Al Wahat

Al Wahat
About
Owner	Lothendal
Contributors	Machines_Are_Us
Category	Castles
Underground?	No
Public?	Yes
Started	3 June 2011
Completed	In progress
Size north to south	79m
Size west to east	127m
Height	55m
Location
Coordinates	X=6403 Y=72 Z=1609
Dimension	Overworld
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Al Wahat (The Oasis) is a desert palace located in the far south of Freedonia. The closest town is JannerVille.

History

The palace was designed and built by  Lothendal and  Machines_Are_Us. First sketches were made in May 2011. The final construction plan was complete on 2 June 2011 and the construction started only a day after.

The building mostly consists of materials found at the construction site, sandstone, sand and stone. Hardest material to get were roses for red color. A big problem was a proper lighting, so the builders had to deal with hordes of monsters. Fortunately this problem could be solved using lightstone after the Nether became accessible.

After completing the overground part of the palace and some furnishing,  Lothendal started to work on an idea he had for one of his first big projects he never put into practice. Even with the big help from contributors and workers it only slowly progressed. Thanks to the hard work of  fmxstick doing over a quarter of the mining within 2 days,  Lothendal and  Machines_Are_Us were able to complete this subproject much earlier than expected on 24 July 2011.

The result has been shown only to a few. However, it will be opened to public as soon as another part of the palace underground is finished.

Features

Courtyard

The courtyard features an open pool, the namesake of the oasis, with a bridge. A sandstone cobra sculpture rises menacingly from the water.

Interior rooms

The interior rooms are plushly decorated, with rich carpeting, cushions, bookcases and lightstone chandeliers.

Underground prison complex

However, as one explores deeper into the building, a darker side emerges. Past the storage cellars, it is possible to enter into deeper regions of the construction.

Maze

A pitch-dark maze, infested with zombies, bars the way to the uninitiated. Whether it is intended to keep unwanted visitors out, or the inhabitants in, is unclear.

Holding cells

Some of the inhabitants of these cells appear to have been allowed to remain here past their best-before date. Their skin tone has grown decidedly sickly and green. The halls echo with their hungry moans.

Torture chamber

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  The entrance to the interrogation room
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  The drowning torture device
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  Various torture implements hang on the wall
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  The sticky piston rack and lava pit
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  The burning torture device and crushing torture device

Cistern

There must be millions of decalitres of water in this vast underground cistern. Perhaps it has been collected by wind traps, for a chill breeze blows through the chamber, hinting at caves deeper yet underground.

Construction process

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  Foundations
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  Looking for a color fitting to sandstone.
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  The first wall is standing and some floor is done.
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  Courtyard walkway and 2nd floor examples.
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  First floor is almost done.
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  Getting some grass to the courtyard.
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  Grass is done and the lower north wall is complete.
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  Upper courtyard walkway is complete.
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  Inner and outer walls of the 1st level are complete.
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  Two skeletons suck at killing each other.
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  First main hall walls complete.
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  Eastern main hall in progress.
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  Eastern main hall walls standing and first tower is complete.
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  2 Towers standing.
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  The palace is looking complete from the outside.
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  These monsters really like the pillars Machines made.
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  Finally lightstone!
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  The courtyard
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  The first room
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  The library