Castles and Courtyards was established in July of 2004. The premise of the website was to offer another resource to those seeking information on design and decorating in the game Ultima Online. Siobhan Minos of Legends, decorator, founded the website not only as this index of information for her readers, but also for herself. The passion for decorating that Castles was established on is maintained to this day. It remains that CnC was not created for the purpose of profit but for the enjoyment of designers and decorators. Many times Siobhan would go looking for information and be met with a brick wall, a series of invalid URLs to old decorating sites or sites with out of date tutorials or sites written in a foreign language, that when using a website translator, would show something less legible than her first attempts at muttling through the sites. Once she got to the point of feeling comfortable with how she designed and decorated things, she decided to take it a step further, and create a resource for anyone interested in reading. Tutorials are worked on constantly with either edits or additions in an attempt to keep the site up to date and informational for everyone. CnC then acquired a staff status when Siobhan's RP partner and RL best friend Melph Minos, also of Legends, joined her as a co-owner of the site. Melph has been a long time decorator and designer on the shard and most noted for his weekly storytelling events. Since the start, we have added so much to site including a forum and a Forum Reporter! Below - are images of each and a brief biography of how they came to UO and to Castles.
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