The Tower of the Sun is a fortified outpost of the High Elves located at the southern tip of the peninsula of Ind. This alabaster fortress watches over the sea routes used by High Elf merchants across the southern ocean to the lands of the Far East, and acts as a staging post should the ships of the High Elf Navy and the armies of Ulthuan need passage to the lands of Ind, Grand Cathay and beyond.[1a]
The fortress is always depicted in artwork and heraldry in silhouette.[1a]
History[]
Eclipse Wars[]
Every tenth year, the court of the Everqueen of Ulthuan goes forth upon a seaborne pilgrimage to the hidden Tower of the Sun south of the equator in the Far East. The Everqueen alone can hold back the slow encroachment of the gravid orb of the Chaos Moon Morrslieb that occurs with every eclipse. With her goes the Royal Fleet of Ulthuan, carrying an immense host of her finest troops, a score of Moon Dragons flying alongside.[2a]
The Royal Warhost fights its way through the bizarre denizens of Ind, the Land of a Thousand Gods, battling against tribes of tiger-headed Eastern Beastmen, prides of winged lions and troops of six-armed monkey warriors who resent the High Elves' intrusion into their domain. Upon reaching the Tower of the Sun, the Everqueen gives up her own moonblood in a great ritual that ensures Morrslieb is held at bay for another decade.[2a]
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