The Obsidian tower
The Obsidian tower is a massif black tower that was built in the mountains of Kotar. It is seven stories high and flanked by both a cliff and a mountain wall, making it look even more ominous.
This tower was built as a research facility by the famous wizard and researcher Alta Mungboon using the money she had earned during her adventuring days and funding from the Kotar empire. Her original plan had been to build a tower completely made from obsidian, hence its name. However, once its blueprints and design were finalised it turned out there was not enough budget to do so. The material also wouldn't be able to handle the weight and pressure of a seven-story building.
Deadset on having a black tower, Alta decided to simply have the walls painted black instead and later used her allocated funds to commission a few obsidian statues to make the name fit better.
This tower was built as a research facility by the famous wizard and researcher Alta Mungboon using the money she had earned during her adventuring days and funding from the Kotar empire. Her original plan had been to build a tower completely made from obsidian, hence its name. However, once its blueprints and design were finalised it turned out there was not enough budget to do so. The material also wouldn't be able to handle the weight and pressure of a seven-story building.
Deadset on having a black tower, Alta decided to simply have the walls painted black instead and later used her allocated funds to commission a few obsidian statues to make the name fit better.
"When miss Mungboon was told her tower couldn't be made out of obsidian due to budget and how brittle the material was, she didn't take it to well. Never have I seen twenty burly men piss their pants at the same time during work."
Architecture
The Obsidian tower is a tower with a square base. This was a decision made to make the interior design easier. The tower has a tiled, slanted roof and the seventh floor has an overhang, making it slightly bigger than the there floors.
The first three floors have no windows and are mostly filled with storage rooms and traps. These floors are meant to be a defensive measure against intruders.
The fourth floor contains the tearoom for receiving guests, a small study, and a toilet.
The fifth floor has a kitchen, a dining room and a private library.
The sixth floor is used for two sleeping quarters, one for the tower's master and one for guests, a bathroom and a study/library.
The seventh and last floor is a laboratory filled with machines and chemical solutions.
The first three floors have no windows and are mostly filled with storage rooms and traps. These floors are meant to be a defensive measure against intruders.
The fourth floor contains the tearoom for receiving guests, a small study, and a toilet.
The fifth floor has a kitchen, a dining room and a private library.
The sixth floor is used for two sleeping quarters, one for the tower's master and one for guests, a bathroom and a study/library.
The seventh and last floor is a laboratory filled with machines and chemical solutions.
History
In the years after the tower was built the building itself and the area around it was gradually outfitted with more and more traps. The vibrant flowers and stubborn bushes growing within two miles of the tower gradually died. The once calming path that leads up to the Obsidian Tower became gloomy and desolate as the years passed by and the circle of barren land kept slowly expanding.
When Alta Mungboon, who had little interaction with non-wizards, disappeared people didn't realise until Bubblegum the Terrible claimed ownership of the tower. Around this time the creeping circle of dead plants stopped its advance.
The ground that seems to have lost its fertility can no longer sustain normal plant life. However, reports of locals say that clusters of small white stalks with pink flowers and purple cocoons have started to grow in several loctions.
When Alta Mungboon, who had little interaction with non-wizards, disappeared people didn't realise until Bubblegum the Terrible claimed ownership of the tower. Around this time the creeping circle of dead plants stopped its advance.
The ground that seems to have lost its fertility can no longer sustain normal plant life. However, reports of locals say that clusters of small white stalks with pink flowers and purple cocoons have started to grow in several loctions.
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