Chimera Tower
 Chimera Tower
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 View of the tower from the wall of Glenfiddich | |
| About | |
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| Owner |  SlowRiot and  Edessa
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| Category | Towers |
| Underground? | No |
| Public? | No |
| Started | 20 Sep 2011 |
| Completed | 20 Sep 2011 |
| Size north to south | 12m |
| Size west to east | 12m |
| Height | 55m |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | X=375 Y=64 Z=2714 |
| Dimension | Overworld |
| Settlement | Glenfiddich |
| Map Link | |
andreydio must have regretted asking SlowRiot for one of his famous towers to be built in Glenfiddich - for no one could have been prepared for the bizarre experimental construction that would rise from the ground.
History
This is one of a series of towers built by SlowRiot, helped in this instance by Edessa.
The original plan was to build it using obsidian and white wool, but that was later softened to a more subtle grey and white (wool) motif.
Interpretation
The vertical split represents the dual-nature of the human spirit, animus and anima in the Jungian sense. It is open to conjecture which side is the masculine and which the feminine, each carrying facets of the other in different modes of expression.
The tower is topped with a wool sphere in four shades of grey, shaded as if it is lit from the north-west; this is circled by a saturnine ring, which is lit in the inverse pattern, producing strong contrast against the sphere and the rest of the tower from any viewing angle. In this way Chimera Tower differs greatly from the rest of the series, as it differs in appearance greatly depending on the angle of view, whereas most of the remainder of the towers are symmetrical about at least two axes (with the exception of Black Tower).
Gallery
During construction (without the complete ring)
Map view
