(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/51/45/08/arundel-castle.jpg)<br/><br/>Surrounded by a thick forest, just due north of a small, isolated village, about three days on horseback, a large castle-keep is stood proudly. Erected in silvery grey carved stone, covered in a multitude of  different climbing plants, the keep stands three stories high, a tower guarding each corner.<br/>One sensitive to, or studied in, the arts of magics, could sense and even see the seven fold weave that wove through the physical parts of the keep ; it’s walls, floor and roofs were so much guarded this way, not even a God would have been able to teleport right into the keep.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft"> (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/3125792949_33f07b8946.jpg) </div>All but the south side of the keep, that holds the main entrance port, is surrounded by a formal, romantic garden which even holds a true labyrinth of neatly kept buxus to endlessly get lost in if wished.<br/>Being tended by a score of elven gardeners, the gardens around the keep are a thing of peaceful beauty, hardly anywhere surpassed on earth or any other planet.<br/><br/>All through the year one may stumble upon flowering plants, be it at day or at night, gifting the air a divine, subtle smell.<br/><br/>Taking great pride in their work, the elven gardeners are nearly always to be found in<em>their</em>garden, not only ready and able to keep the garden unsurpassed, but also to answer any question a visitor might have about it, point out the more interesting parts or to just guide someone to the barbeque, or out of the labyrinth if they are a bit too lost.<br/><br/>Not all parts of the garden are open for public, being too hazardous to wander through without a guide. Other parts are not accessible unless one has the power of flight or possess magical skill and knowledge to access that part.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.tripleblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dupont-state-forest-450x337.jpg)</div>Days and nights on the grounds of this keep seem to be different then would be considered common. Things.. Shift and creep or sparkle and hum as if alive, even if said thing is but a stone. Dragons soar through the skies, accompanied by angels and demons alike. Shadows and shades shift, sometimes dart, through the pools of light that torches, seemingly indifferent, cast.<br/>There are rumours the grounds hold two different wings as well, one west and one east of the keep,  somewhere on the grounds. but not all the inhabitants of the keep itself are willing or able to share information if these rumours hold any truth and visitors are highly recommended not to find out for themselves by exploring too far away from the keep itself.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.tourismresources.ie/cht/gardens/rathmichael_lodge2.jpg)</div>Saerra lovingly refers to the keep as ‘the manor’, even if it’s a lot bigger then just that.<br/>Servants and those who live on the grounds refer to the keep and it’s surroundings as ‘Angel Rest’, paying tribute to the builder, founder and keeper.<br/><br/>Scattered on the grounds, one may encounter small cottages. Residents seem to prefer their homes in the thicker parts of the forest, though. And, while hunting or but strolling, a visitor may now and then find such a home, in a tree, a cave or a forest clearing.<br/><br/>Visitors are encouraged to remember that the grounds hold a lot of homes for not only staff and are thus treading  on the grounds of a community as much as the home of Saerra herself.<br/><br/>(http://www.globurban.com/img/forest%20floor%20600.jpg)<br/>