There was a crash, and one of the barracks collapsed.
The adjoining barracks were formerly the elector's palace.
The barracks are by the helipad by the cliff.
The palace acted as a barracks for his assassins, who were trudging in after he ordered their contracts all cancelled.
The barracks area was heavily guarded, but she was struck by the lack of activity in the part of the castle that normally hummed with life.