The Hunt at Fantasy Faire 2015 is known as The Lost Land and features a HUD driven two part adventure. The basic story comes from The Book Of Champions and tells the story of Princess Flora, whom The Bard Queen helped as a child by sending ten champions to protect and teach her.
However the Unweaver was undaunted by this and sent as his proxy, Ayaz Ata, the Winter King, to steal Princess Flora away from The Fairelands. This is where you come into things :
Your task, brave hunter, is to find the Champions. They are scattered throughout the Fairelands. Take what path you will, but find them all. Hear their memories of the Princess so that she might be restored to memory and returned to the Fairelands.
Just who are these Champions? Well the page I linked to does gives us some guidance : Ala, the Priestess, Duban, the Doctor, Britomart, the Warrior, Sun Wukong, the Rogue, Arduinna, the Ranger, Gassire, the Musician, Muromi, the Water Spirit, Perkūnas, the Poet of Strength, Razia, the Artist Archer, andBisclavret, the Animal spirit.
The page I linked to above, has bigographies on these champions which may well assist you in locating them within The Fairelands.
Now to get started with The Hunt you will need to purchase a HUD, they come in two formats, one is priced at L$250 and the other is priced at L$350. In terms of completing the hunt, there’s no difference, but the more expensive model comes with a costume that is in theme with the hunt. 100% of proceeds from the sale of these HUDs goes to Relay For Life.
Part 1 Of the hunt involves finding Orbs and and saving the ten champions. This involves hunting, touching, clicking and watching videos via the HUD. I’m not giving away any spoilers when I say that there are ten champions, ten orbs and ten shopping regions at Fantasy Faire.
Part 2 of the hunt involves visiting the cold snowy lands of Ravenshold, which is a special region just for the hunt.
The aim in these snowy lands is to help the Princess and involves some puzzle solving. This is all for a good cause but there’s also a clever story and a dip into the land of myths and legend.
Whereas The Bard Queen and The Unweaver are creations for the purposes of Fantasy Faire, the ten champions, The Winter King and The Princess are all inspired by myths and legends from all around the world.
This makes the hunt not just a fun exercise for a good cause, but also an interesting way of learning more about myths and legends as well as exemplifying how storytelling can be linked well to a 3D virtual world experience.
I’ll end this post with some links to hints, storylines and those myths and legends.
Links
Hints and Guidelines For The Hunt : https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/events-2/hunt/hints-and-guidelines-for-the-hunt/
The Book Of Champions Page : https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/events-2/hunt/the-book-of-the-champions/
The Book Of Champions Online Book Version : http://en.calameo.com/read/0000042346e2794115516
Afterword About Character Inspiration : http://en.calameo.com/read/0000042346e2794115516