Perhaps it would be best if I summarized a bit. UT Theory has many architects. Originally, all was happenstance. It could be argued that is today still the case.
When we actually started construction, it followed some plans I had laying around for a castle.
Considering that we had many heads to find food and shelter for, the castle seemed a good fit to the needs. That we had ongoing excavation work underground because of rumors that valuable gems and magical items were buried there was providing a lot of building material that only had to be assembled. With material and building plans in hand, and many willing hands to assist, the castle was assembled in relatively short order.
That's when we made the mistake of trying to organize a gargantuan Thanksgiving party, and when we acquired our plesiosaur. Being late to the party, she ended up in the moat, and stayed there.
So I was generally involved from the beginning with some of the engineering work. The magic, or whatever the influence was, predated even our arrival here. Apparently the site attracted people with odd interests, and had done so for some time. Musing about what could be the cause, I speculated that what looked like a small meteor impact crater was actually the location of a crashed alien spacecraft.
One person's magic is another's technology, and vice versa. Suffice it to say that nothing remained of the original material except microscopic fragments. But thinking about nano-technology, that could possibly be enough.
Certainly something odd needs to be invoked to explain the unusual behavior of certain doors and lower-level corridors, which have not yet been accurately mapped for the same reason that icebergs do not get marked on a map.
That much should explain perhaps the first six months or so.
Thank you!
Off to get the shims.