Guardian House
Location
Guardian House sits over an energy nexus in the middle of San Francisco's prestigious and historic Nob Hill district. The house was constructed in the late 1860's and, thanks in part to magical protections, survived the earthquake and fire of 1906 on up into the modern era. San Francisco provided a point mid-way up the coast to station mages to protect a wide range and a burgeoning population center. The house was intended to house four mages and their apprentices and house four more (and their apprentices) as guests.
Magical Construction
To harness the most energy possible from the nexus, Guardian House was constructed over a giant elemental pentagram, with each point corresponding to one of five elements: earth, fire, water, air, and spirit, creating nodes to power and recharge the mages. Each region in the house would correspond back to the pentagram, so, for instance, the greenhouse was placed directly over the earth node, and the earth mage's suite (on a higher floor) was above the node as well.
The house's construction also used aspects of perfect squares, numerology, the Tarot, and alchemy.
