Control Spire



A Control Spire (ダークタワー) is a black obelisk filled with dark power that appears primarily in Digimon Adventure 02.

Digimon Adventure 02
Under the influence of a Dark Spore, became the Digimon Emperor and began building Control Spires across the eastern Digital World. According to Ken, the Control Spires originated from the Dark Ocean, but after renouncing his role as the Digimon Emperor, he could not recall how he actually made them. The Emperor built the Control Spires in order to prevent natural Digivolution and provide power to the Dark Rings and Dark Spirals that allow him to enslave Digimon, and as long as a Control Spire stood in a sector, it was effectively under the Emperor's control. However, unbeknownst to him, the -possessed, , and had influenced him into building the Control Spires so that the towers would imprison the Four Harmonious Ones and disrupt the boundary between the Human and Digital World so that they could return and conquer it. In response, the Four Harmonious Ones created the Digi-Eggs using the Crests as templates, so that their chosen Digimon would have the power to stop the Digimon Emperor.

After gave up his  persona and stopped building Control Spires,  begins using her "Spirit Needle" technique to transform the remaining Control Spires into soulless puppets in the shape of various Digimon. Despite this,, who was created from one hundred Control Spires, developed a soul and rebelled against his creators, feeling that they were inferior to him. He went to find himself, but was eventually destroyed by Oikawa.

Later, after the DigiDestined successfully turned away from destroying the Destiny Stones, Arukenimon and Mummymon took their plotting to the Human World to began building Control Spires there and releasing wild Digimon.

Digimon World Dawn and Dusk
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