Independence Tower

Massive central spire dominating the Bilming skyline with straight vertical sides tapering at unfinished upper floors and ongoing construction at the apex.

Independence Tower first appears in The Lost Metal as Bilming’s unfinished central spire, its tapering silhouette and active construction symbolizing the city’s rapid industrialization and the Set’s covert ambitions. Throughout the novel the structure evolves from mere architectural curiosity into a strategic nexus: its upper floors become the site of a climactic confrontation, and its incomplete state is exploited both for concealment and for dramatic vertical combat. By the novel’s end the tower stands as a tangible emblem of the uneasy balance between technological progress and lingering threats to Scadrial’s hard-won freedom.