Great Tower of Gi Kingdom
The Great Tower Qiánlóng is a monolithic building that towers over the Dàshān mountain. Situated at its peak it provides a great view of the Capital and the surrounding lands proving itself a great fortress and an excellent lookout tower.
Purpose / Function
The tower was constructed in its geographic position at the summit of the with the purpose of being a great lookout tower and an even better fortress.
Alterations
Tunnels were added for the royal family to directly move from the castle to the bunker beneath the tower.
In the year 2366 the operation base of the Gi Kingdom secret army division was moved to the tower.
Architecture
The tower has a round circular shape base with 100 meters diameter and is 300 meters tall allowing it to host a fairly large garrison in the building. The tower has a lookout in each cardinal and intermediate directions every five floors.
History
The tower was constructed during the Shui Dynasty in the 14th century as the mining operations of the mountain uncovered a very spacious naturally shaped dome.
It was then decided to turn such space into a bunker with space to keep enough supplies for the population of the city as well as the operation of the army for a long period of time. During the building several stonemason techniques were developed with the purpose of creating a rock as solid as iron through the process of compacting large slabs of stone into a smaller ones holding the same mass which gave it increased defense but was harder to work with. This process had to be done by four earthbending masters as it was no easy feat.
As the excavations brought a large quantity of excess stone it was devised an expansion adding a lookout tower at the peek of the mountain that was connected directly to the bunker through a gigantic winding staircase in later years a lift for transportation was added in the middle.
The tower was mainly inspired by the great dragons that freely roam the world which the emperor admired. The constructors came up with the idea of using an outer shell composed of several thin, rectangular shaped slabs with the height of half a person simulating the scales on the body of a dragon. The slabs are positioned in slots on the main structure. Although the scales of the tower possess some defensive capabilities being freely controlled by the several earthbending guards to defend incoming projectiles they can also be catapulted for attacks at long range.
As the tower stood the test of time and the great wars that assaulted the land it became a great symbol of hope and pride for the people of the Gi Kingdom
Alternative Names
Qiánlóng
Type
Military base / complex
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Nice read, looks like a good start to a possibly great article. I found a few things you might want to look at in the article: Purpose/ Function: "position at the summit of the with the purpose" You might have forgotten to add something here between "of the" and "with the." Alterations: Any idea on the span of time it took to add the tunnels? You have a date for when the operation base was moved, but no date for the tunnels. Architecture: "a round circular shape base" You can probably just say "circular base" here, as you are pretty much writing "a round round" base right now, circular and round are synonyms. Also they are shapes, so adding "shape" at the end is also a bit redundant. If needed, you can also state that the tower is cylindrical or spherical in shape, because I am personally still lost on what the tower actually looks like, or what it's made of exactly. Maybe also consider adding pillars or columns supporting the floors. You also have no mention of any stairs or how anyone manages to go up and down the tower. History: There's a lot of fluff in this section. Phrases like "a very spacious," "harder to work with," and "a gigantic winding staircase" provide little actual information for the reader, as this is fairly subjective if not elaborated on. Like, how much space is there exactly? How is the rock harder to work with? How gigantic is the staircase? On top of that, the history seems to have little to do with the tower itself . I would also mention the outer scales in the Architecture section, it seems like an important bit that was left out. Much of the appearance of the tower itself is located in this section. I'd go over this section in particular and think "is this describing how the tower looks?" and if the answer is yes then I'd maybe move the information up into Architecture. You also forgot a period at the very end of the text block. Overall, good start. Best of luck with this and all your other articles.