{"id":4915,"date":"2015-04-23T19:47:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T18:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2015-04-23T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T18:47:26","slug":"fantasy-faire-2015-officially-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4915","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Faire 2015 Officially Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Spires Of Andolys by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/17246059531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7690\/17246059531_34fa5f7d81.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spires Of Andolys\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The moment\u00a0I&#8217;ve been waiting for &#8230; and some of you, has arrived. <a title=\"Fantasy Faire 2015 is Open\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fantasy Faire 2015<\/a> is open to all and sundry, including Halflings and Elves. This wasn&#8217;t my decision by the way, don&#8217;t blame me!<\/p>\n<p>The Fairelands are awash with all manner of beings, to such an extent that some of the sims are full. However fear not, there are thirteen sims available, if you count Ravenshold, which will be hosting the second part of the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Xiola Linden has been in on the act, blogging about\u00a0<a title=\"Xiola blogs about it\" href=\"https:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/t5\/Featured-News\/Fantasy-Faire-to-Benefit-Relay-for-Life-of-Second-Life\/ba-p\/2926679\" target=\"_blank\">Fantasy Faire &#8211; to Benefit Relay for Life of Second Life<\/a>. Xiola&#8217;s blog post is important because it contains some top tips, such as :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Start planning your adventure by visiting the <a title=\"Full Calendar Of Events\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/events-2\/calendar-of-events\/\" target=\"_blank\">full calendar of events<\/a>, dust off your \u201cbag of holding\u201d for all of the great finds you will walk off with, and come shop for a great cause.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The offiical Fantasy Faire website also has a very good blog post about the opening of The Faire : <a title=\"Welcome To The Fairelands\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/23\/welcome-to-the-fairelands-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome To The Fairelands!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The portals to the Fairelands are now open, the camouflage enchantments dispelled, the whole continent of fantasy worlds awaits visitors to come and explore, enjoy and perhaps shapeshift into one of the Faire Folk.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This post is worth reading because it gives you some insight into the regions that make up The Fairelands.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However what about Events? Well the kind folk over at the official Fantasy Faire blog post have also been on the ball there too : <a title=\"Faire Events\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/23\/faire-events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faire Events<\/a>. This post, not surprisingly, covers planned Faire events.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Relay For Life Sign by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/17059317938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8718\/17059317938_f63ff328e4.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Relay For Life Sign\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are various events planned for this year, including, DJ&#8217;s, Live Music, a literary festival, dance and particle shows, a hunt, Jail and Bail, Auctions, Pratchett Day, Competitions and much much more.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also expecting Orcs! I keep telling people, save The Orcs, Save The Virtual World.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Faire 2015 will be running until May 3rd, I&#8217;ll be there for most of it &#8230; look I&#8217;ve already apologised about this, there will be a lot of Fantasy Faire talk here for a while yet.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2c2e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: auto; width: 450px; display: block; background-image: none; background-color: #2c2e30;\"><a style=\"border: none; color: #5cb192; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/fantasy-faire-2015?sourceid=dgw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 440px; display: inline; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lecs-destinations-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/14658\/5537fe9bb7c00056505724.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #5cb192; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; padding: 6px 0px 3px 2px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px; border: initial none initial;\">Fantasy Faire 2015<\/h1>\n<p style=\"border: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 7px 5px 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px 3px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: #bbbbbb;\">Visit the seventh annual Fantasy Faire April 23rd through May 3rd. Step through a magical doorway to thirteen regions beautifully brought to life for the largest celebration of fantasy art, artists, and enthusiasts in the virtual world. From the Spires of Andolys to Poseidon&#8217;s Abyss, get ready for an amazing time of unimaginable proportions! Best part, it all benefits the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sl-dg-widget-btn\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 0px 1px 3px 0px; background-color: #ff5c00; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFB23F), to(#FF9A03)); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: none; outline-color: white; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding: 3px 0 5px 0; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100%; border-width: 0px;\">Visit in Second Life<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"dgw-pix\"><\/span><!-- End Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<p>SLURL To Fairelands Junction : http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Fairelands%20Junction\/132\/124\/1\/<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4915\" data-via=\"Ciaran_Laval\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![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>The moment\u00a0I&#8217;ve been waiting for &#8230; and some of you, has arrived. Fantasy Faire 2015 is open to all and sundry, including Halflings and Elves. This wasn&#8217;t my decision by the way, don&#8217;t blame me! The Fairelands are awash with all manner of beings, to such an extent that some of the sims are full. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4915\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fantasy Faire 2015 Officially Opens&#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":[1030,889,19,1027,1022],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1hh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915"}],"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=4915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4916,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions\/4916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}