Arguably a castle is a fortress first an abode second. Part of the reason why castles are so expensive now is because the cheap sturdy ones got used for other things over time and the less sturdy ones were abandoned and ruined, this leaves us with the castles that are expensive and annoying to repair.
A vampire could definitely set things up to have an easy to maintain easy to live in fortress akin to Roman castra for them and their clan. Relatively easy to upgrade with the most expensive elements being the living space since the walls probably only need large scale work every hundred years or so.
you’re immortal you’ll eventually learn that the blind accumulation of wealth is a treacherous poison and that the true treasure is community.
Arguably a castle is a fortress first an abode second. Part of the reason why castles are so expensive now is because the cheap sturdy ones got used for other things over time and the less sturdy ones were abandoned and ruined, this leaves us with the castles that are expensive and annoying to repair.
A vampire could definitely set things up to have an easy to maintain easy to live in fortress akin to Roman castra for them and their clan. Relatively easy to upgrade with the most expensive elements being the living space since the walls probably only need large scale work every hundred years or so.