Tower of Abora

The tower of Abora

The tower
A tall, 20 floor tower, with a radius of 200 meters, containing a full library at almost 10 complete floors, the tower of Abora, is well kept over its long existence. Made of normal bricks, whereas the top floor contains a strange, device which has been named "Joy", by the early residents. The tower itself is warm, and the magic energies of the archmages residing in there, have caused a warm feeling around the place and inside of it. The tower is located upon the eastern most corner of Eastrock, surrounded by the high mountains, with only a narrow path to lead, up to a rock plateau which is one of the two places where mages experiment their powers, research and inventions, the other being a lake, north of the tower. The plateau then has a very difficult downward, rocky slope, which is barely treaded and when it is, with very difficulty.

Residence and function
At most of times, three archmages inhabit the tower of Abora. The tower itself serves as their very home. They carry a number of around 10-15 assistants each, there being around 40 at a time. Occasionally, apprentices will take their time to enter this place and live, upon paying a monthly fee. The payment is moderately hefty, as it does provide, except the prices research, the economical basis of the tower. The tower can welcome around 75-90 people at max, at a time. The libraries are many, containing works dating to even 500-600 years before, and some, in the archmages section, said to go over to 900-1100 years old. The very tower serves as a major research institution. The archmages often taken seperate locations, and conduct their work. There are two seasons for them, 1: the one during spring and summer, which is the collecting season, where they go and collect various works, and artifacts from all over the world, as well as gathering information of the current state of the world. It is not uncommon for them to publish a study on the nature of trolls or vampires, although such research may often be incomplete, due to the fact the two other seasons : fall and winter, the research season, are not enough for them. They tend to publish at least two volumes over the same theme of research. Other than that, they also try to take on inventing or experimenting, using the nearby lake, and the stone plateau to their disposal. The lake, is said to have been poisoned around 300 years ago, by the experiments of a mage. Despite that, it is quite a sight, and assumedly purified, although due to almost everyone knowing of the experiments and the legend, it's waters are not used to drink, to swim or for anything.