far away, a girl dreamed. When she dreamed, she dreamed of glass slippers and balls; of pumpkin carriages and princes. There would be roaring beasts who would be gentled and djinn who could grant wishes. But in each of her dreams there figured a beautiful castle in which she would live as a princess true. A castle of enchanted dreams where magical creatures and beings came to life. In Second Life®, content creators have the ability to make dreams come true. The architect of castles is a dreammaker of fairytales come true, all one has to do is close your eyes and let your imagination soar free. What stories will your imagined castle hold within its very foundation? Will it be fantasy, dominion, gothic, horror, family, fairytales, or science fiction. Castles, whether in history or lore, have figured as dominant towers of strength and romantic pillars of dreams where fairytales were spun. In fairytales, castles are often the central place where the story evolves. Cinderella went to the ball and met her prince, lost her glass slipper upon the steps of the palace when the clock struck midnight. Belle fled from the beast through an enchanted castle as she learned to live with her punishment. Sleeping Beauty slept a hundred years in her castle before being awoken by her prince. Repunzunzel, kept high above within a tower that had no entrance, let down her long golden hair for her prince to rescue her. Dragon’s Castles, a maker of
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castles in our virtual world, brings to life the typical medieval castle with its soaring towers. The creator of these castles, TheMaxx Dragonash, provides the medievalist with realistic texturing and feel to his castles allowing for you to step back and bring the dream of being a medieval prince or princess to life. Perhaps you wish to rub the djinn’s lamp and be whisked to the lands across the sands where the Arabian knights ride? The Wishing Tree store by creator Freya Merryman brings you Arabian and Moroccan style palaces in which you can bring to life the sands and pleasure of the harem. Or would you prefer a palace based on a reconstruction from real life? For this you will want none other than Angelpocalypse Creations by Romeu Tomsen. He brings such beauty with his inspirations as to give us his the Magnolioideae Palace here in Second Life based on the blueprints of the real palace to be found in Poland. For the more gothic at heart, then you will wish to take a tour of the castles of Red Queen created by Lady Nansen. These castles are truly a dark heart’s playground complete with dungeons, altars, ballrooms and secret rooms. A more delicious and decadent gothic dream can not be found than Red Queen. What is your dream castle and where can it be found? Only in Second Life where there are no limits to the imagination and fairytales can come true. So the page opens and the story begins anew, “Once upon a time in a castle far, far away...”
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