{"id":5902,"date":"2017-04-20T22:38:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2017-04-20T22:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:38:45","slug":"fantasy-faire-2017-a-visit-to-the-fairechylde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5902","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Faire 2017 &#8211; A Visit To The FaireChylde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Fairechylde, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/33779465560\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2942\/33779465560_5cba840b4c.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Fairechylde\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first day of Fantasy Faire can be a rather hectic affair, looking for lodgings, getting your bearings, and working out where there&#8217;s a tavern that won&#8217;t be full of elves.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Zander Greene and Oldeshoul Eldermar, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/34006652712\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2912\/34006652712_a35d3e7c66.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zander Greene and Oldeshoul Eldermar\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That being said, it&#8217;s Fantasy Faire and you really have to start the event in a raucous manner by enjoying some festivities and a good place to enjoy raucous festivities is aboard The FaireChylde.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mingling, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/33779470470\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2915\/33779470470_a9ff3234ee.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mingling\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FaireChylde is a ship held in the sky by a dragon. They have entertainment aplenty here, usually by virtue of a DJ.<\/p>\n<p>The good thing about this is that it means that if there are any elves around, the sounds from the DJ will drown out their bloody awful singing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mingling at the back, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/33779468230\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2837\/33779468230_a66f339270.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mingling at the back\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mixture of visitors to The FaireChylde also means that you won&#8217;t find yourself alone with too many Elves, which is always a good thing, never trust an Elf!<\/p>\n<p>There are some downsides, chief amongst them so far being that there has been a distinct lack of beards.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fantasy Faire Radio, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/33779473050\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2913\/33779473050_17df5d0734.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fantasy Faire Radio\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A point to note about The FaireChylde is that it traditionally moves around the Faire from day to day, so there&#8217;s no fixed location, but you can easily find it <a href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/20\/faire-happenings-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">if you know where to look<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of Fantasy Faire can be a rather hectic affair, looking for lodgings, getting your bearings, and working out where there&#8217;s a tavern that won&#8217;t be full of elves. That being said, it&#8217;s Fantasy Faire and you really have to start the event in a raucous manner by enjoying some festivities and a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5902\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fantasy Faire 2017 &#8211; A Visit To The FaireChylde&#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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[159,375,535,130,3,14],"tags":[131,1133,19,1022],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1xc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902"}],"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=5902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5903,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions\/5903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}