant brother Klaus Barry Heterodyne, her grandfather Dr. Mongfish, and the recently confirmed seneschal and son of Carson von Mekkhan. It is also the same night that Lucrezia Mongfish went missing.

Being sent to Castle Heterodyne to assist with repairs is considered the ultimate punishment detail under Baron Wulfenbach's rule, as the chances making it out alive again are extremely slim.

=Locations Within Castle Heterodyne=

- Heretodyne_family_crypt

- Vanthraxxus_Heterodyne's_personal_kitchen

- Master_Kitchen

- Throne_of_Faustus Heterodyne

- Front_Gate

- First_Courtyard

- Red_Gate

- Prisoner's_Gate

- The_Octagon

- The_Master's_Library

- Central_Control_Conduit

=Rules Of Castle Heretodyne=

(Thoughtfully compiled by untold numbers of prisoners at great hazard)

- Flagstones and parts of the ceiling marked in white are traps that will kill you.

- Duck under any doorway taller than one meter, it will also kill you.

- Don't touch any metal surface, it will also kill you.

- Don't try to pick up gold coins, they are pit traps.

- Don't list your number of points out loud.

- Refusing to repair the Castle will get you squished.

In our last episode...
Following Judy's last instructions to her, Agatha makes it to Mechanicsburg and speaks to the broken Castle for the first time. At the end of Volume 6, Agatha finally enters the Castle in a quest to repair it and prove that she really is the last Heterodyne. This will be quite a challenge, given that there are still dangerous prisoners on repair duty, a fake Heterodyne who wants to kill her, and innumerable death traps still active inside.