It really shows how eldritch, evil, and cursed the whole thing is, like a hero facing some unbeatable evil. I dunno, I guess it was just a little refreshing to see the hero lose for once.

I like the hint that eventually, with enough nearly-gone people to provide enough hints and support, the tower will be beaten. It keeps the story from being too depressing to know that some enterprising protagonist will one day climb the mountain of bones and finally reach the end. Then again, I've always been a sucker for stories featuring heroes winning even when logic dictates they can't.

I’m especially fond of the knight talking to his horse, and I guess that already liking the guy is what kept me going, although I’m generally not into the horror genre.

Since comments are enabled, I left some comments on the GDoc.

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I love the bits with the horrible statue, and I love the concept itself - I adore eldritch and cursed places in fiction, so this was a great read. In the beginning I kind of squinted a little because I wasn't sure where it was going, but the ending got me. The style seems to waver a little, I kind of felt that words like "awesomeness" didn't really belong here, but I could see why you would juxtapose light-hearted scenes with what comes later. Anyway, it's really good writing!

Uhhh so we don't have any explicit-tag stuff but we do got some pretty disturbing images of dead stuff and the whole thing is meant to be vaguely unsettling. Sorry! Forgot to mention that.