From many lands the people come, in search of something undefinable. Some follow their dreams, some follow those who have already found the way. Into the mountains they come, deep into the Frozen North, and there find what they so diligently sought.
Within a sheltered valley high in the mountains, the Ice Castle stands gleaming in the sunlight, the mountain wind standing its banners flat against the backdrop of the sky. All are welcome within the Castle walls.Many travellers have homes of their own, in distant lands, and wish to bring them nearer to the Castle. In the early days the Lady Snow, Chatelaine of the Ice Castle, agreed. And so the Gathered Realms were born. There are now several ways to join your land to the Gathered Realms of the Ice Castle, and visitors are encouraged to apply for as many as they wish.
Please click here and read the Guidelines for Gathered Realms membership before applying.
| The Gathering of Realms | The Gathering of Realms is Lady Snow's original web ring. This service has the strictest standards of those presented here. |
| Banners of the Gathered Realms | Join the Ice Castle Banner Exchange program, and your banner will be shown on member websites throughout the Gathered Realms. We offer 100 additional impressions for new members, and a 2 to 1 impression ratio. |
| Lady Snow's Challenge | Compete with other Gathered Realms members by placing a challenge link on your site. The number of click throughs determines your ranking in the challenge. Can you keep your site in the top 10? |
| Reciprocal Linking | Trade Links with Lady Snow. We have several different banners and buttons, and text links are also an option. Of course, you're free to link to the Castle without reciprocation, too. |
| The Crystal and Emerald Flake Awards | Lady Snow sponsors 2 awards. The Crystal Flake rewards excellence in web design, and is available to any applicant whose website Lady Snow finds truly excellent in all ways. The Emerald Flake is reserved for Ice Castle Library Members and rewards excellence in poetry. Visit The Hall of the Emerald Flake for more details. |
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