Lightningstruck Clock

At the center of the Market Platform in Osten is the Lightningstruck Clock, a seventy-foot tall clock tower built several hundred years ago. The clock tower was struck by lightning more than 250 years ago, and though never repaired, it remains a thing of beauty and is the most prominent landmark in the city. The clock still reads 5:15, the time of the lightning strike so many years previous. At 5:15 every day (both morning and evening), the clock's ancient mechanisms click into place and an intense chime is sounded by its bells. It is well known among Osten's thaumaturgists and alchemists that the city is imbued with an increased amount of puissance at this time, and many experiments are timed to take advantage of this added energy.
Category:Locations in Osten