Once again, visitors to Fantasy Faire are being offered 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 Masquerade 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 open!
And the Nominees for King of the Faire are:
 The Goblin King(Labyrinth) |
 The Mad Hatter(Lewis Caroll’s Alice books) |
 Severus Snape(J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series) |
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 Oberon(A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
 Tirion Lannister(G.R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire) |
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Another interesting bunch, although I’m a little surprised not to see the likes of Aragorn among the candidates – or at least someone from Tolkien’s realms, but there you go. It’s certainly good to see Tirion Lannister back again. He had my vote in 2015, and he gets it again this year, for pretty much the same reason – you’ll always know where you stand with Tirion Lannister. And who doesn’t like an honourable rogue anyway?
Nevertheless, I rather suspect that voting could be a close-run thing between the Goblin King and Severus Snape this years, given the sad loss of the lights who brought them both so wonderfully to life.
So, on to the nominees for Queen of the Faire:
 Firiona Vie(EverQuest) |
 Galadriel(J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth) |
 October Daye(from the books by Seanan McGuire) |
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 Maleficent(from the film of the same name) |
 Titania(A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
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Once again Galadriel and Maleficent make a return as two of the Final Five for Queen. Again, while my love of Tolkien should see me leaning toward Galadriel, But again, as I noted last year, my bias for Tolkien might take the lead were it Arwen Undómiel or Lúthien Tinuviel on the ballot papers. As it is, and having no real feel for Firiona Vie or October Daye and not being particularly fond of Titania (mush as I enjoy the play!) – my vote is sticking with Maleficent.
And to whom might I give my vote for Chancellor?
 Mrs. Norris(J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series) |
 Krosp I( Phil and Kaja Foglio’s Girl Genius series ) |
 Cheshire Cat(Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) |
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 K9(Doctor Who) |
 The Last Unicorn(from the book of the same name by Peter S. Beagle) |
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I have to confess to being a little surprised by K9’s presence, as he’s less a figure of fantasy and more a figure from science fiction. However, three cats more than make up for this 🙂 . My mind isn’t totally made up as yet, but I admit to leaning towards Krosp; even if it is a bit of a come-down for him from the status of Emperor of Cats.
To vote for your favourites, visit the kiosks located on the magnificent Sapphire Mirror Lake, the home of much of the entertainment at this year’s Faire. To place you vote, simply make a donation against those for who you wish to vote – this is most definitely an election which can be bought!
Voting will remain open until 17:00 SLT, on Sunday 1st May, and the results will b announced at the end of this year’s Fantasy Faire Masquerade Ball.
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