Floor 3, The Villa

This area is not enclosed at all but it does have tiny housing units, gardens, peacocks, and stone walkways. It was built as a private dwelling for Lord Azzur's wife, she'd have everything provided for her in this villa of sort. Someone would come up from the kitchen and set up a stall or bazaar, making sure there was all kinds of breads, cakes, fruit to choose from and even textiles. She never needed to go downstairs for anything. Everything essential was brought to her. Now with her passing, the villa is still maintained by gardeners, but the Kukulak shrine, the bazaar, the main house, the bunks are all but abandoned. Azzur had spent a great deal in this villa while level 4 was being completed, it is even rumored he stayed down in the crypts below the sewer level when his palace was being constructed. The walls of this outer floor are protected by long sharp pikes of metal that are coated with a lethal slime that is not only poisonous but acidic. The villa has two levels to it, further back to the palace the villa has steps going up to to a second level. This higher floor is where guards stand around the most, they have a few posts here for shelter and there is the infamous glass staircase that goes up to the 4th floors. The villa overlooks the town.

The villa has many little gardens and lots of places to sit, the  buildings are white washed walls with terra cotta rooves, vaulted and compact in size. When the place was active it was like a little mini town built in the palace. It was a favorite of staff for years to pretend to go on vacation at a nice resort outside/upstairs with a room nearby with pool, sauna, and steam rooms.

Starting from the doors of the third floor, the cobblestone walkway circles around a miniature Kukulak temple, the temple has a small idol of the God of Winds in it. There's a stall where a pretend store would be set up, four huts with a single cot within, used at the time by servants and staff, and a 2-story house having living room space and a ladder like stairs to a bedding area. This was the official house of Azzur's wife so it was not spared in anything lush, it was exceedingly comfortable, and spilling over with wealthy furniture.

The second half that is adjoined by a stone staircase is further back to the palace and has a small guard tower, huts for them to rest and sleep in, and a square glass house of sort that has a man-eating plant in it. This is called the glass staircase and it goes up to the 4th levels. This upper villa spot overlooks the backyard. It is also joined to the guard post by the door that goes back into the dining room of the 2nd floor, one can just climb or descend a ladder to it. The tall tower nearby stretches high up to the tips of the palace and can only be accessed by the grounds below.

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For you, being back outside is a pleasant thing. You walk amongst all the flower plots and poke your head into the temple, it smells of old incense and candles and looks like it requires a good upkeep. The main house has a couch in it, plush chairs, fireplace, dining area and a bed on the upstairs balcony landing. There's not much to see here and there are two peacocks that run about freely. Going to the higher level you can see the looming 4th floor with its bridges and peaking arches. You're curious what could be up there with the famous dictator? The glass staircase inside has a two-story high plant in it, set in the center. There are winding staircases against glass walls. Behind each glass is where Azzur keeps all his jewels, porcelain, chinaware, and gold. No one would dare to steal any of it, the plant is a giant Venus Fly hungry not for insects, but flesh and blood and it has many vines everywhere for quickly snatching a passerby.

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