I would like to take this moment to talk about the absolutely ridiculous plot device called the White Tower.

Why imprison somebody out in the woods instead of like in a special place in some other building? It’s hard for me to think of a lore-friendly in-universe answer that makes any sense. I think it’s out in the woods with no guards simply because that makes it easier for Wilfried to commit this crime.

Only the Aub’s family can enter? How does Veronica get her food? They’re not going to waste mana teleporting things back and forth. If they have an attendant doing it, one of the Aub’s family would need to go there every time to open the door. And hauling food out into the forest several times a day sounds like a hellish job. If an attendant is doing it, they need to be escorted by the Aub’s family, but it would be even weirder for the Aub’s family to do it themselves.

When Georgine visited Veronica, Veronica looked well-groomed. As a noble, that means that she has an attendant grooming her. But again, that runs into the same problem. How do they get in? Who’s letting them in?

This is all a lot of to-do just to have some weird prison in the middle of nowhere. If you can have all of these rules about who can enter on a building way out there, then you can have the same rules on a closer building, where it’s not such a hassle for somebody from the Aub’s family to go open the door when needed.