The One That Started it All! ~ DarkRayne Fortress.

Brochure: This is a large castle fortress built with all the comforts of home, secret passages, gorgeous textures, a glass dance floor and lovely arches for your own stained glass. All packaged in an easy rezzer. I tried to bring in hints of victoria with the glass towers, reminiscent of greenhouses.NEW! This has been completely rebuilt from scratch and the textures are even better! If you've looked at it once please look again.This was built with layout and ease of use in mind, made for someone in game who always wanted to be a princess. I hope you enjoy it.This is a rather large castle at 30x50 meters and most likely requires a 4000sm lot, although some have put it on a 2560sm lot and had success. It takes 142 prims and yet looks amazing. You will get complimented if you own this.

Story: I owe a huge debt of thanks to the people who taught me and this is the one I finally learned enough on to build what I thought was sellable. I met Serra Anansi, one of the best Estate Owners I know, by picking up on her advertisement for a sim of Gothic intent. I met her and was blown away by the care and concern she showed someone who wasn't even sure they could afford it. In the process she took me shopping for castles. The sim was called Muninn's Keep and hadn't been provided to Serra yet, so I had plenty of time to really consider what I wanted as a SecondLife home.

Serra (who is an amazing designer, see her stuff here) and I finally decided on a design by Inksky Jedburgh. Inksky is probably the other SecondLife resident who most helped me out in these early days. He had a full display model of his Ivanhoe Keep that I spent much time tweaking and making work for me. As I was working on it he stopped by and gave me textures and tips on how he achieved such a wonderful build. In fact up until I rebuilt and repackaged this I was still using the windows and archways he had given to me and given me permission to use. This is my version of a public apology for any headaches I caused by doing so. Now everything is from scratch Inksky, thanks for the early help. By the way, I price high directly so I don't compete with Inksky, and my design aesthetic is of course different.

So now I had a prefab home, and a plan to change what I wanted. So... the glass dance floor came into play. It has become a hallmark of my castles, so every single one has one. Chunky glass blocks that let you see the people having fun on different levels of the castle. I started throwing parties, making a little money. Life was good.

Then, I needed more space. more room for my stuff. So I expanded, and I didn't want to spend the money on someone else's design, I wanted to build my dreak castle. I did, and this is the result. It's actually quite open for a roomed prefab and I've gotten a ton of compliments on it. Still my best seller it would have never happened without the advice of people who didn't have to give me the time of day. I'll always be thankful to Serra and Inksky, if you don't buy from me, buy from them. I try and live my Second Life sharing knowledge and kindness like these two.

Ooooo, you want to know where the name comes from? Another kind person, who told me she always wanted a castle. But her privacy is way more important to me then letting you know who.... if she wants to be found, you'll find her, if not.... poof, she's a fairytale told to kids....