It was a mostly peaceful ride as wizards, pirates, Vikings and plenty more reprising millennia of cultural and fantasy figures rode a coach bus through the scenic Santa Fe countryside to the tune of light medieval horns.

The peace among the swashbucklers and warriors persisted even after one man uttered an incantation of fighting words.

“Fireball!” exclaimed Taishon Hallmark, 31, a “wizard by practice,” he said, sat next to a knight on the bus.

“You just got to flex it sometimes,” added Hallmark, who referred to himself as “the elf formerly known as Prince,” once he dismounted the bus for the event.

Hundreds like Hallmark reprising fantasy and historic figures descended upon El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Saturday for the 17th annual Santa Fe Renaissance Faire, set to wrap up festivities

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