Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

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.

Basilica Marius

February 25, 2025

Del-ka Aedilis has a brand new Rome Series with a whole range of public roman buildings. I hope to be featuring quite a few of these and I am starting with the Basilica Marius. In Ancient Rome, the basilika was a multi-purpose public building, used by the court system as well as for other official functions. Every Roman town would have one in the center, usually next to the forum and often opposite of a temple. The Basilica Marius is a large, beautifully textured building, with an expansive space within that would be perfect for roleplay.

I found myself in dire need of some new-ish Roman (or at least Roman-inspired) clothing, but could not find anything I liked that would fit a basilika. However, how about that horse that Caligular wanted to make a consul? Perhaps he could put in an appearance?

Shop & Hop With Love

February 02, 2025

The 2025 Valentine Shop & Hop opened a few days ago. I haven’t had time to go through it all yet, but with the handy guide (see the previous link) you can always hit your favourite stores first. For me, it was deviousMind and Teegle this time around. deviousMind to pick up this gorgeous gift outfit which comes in red or pink and Teegle to make up my mind as to which of the 100 new PBR coats I wanted to buy. That was not an easy task! There are so many gorgeous new coats for both the dogs and the horses, and I am sure I will be back for more (they are at 20% off at the Shop & Hop), but for now I picked up Pearl (the light grey) and Sizzle (the sorrel).

The Amour hair from Wasabi, with optional hearts sprinkled all through it, was a Happy Weekend special a few weeks ago, but seeing as it was so well suited to the Valentine-themed gown I just had to wear it now. I do love a long and flowing style, and it matches the beautiful manes on the horses. ;)

Banshee

January 26, 2025

The Banshee set from deviousMind for the Wild Haunt event caught my eye right away as it really captured something of what a darker fae or fairie might dress in with its blend of ragged furs and jewels. This particular lady of the fae also sports a set of impressive horns and long, slender ears courtesy of Petrichor’s Ostrae set, which of course comes with a multitude of texture and configuration options such as optional decorations and optional strands of hair woven around the horns (a separate HUD with hair textures is also included). The Noelle hair from Magika, a loose braid with soft wisps and optional bangs around the face, worked very well together with the horns.

A fae, of course, needs no saddle or bridle to gallop through the enchanted woods and her bold steed is not entirely mortal either.