Tower

:This page is about the location featured in The Shadow Prince. For other uses, see Tower (Disambiguation)
The Tower is a location featured in . It is a tower situated in the most remote part of , "up a long, narrow, spiral staircase" where prisoners are kept.
 is taken to the by the 's orders after accuses to be evil without having any to back it up. Before the take him to the , approaches and reminds him that he has the means to escape the tower; however, before she can tell him what it is, the guards hurriedly take the young hero to the cell. At this point in the book, will have three choices to pick from. He can either use the , the , or use neither.
If uses the clock inside the , it will halt time for everyone except him and give the young hero an opportunity to escape the 's prison cell by using a toothpick to push the key out of the keyhole. then slides a paper under the door to drag the key back in, which he uses to unlock the door and escape the prison cell just as the clock is about to return time to its normal pace.
By using the , it will make a piercing sound, which makes the whistle to instantly shatter in 's hands. However, inexplicably, a black vortex closes in on him, and when wakes up, he is standing in the with the king and , meaning he has successfully traveled back in time and giving him another chance to travel to the and obtain the .
However, if the young hero does not use either of those items or does not have them, will gaze out the window to see Charles riding away, and just as he is disappearing into the woods, his horse turns into a giant, winged lizard. The page ends with a Game Over as realizes that Charles is himself and has escaped with the of Wisdom.