Castle in the sky
For reasons of blog space and sanity I try to limit myself to no more than six pictures per blog post. Otherwise I’ll show you everything there is to see in a region, and then what’s the point of you going? I like to leave you a littlemystery. That said, it was damned hard to narrow down the thirty or so pictures I took of Saarpfalz Kreis (Saarpfalz Circle, in English), where the main attraction is a magnificent castle in the sky.
Just outside the gates to the castle is what seems to be a wizards laboratory, but I had to cut that picture. Just inside the gates is one of those nice touches I love. Two skeletal guards in armor watch over the palace entrance. You head up the stairs and then you notice that their heads are always turning so they can keep an eye on you. (Okay, and eye socket on you).
Hey, there’s a table, and it’s round! Hmmm. There are a number of interesting rooms like this in the castle — you just have to go looking for them. I’d have shown you more of them but I had to cut those pictures.
The palace stands on floating rock, and if you find an entrance to the underground areas (underground areas in the sky?) you’ll find yourself in a maze of maze of twisty little passages, all alike. Well, actually, they aren’t all alike. Some are rough stone, others are bricked, and there are huge chambers, as well. But I had to cut most of those pictures.
Down on the ground is a lake surrounded by a village and a forest. This includes what appears to be a church courtyard, but I decided not to use those pictures. There’s also a non-working clock in the lake. I have no clue what that is for.
In one corner of the region is a welcome area where a greeter robot exhorts you in German to enjoy yourself. I agree. The region is decidedly empty, which is a shame. It doesn’t appear to be tied to any roleplay group and there are none of the usual things meant to attract visitors. It just stands there on it’s own, content you please you on the strength of it’s merits.
