Ballister's home

Introduction
Lord Ballister Blackheart's castle is the main base he and Nimona operate from during the story.

Description
According to Nimona's flight from an Institution facility to Ballister's castle, it is somewhere beyond the Kingdom's center. It appears to be a tall black castle, with at least two turrets, a bordering wall with spikes, and multiple windows. It is surrounded by an empty plain, and a winding grey road leads up to it.

Somewhere atop the castle is a large retractable square ceiling that is big enough to allow Nimona in her large, thin dragon form to land inside.

When Nimona first appears in the story, she is in some kind of lab in Ballister's home, which features a table with liquid-filled canisters, a tub of mysterious green bubbling liquid, large lasers, giant saw wheels, and one large robot. Some of the canisters appear to have animals in them. Much of Ballister's home appears to be painted in dark colors, like greys or dark blues.

He has a large table where he writes plans, and uses a lantern for light.

In at least one of the rooms, he has a large viewing screen, which he can use for watching the news and taking video calls. This room also has a black metal-looking chair or throne with spikes on the top of the back. He has another room where he has a large screen to watch films. There, he has a bright red couch that can seat multiple people before the screen (though it appears dark grey with the lights off). Nimona scratched lines in the back of the couch with her claws. This room also has a roundish coffee table.

Somewhere in the castle Ballister keeps a number of board games, including "World Domination", which "builds strategy skills - you can play as a dog, a boot, or a trebuchet." Once laid out, it appears visually similar to the real-world game "Monopoly", though Nimona burned the board up with her flame breath. There's also "Bewilder", which "builds language and observation skills". Another game called "Apologies" appears, judging by the box art, to be similar to the real-life game of a similar name called "Sorry!".

Sconces lit with flames light some of the castle, and somewhere there is a fridge filled with questionable items, soda, and take-out. After she first lost control of her power, Nimona destroyed one of the doors to the kitchen area, knocked over the fridge, and demolished the table and the floor.

Deep in the castle is Ballister's lab, which was at least formerly guarded by a sophisticated door with high security, including a series of entry codes and a retinal scanner. Nimona destroyed the door when she transformed into a rhinoceros and broke the door down. The lab itself is filled with tall canisters containing mysterious creatures, connected to tubes and scanning equipment. There is also a mysterious large yellow rod that emits electricity. In another section of the lab Ballister has a normal-looking desk, with another lantern, and a set of small screens he uses for computer work, though the screens appear to be projections from the desk. He also keeps medical equipment here, including bandages.

Ballister's bedroom is a mostly bare room with dark walls and one window with a dark red or brown curtain. He sleeps on a narrow bed with one pillow and thin sheets, and has a large brown trunk at the end of his bed, in which he stores his clothes. There is also a tall mirror on a wall. He also has a desk there, where he stores some of his notes.

Residents

 * Lord Ballister Blackheart
 * Nimona (formerly)