-CONNECTIONS- East Entrance Horse Stables

Hello Crafty Miners and welcome back to the World of RAAR. In this month's Connections post we take a look at the Imperial City East Entrance Horse Stable. This stable actually has quite a bit of history surrounding it so let's take a look.

Originally where now stands a castle-like stable there was once a small mountain. Like much of the Imperial City area, mountains were once the dominant feature. The tunnel through the current stable is the same tunnel that was carved through the rocky mountain surface by Talamer during the Age of Survival, which allowed him to access Buffalo Bay where he was building a road system to connect Imperial City to Roundhead. 

As the Age of Survival closed and the Age of Creative began, Imperial City took on a new shape where the majority of the mountains were carved away into buildings. The small mountain which was to become the stables was first shaped into a castle fortress, then as horses were discovered in the world, the fortress was hollowed out and converted into stables. Redstone gates were also added into the design to allow patrons easy access to their steeds.

Since its completion, Imperial City has tripled in size leaving the East Entrance Horse Stable well used and overcrowded. This has prompted discussion at last month's Imperial City Council meeting on the topic of revamping the outdated stable. Though all of the Councillors agree that the stable overcrowding needs to be addressed, there is a split on whether the course of action should be renovation or  rebuild. Those proposing the rebuild say that the space could be better used and that it could be combined with the issue of the Imperial City Library Project, which also faces demolition due to its inefficient design. For now council has opened the matter up to the public to weigh in and are also awaiting a feasibility study to be completed. 

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-SPOTLIGHT- The Tree Palace

Hello Crafty Miners! Welcome to another edition of Spotlight. This week we travel to the Kingdom of Roundhead and explore a relic from the past, the Tree Palace. So let's get to it!

The Tree Palace was designed and built in the age of survival in the World of RAAR. When Talamer first came to the land surrounding Roundhead, he decided to build a tree farm that would allow him to work at night away from hostile creatures. He envisioned a glass structure so large it that would allow multiple trees to be grown in it and even allow a jungle tree to be grown at the center.

To achieve this, Talamer required a great deal of sand to make glass. This lead to the founding of the Sand Castle located northeast of the Tree Palace building site and to the construction of the aqueduct style rail bridge that spanned over the landscape to connect the Sand Castle to Castle Roundhead. With a ready supply of sand, Talamer began construction of the megalithic project.

Shortly after the Tree Palace was completed a new age began in the world, the age of creative. With supplies easily available, the Tree Palace became obsolete as a source of wood and has since remained abandoned.

There are plans in the works to renovate the Tree Palace and to turn it into an arboretum, however, when this might happen has yet to be announced.

We hope you have enjoyed this look at an early creation in the World of RAAR and invite you to check out other editions of Spotlight on our blog along with our YouTube channel and Google+ Community. Feel free to leave a like and a comment, we'd really appreciate it. Thanks and until we meet again, Happy Crafting!