It was back to Luane’s World for me recently, where the ground level of Le Monde Perdu has again been dressed for the season by region holder LuaneMeo together with Gorba McMahon, carrying within it and beautiful embrace of autumn. However, that is not where my travels took me.
Instead, I headed for the second setting within Luane’s half-region home, Luane’s Magical World, a place designed solely by Luane, and which I’ve not written about since around the middle of 2023, and so is well overdue for a wander and some thoughts.
One of the reasons for such a gap in writing about Magical World is that for an long time it retained the winter-come-fairy story dressing presented at the time of that 2023. As such, whilst I have made return visits since 2023, they have been for my enjoyment rather than for writing. However, at the time of my most recent visit, the setting was celebrating the warmth and brightness of summer and was just to captivating not to be written about.
The Landing Point for this realm also provides access to three small stores – Luane’s own pose store, which shares space with Meli-Melo couples poses, with Ruby Fox’s Rubedo located in its own building. Between the two is the portal-like gateway to the gardens.
This is a place made for romance and unwinding to escape the pressures of the world. Beyond the veil of the portal gate, a hall brightly lit by cascading rays of sunlight, roofed by the illuminated blossoms of trees awaits your passage.
Statues of garden fairies stand in greeting whilst the paved floor with its carpet of manuscript pages and fallen leaves leads you forward as it imparts the subtle message that you are entering a world of story-like romance and beauty. However, do take time to look around, as there are little touches of detail here.
Beyond this entranceway lies a flowing mix of grassland and bright flowers, gently marshalled into open spaces and shaded glades by the tall boughs of trees and clusters of shrubs, all of them lit by thousands of small points of light even as shafts of sunlight pierce the denser gatherings of high boughs.
Throughout all of this, paper lanterns drift on the breeze, some keeping almost within reach while other soar much higher, as if trying to reach the clouds high overhead.
Where you go once you have passed through the entranceway is entirely up to you; paths here are few, and the nature of the setting will simply carry you along.
This is a place of ruins untouched by age, of places to sit, places to dance, places where fine dining awaits on a broad terrace guarded by stone unicorns or under the arches and trellises of a waterborne garden folly. Or, if preferred tea can be taken in a way a Mad Hatter and his guests might approve.
The magical aspect of this setting lays not just in its appearance or which might be found, but also in the way it seems to unfold like a tale from a book; just as you reach the end of a path there is – like a fresh chapter over the page – a new one is waiting to carry you on.
And so it is that follies wait, statutes watch, unicorns and dear observe, whilst couple seeking romantic can find little tryst-like places where they too can sit and observe or whisper to one another. Swans glide effortlessly across waters while benches on the water’s edge allow visitors to show their appreciation at such grace.
As well as a hint of a certain tea party already mentioned, a white carriage sits with unicorns, its presence hinting at tales of balls and glass slippers…
For those so minded, swings both high and low can be swung and music enjoyed in the shaded coolness of a gazebo whilst the mirror of a garden boudoir might prompt some to ask who is the fairest of them all?
Not, I hasten to add, the Luane’s Magical World has been set out to intentionally evoke feelings of being in any particularly fairy tale or children’s story. Rather, it is simply as place rich in touch and romantic suggestion so as to set the imagination bubbling.
What it most certainly is, is a place where time spent is rewarded in many ways, not least by the discovery of touches and corners swifter feet and more hurried eyes might easily miss; where a grove of tree might not always be a simple grove of trees.
But above all, Lunae’s Magical World is a place to be appreciated and enjoyed. So often missed by travellers to the region below, it sits as a place with time unto itself, happy to greet and soothe those who visit.
Should you visit yourself, do be sure of have local sounds enabled. For best viewing, do also use the elevation’s Shared Environment.
Slurl Details
- Luane’s Magical World (Le Monde Perdu, rated Moderate)
