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A stormy night high in the windy tower
Up a winding stair, this windy tower common room rides out a winter storm, and you can start it free in your browser. Snow streams past the arched windows. All around the walls, the gale howls, rises, and falls away again.
In the hearth, a small fire flickers in the draught from the chimney. The flames flutter and flare with soft crackles, and their glow dances on the rugs. The old shutters rattle in their frames and never quite settle.
Without warning, a gust finds a gap in the window and rises to a shrill whistle. High above, the roof timbers creak, and a banner snaps hard on its pole. You grip the arms of your chair, but the thick stone holds. A flag flutters, the gust dies away, and the little fire burns on.
For a softer night, choose Gentler wind. Wilder storm turns up the gale, the gusts, and the rattling shutters.
What you hear in the windy tower room
- Gale around the tower: Strong wind howls around the top of the stone tower. Heard from inside, the gusts rise into a howl and fall away. Plays all the time.
- Fire flickering in the draught: A small fire in a round stone hearth flutters and flares in the draught, with soft crackles. Plays all the time.
- Shutters rattling: Old wooden shutters and a loose window frame clatter softly and unevenly in the wind. Plays all the time.
- Gust whistling at the window: A sudden gust sweeps around the tower and rises to a shrill whistle at a gap in the window. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Gust over the roof: A long gust whistles around the corner and over the roof, rises to a howl, and fades. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Banner flapping: A heavy cloth banner snaps and flutters hard on its pole above the roof. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Flag fluttering: A flag cracks and flaps quickly in the gusts, high on the roof just above you. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Roof timbers creaking: Old roof beams give a slow, deep creak as a gust pushes against them. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
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