Fantasy Faire: Twilight Illusion

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United InshCon by Eldowyn Inshan (Interview) 
~*Sweet Revolutions*~ by Sweetgwendoline Bailey (Interview)

Builder: Sweetgwendoline Bailey and Eldowyn Inshan

Saturday, April 23 at 5:30PM SLT - LitFest Region Tour: Twilight Illusion
Sunday, April 24 at 10AM SLT - LitFest  Region Tour: Twilight Illusion

The Great Alliance (Interview): ["A Suitor for the Queen"]

• Friday, April 22 at 4PM SLT -  - The Queen’s Dilemma
• Saturday, April 23 at 5PM SLT - The 1st Challenge: Test of Courtly Manners
• Sunday, April 24 at 5PM SLT  - The 2nd Challenge: Test of Metal (Fencing)
• Tuesday, April 26 at 5PM SLT - The 3rd Challenge: Gifts of Gratitude 
• Thursday, April 28 at 4PM SLT  - Mysteries Revealed
• Saturday, April 30 at 5PM SLT - The Final Challenge

Read the Timetable of Events here.
Read about the Great Alliance here.
Read daily updates here.

Fantasy Faire: Creations of Twilight Illusion

Pulling out the wonderful things made by creators in Twilight Illusion, I definitely had one of my big challenges! I laid down the foundation using a literal foundation - part of the ruins created by BamPu Legacies (Twilight Illusion) and available in a ton of styles and colors. These are a pleasant tealy green with bits of yellowish orange in the texture and has enough pieces to put together some interesting layouts; I'm showing a fraction of what's available here. The wall is up front with the fireplace-bearing house foundation beyond the wall's archway, so even here you can see how th epieces can be layered over each other to create visual interest. The palm trees and monkey sandwiched in between them is actually a quest gift - so check out the Tale of Exiles to get that!

In front of all of that I put a couple of monument pieces from Silent Sanctuary (Twilight Illusion), complete with flowers and, in one case, an animal to shine things up. The larger one has a lot of standing stones and a dragon skull hanging from the center stones; the smaller has an opening rubbed with red ocre for effect, and with a badger sneaking around it. In front and to the left is a hollow tree with inhabitants from Beyond Persuasion design (Twilight Illusion), a very cute interaction between a fae and her dragon friend. It's more difficult to see that the tree itself has a face - a lot of cute in a very small space! The final touch, and by far the brightest and purest, is from United InshCon (Twilight Illusion) - a pixie home with several pixies to fly around it. This is a really adorable addition to show your local pixies that you're interested in making space for them as well! Tucked into it's stones I added one final detail from Fantasy China (Twilight Illusion), a tall-standing rose plant to add some color among all of that white!

Fantasy Faire: A Traveller in OtherWorld

OtherWorld is another world altogether - on the scifi end of scifi/fantasy. The alien landscape, striking dual level sim, sneaky pathways through all sorts of terrains, and multiple conversation areas are really fun. I married medieval and futuristic for my look - starting with a gown from Senzafine (Blackmoor).  It's a lovely low v-neckline with long streamers falling from each shoulder. The thick empire waistline belt is an additional nice touch, leaving room for the rest of the skirt to bell out. The sleeves have a shallower version of the same belle sleeves, and Senzafine has done a fantastic job of combining the gold trim which is consistent across all of the dress colors with the textured richness of the colors themselves. The textures themselves are fiddly and delicate, delighting the eye. It comes in all of the standard sizes.

Fantasy Fair: OtherWorld

Sim Sponsor: Cerridwen's Cauldron (Interview)
Builder: Elicio Ember

Fairechylde Dock on Otherworld is where most of the DJ sets will take place.

The Pavilion on Otherworld is where the Lit Fest story events will take place.

Light flashes and reflects off of surfaces of glass, metal, and water - dazzling the eyes. The glass makes up an improbable bridge over the sparkling sea, the brittle surface chiming under hard shoes and whispering at the caress of bare feet. More glass hangs within metal cages, some standing at the top of poles and others hanging from heavy chains. Delicate patterns are pressed into the sides of poles and gateways, outlining large and small pieces with indentations in swirls and whirls that intricately double back on themselves. More panels of glass are set into metal archways; below them hang flags as intricately decorated as the metal it hangs from. Small islands rise out of the water nearby, stone edifices piled upon them. Some glow with more intricate patterns while others funnel water up through the depths to spring into fountains. Plants alive with light sprout form otherwise unremarkable soil, taller stands of palm trees and bamboo standing as shadowy neighbors.

