Once the opulent laboratory of a high-ranking member of the Guild of Wizardry, the building is now a Stabilized Ruin. It serves as a containment site for a localized Magic Bleed—the result of a catastrophic failure in a high-level summoning ritual. The Directing Oligarchy maintains the property not as a residence, but as a living laboratory for the City Watch's Mage-Hunters to study the long-term effects of arcane contamination. The townhouse is a narrow, four-story structure of dark, weathered basalt. Unlike its neighbors, its windows are permanently shuttered with lead-lined oak, and the stone walls are etched with silver-inlaid runes that hum with a low, discordant vibration. A heavy iron chain, cold to the touch, hangs across the main entrance.
