Location Mordeth's Palace

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Mordeth's Palace || Ord Mantell, Mid Rim

Mordeth's Palace is a large Hutt palace built into the mountains of Ord Mantell's polar regions. The palace serves as the headquarters of her criminal empire and her stationary home when she is not on her ship, the Opulent Pearl. The palace is both a private retreat, a fortress, and a vault for the Hutt's various treasures.

Description & Layout

Mordeth's palace is designed similarly to the B'omarr monastery owned by Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. It has also been designed with the frigid climate of Ord Mantell's northmost polar region in mind. The inside of the palace is much warmer than the outside, adjusted for a Hutt who is biologically predisposed to the humid temperatures of Nal Hutta. The hangar bay for Mordeth's sail barge is also heated to prevent the Hutt's discomfort should she wish to take her sail barge to her large ship.

[First Floor] - The main entrance, which takes the form of a tremendous durasteel door that can be only opened and shut from the inside. A large hall leads to a staircase that goes up to the second floor and down to the Throne Room level. There is also a door that leads to the hangar bay on this level.

[Second Floor] - The level with the servants quarters, the kitchens, and a chamber with the recharge ports for the various droids that clean and maintain the palace. On this level is another staircase leading up to the main Communication Tower.

[Communication Tower] - The tower on eastern wing of the palace that contains its HoloNet communications equipment.

[Throne Room] - Below the first floor is a spacious throne room with booths, tables, and chairs for entertaining guests. There is a trap door beneath a Wookiee pelt rug that leads to the rancor's pen. The mechanism to open the trap door is located on the armrest of the throne. A staircase on the west side of the chamber leads up to the Lorda's Tower. A small staircase at the back of the chamber leads straight up to the kitchens on the second floor or straight down to the rancor pen or even further down into the dungeons.

[Lorda's Tower] - The personal living quarters of Mordeth the Hutt when she is not aboard her ship. Thick transparisteel windows offer a stunning view of the mountains into which the palace is built. Her personal treasure vault is located in the lower levels of this tower, accessible only via the bedroom.

[Rancor's Pen] - The pen where Pankhobai the rancor lives. The pen is split into two chambers: the cave-like cage where the rancor stays and a larger chamber where he is fed. The two sections of the pen are divided by a thick durasteel door that can be controlled from Mordeth's throne. The feeding chamber is also connected to an outside loading dock where food can be brought in for the rancor to eat.

[Hangar] - Located on the first level of the palace, the hangar bay has enough space for Mordeth's sail barge and the small transports or speeders of her guests. Her ship is usually stored near the palace grounds due to its immense size.

[Dungeons] - The lowest level of the palace. Dark, where only artificial light offers reprieve from the night. Two dozen cells of various sizes make-up the dungeon, allowing Mordeth to hold prisoners or bounties here for a time if she needs to.


Security

After seizing control of Ord Mantell's underworld, Mordeth the Hutt obtained the allegiance of the dozens of gangs that made the planet a criminal hellhole. Not only did this afford the Hutt the steady influx of credits to build her palace, it also gave her the manpower to protect it.

The palace grounds are watched by five 11-3K viper probe droids who each have a quadrant to watch. The main entrance to the palace is watched by a gatekeeper droid who can control the main door's mechanism and allow guests in or out depending on if they have an appointment with Mordeth.

The first level beyond it has two patrols of Weequay guards that frequently wander the large hall between the main door and the hangar bay. Two Weequay guards stand watch at staircases leading up to the second level and down to the throne room. This is true of every staircase in the palace, except the one at the back of the throne room leading to either the kitchens or the rancor pen.

Refurbished B1 battle droids patrol the second level thanks to being cheap to purchase and easy to repair. No more than five of them patrol the halls at any one time, with the other five recharging and receiving repairs in the droid storage room when off-duty.

The throne room is the most heavily-guarded room in the palace. A Weeqay guard and a Trandoshan guard serve as Mordeth's personal security and stand alongside her throne during audiences. The room is usually also filled with mercenary or bounty hunter guests the Hutt is hosting, who act as added security, even if that isn't their express purpose. There is also the trap door which leads to Mordeth's rancor.

Mordeth's bedroom is guarded via the balcony outside its large windows by a rotating patrol of four Weequay guards. These guards are her toughest and most trustworthy.

Finally, the hangar is secured by a handful of Weequay guards and a pair of K4-series security droids.


Intent

Personal lore. Every Hutt deserves a palace, so this one is @Mordeth Anjiliac's!
 
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