Broken Bastion
The edifice known today as the Broken Bastion was once an enormous clock tower tended by a cabal of time-obsessed mystics. Three hundred years ago, the famous clock face and the upper floors of the structure were sheared off during a disastrous attack by the dragon Maejerx Steeleye, who ravaged the city several times in that era. To this day, weird time effects linger, even though the nexus of the cult’s power—a mechanism powered by mysterious energy, was destroyed in the dragon attack. The phenomenon adds to the charm and sense of history about the place, increasing its appeal to resident Muar Gauthfallow, Absalom’s fourth spell lord.
The interior contains several vaults Gauthfallow uses to keep safe dangerous magical contraband seized during the course of his duties to protect the city against eldritch threats. The presence of these vaults, original to the building’s ancient clock tower design, is what attracted Muar to the property in the first place. Each of the two-dozen holding chambers is hermetically sealed and protected from divination by a complex enchantment incorporated into the ornate mithral combination lock built into its door.
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