This is the entrance to a grand tower where dark-elves that are

magically inclined are taught to be fierce spellcasters. Stretching up

some hundred feet into the darkness, the tower is the second tallest

building, seconded only by the loathsome castle itself. Carved in

seemingly random patterns from its base to its tip are strange

unrecognizable runes, and a heavy oaken door is set into the base,

marked by a single glowing sigil. A dark street continues southwest.