Chapter 11, Meghan Villa Mason:
When Meghan designed the house to lead the city, she had gone all out. She departed from the old style of buildings, those carved long ago from the rock-faced walls, and the more recent wooden ones, constructed on the spit of land between the two cliffs. Before construction even began, a great quarry was dug where the foundation of the home would sit. Giant blocks of black granite were torn from the pinnacle. This hole created building supplies for her creations, a suitable location for cells to hold her enemies, and a cool, quiet place for her husband Noel to stink up with his brewing experiments. Other smaller pits were created when the surrounding outbuildings, amphitheater, and gardens were installed. She had soil hauled in to create the landscape surro
