The West Docks was once just a tiny shack:

Many months passed. Ore would often be dropped off here, only to have to make the strenuous journey up a very poorly planned mountain pass. Carts had to be kept light.

One day, I saw Odin's light and decided that I needed to build a refinery and ore storage base at the West Docks landing. It was after all the gateway to a pretty vast ocean. I succeeded! The base turned out awesome. First, let me show where the smelting happens.

The port had to look cool from the water. Perhaps many journeys will end here. There is much to explore out past the west sea. I wanted the walls to look awesome.

No need to haul your cargo up a mountain. Just leave it in the warehouse on the shore, and come into the manor.

Head upstairs to get some rest.

The North Gate looks out imposingly across the Dark Forest. A team of Vikings can sleep here, two in each tower and two on top.

Trophies no longer go in a random chest. Here, in the Trophy Cabin, trophies can shine on display.

I decided to make the outdoor space behind the house into a nice little grove, and to put the portals there.

The sea wall keeps out unwanted visitors from the Dark Forest patch to the south. There is a boardwalk on it that lets me cart ores to the main base when that is needed.