Jagged stalactites drip water onto the bells, creating a soft ringing sound throughout the chambers.Ĭandles tucked into natural alcoves or clumped at either end of each sunken tub provide light, and set the owls carved into every wall and slick pillar in flickering relief.Īt the base of the Torre is the Library, which contains many ancient texts meant to assist healers in their studies. Pale stone pillars act as structural support, and hung between them on chains are countless bells representing the healers that have passed through the Torre.
Natural hot springs flowing through the caverns have been diverted to flow into a dozen tubs built into the cave floor. Silba's Womb consists of various tunnels constructed for escape in the event of an attack. The Torre's massive tower can be seen from nearly every street and angle of Antica. All the buildings are enclosed by towering white walls, and the iron gates are fashioned to look like an owl spreading its wings. Buildings flank the Torre's sides, connected on lower levels. Surrounding it is a gated compound, which contains a courtyard and sand-colored gravel walkways lined with lavender bushes and herb beds. The building is cylindrical in shape, with a winding staircase that leads to the different floors. The Torre is a tall, broad white building consisting of eleven floors and an underground system of caverns called Silba's Womb. They adopted Silba, the healer-goddess, as their patron. Additionally, they decided that tuition at the Torre would be free. The first healers of the Torre began a tradition of every acolyte who entered the building taking bronze, silver, or glass bell etched with their name and entry date and hanging it in Silba's Womb to serve as guidance for future healers. When the khaganate took over and began their three hundred-year rule, they constructed their palace upon the ruins of the ancient queen's home and made sure to respect the Torre Cesme and honor the healers within. The Torre was left untouched throughout the various conflicts, as a building full of women who could save a person from death was deemed valuable and left alone. Over the next twelve centuries, various rulers conquered and held northern Antica the queen who constructed the Torre was killed and her palace destroyed.
The Torre, constructed near the palace for quick summons, was given to the healer as a place to study and live and to invite others to train as well.
Twelve hundred years before the Khaganate conquered the Southern Continent, an ancient queen had the Torre Cesme constructed as a gift to a healer who saved her child's life.
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