One of the new features at Fantasy Faire this year is the opportunity to vote for the King and Queen of the Fairelands and their (strictly non-human) Chancellor. The winners will be crowned at the Fantasy Faire May Day Masked Ball, which will also see their Chancellor announced.
Since the Faire opened, residents have been invited to nominate their favourite characters from the worlds of fantasy whom they would like to see crowned king and queen, or appointed to the role of Chancellor (a role for strictly non-human characters).
The nominations have now closed, and voting for the top five nominees in each category (King, Queen and Chancellor) is underway.
And the Nominees for King of the Faire are:
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Quite an interesting selection there. Orlando Bloom has a lot going for him, and given I’m a Lord of the Rings aficionado, you might think my vote would be for Legolas. But actually no, I confess that as a character, Legolas has never had that much appeal to me, and I don’t lose hobbits often enough to need his assistance in tracking them down.
No, I confess that my vote goes to Tyrion Lannister; not because A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones is all the rage right now nor even because Lannisters always pay their debts (a promise I’ve always found to be more threatening than hopeful). Rather, Tyrion is simply one of the most delightfully, honourable rogues yet to walk out of the pages of a book. so he gets my vote, as you’ll always know where you stand with him.
So, on to the nominees for Queen of the Faire:
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Once again, you might think that as a LOTR fan, I’d be placing my vote with Galadriel. Had the nominee been Arwen – or better yet, Lúthien Tinuviel from Tolkien’s Middle Earth, then perhaps that might well have been the case. As it is, the who gets my vote here is the magnificent Maleficent.
And to whom might I give my vote for Chancellor?
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Well, this is really hard for me – oh look! Kitties! 🙂 .
To vote for your favourites, visit the kiosks which can be found in one of the beautiful underwater art galleries in Poseidons Abyss. Simply make a donation of your choice to cast your vote (yes, this election is one that can definitely be bought!). Voting will remain open in-world through until the end of the first hour of the May Day Masked Ball.
If you prefer, you can also voting on the web via the RFL Convio page for Fantasy Faire – although you’ll have to hurry; “postal” voting in this way closes at 11:59 SLT on Thursday 30th April. After that, you can still donate – but your vote may not be counted!
For full details on voting, visit the vote registration page of the Fantasy Faire website.
So don’t delay – vote today!
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 
I like Tyrion Lannister for the same reason. I was there but couldn’t make up my mind. I’ll go back and vote The Imp.
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Yay! Let’s get him crowned! After all he’s been the Hand as well – so why not King, even if not of Westeros (which I’m not sure he’d want anyway… 🙂 ).
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