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Our Parents looked across the street in dismay-- seeing the decrepit remains of a once respectable house. We saw an abandoned English castle; a cellar changed to a dungeon; a fort Indians attacked and played in them every Saturday until the workmen came and tore down our imagination. by Robert K. Johnson

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Nenfwd cromennog y Parlwr / The vaulted ceiling of the Drawing Room at Castell Coch, or the ‘Red Castle’.

The ceiling's vaulting is carved with butterflies, reaching up to a golden sunburst at the apex of the room, while plumed birds fly up into a starry sky in the intervening sections. Around the room, 58 panels, each depicting one or more unique plants, are surmounted by a mural showing animals from twenty-four of Aesop's Fables. The plants are wild flowers from the Mediterranean, where Lord Bute spent his winter months each year. Carved birds, lizards and other wildlife decorate the doorways.

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Erinka: Banquet of Passion

Designer's Reflection: Banquet of Passion

Obtained: Queens' Ball hell event

Rarity: UR

Attribute: Purple/Sexy

Awakened: Party Banquet

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - A Rosy Beginning

Chapter 2 - Fiery Dance

Chapter 3 - Reindeers and Starsnow

Chapter 4 - Promise of Light and Snow

Chapter 5 - Prophecies and Expectations

Story - summarized

Erinka keeps writing letters to her younger sister, Erika, even if she gets no response. But her letter-writing gets interrupted by ministers rushing to see her. She puts her personal matters on hold and officially starts her day as Queen of Red Castle.

The December Ball is coming up, and all the kingdom's dance troupes are here to present their selected dances to perform this year. Erinka is excited for the Red Hosiery troupe to perform... but the Minister of Music is fidgety about something.

She doesn't wait for answers, as she makes her way to the ballroom. All the dance troupes are there, waiting to hear who will get to open the December Ball with their special dance. Erinka treats them all to a dance of her own.

A deer breaks into the castle and joins Erinka for the dance. This is the same deer that snuck into her castle before, and also goes to White Castle for some of Erika's cookies.

But stirring Erinka from her thoughts, the deer seems to have led a dance troupe inside the castle: the White Hosiery troupe. They insist that they are Red Castle residents and that the "white" name was bestowed by Erinka herself.

It turns out that last December Ball, the one before the sisters fought, Erika finally showed up. One of the troupes performed an elegant waltz, and Erinka knew this was her sister's favorite dance. Because of that, the Red Queen gave them the name White Hosiery.

Erinka still wants to keep the waltz, but she changes the group's name to the Beard troupe. She declares that the waltz will open this year's ball. Even though the two queens aren't talking anymore, Erika sends the ball's program with the little deer to White Castle. Maybe finally she could see her sister again.

Connections

-In the final events of the Two Queens hell event, Erinka display a letter that she got from Erika. All she ever wanted was to hear from her sister again, apology or no.

-The little deer is so precious to the sisters that even in Erika's memories for Snowy Realm, when the deer got stuck on the way to Mount Noddley, the sisters chose to save the deer instead of grabbing the stones. And then the stones got lost.

Fun Facts

-The Beard troupe is the only one without a color in their name.

-Erinka may be impatient and prideful, but she is kind at heart and truly wants the best not just for Red Castle, but also her sister.

-The servant of the void seems to know Erinka's true desires, since they prepared Erika's cookies for her even when she didn't command them to.