The Tower of Ashshair is a watchtower and outpost of Grand Cathay. It is variously described as being located in the "stone lands to the northwest" of the Great Bastion[1a] and also in "The Western Provinces" of Grand Cathay.[2a]
Description[]
This jade-green tower - a thing as much of magic as stone - sits high and all but unassailable upon a jagged promontory of rock overlooking the ancient Silk Road that leads from the gates of the Great Bastion to the south-east, and the inhospitable mountain passes of the Ogre Kingdoms to the west. From here the servants of the Dragon Emperor surveyed the great road and kept watch for signs and portents of woe and threats from distant lands. It was unsuccessfully attacked around 2509 IC by an army under the command of Sayl the Faithless, a Tzeentchite Chaos Sorcerer, who was himself under the orders of Tamurkhan.[1a]
In the 2480s IC, a meeting took place here between Zhao Ming, who was speaking on behalf of the Dragon Emperor, and the Ogre Tyrant Greasus Goldtooth of the Goldtooth Tribe. The pair established a rapport due to their mutual bad relations with their fathers, and it was agreed that Cathayan caravans would have safe passage along the Ivory Road through Goldtooth's Kingdom, in return for paying a tribute to Goldtooth.[3]