Blogger Challenge: My New Shiny: Dark Star

I found a new store I love: Madame Noir. The Faire is mostly all about bright and shiny stuff, but you can have shiny Black too! The dress is called Lux, so why “Dark Star” in the title of the post? Simply because that’s what sprang into my mind when I saw the way the light reflected off it, it looked like a sparkling star in the darkness. Of course I needed an appropriate setting to show you it, so Nox Sanctum seemed appropriate as the Faire slowly begins to drift into the Mists for another year.

To Know the Dark
by Wendell Berry

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.

THE FAIRELANDS WILL CLOSE TUESDAY 6TH APRIL MIDNIGHT SLT

(Then you’ll have to track down all the creators mainstores yourself, so better go grab the stuff at the Faire?!)

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Lavendell’s Green Witch – Herb & Fable Faire Quest

If you somehow missed it (how ? See previous posts linked below) Jinx released a fun game called Herb & Fable. For a taster of how it works, there’s a fun Quest on Lavendell, which I’m currently working my way through.

Here I’m part way through, grinding up some Turkeytail mushrooms that I’ve first harvested and dried. It’s an ingredient in a tea that I’ll be making when I gather the remaining ingredients, hinted at in the message you get from the starter NPC:

[07:32:18] Ella the Wise Fox: Welcome Fairelander. The first step of your journey is about collecting some healing herbs for different purposes – harvest what the land offers. Turkey Tail mushroom with its potent healing powers, saffron from the crocus – a very valuable spice, honey from bees – the saviours of our planet and cinnamon with its powerful flavour and healing properties.

Sounds like there’s going to be a few more steps for me to complete before I can brew my tea. If you get stuck, there’s a very helpful and active group of players in the Herb & Fable Inworld Group and Discord Server if you need a hint or three.

Fortunately there’s some lovely spots on Lavendell where you can sit and take a break from Questing or shopping and admire the beauty of the place.

However don’t spend too long chilling, you’ve now only got a few days before the Fairelands vanish into the mists again.

THE FAIRELANDS WILL CLOSE TUESDAY 6TH APRIL MIDNIGHT SLT

If you enjoy the Lavendell Quest, you can continue playing Herb & Fable by clicking the big sign in the Herb & Fable Faire Store for how.

I obviously had to put together an outfit made of Faire merchant items to match my chosen game class of Green Witch, see below.

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Previous Herb & Fable posts:

Bench location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lavendell/145/201/92

Blogger Challenge: I Remember 2024: Party in the Library

I remember…there was a party as part of the Desert Foxes roleplay. It brought the storyline towards the end and raised several thousand Lindens throughout, pushing the annual Faire total so far for 2024 over the 9 Million L$ mark.

Lots of spectacular light and particle effects occurred in the Library as the story unfolded.

The Dragons Guard

Darkness… penetrated only by a few torches, the glow of the lava well and the reflection off the hoard. The hoard, and a few fragile eggs that couldn’t be moved, they’re why she’s here, guard duty.

Under normal circumstances this wouldn’t even be an issue, the Dragons do it instinctively. However when the time comes that Mortals can enter the Faire, that doesn’t really work; since the Dragon instinctive response is to just to breathe intruders to cinders. So after a few unfortunate incidents, the Dragon Council agreed to keep away from the paths the Mortals trod during this period. Obviously that meant someone had to guard this stuff, if a Mortal were to take an extra souvenir from the chamber… it wouldn’t go well for the mortal race after that. At least it’s quiet and warm down here, blissful when you’re cold-blooded, but that’s why her race got the job; she won’t pass out from the heat of the lava well. The draconis are also the only humanoid race the Dragon Council will trust, due to their distant genetic history that no-one seems to know the origins of, but accepts because fireproof scales for skin counts for something.

At that point one of the gates opens and interrupts her thoughts, a mortal comes down the steps into a pool of light and sees her standing there. She points with her staff at the opposite gateway “Greetings Fairelander, do not dally here, on your way, please.”

