# Iedcaru (Marching Tower)

##### Ground Floor

Investigating the tower, the party discovered the ground floor was a large library full of books on the multiverse and obscure theories on it along with many reading areas and meditation nooks. There was a crystal sarcophagus with a long dead githzerai scholar inside. Its eyes had been replaced with bronze ones and if you talked about a subject, the eyes would look at where that subject could be found in the library. Also, one of the candles in a meditation nook pinged as magic, so it was gathered and will be examined later.

The tower had been abandoned and later taken over by tiefling bandits.

##### Upper Levels

Exploring the level, the party discovered a bunch of bedrooms, along with a study full of notes and maps of the planes. Additionally, a strange humanoid skull apparently made out of colored glass and various metals rested on the desk. The party took it, just in case.

Exploring up the ladder, the party found a terrified gnome wizard named Ferd’no apparently hiding from the Yugoloths. He thanked the party for saving him and asked if the monsters were all dead. He accompanied the party for a bit, but once he knew the coast was clear, he fled down the ladder and out of the tower.

The room Ferd’no was hiding in had a strange crude humanoid statue leaning over a round stone table. The party examined it but found no secret doors or any way to activate it. The ladder up was blocked with a bolted hatch, which the party opened. On the top floor was a small pillar in the middle of the room with a large gemstone mounted on top. Sitting peacefully in the corner was an elderly [githzerai woman](https://bookstack.stinkbrain.com/books/fortunes-wheel/page/zaythir "Githzeri Scholar").

##### Marching

Since marching towers were often used by bandits or as weapons of war, they were unlikely to be attacked en route. Plus, the legs were ~50’ long and 12 mph (a 5 minute mile), was pretty fast. If they were going to be attacked, it would probably happen when they stopped and attacks while marching were extremely rare.