Book 1 - Question

What was the tower they found?  

It was a watchtower to protect the surrounding royal forest from local peasants.

The group land in a royal forest which had strict laws around what you could take. The tower was built as a watchtower for soldiers to keep an eye on the surrounding forest and any local peasants taking things they shouldn’t. It could also double as a hunting lodge for the king and any of his lords, the tower found in the book is fictional.   

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