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Literary Fetival: Poetry Reading by Sidhe Fairelander

Sidhe Fairelander

Earlier today I atteneded a poetry reading by Sidhe Fairelander of poetry she composed for Relay of Life.

Reading from a Chronicle of Gwath by Sidhe Fairelander
Sidhe Fairelander has written a volume of poetry for Relay for Life since 2020. During the first 10 days of the Faire she writes as many poems as she can including every region and as many people as possible. Songs of the Faire 
In addition, she has also been writing verse for last year and this, celebrating the work of Amethyst Ytelde and Scarlet Fey in creating the story of Mithlumen over the centuries.Her second of two readings from her very special Chronicles takes place today.
Gwath is Chapter 4 of the Mithlumen Series ~ This is a realm where intrigue reigns supreme and style meets sophistication in the dark elegance of the Dark Elves.  Dare to embrace the living night of Gwath, the enigmatic world that stands defiantly as the fierce rival of Mithlumen.

You can pick up copies of the Gwath Chronicles Chapters 1 & 2 for 0L by clicking the poster frames on the wall through the archways.

Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gwath/118/156/66

Gwath Region Tour

Last night was the LitFest Tour of Gwath, the Region in this years Faire sponsored by Scarlet Fey. Since my first purchase in the Faire was the Gwath armour, I just had to go along.

Our hosts and the Region builders; Scarlet Fey (Sari6t) & Amethyst Ytelde (Jeanette Doobie)

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Quills & Curiosities Team – Jail n Bail

On Tuesday I attended the Jail n Bail event of Dacien and Marcel Blackwood, builders of the Nox Aetherna region in this years Fantasy Faire. The Fairelands Watch hauled them in for questioning over a suspected Ruckus? To the soundtrack provided DJ Ketsui Naiboo, Fairelanders gathered to cast their votes as to whether giant bats should be allowed to roam the Faire, by paying RFL Donation vendors. As always at Jail n Bail events, a fun time was had and plenty of donations made!

Fantasy Faire 2025 is Open!

Time has finally arrived for you to come to the Faire! Welcome in one and all!

Outfit: Poet’s Heart – Madeleine Gown

The Airship Captain – Heading to The Fairelands

The Airship awaits her, hovering just above Bloodrose Castle waiting to set sail for the Fairelands. Of course the downside of airships like this one is boarding them. Since landing can be tricky, it’s much easier to take a balloon up to it, which gives you a fabulous view of the majestic vessel.

Credits:

  • Outfit & Balloon: Jazabelle – Airship Captain
  • Airship: {EP} The Majestic Revived by Ketsui Naidoo

Store location links will be added once the Faire opens on the 17th of April at Noon SLT.

24 Hours to go and counting down!

Judgement of the Errant Chronicler

The Mists are growing thin as the time when the Fairelands and the Mortal Realm will overlap for a spell approaches. Some select mortals, Builders and Merchants, have been permitted ahead to prepare the way for the masses of Fairelanders that will join them soon.

There is another group who may enter the Faire, at an allocated time to herald its arrival the day before; the Chroniclers.

We Chroniclers are reminded each year as the Faire draws ever closer, not to enter until the signal is given by the Lady Sonya. Presumably something nasty happens to errant Chroniclers that disobey this creed, but we don’t know what.

I purely by chance was reading the relevant section in the Bloggers instructions notecard at the same time as I unpacked this outfit by Jazabelle from the Blogger room.  It’s called “The Sword of Justice” and made me wonder about those past errant Chroniclers,  might the scene above be similar to that of their Judgement?

Close-Up of crown and mask
HUD that adjusts outfit style

Credits:

  • Outfit: Sword of Justice – Jazabelle
  • Mask: Golden Age Masque FF 2025 – Whymsical Market
  • Non-Faire setting: DRD Bloodrcroft Throne

Store location links will be added once the Faire opens on the 17th of April at Noon SLT.

See you at the Faire!