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Gludio Castle

Western Aden — first siege many ever saw.

Gludio Castle — classic siege keep exterior
Gludio Castle on the classic siege calendar — click to view full size.

Why this place sticks

For a lot of players, Gludio Castle was the first real siege — banners, registration, and the chaos of learning castle warfare.

How Gludio Castle changed over the chronicles

Towns on Live weren’t static — NCSoft rebuilt zones when the main story moved. Here’s the editorial map of which era changed what, and the lore reason when we know it.

  1. Prelude – High Five (classic sieges)

    Gludio Castle on the siege calendar

    Western Aden’s teaching keep — first registration, first banners, first time the whole clan learned what two hours on a Sunday felt like.

    • Siege registration and simultaneous castle wars
    • Holy artifact / ownership at the keep’s heart
    • Manor and tax politics for the holding clan
    Gludio Castle on the classic siege calendar — click to view full size.Click image to view full size

Share a memory from here

  • First siege screenshot
  • Clan that held it
  • Best defense or break-in
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Tied to chronicles

Tag the era when you were here — so it shows on the timeline too.

Stories & media from this map

Community screenshots, PvP clips, and clan tales tagged to Gludio Castle will gather here.

  • March 2004 Beta — Tested Open Beta, started as a EE in The Damned academy (TD).