Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170416183302

Celestial Tower:

The Celestial Tower is a tower built off the coast of mainland Xin on a crescent shaped island. The tower is owned by the council of Sages and at all times as 4 Sages and a High Sage (And many servants) posted at the Tower.

The tower contains both spiritual information alongside astrological and is used to watch the stars and to plan out calendars. All constellations and patterns in the Sky are mapped out in the Celestial tower, but this is not it's greatest treasure. In the base of the tower lies a planetary calendar room, a machine of cogs and gears that with the manipulation of a few dials a individual is able to determine the course of the sun and moon on a given day and a given time. This device was the brain child of Wan Shi and is generally known as 'Wan Shi's Celestial Guide'. Smaller versions is built within the Imperial palace and Capital Temple.

Shinu Fortress:

A massive fortress built within the Red Desert near the ruins of an Umbarian city known as Al Shief. The Fortress is built partially within, on the side, and around a massive mountain which over looks the main road through the Red Desert. The Fortress is built around a half tower (Called this because half of the tower is built on the face of the hill while the rest is carved into the hill). After this comes a series of 3 walls each with a large plaza in between. Finally comes the storage rooms, war rooms, and Generals Head Quarters which are dug deep inside the hill.

Shinu is known most famously in Umbar as a enduring image of defeat in the War and also as a sign of Xinese Domination over Rhun. Shinu has also become the head quarters of both the administration of the Red Desert and the head quarters of the  Western Border Generals.

Dragon's Fang Prison:

Located on a remote island within the Rhunic Sea it is home to Xin's worst criminals. The fortress is built within a volcanic crater and is built on a spur surrounded on all sides by lakes of lava. The fortress can only be entered from a single bridge which is under heavy guard at all times.

No one has ever escaped from Dragon's Fang so far in all of the prison's history.

Laozing Fortress:

Laozing fortress is built within a crescent shaped harbor on the Xinese coast and is the main fleet base of Xin. The port itself is sealed off by a large sea wall with one massive gate. On both spurs of the crescent are built large watch towers which have walls that wrap around the port and eventually end up as part of the fortress itself.

The main fortress is built high above the port in two sections the outer court yard and then a walled off inner court yard in which the administrative tower is located and the Admiral's headquarters. 