Orosul's Tower

Orosul's Tower was a small tower located in the city of Archenbridge during the mid-to-late 14 century DR.

Though the place was abandoned by Orosul in the 1350s DR, no Arkhenfolk stepped foot inside ever since as the powerful mage promised that doom would befall intruders and fair Archendale both.



Location
The inn was located on the intersection between Drover's Lane and Spindral Street, in the southern part of the city.

Structure
The tower was slender and measured high. Made of granite, it stood in the center of a walled garden closed by two locked iron gates. Although the general belief was that only Orosul possessed the key to its tower, in reality Vangerdahast Aeiulvana and Cylyria Dragonbreast had spare as well.

By 1370 DR, the unattended garden grew thick with vines creeping up the tower's sides. The garden was home of numerous small animals such as birds, rabbits and squirrels, but no larger beasts were ever witnessed there.

It was unclear whether the story had three or four floors, as it was dotted by shuttered windows in a seemingly random pattern. .

Defenses
The city assigned ten soldiers to keep watch around the tower at all time. Equipped with chainmails, slings, blunt-padded arrows and nets, their role was to prevent anyone from casting spells or using magic items within sight of the tower.

History
Coming from Sembia, the mage Orosul used magic to identify the Swords of Archendale. He made a deal with them which supposedly involved a large sum of money, in exchange of which he would be free to settle in town and do as he pleased without being controlled or watched.

Circa 1350 DR, the mage disappeared from the tower after warning the Swords against anyone entering his abode, promising a terrible doom should this rule be broken.

Successful adventurers
Although nobody has officially entered the tower since Orosul's disappearance, there are persistent rumors in the Dales that this or that adventurer-mage has.

Scary stories
Archenfolks, who are known for their dislike of strangers, like to scare visitors by telling them to look at the tower to see what happens even well-meaning outlanders who settle in town.

This practice gave birth to a local idiom, It is deep in Orosul's Tower, which means It is where you will never find it.

Floating bed
The few reliable tidbits of information regarding the interior of the tower were revealed by Orosul's apprentice. She let it know that the mage possessed a large circular magical floating bed in its lofty chambers, a rumor heartily repeated by a local carpenter.

According to her, the bed was surrounded by a cloud of magical darkness filled with twinkling illusory stars at night, and could split apart to reveal a treasure of money and magical items hidden in an exta-dimensional space "under" it.

Ancient power scepter
Still according to Orosul's apprentice, the half of a powerful magical Netherese power scepter was hidden under a cobblestone within sight of the tower.

Inhabitants

 * Orosul: A powerful mage and the proprietor of the tower.
 * Felsharra of the Four Winds: Orosul's apprentice.