Fantasy Faire: A Traveller in Echtra

Echtra is a world of ice and snow, a story about a child-like lord of winter missing his summer sister, and so it seems appropriate that the outfit I put together is the very embodiment of spring. Swirling around my bright spring look is a set of sakura petals from NAMINOKE (Echtra), which are also a pose-giver via a HUD - though I didn't make use of the poses here. The wings, with their pale flowers and long golden cloths tied around the veins, are also from NAMINOKE (Echtra) and I really adore them - from how naturally the branches seem to fall and how pretty the flowers are. The combo of wings and petals is just fun, especially when different poses seem to bring them into relationship with each other - as you can see. Trust that you will see these again in the future - these are absolutely a delight!

Fantasy Faire: Echtra

Sim Sponsor: The Lost Unicorn Gallery by Natalie Montagne (Interview)
Builder: Loki Eliot

Event Sponsor: Safe Waters Foundation by GraceSWF Wrigglesworth (Interview)

Sunday, April 24 at 5:30SLT - LitFest  Region Tour: Echtra
Monday, April 25 at 10AM SLT - LitFest  Region Tour: Echtra

["The Gloom of Echtra"]

The Rickety Weasels and their Guardians of the Elemental stones are returning to the fair in the gloom ridden town of Echtra. The land has been eclipsed in a grey season-less gloom and the parents have disappeared with that same curse. The Children must search the realm for clues to their plight and restore time back to their realm.

Read More About Echtra’s Story here
Read more about the roleplayers behind the story here
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[ The Echtra Experience Hunt ]

Fantasy Faire: Creations of Echtra

This lovely couples pose is a rezzable from Roquai (Echtra), a taller figure embracing a shorter one, fingers covering each other. It's one of a number of matched sets, each with accompanying swirls of Sakura blossoms from NAMINOKE (Echtra). The poses and petals were done as a collaboration between these two stores, and the effect is lovely and striking - whether one keeps to the arrangements included, or ads some flourishes of one's own. 

Fantasy Faire: The Echtra Experience

When you land in Echtra, there is a sign you can click to join the Echtra Experience to learn about what's going on and get some shiny gifts! The goal is to look for small golden footprints and stand on them, thus advancing what you know. Initially, a large black band will show up across the bottom of your screen and you have to accept permissions to affect your avatar. Rikkon the Cheerful is standing right nearby; when you move on top of the golden footprints, you're view moves and he speaks to you. 

Fantasy Faire: A Traveller in Serenity

Serenity offered up some amazing views, amazing heights, and some truly unique items to wear. The The Stringer Mausoleum (Serenity) offers up a truly unique hair - roses growing along the line of the skull from forehead to the nape of the neck, available in a bunch of unusual colors. If it doesn't perfectly meet your skull, it's modify-ok so that you can shift the roses to fit your head. I added on top of that a set of lovely antlers complete with jewelry from Spyralle (Serenity). The shape of these antlers is amazing, wide and sweeping with balls of light on the ends, while the forehead jewelry hands from golden chains. The design of it is rounded and interesting, with a delicate pattern placed behind the gold trim - a good example of Spyralle's excellent combination of shape and texture. This RFL design is lovely and there's also a HUD driven multipack available.

Fantasy Faire: Serenity

Sim Sponsor: The NeoVictoria Project by Asil Ares (Interview)
Builder: Kaelis Ember

Event Sponsor: Empyrean Forge by Empyreanforge Resident

Monday, April 25 at 5:30PM SLT - LitFest  Region Tour: Serenity
Tuesday, April 26 at 10AM SLT - LitFest Region Tour: Serenity

The NeoVictoria Project (Interview): The Sidhe and The Soul-Eater

• Thursday, April 21 at 5PM SLT - Scene 1 ~ The Dullahan Arrives (NeoVictoria Sim)
• Friday, April 22 at 6PM SLT - Scene 2 ~ Finding The Automaton on The Cathedral 
• Monday, April 25 at 6PM SLT - Scene 3 ~ Understanding the Threat
• Wednesday, April 27 at 6PM SLT - Scene 4 ~ Battle Against the Soul-Eater
• Thursday, April 28 at 5PM SLT - Scene 5 ~ Release & Celebration (IC Party 7PM SLT on)
• Friday, April 29 at 6PM SLT - Scene 6 ~ Returning Home(ends on NeoVictoria Sim)

Other Stores on Sim:

• * Amaranthus * Elbereth Nightfire
• Meva Mea Carnell
• [CIRCA] Living Cherelle Capra 
• The Stringer Mausoleum by Helena Stringer
• Plastik by Aikea Rieko 
• Spyralle Kerryth Tarantal
• SAKIDE Kinu Mayako
• Carrie’s Lingerie Carrie Bridger
• TempT LaKira Ratelle
• [EvelineInTheBox] Eveline Ashbourne
• Faeline Fairy Pryda Parx
• Star Journey Lorraine Charron
• DressMe Designs Julianna Jonstone
• Stitched & EPOS EposHair Resident
• Rainy Fey Creations Nyree Rain
• Kaithleen’s Zlyskritek