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May 4, 2014

Fantasy Faire 2014 – Dwarfins And Dragons

This is all the fault of a Dwarfin named Grum and his meddling. Grum you see was meddling around and unearthed an object around the size of two Dwarfin fists. Grum believed this to be a gem of some worth and bundled the object in his knapsack to show off to his Dwarfin buddies.

However it turns out that in Grum’s grasp was not a gem of great value, it was something far more sinister, with his hand around the gem Grum drifted off to sleep, his hand resting on a rock, a rock that was being heated by a camp fire. At this stage you might think that this would not end well, you would be right.

Grum awoke to discover his hand was empty, hunting around he found what appeared to be an egg shell, what on earth had happened here? An egg shell, an open egg shell to boot. Something had hatched, Eventually Grum discovered a lizard like creature … with wings. Eventually it dawned on Grum that a Dragon had been born. Later the High Council of Dwarfins, after much consideration, decided that Dwarfins would become Dragon Riders and trainers as the dragons didn’t seem too wild.

The full story of Grum’s discovery can be read in chapter 5 of The Dwarfins story. The result for Fantasy Faire is that dragons are now inhabiting The Dwarfins cave! A host of new releases related to the dragons have been released including ride-able dragons, Dragon Rider limited edition Dwarfins and Shoulder pets.

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May 3, 2014May 3, 2014

Fantasy Faire 2014 – Events,Roleplay And Hunts

Fantasy Faire isn’t just about shopping, they have events, roleplay and hunts to come too. Fantasy Faire Radio is spinning the tunes onboard the FFR Radio Ship FaireChylde. However being as this is Fantasy Faire the ship is held in the air by a giant dragon! There you will find the DJ booth and you may even meet some funky looking DJ’s.

There are also live musicians from time to time, a good place to find out about by happenings is via The Fantasy Faire website, particularly the Faire Happenings page.

Two hunts are planned for this year’s event, scripted by David Abbot and designed and constructed by Rynn Verwood. The first hunt will be FIMBLEBY’S WAGER :

A loud-mouthed drunk bets that he’s smarter than you. Head for Wiggenstead Mooring and find Fimbleby in the tavern to match your wits against his, prove him wrong and win what others have lost before you – and an extra something that might just come in handy later…

The second part of the hunt takes place in the Palace Of Tears, which is open now.

However you will have to wait to see what secrets lie within. There are some mysterious looking statues around that sim, I wonder if they will come to life?

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May 1, 2014

All The Fun Of The Fantasy Faire

Draxtor Despres had posted a teaser video:

The Fantasy Faire blog had been previewing like crazy but now the wait is over, the hype will be delivered, Fantasy Faire 2014 is open!

Linden Lab have even joined in the fun by blogging about it. This is a far cry from the days when my post on the official forums about Fantasy Faire was deleted by a moderator and I received a warning … I really should let bygones be bygones on this …. but it still irks me!

However back to the Faire, it will be running from May 1st, (which is a rather special day in my calendar and one on which I’m a year older than I was yesterday) to May 11th. The event will be very busy, at some times maybe a little too busy but that’s the beauty and beast of such events.

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April 25, 2014April 25, 2014

Fantasy Faire 2014 – Call For Second Life Film Makers To Tell A Fantasy Faire Tale

This year’s Fantasy Faire is taking a bold extra step in terms of movie making for the event. Five Machinima makers will have the opportunity to create a Fantasy Faire tale before the Faire opens. Now, let’s clear something up first, this does not mean other people are forbidden from making films during the event, it’s just an opportunity for five film makers to create a tale before the Faire opens and therefore whilst the streets are free of visitors.

If you are a machinima maker and fancy telling a tale then head over to this Fantasy Faire blog post and read the details. However there is quite a short deadline on applying for this, you will need to apply before midnight on Saturday April 26th, I assume this is midnight SLT, but you’ll have to clarfiy that with Saffia Widdershins. So what sort of creation are they looking for? Well, from the blog post :

Explain what you would like to film (whether you you want create a story with actors, an abstract pieces of a travelogue), and supply a link to a previous film or machinima you have shot.

So the next obvious question is going to be why only five people, well again it’s best to quote from the blog :

Well, people are still building, and each film-maker will need to work with us to ensure that they are filming what is finished (or certainly ready to film!). And as this is the first year we have done this, we want to ensure that we are able to help you to the best of our abilities.

So basically you will be given the opportunity to film but it needs to be coordinated to fit in with the work going on behind the scenes.

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April 25, 2014

Fantasy Faire 2014 – Hope On The Horizon

Jaimy Hancroft’s teaser poster for the Tolkien inspired Hope’s Horizon sim at Fantasy Faire 2014 captures the spirit of the Faire extremely well. However the reasons behind the design capture the spirit even better.

In a blog post entitled There’s Hope In The Horizon Jaimy explains the inspiration behind the build :

Hope’s Horizon was born in Tolkien’s mind. The sim is inspired by the great city of Minas Tirith and I am dedicating this build to my dad, who passed away a couple years ago of cancer. He was a major Lord of the Rings fan and this was my chance to do something great to make him proud. The building stands high above everything and it is as if you are flying when you reach the top, you can see the surrounding Faire sims when you are standing there. I have put a blossoming tree at the top to represent life, and everything good in life. The tree is blossoming there in all its glory on top of this city in remembrance of our loved ones letting you all know that the spirit never dies…

This captures the reasons for Fantasy Faire being part of the Relay For Life effort within Second Life as well as capturing the fantasy element of the Faire. Now Jaimy is someone whom I’ve ran into before in Second Life, because she works on The Dwarfins! Jaimy doesn’t work exclusively on Dwarfins, she has her own brand of Death Row Designs, but I know her from Dwarfins!

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