Tower out of Time

The Shifting City has been a key part of monoduga myths for generations; an ancient, mysterious city of strange-looking people that somehow continuously moved across the Frozen Desert.

However, the city went from 'myth' to 'history' overnight with the appearance of the Tower out of Time.

It appeared just outside Jolakefu from thin air, bringing a blast of icy winds from wherever it originated. The smooth, round stone architecture was different to anything in the heavily industrialised Jolakefu, and sand was pouring out of the windows and door frame and onto the surrounding greenery.

It was a simple, two-storey tower. The ground floor was filled with makeshift survival equipment and the recently deceased corpse of the adventurer Mukéye, who had gone missing roughly three years before the Tower's appearance.

The top floor was dedicated to a single piece of machinery. Alien runes and intricate carvings combined with monodugan cables and gears to create an intimidating monstrosity. Mukéye's Research Notes only ever referred to this machinery as 'The Engine', leading it to be colloquially referred to as the Mukéye Engine.

Type

Tower

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