Board Thread:Lords of Shadow 2/@comment-216.170.54.18-20140301115207/@comment-98.228.106.82-20140302220508

If you watch Sherlock they make reference to a "Mind Palace". It's a place in someone's head that helps them remember things. Now your imagination makes up what your mind palace can look like. Even the book The Art of Memory by Frances Yates explains how using your own home and assigning memories to the different things in your home can help with memory retention. I think the Inner Castle is just Dracula's own "Mind Palace". He stores his own memories here in order for him to regain them at a latter time. Zorbec mentions several times as "losing" Dracula, or not being able to find him telepathically. Dracula's power probably allows him to physically manifest his memories- which allow him to suck the acolyte with him. More or less he's summoning his "Mind Palace" every time he uses the Wolf Medallion.