The Grand Tower
Official illustration by Clément de Ruyter
The Grand Tower is the heart of Cat Tree City and Walter's fortress. This vertical city in its own right houses noble families according to rank: the richest and most powerful aim for the highest floors and vie in ingenuity and eccentricity to fit out their own. Mechanical lifts pass through these microcosms, each stranger than the last.
The poor and the commoners are not accepted there and live in the suburbs that sprawl at its feet.
Known Floors
Upper floors of the tower reserved for the nobility, with palaces, lavish restaurants and Purr-ecious item shops, the favorite playground of adventurous Kittens.
Upper floors of the tower reserved for the nobility, with palaces, lavish restaurants and Purr-ecious item shops, the favorite playground of adventurous Kittens.
Floor covered in hundreds of mirrors of every size and material, hung in the utmost disorder across the walls.
Floor covered in hundreds of mirrors of every size and material, hung in the utmost disorder across the walls.
The tower's greenhouse of exotic plants, heated and tended by the meowges of Highcastle.
The tower's greenhouse of exotic plants, heated and tended by the meowges of Highcastle.
Dance academy where every Kitten of Cat Tree City takes lessons, and where mastery of formal dance sets the nobility apart from the suburbs.
Dance academy where every Kitten of Cat Tree City takes lessons, and where mastery of formal dance sets the nobility apart from the suburbs.
School reserved for the tower's young nobles, teaching arts, music, arithmetic and eloquence, whose recess also draws Kittens from outside.
School reserved for the tower's young nobles, teaching arts, music, arithmetic and eloquence, whose recess also draws Kittens from outside.
Labyrinth of bathrooms, pools, pipes and boilers frequented at all hours by the cats of the tower, with masseurs and beauticians on hand.
Labyrinth of bathrooms, pools, pipes and boilers frequented at all hours by the cats of the tower, with masseurs and beauticians on hand.
The tower's library, rich in maps, atlases and spellbooks, kept by the librarian Lamia.
The tower's library, rich in maps, atlases and spellbooks, kept by the librarian Lamia.
Floor of Cat Tree City entirely devoted to the fine spice trade, run by Bareboddy.
Floor of Cat Tree City entirely devoted to the fine spice trade, run by Bareboddy.
Walter's private floors, off-limits to the public except for the throne room, hiding a larder, bodyguards and a private lift.
Walter's private floors, off-limits to the public except for the throne room, hiding a larder, bodyguards and a private lift.
The tower's underground prison, six floors below the surface, where Kittens caught red-handed end up, awaiting the mercy of the guards or of Walter.
The tower's underground prison, six floors below the surface, where Kittens caught red-handed end up, awaiting the mercy of the guards or of Walter.