The Glass Gate
The Glass Gate opens into a courtyard in the heart of the Seelie palace at Rahivea. Crafted from glass to look like cherry trees in bloom, it casts rainbows like a prism in the sunlight. Only the royal family can use this gate, unless you happen to have a pair of glass slippers that a certain fairy godmother crafted at the same time as the gate.
From the Animatic of The Glass Gate by Maru Exposito Animation Studio.
As I turned full circle to take it all in, I gaped at the gate we had stepped through. Unlike the gates of roses, branches, and rough-hewn stone I had seen thus far, this gate was crafted entirely of glass. Sculpted to look like two arching trees with intertwined branches overhead, it sparkled in the light. Its thin glass leaves threw rainbows at the walls of the courtyard. The trunks were anchored into the stone floor with spiraling golden symbols circling the base.
“I’ve never seen anything so beautiful!” I gingerly touched the trunk of one glass tree.
“This is the Glass Gate.” Tiernan squinted up at the sparkling branches overhead. “Clíodhna herself crafted it for my grandfather. Only the royal family can pass through it, to the heart of Rahivea.”
From the books:
We left the hill, and a breath later, stepped into a beautiful high-walled courtyard. The midday sun filtered down through the branches of flowering trees, and a fountain tinkled nearby.As I turned full circle to take it all in, I gaped at the gate we had stepped through. Unlike the gates of roses, branches, and rough-hewn stone I had seen thus far, this gate was crafted entirely of glass. Sculpted to look like two arching trees with intertwined branches overhead, it sparkled in the light. Its thin glass leaves threw rainbows at the walls of the courtyard. The trunks were anchored into the stone floor with spiraling golden symbols circling the base.
“I’ve never seen anything so beautiful!” I gingerly touched the trunk of one glass tree.
“This is the Glass Gate.” Tiernan squinted up at the sparkling branches overhead. “Clíodhna herself crafted it for my grandfather. Only the royal family can pass through it, to the heart of Rahivea.”
Location: Rahivea Palace
Appearance: Glass sculpted to look like two arching trees with intertwined branches, the trunks anchored into the stone floor with spiraling golden symbols circling the base.
Crafted By: Clíodhna
Keys: The Glass Slippers
Appearance: Glass sculpted to look like two arching trees with intertwined branches, the trunks anchored into the stone floor with spiraling golden symbols circling the base.
Crafted By: Clíodhna
Keys: The Glass Slippers
Article by Channon