Boilin' Lake O' Lava

I'm just a little uncomfortable about being on a rickety bridge over a boiling lake of lava!

Yep, It's That Time Of Year Again. The lava's looking extra murderous this year, the bubbles are popping 150% more violently, and the lava itself is about 200 degrees hotter. How fun! But one question: Why would anyone want to build a castle surrounded by a moat of sudden death? It might be that the Villain wants their castle to look a lot cooler than it actually is, or maybe to add a sense of danger to their otherwise harmless-looking home.

The Boilin' Lake O' Lava might be where it is because it's so traditional to have the Villain's home be surrounded in lava. Most commonly, the lake will have an unstable wooden bridge that would collapse if you breathed on it too hard to add even more peril to the task of getting over to the other side.