= The Palace of Serenity =
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||<:-2>''official residence''||
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||location||[[Serenity Circle]]<<BR>>[[Queen City]], [[Centralia]]||
||owner||[[Princess Alice]]<<BR>>~-(in right of the Crown)-~||
||commissioned by||[[Princess Meredith]]||
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'''The Palace of Serenity''' is the official residence of the [[Princess of Centralia]], and thus the home of [[Princess Alice]], when she's not off studying at [[Dame Adorabelle's Academy|]] in [[Havensborough]]. It is a large, elaborate palace located at the central point of downtown [[Queen City]], where it is the namesake landmark of the [[Serenity Circle]].
Princess Alice's private living space within the palace is known as the [[Stellar Nursery]].
Administrative tasks for the Palace of Serenity are carried out through the [[Palace Management System (PMS)]].
== Location ==
The Palace of Serenity is the central landmark of the [[Serenity Circle]], a roughly circular commercial district at the central point of [[Queen City]], Centralia's capital city.
Many who have visited the palace have remarked that its grounds seem much larger from inside the gates than they appear from the city outside. Some have described the palace grounds as feeling like a small city in its own right.
== History ==
The Palace of Serenity was built for [[Princess Meredith]] many centuries ago when she established Queen City as the capital of Centralia. It has served as the official residence of Centralia's reigning monarch ever since.
As Princess Meredith has a propensity for flying, the palace was originally built with large trapdoors in the floors to allow Meredith to float between stories without using stairs. Other members of Meredith's household learned very quickly to pay attention to where they were walking, as Meredith had a habit of leaving the trapdoors open. Many of the trapdoors were removed when [[Princess Jeanette]] had modern elevators installed in the palace, though a few remain in place today, kept closed and covered by rugs or carpeting.
== Amenities ==
=== Stellar Nursery ===
. ''Main article: [[Stellar Nursery]]''
The wing of the palace where Princess Alice primarily resides is known as the '''Stellar Nursery'''. The Stellar Nursery is enchanted with a unique form of empathetic magic, rearranging and reconfiguring itself based on the princess's mood. As the princess is notorious for her frequent and extreme mood swings, the layout of the Stellar Nursery is in a near-constant state of flux.
One of the most notable features of the Stellar Nursery is Princess Alice's '''comfy room''', which is full of pillows and blankets and plushies, where the young princess often goes to relax and destress after a long day of "work".
=== Gardens ===
A large, elaborate '''garden''' surrounds the Stellar Nursery wing of the palace. You've never seen so many ''pink'' flowers all in one place.
The princess's personal bodyguard, [[Robin Ravenswood]], grows strawberries in the palace gardens. Her strawberries can be quite round.
=== Dungeon ===
. ''Main article: [[Dungeon]]''
Princess Alice often likes to "imprison" people in the palace's '''dungeon''', which she believes is a torturous holding area for her enemies. In reality, the dungeon is just a room that's kind of boring. The door doesn't even, like, lock.
=== Boring Stuff Annex ===
Easily the least magical and whimsical part of the palace, the '''Boring Stuff Annex''' houses the offices of [[Tzetze]], Centralia's Minister of Information Systems. The Annex is very much ''not'' palatial in appearance, instead looking like a run-down commercial space from an unremarkable suburban office park, complete with drop ceiling and unsettlingly yellow-tinged fluorescent lighting. Princess Alice has offered to renovate the Annex, but Tzetze declined, citing the mayhem caused the last time the young princess took it upon herself to "renovate" a government facility. (The [[Postmistress Nancy|postmistress of Havensborough]] is ''still'' trying to remove those jawbreakers that keep jamming the mail-sorting equipment.)
=== The Handler's Quarters ===
'''[[The Handler]]''' resides in a large birdcage-shaped penthouse precariously perched atop the palace. Princess Alice doesn't know what it's like on the inside, on account of she's not allowed in there.
== Security ==
Security and public safety operations within the palace and its grounds are the responsibility of the [[Centralia Honor Guard]], a division of the [[Centralia Guard Forces]].
The Centralia Honor Guard operates the '''Palace of Serenity Fire Brigade''', the palace's dedicated fire service. Despite having the smallest service area of any fire brigade in Centralia, the palace's fire brigade is one of the busiest. Firefighters usually serve only a few years at the palace before moving on to other departments, as cleaning up after the Princess's latest "experiments" can tire out even the most resilient of first responders.
