Castle Ood

Project Castle Ood

Built by	Masternoj
Current Status	Construction Underway
World	Voxellia
Province	Castle Ood
Location	(x=-878,z=-2221)

The Castle Ood is an enormous hexagonal castle under construction by Masternoj in the wilds of Voxellia.

It was initially begun in the world of Avalon, and moved in its entirety to the new realm of Voxellia in early 2014.

The Castle Ood will be built mostly of stone brick, with high crenellated walls, elaborate towers at each corner, and will contain a large central keep, a throne room, and vast gardens.

The land for the Castle Ood has been completely leveled, and the exterior walls and towers have been completed.

At present, the framework for the central tower is being constructed.

Features

The predominant feature of the Castle Ood is its immense size and irregular shape- spanning 440 blocks at its widest point, in a close to a perfect hexagon as is possible in Minecraft.

The castle grounds, at present, contain nothing more than the initial claim tower, the storage house, a large tree farm, and the displaced Tower of Antigravity.

The flat walls on the Northern and Southern edges of the castle contain the only two gates- stretching nearly as high as the walls, each complete with a portcullis. The North Gate will remain open.

Each of the six border towers has a unique elemental theme and ornamental flag color:

Red: The Tower of Fire

Blue: The Tower of Water

Green: The Tower of Earth

Black: The Tower of Darkness

White: The Tower of Light

Purple: The Tower of Aether

Beneath the soil of the castle grounds lie vast underground farms and animal pens, the most prominent of which is the automatic wheat farm that Masternoj initially built in Pixellia.

History

The initial idea for the Castle Ood was conceived in the fall of 2011, and was developed through a few months.

The site for the build was found in December of 2011, and terraforming was completed in mid-June 2012.

Construction Timeline

7/20/12: SW Tower structure completed. (Red- Tower of Fire)

7/23/12: SE Tower structure completed. (Black- Tower of Darkness)

7/26/12: South Wall completed.

8/3/12: South Gate and portcullis installed.

11/12/12: SE Wall completed.

12/16/12: East Tower structure completed. (Blue- Tower of Water)

12/22/12: West Tower structure completed. (Purple- Tower of Aether)

2/11/13: SW Wall completed.

2/23/13: Abrupt discharge from the not-so-benevolent CreeperHost, resulting in a rollback to 2/8/13.

4/8/13: SW Wall re-completed, with WE assistance from SunnySoulSheep.

4/26/13: NW Tower structure completed. (Green- Tower of Earth)

10/27/13: NW Wall completed.

3/17/14: North Wall completed.

3/23/14: NE Wall completed.

3/24/14: NE Tower structure completed. (White- Tower of Light)

3/25/14: Northern Gate installed.

3/25/14: Construction of exterior walls and towers completed!

6/8/14: Furnishing of the Tower of Fire and installation of the auto-smelter begun.

12/27/14: Auto-smelter in the Tower of Fire completed.

1/14/15: Tower of Fire decorated.

3/2/14: Initial framework for the central tower (Tower of Noj) completed.

The central fields, as of 4/6/12.
The initial claim tower, with the rest platform to the left and the center pillar to the right.
The first of the six towers, absent decoration.
The Tower of Earth.
The South Wall and towers.
The South Gate.
The North Gate.
The Tower of Antigravity, displaced from the Ville d'Art because of its height.
The central house built for temporary storage.
The interior of the storage house.
The excessive amounts of furnaces behind the claim tower.
The Ood Auto-Smelter in the Tower of Fire.