The sight that greeted her when she reached the peak left her feeling astonished despite the fortress’ foreboding appearance. Towers rose at carefully calculated intervals, near-vertical roofs crowning their tops. The walls, which had seemed so imposing from a distance, seemed even larger up close. A few, large segments had collapsed to the ground, however, and charred, burnt marks—clear signs of spell damage—were littered all around. The fortress was, also, nearly empty.