Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Fantasy Faire 2025: Ghost in the Grotto

April 27, 2025

Delving deep into Yuum Baalal Grotto is not for the faint of heart. There is old magic here, the air is thick with it, and you never know when something long gone might rise again.

A Ghostmare seemed like the steed of choice here, with mysterious markings across her shining coat (by new-to-me brand Auro) and her beautiful tack (from the Flying Pony) something out of a fairy tale. And for our intrepid explorer, fine armour with a mirror sheen to it (courtesy of Mesh Entity) and a magical elven sword (by Sarer-S-Creations). Even so, one must tread carefully.

The Ghostmare series of coats are all quite lovely, with PBR as well as fallback textures. There are also special RFL editions available. The Russell tack has a great fantasy look to it and that is always great to have on hand when a more modern set would look out of place. It, too, has lovely PBR textures. The same goes for the armour, which really has a superb sheen in the right light. And the sword is a very pretty fantasy sword which includes a HUD with some cool magic effects.

Fantasy Faire 2025: Oh Deer

April 19, 2025

Apologies for the title. Fantasy Faire 2025 is here (and I have never been so late on my first post, but life is crazy and its in the middle of Easter) and of course that means fabulous new releases from Teegle as well as a gorgeous Fantasy Faire sim built by the team.

Fantasy Faire, now on its 17th year, is one of the main events in Second Life raising money for the American Cancer Society through RFL - the Relay for Life. During the Fantasy Faire, you can shop new exclusive releases where the sale proceeds go to RFL as well as participate in a huge number of events that raise funds in various ways.

You are getting a video to get a hint of what the Wraithwoods have to offer and a good look at one of the new creatures, the Whitetail Stag, as well as quick peeks at the other releases. So far Teegle has out three new creatures, three new tack sets and three RFL releases.

In the video you can also see my new outfit and my new horns, the former being by Petrichor & Ersch and the latter by just Petrichor. With its bones, leaves and berries, the Karvani set felt suited to the wilds of the Wraithwood and the Yuen horns took my avatar from human to something a little different. Both come with extensive customisation options both in terms of textures and hiding/showing parts of the design. You will find Petrichor, with a huge amount of new releases available, on the Mire of Whispers sim. Also on Mire of Whispers are Analog Dog and the Stream hair is a new release for the Faire.

A Golden Treasure at the Dog & Pony Show

September 10, 2024

The amazing Dog & Pony Show is back! From September 6th to October 6th you can visit the biggest animal-themed event in Second Life to shop everything you might possibly need for your Teeglepets and Teegle avatars. Coats, tack, barn accessories and whole barns, it is all available. But of course, this is not just a shopping event, but there will also be plenty of performances and demonstrations as well as the amazing One of a Kind auctions. Do not miss out on this!

As always, Teegle has gone all-in and has no less than FOUR new pets available at the event. There is a cropped as well as a natural Doberman and two new horses, the Indian Marwari with its very special ears and the gleaming Akhal Teke with its unique metallic coat. I will be showing you all of these and I just had to give golden Hakan the Akhal Teke the first post. Such a special beauty he is, shining gorgeously in the evening light. A video would have been even better, but alas I have a stubborn cold that has me croaking and sniffling.

Like all Teeglepets Hakan comes in a no copy or a copy version, allowing you to have a whole herd of these rare horses if you so desire. Various add-on creators have already refitted their tack to the new breeds and there will also be a couple of brand-new tack sets from Teegle later on during the event. For this post, I decided to show off my avatar’s horsemanship and went without bridle and saddle, which of course looks particularly fancy when also using a couple of the archery poses from Animosity that are also available at the event. These pose both horse and rider and include bow props for each pose and there is both a male and a female set.

Fantasy Faire 2024: Almost the Last Stop

May 05, 2024

The end of the Fantasy Faire draws near, but there is still time to experience the magic of the Fairelands for two more days, until the 7th of May. I have paid several visits to The Last Stop, the underwater sim designed by Teegle, but so far I had not done any photography there. That was, of course, an excellent excuse to do a bit more poking around on the back of the gorgeous Hippocampus, the second of the new Teeglepets.

Like the Kelpie, the Hippocampus is half horse, half sea creature. But despite is foreboding name—Scylla—the Hippocampus has a much more benign appearance than the sharp-toothed Kelpie. Mythologically, they are often seen pulling the chariots of gods and goddesses of the sea or being ridden by nymphs of the sea.

There are already a ton of beautiful appliers out, both from Teegle and other creators, but here I went with the gorgeous default applier. Its too bad you would need a very big aquarium to keep a Hippocampus! ;)

Also from the Faire is the lovely gown by Portal, its shimmering fabric a nice match with the iridescence of the Hippocampus coat, and a delicate circlet from PANIQ.