Spire

The Spire of Cloudport is an ancient whiterock relic of unknown origin. It is a giant hollow tower, more of a simple tube, about 110 stories tall, with a thin fluted shape, like the stem of a wine glass. At the top, it flares dramatically outward to form a precariously thin platform, like a flattened flower or the horn of a trumpet. Nobody knows when or how it was built. It predates all known man-kin settlements in Landfall. The city of Cloudport was established at the Spire's base.

Man-kin now occupy the tower. It is the seat of House Numiren of Bruhinn, functioning as a peculiar vertical palace. No known method of engineering can support that many interior floors, and the whiterock walls of the Spire are immutable, so the interior floors rest on the tower's many windowsills. Interior pulley lifts enable people to traverse the tower's many levels without exhausting themselves on stairs. Exterior cranes and lifts carry freight and waste. Massive banners of House Lothaen, House Numiren, the Windlands, and the Kingdom of Bruhinn hang from the flared top platform. They are the largest banners in the world.