Baron Castle
Their footsteps on the stone pavement echoed throughout the courtyard. Ordinarily, there would be servants running errands, knights discussing missions, nobles socializing… all kinds of noise, life, and bustle. Now there was no one. The flags flapped in the winds overhead, but only the five of them made any other sounds.
"Not as exciting as I thought a castle would be," Palom noted in disappointment.
"It's much too quiet," Cecil said, concerned. "We should have run into someone by now. And there's something that feels… I'm not sure, intensely hateful? I don't know if I'm imagining things or not."
Porom, who had seemed tense ever since they came into the castle moat, finally spoke up. "There's a power of darkness hanging in the air. Maybe even death. You can probably sense such things now that you're a paladin."
There were no signs of a fight or a struggle. No blood, and no damage to the surroundings. But yes, there was something like the power of the sword Death around them. "I hope we can find someone to explain things soon."
It's rather spooky when you come to Baron Castle at this point in the game. There's nobody but the door guards... and the two bosses.