Sickle Spire Complex

An overview of the structures of the Spire complex.

Sketch of the Spire without the surrounding Octagon walls.

Sketch of the corner structures of the Octagon inner walls of the Sickle headquarters.

Sketch of the structure of the surrounding Octagon walls around the Spire.

The Sickle Spire is the famous/infamous tower of magi in the city of Capitoleum. It is the tallest structure in the Midrealms. The name "the Spire" also refers to the entire castle complex.

Spire Complex

The Spire consists of the actual tower (the Spire) as well as protecting concentric walls outside; the Octagon Walls that are built in an octagonal star shape with eight impressive forts located one in each corner of the star and the Sickle Ring Wall which is a perfect circle supported by eight tower gates and an additional 24 guard stations.

The tower is built on top of an older structure from the early days of Capitoleum, which was intentionally built sturdy for the then distant plans of building a massive structure on top. A second "layer" of the tower was built after, followed by the white octagonal tower itself (the namesake of the "Spire") dotted with numerous small windows and with a tall metal tower on top.

Though unknown to the populace, the tower is fitted with numerous Thundercatchers as it is struck by lightning numerous times per year.

Spire tower structure

All essential activities take place in the Spire tower itself, like magical research, libraries or training. Most staff here live outside the Octagon Walls in the Servant Octate but a small core staff that are on duty during the night generally have rooms either in the tower or in the courtyard. Each floor also has a Floor Manager responsible for that particular floor.

Inside the walls and outside the Spire (the Spire Courtyard) there are planted trees and lawns close to the tower as well as numerous buildings attached to the walls where more important crafting takes place, storage areas, stables, important staff housing and Sickle Regulars Barracks.

Roof Floors

• Observatory
• High Dovecot
• Upper Circle Hall

Above Ground

• Full Circle Hall
• Libraries
• Apartments (for Magi)
• Research Rooms
• Seminariums (conference rooms)
• Massage Centrum
• Phrontistery
  • School Wing(s)
    • Dormitories
      • Boys
      • Girls
• Hall of the Magi
• Game Arena - Large glass slabs for floor.
• Domestic Offices - ground floor?

Below Ground

• Core Staff Rooms
• Baths
  • Steam Room
• Kitchen
  • Washrooms
  • The Furnace
• Dungeons
• The Vault

Spire Courtyard

• Stables
• Inner Barracks
• Inner Smithy
• Inner Staff Rooms

Octagon Walls

The Octagon Walls, or just "the Octagon", is an octagonal star strengthened with forts in each corner of the star. It can be easy to see the similarities with this architecture and forts from the late medieval period, but the design was not primarily made for this purpose. As with much of the Spire architecture, it was more a matter of grand design ideals than a particular advantage. Each of the eight forts is still impressive and are larger than many keeps found in the Midrealm kingdoms.

• The Octates
  • Arms Octate - Sickle Regulars
  • Crafts Octate - Smithy and other crafters
  • Work Octate - Commoners work area
  • East Reception - Import/Export preparation & greenhouses
  • Servant Octate - Majority of servants - "Below stairs"
  • Octagon Glen (Southern) - Park
  • Octagon Glen (Northern) - Park + herb garden
  • West Reception - Import/Export preparation & greenhouses
• Forts
  • Fort 1
    • Mage Tower 1
  • Fort 2
    • Mage Tower 2
  • Fort 3
    • Mage Tower 3
  • Fort 4
    • Mage Tower 4
  • Fort 5
    • Mage Tower 5
  • Fort 6
    • Mage Tower 6
  • Fort 7
    • Mage Tower 7
  • Fort 8
    • Mage Tower 8

Sickle Ring Wall

• Roads
  • Sickle Ringroad
  • Newtown Street
  • Sickle Pier Street
  • Sickle Arms Street
• Gate Towers
  • North Gate Tower
  • Newtown Gate Tower
  • East Gate Tower
  • Pier Gate Tower
  • Harbour Gate Tower
  • Glen Gate Tower
  • West Gate Tower
  • Arms Gate Tower
• Guard Stations (24)