Willow Tower

Willow Tower is constructed in a simple rural-defensive style, blending practicality with frontier resourcefulness. The structure is a compact circular stone tower, built with rough-cut fieldstone and reinforced mortar, rising only a modest height above the surrounding farmland. Its walls are thick enough to withstand small-scale assault or weathering, yet it lacks the grandeur or engineered sophistication of noble keeps. A flat timber platform crowns the tower, providing elevated sightlines across the cultivated fields and toward the treeline beyond.   The tower’s base includes a single ground-level entry, built with a heavy wooden door banded in iron. Inside, the ground floor functions as storage space for farm tools, crates, and field supplies, while a narrow ladder grants access to the viewing platform above. A small scattering of workbenches, crates, and simple shelters are arranged around the exterior, forming a modest yard where workers prepare crops and store communal tools.   Surrounding farmland is bordered by low timber fencing set into shallow earthworks, establishing a controlled perimeter and protecting cultivated soil from encroaching brush. While the tower itself is too small to serve as a military outpost in larger conflicts, its construction reflects a focus on early warning, agricultural support, and symbolic presence—standing not as a fortress, but as a statement of order, vigilance, and settlement stability on newly secured land.