{"id":3003,"date":"2013-04-21T23:35:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T22:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2013-04-21T23:48:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T22:48:18","slug":"fantasy-faire-2013-the-arcanum-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3003","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Faire 2013 &#8211; The Arcanum Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Arcanum At Fantasy Faire 2013 by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8669092443\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arcanum At Fantasy Faire 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8531\/8669092443_142f195fe8.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wizadry, that&#8217;s right up my street I thought, when I was asked to blog about Zachh Barkley&#8217;s The Arcanum, I mean who can resist the temptation to arm themselves with a wand and fire magic at friends and foes &#8230;. come on, it can&#8217;t just be me!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Dragonspire by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8670220602\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Dragonspire\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8116\/8670220602_6d8f24444e.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Arcanum is a place of wonder, situated within the caverns of The Dragonspire at Fantasy Faire 2013, where it&#8217;s rumoured Dwarves, Goblins, Drow (that&#8217;s me sometimes) and Nixies live &#8230; Nixies? Anyway, there&#8217;s also rumour of a Dragon and his horde keeping careful watch on the place.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Dragonspire by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8670220470\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Dragonspire\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8381\/8670220470_7a5332e9fd.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a colourful sim, designed by Khyle Sion and The Arcanum with its magical items fits in perfectly. I wander along, trying to mind my own business, adjusting my wizard hat and see items of the magical variety.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I notice a Book Of Shadows for witches, which may come in handy when I need to learn what a witch is going to try to do to me. I open the thick heavy book to its first page and begin reading through the dust and wrinkles, admiring the nice handwriting and drawings. I read:\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Hello, future Charmed One, Whitelighter, Demon or Darklighter. This is the infamous Book of Shadows. It will be your guide and reference to learning how to control your newfound powers.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yikes I think to myself as I close the dusty book. Witches, they get up to all sorts.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arcanum Book Of Shadows by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8670195874\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arcanum Book Of Shadows\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8542\/8670195874_f5383ce4d3.jpg?resize=494%2C500\" width=\"494\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of other items, staffs and wands to tempt the magical purse of many a witch, wizard or even a warlock.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arcanum Staffs And Wands by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8669092699\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arcanum Staffs And Wands\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8266\/8669092699_8227fbae0b.jpg?resize=500%2C289\" width=\"500\" height=\"289\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sample of wares has me hooked and I decide I need to investigate further, and head for the teleportation device to take me to the main store.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arcanum Main Store by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8669092325\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arcanum Main Store\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8386\/8669092325_5e7753d5da.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bulding has the look of a Marcus Inkpen design and is visually stunning, you really need to visit to see how wonderful a build this is with statues, halls, stairs, bookcases and pictures adding to the ambience.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arcanum Main Store by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8670195438\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arcanum Main Store\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8526\/8670195438_bd28622c70.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh and don&#8217;t forget the magical wares and supplies available too. Keep your eyes on those pictures too, some of those mages look decidedly mean.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arcanum Main Store by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8670195202\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arcanum Main Store\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8118\/8670195202_ae968e9b59.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Wizadry is your thing, check out The Arcanum.<\/p>\n<p>The Arcanum At The Dragonspire\u00a0 Fantasy Faire 2013 SLURL: <a title=\"The Arcanum At Fantasy Faire 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/The%20DragonSpire\/192\/127\/38\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/The%20DragonSpire\/192\/127\/38<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Arcanum Main Store SLURL: <a title=\"The Arcanum Main Store\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Arcanum\/78\/59\/22\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Arcanum\/78\/59\/22<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3003\" data-via=\"Ciaran_Laval\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizadry, that&#8217;s right up my street I thought, when I was asked to blog about Zachh Barkley&#8217;s The Arcanum, I mean who can resist the temptation to arm themselves with a wand and fire magic at friends and foes &#8230;. come on, it can&#8217;t just be me! The Arcanum is a place of wonder, situated &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3003\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fantasy Faire 2013 &#8211; The Arcanum Introduction&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[159,375,535,130,3,14],"tags":[518,1022,553],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-Mr","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3007,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions\/3007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}