Dal'felo Spire

The Dal'felo Spire is the largest elf-made structure in Ashal'Thalas, and serves as the traditional seat of the Lord of House of Firesong whom hold longstanding hereditary rule over the small, isolated Quel'Thalas region of Ashal'Thalas.

Presently occupied by Lord Paramount Entilzha Firesong, the Dal'felo Spire stands atop the strongest ley nexus in Ashal'Thalas, deep in the Central Highlands forest, and generally only accessed by teleportation though Ranger trails are established from settlements as Bal'adeni and Belore'aran.

Bearing cosmetic and some functional resemblance with the Dawnstar Spire, the towering structure has been renovated and expanded upon countless times in the thousands of years its served as home to the Mage-Lords of Ashal'Thalas, with formal banquet and audience chambers on the lower level, a luxurious private residence complex and secretive magical workshop higher up in the tower, with access only at the discretion of the Lord of Ashal'Thalas, and generally seen by few.

The Spire means much to Entilzha Firesong, as it did to his father Xarian and countless Lords of his line before, serving as both home and the center of family life, and the heart of Firesong political and magical power.

History
While early records are scant, carvings in the lowermost chambers attribute the earliest construction at the spire site to Solanar Firesong I, the heir of the revered Lord Bailas Firesong, whom from his seat in Vash'jir led House Firesong to prominence among the Highborne, and distant enough from Zin-Azshari, assured key family members including Solanar and Matriarch A'malia Firesong were free of Queen Azshara's spells, and entered the War of the Ancients on the side of the Kaldorei resistance.

Solanar carried the heavy legacy of his late father, slain by his own blade to avoid the naga curse, with him to Quel'Thalas, and while Ashal'Thalas blossomed under his deeply traditional mother, A'malia, whom established the capital Bal'adeni and Sanctum of Elune drawing elves reluctant to abandon all of their prior beliefs to the secluded enclave, accessible only by sea, portal, or a difficult mountain passing to the rest of Quel'Thalas.

Solanar was pleased to see his family's noble heritage being re-established, though he himself embraced his arcane birthright as deeply as any elf, having trained in Suramar and Zin-Azshari, served the Empire as an Arcanist before the Legion arrived. With ley energies amplified by the nascent Sunwell and the mighty Thas'alah transforming into the legendary tree all Quel'dorei knew so well, Solanar surveyed a number of regions on the outer fringes of Quel'Thalas, seeking the most promising ley activity. In what would become Ashal'Thalas, Solanar found a point in which the powerful leyflow which leads through the modern Dawnstar Spire and East Sanctum intersects a mighty east-west flow.



The arcane was in the air at the site that would become the Dal'felo Spire, and while sadly no image of Solanar's original construction exists, records suggest he used ley siphoning techniques learned in Suramar to create vast arcane availability. Sealing a liberal section of forest around the small structure to all but guards and personally selected magisters, Solanar imbued the Drassil'felo'aseasl, the fiery crown which serves as the hereditary regalia of House Firesong's Mage Lords, from that early spire, and the powerful fire enchantments on the crown still worn by Entilzha Firesong are a testament to the strength of the tower in Solanar's time, if it was likely much smaller.

Construction continued during the reigns of successive Lords, as aristocratic ways began flourishing once more, grand banquet halls were added, and suitably grand private chambers and overlooks of the pristine woodland surrounding the Spire at its top. Much of the inner spire remains devoted to magical work, but as the private workshop of House Firesong's Lord, little is known of operations save that the energies of the spire can be harnesses to empower golems of impressive size and strength.

The Dal'felo Spire produces all arcane golems constructed in Ashal'Thalas, though what other research is conducted there remains a mystery. However with so many skilled arcanists over so many centuries each adding their personal touches to the spire, there isn't an inch of it that bears no magic, and the spire, assessed often through red orbs, is said to have an arcane consciousness, not unlike, but also far from identical to that of an elemental.

The Spire's arcane systems only respond to a Mage-Lord of House Firesong, though how this is determined is unclear. While the scourge never penetrated into the heartland of Ashal'Thalas, when they threatened not too far

Current Use
Lord Arcanist Entilzha Firesong makes prominent use of the Spire, returning there near nightly as his young daughter, Ysandre Firesong resides in the upper spire bedrooms. The nature of magical work is, as it has been, closely guarded, though the production of anima golems and other constructs from the site indicate modifications from the traditional Thalassian designs the spire is known for, though it still produces many of those.

As a master abjurer and leywalker, Entilzha's wards are extensive, and few see above the first two levels, though Entilzha will often receive petitioners from throughout Ashal'Thalas in the audience chamber. The complex is believed to House vaults, likely built among the oldest remaining tructures. The modern Dal'felo Spire generates ley updraft much as an arcane sanctum, though Entilzha has spoke of a paradox, having stated the tower's energies are stronger than can be accounted for by ley energies.

The truthfulness of this statement or what it means is very much in doubt, but with a deep arcane and personal attunement, the Dal'felo Spire is the heart of Entilzha's physical, emotional, and arcane soul, and by far the last place an adversary would seek to face him.