The Drowned Tower

• A ruined tower in the Erbalta Plains, the Northwest Coast

The Drowned Tower

Information

An ancient, half‑submerged ruin on the Erbalta Plains, noted for a persistent confluence with the Elemental Plane of Water. The tower’s lower chambers are waterlogged throughout the year, with a central reservoir and flooded halls that have given the site its name. Scholars of the Great Library identify the Drowned Tower as a planar locus documented in the correspondence of Airion Mistspeaker, who sought out places where the boundary between the Material and the Elemental planes is thin. The exact nature of the planar connection here is unclear.

Description

The surviving structure rises from low ground between waterways on the northern plains. The base and first levels are partially collapsed and inundated; higher rooms show traces of old wards and decayed fittings. A central fountain or well‑chamber forms the focus of the ruin and is believed to mark the core of the planar seepage.

Location and Access

The Drowned Tower stands in the northern Erbalta Plains, reachable from Voltara by several days’ travel across open grasslands. Approaches typically require fording or following river bends and must account for seasonal storms and flooding.