Mage ' s Tower The Mage ' s Tower was a mysterious tower standing on the edge of the Flooded Forest between the lands of the Vast and the Moonsea in north Faerûn , lying west of Kurth and at the end of a trail north from Tavilar . Structure . The Mage ' s Tower was a lone tower some 70 feet ( 21 meters ) high with a spired top . It was built of massive blocks of stone . There was no visible door , but it had three large , arched windows at the top . Interior . Inside were only empty and dusty corridors and rooms , apparently uninhabited . However , the windows showed it was sometimes lit . Defenses . The base of the tower was guarded by a stone golem . This attacked anyone who tried to touch or climb the walls , or who tried to levitate or fly within 40 feet ( 12 meters ) of the tower . It kept attacking until trespassers were either dead or unmoving , or until they retreated to over 200 feet ( 70 meters ) away . It left went beyond this range . For those who made it to the windows , three enormous gargoyle s flew out to assault them and chase them away . These gargoyles or their smaller kin patrolled the tower against anyone gaining access via tunneling or magic . There were also traps , with steps and sections of floor that flipped over to drop intruders into pit traps and other hazards . There were also magical spelltraps that transported people to the planes and left them in dangerous environments . Rumors . The Mage ' s Tower was avoided by local people , and even local adventurers commonly called it " A good place to avoid . " Locals were unwilling to speak of it ; those who did were always found dead shortly after . The master of the tower was unknown and a subject of mystery and much speculation . It was certain to be something capable of magic . The majority of adventurers believed this master was in hiding somewhere inside the tower , along with all their possessions and treasure . One possibility was that it took the form of a creature , such as lurker above , that could resemble the stone walls , or that they hid in rooms with entrances concealed by a mimic , intelligent and loyal to the master . These adventurers generally assumed the master to be a lich or demilich , but others that it could as easily be a living wizard or other powerful mage . Sages knowledgeable in the Vast presented a number of theories of their own : One rumor claimed that Lord Lashan Aumersair of Scardale fled to the Mage ' s Tower when his brief Dalelands empire fell in the Year of the Worm , 1356 DR , and was still in hiding there until 1370 DR . Lieshann , a minstrel of Ordulin , told that the tower was an entrance to the lair or kingdom of a gold dragon or some other , even more powerful dragon . According to her , this dragon shapechanged into another form to enter and descend to the subterranean realm . However , those who ' d managed enter the tower called this story " bardish moonshine " . Lieshann admitted she ' d only seen the tower from a distance , but still sang of it regularly . Elminster , the sage of Shadowdale , once mentioned that the Mage Who Never Dies claimed the tower as part of his domain . Elminster also warned of the tower ' s spelltraps .