Thirty stories tall and designed to house pegasi almost exclusively, it had no elevators, no cranes, and an arcane block against magical teleportation. In brief, there was no quick way up or down unless you could fly. And what amenities were provided for those ponies whose only means of locomotion were hooves -- or non-ponies with feet -- had been built with security in mind first and foremost, and ease of access absolutely dead last. Each single-story staircase traced half the circumference of the great tower itself, but getting to the next set up involved crossing, at each floor, a mini-labyrinth full of blind corners and easy ambush spots.