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Comment · 4 years ago

D&D (& most modern high fantasy) was heavily influenced by LOTR. Saruman lived in Isengard (a tower), therefore the common modern high fantasy trope is that wizards live in towers.

Here’s a thread explaining why Saruman lived in the tower of Isengard. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/33b4v3/l...