human
Make a concise location description of a foreboding yard with iron doors and a raised portcullis.
assistant
The outer wall looms to the north, its continuity breached by the gate leading back to the town, the gate guarded by a now-raised iron portcullis. To the south, the fortress itself climbs forth from the mountainous earth, the only entrance seeming to be a pair of thick double oak doors reinforced by bands of iron. Trapped between the two beasts, a small stretch of yard tries to eke out its meager existence.