Palace of Tigrosh
The Palace is a large and ancient ruined building located in the center of the fortified complex now known as Tigrosh. It is a very ornately constructed building with much carved decorations and intricate design and is remarkably intact for as old as it seems to be. Thought by most to be at least 1,800 years old, its builders are unknown, as is its original purpose.
The Palace is over 200' long and stands 35' tall at the peak of the barrel vaulted roof that runs the length of the building. It has a partially collapsed rotunda-style central entrance room with an ornate roofed porch, and two long symmetrical corridors moving at right angles towards two square, spired roofs at each end of the corridors. The only entrance to the building is via the central rotunda, either through the open doorway or the partially collapsed dome of the ceiling. No other doorways or windows are known to exist.
Interestingly, there are dozens of very ornately carved panels on the exterior of the building that depict windows (and perhaps wide doors). There are carved frames, mullions and muntins with finely finished stone behind/between and all of stone at least 6 inches thick. Once inside the building, the only light comes from the doorway and the collapsed ceiling of the rotunda.
Purpose / Function
Unknown, but assumed by many to be a palace because of the fine detail still evident in the stonework of the building.
Special Properties
Of special note: When Obram Marner became the Corsair King of Karnesh, he visited Tigrosh while on a tour of his new Kingdom, and he took with him his personal secretary, a Gnome slave named Felix Iepitus. Felix kept a detailed journal of his days in the northern ruins of Karnesh, and made this rather unique observation:
"When seen in isolation, the Palace at Tigrosh is an ornate and oppulent mystery. However, when considered as a whole, the complex offers clues that seem to have been overlooked for years. The great and massive geared wheels, which are all located outside the complex walls; the very careful and directionally aligned gates in the walls; the single entry point to the palace itself; the complete lack of any other openings in the original design of the building. All seem to indicate that the complex was probably not a palace, but instead was probably a prison."
