Mage Tower

Biodata

Overview

Mage Towers are the principal symbols of Arcane Mages in the Seven Towers Federation. Their height represents their owners’ attainments in Spiritual Arcana, while their facilities support cultivation, research, education, administration, and defense. 90 182

A Mage Tower is more than ordinary architecture: it is a Quasi-Arcane Artifact built with Spirit Gold and Spirit Materials to endure supernatural threats. Its design must become stronger as it rises, since a poorly constructed tower becomes increasingly dangerous at greater heights. 240

Construction and Ownership

• Only Arcane Mages who have earned the Scholar title are eligible to build a Mage Tower; eligibility alone is insufficient without substantial funding. 90
• Most 1-Ring Arcane Mages cannot afford their own towers, while Mage Towers around Chen Jiao City are commonly owned by 2-Ring and 3-Ring Arcane Mages; the prominent Elvin and Kristian Mage Towers belong to 4-Ring and 5-Ring Great Arcane Mages. 120
• Mage Towers are usually paired with residential castles. The castle houses staff, students, attendants, Knight teams, and an Arcane Mage’s household, while the tower concentrates laboratories and specialized facilities. 143 147
• A Mage Tower can take unconventional forms, including underground city-like structures, crystal-palace towers in the sea, and floating-city towers in the sky. 90
• Spirit Springs supply the Spirituality needed to power Mage Towers and a city’s wider Spirituality infrastructure. 121

Functions

Education and Research

Mage Towers preserve knowledge that cannot be fully conveyed through books or diagrams; students therefore study directly under mentors and senior Arcane Mages. 149

• Newly promoted Arcane Mages require a tower’s permission before entering advanced study there. 121
• Within a Mage Tower, an Arcane Mage is formally categorized as either a mentor or a student; assisting a mentor is treated as student work. 171
• Research projects undertaken by a tower may be assigned by its mentor and divided among resident Arcane Mages. 191
• Wonder Rooms contain recorded Arcane Spectacle structures, allowing Arcane Mages to observe and construct complex Arcana. 149 150

Defense and Operations

Mage Towers function as fortified arcane strongholds during crises. Penrose Mage Tower’s castle, supported by several Arcane Mages, served as a defensive wall against an insect tide while its occupants formed an aerial-and-ground arcane firing line with airships. 187

Temporary Mage Towers can be constructed in wilderness areas for prolonged deployments. A lone Arcane Mage must be at least 2-Ring to station independently in one. 162

Production-Learning-Research Model

Some towers operate as integrated production-learning-research institutions rather than solely private residences or mentor schools. Duke regards this model as necessary for a Mage Tower to endure across generations. 147 235 245

• Open laboratory floors can host outside companies and their research teams. 245
• Such facilities may support commercial development alongside Arcane Mage research, including lighting and photography laboratories. 245
• Sage Duke’s Mage Tower explicitly adopts an open system integrating research, study, and application of Spiritual Arcana. 269 271

Tower Spirits

A Mage Tower may possess a Tower Spirit, an Ancient Spirit or similar entity integrated into the tower’s core. Kristian Mage Tower is noted for having the aura of a living being, suggesting the presence of one. 215

Tower Spirits can operate the tower’s internal systems, monitor its territory, and exercise authority within the structure. Their loyalty is secured through a master-servant contract established during the transformation ritual. 246 247

• Grandma Zhiyu — The Trilobite Ancient Spirit transformed into the Tower Spirit of Sage Duke’s Mage Tower. She can move throughout the tower’s connected core, monitor Lingya Mountain, and control tower operations. 245 246 269
• A Tower Spirit’s authority is tied to the Mage Tower’s master; the transformation contract compels it to obey the tower’s owner. 246

Sage Duke's Mage Tower

Sage Duke’s Mage Tower stands on Oak Fang Mountain in Emerald Sea City. Its initial standard height was 365 meters, with 108 floors including underground sections and a spire attic. 245

Core and Expansion

• The tower’s core uses the 3-Ring Tree King Myriad Year Pine Tower as its main material, connecting Tooth Root Spring at the foot of the mountain to Tooth Tip Spring at its summit. 245
• The Tree King core acts as the tower’s keel and is described as capable of withstanding a magnitude-nine earthquake and resisting easy destruction by a Wyrm. 245
• Duke ordered the tower and future castle to share an integrated core, allowing Zhiyu’s eventual domain to extend across all of Lingya Mountain rather than only the tower itself. 240 246
• The tower later received a 50-meter Dark Communication Tower extension, increasing its height from 365 to 415 meters. The addition operates as a quasi-Arcane Artifact for dark communication research. 367

Known Mage Towers

• Penrose Mage Tower — A black spire outside Chen Jiao City with an attached castle, airships, a Knight team, laboratories, and Wonder Rooms. 143 149
• Kristian Mage Tower — Chen Jiao City’s tallest Mage Tower, standing roughly 300–400 meters atop a mountain surrounded by a vast castle complex. 215
• Suktarra Mage Tower — Sukhtara’s former tower, transferred to Duke and developed through a production-learning-research reform. 221 235 237
• Sage Duke’s Mage Tower — Duke’s open Mage Tower on Oak Fang Mountain, centered on the Myriad Year Pine Tower core and overseen by Zhiyu. 245 269
• Temporary Mage Towers — Short wilderness towers erected for extended expeditions and mining operations. 162