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What a Load of Shift 2024

Posted 3 weeks ago :: Last edited 1 week ago by Noirmori

WHAT A LOAD OF SHIFT 2024!

 

WHAT A LOAD OF SHIFT 2024!

It's that time of year again! Darhaskos doesn't usually like to come out and play, but it seems that he was in the mood for one particularly pesky prank!
 
A handful of Ketucari have woken up transformed into new bodies! What in the world is happening? It appears Darhaskos has put you into the shoes of the other races of Velukaelo. The magic is strong, but is bound to wear off in a few hours. Maybe you can learn to harness this skill and use the magic as your own? Or maybe you just want to go home and sleep it off? (You weenie. Get out of bed.)
EVENT ENDS 4-30-24
 
This event is reoccurring, and will happen again in April 2025.
 
WINNERS: Will be announced here at the end of the event!
 
Note: If you want, you may enter multiple times with one ketucari*.
This is for those who want only one or two ketucari changed, or do not own more than one. After your initial entry that shows their new form, you can do more pieces depicting them for additional entries!! HOWEVER, these still counts towards your entry limit. Keep that in mind!
 
You're only able to get up to five tickets for this event.
 
*If entering multiple time for a humanoid form with one ketucari, they must either be the same race in each depiction, or you must be very clear in the descriptions which race their shift form is as unless they have the Glamour lineage skill a ketucari may only have one shift form of each type (Humanoid, Fauna, God). Prompts do not have to be "new" (as in posted after the event starts) however they cannot have been sumitted for previous years, used with Darhaskos's Talismans, or with Small Flip Coins.
 

ART PROMPT

Darhaskos has played a trick on you! Your ketucari has been transformed into one of Velukaelo's races. Draw your ketucari as one of the following. (Your choice!)
Human
Akadri
Jordskar
Hibridi
Heldyr
Lucedarian
Ketu-Nomaly
(Information about these races can be found at the bottom of THIS page)
 
NEW: As of 2021, you may instead transform your ketucari into one of Velukaelo's fauna (or any earth animal)!
You may make a reference, a simple standing sketch, a full illustration, or anything in between! All are acceptable.
Fauna Forms cannot have any extra traits or tells, such as danuoc scales carrying over between forms.
 
Must be full body.
70% of the body must be visible. (For those of you who hate drawing hands!)
Must be colored. Does not have to have shading.
While humanoid shift forms don't need to resemble the ketucari, please remember that animal forms Do.
Yes, you are allowed to include an outfit! Darhaskos isn't that cruel.
Nudity allowed. Please censor The Bits and apply the correct filter on whatever site you're hosting on.
Please be mature about this and do not include anything that would be considered erotic, thank you.
Submit your entries HERE
 

WRITING PROMPT

Darhaskos has played a trick on you! Your Ketucari has been transformed into one of Velukaelo's races. (Your choice!)
Human
Akadri
Jordskar
Hibridi
Heldyr
Lucedarian
Ketu-Nomaly
(Information about these races can be found at the bottom of THIS page)
NEW: As of 2021, you may instead transform your ketucari into one of Velukaelo's fauna (or any earth animal)!
What happens when they transform? How do they deal with it? How do others react to it? What do they look like? Tell us a story about this life-changing event! 300 words minimum per Ketucari.
Must have a decent description of what the Ketucari looks like in their new form at some point in the literature piece.
While humanoid shift forms don't need to resemble the ketucari, please remember that animal forms Do.
Roleplays are allowed, as long as the above requirements are met!
Submit your entries HERE
 

RULES

You may transform up to five (5) of your own Ketucari.
This limit still applies if somebody else designs your ketucari's new forms for you. You can draw/write for your own Ketucari, or for others. Please get permission before designing for other players.
The five Ketucari transformation limit only applies to your own Ketucari, you may design for as many people as you desire, as long as they do not go over their FIVE limit. You are allowed to do more than one art/lit piece. Do as many as you wish, but keep the above limit in mind. If a Ketucari with this new skill is transferred to a different player, they will keep the skill, and the new owner will be able to redesign their new form.
 

REWARDS

You will be able to draw your ketucari in this new form when participating in all future group activities!
They will be able to tap into their magic to shapeshift into this new form at will. This is entirely optional, but can be considered canon!
You will also be entered into an RNG giveaway.
 
Two members will win herbal brews (strong or normal,) and one lucky member will win two starter slots of their choice!
Three members will win their choice of a Small Flip Coin or a Darhaskos's Talisman!
The more entries you do, the more tickets you receive.
Five tickets max.
Raffle tickets go to the owner of the ketucari being transformed.
 
 
Lastly, we will be raffling off an import to one lucky grand prize winner!
IN ORDER TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THIS KETUCARI, YOU MUST COMMENT YOUR ENTRIES ON THIS THREAD: POST HERE WITH AT LEAST ONE COMPLETED ENTRY TO ENTER FOR THE RAFFLE KET
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The Wanderer Slot Raffle Season 5

Posted 1 month ago :: Last edited 3 weeks ago by Noirmori

The Wanderers

    A pack of young adult ketucari has recently been spotted roaming the continents, seeking to explore, learn, and socialize wherever they go. Calling themselves the Wanderers, their aim to experience all walks of life may cause their paths to cross with your very own ketucari! 

Current Wanderers

 

 

Every month, the group will be raffling off one slot to each of the above ketucari!

Bullet; White There are no restrictions on the usage of these slots.

Bullet; White Each slot also comes with a "built in" Sundisk of Nyssa, so that you may breed them with a male or female ketucari. They also do not require a litter guard.

Bullet; White You may enter once per ketucari, but you may only win one Wanderer slot total for the month.

Bullet; White Wanderers may be bred together if you happen to collect more than one slot over the course of a few months.

Bullet; White Wanderers are guaranteed to pass on their new gene(s), regardless of rarity, to at least one cub in the litter in breedings they take part in during the first 6 months that they’re active. New genes will be guaranteed to drop through September.

How to Enter

Bullet; White Simply create a piece that meets our minimum Group Submission Requirements showing one of your ketucari interacting with the Wanderer who's slot you would like to win! Collaborations are allowed, but in order to count for all involved parties, each must have a ketucari present in the piece. These pieces can double as any group activity but cannot be used in a second raffle here or in another group.

Bullet; White Only one Wanderer may be included per piece (ie, you cannot depict all six in one piece and use it as an entry for all of them). However, if collaborating pieces, more than one Wanderer may be included at a rate of One Per Person. However each player may only use one piece to enter for one Wanderer.
-i.e. Players 1, 2 and 3 collab on a piece with Hydrangea, Aletha, and Jed. Player 1 can use the piece to enter for Hydrangea, Aletha, or Jed, but not all three. Player 2 can do the same, as well as Player 3.
 
Bullet; White Remember that until they're raffled off, Wanderers are group owned. R rated entries and entries that are found to be disrespectful to either the Wanderer or any real life person, collective group of people, or culture, can be refused and rejected. They're allowed to be portrayed as creepy, or as villains if you like, but they Must be portrayed with respect, if only for the sake of the future owners.
 

Bullet; White Entries cannot double-dip into multiple raffles unless stated otherwise. Noted exceptions are the Annual WaLoS Raffle, and the Annual Eros and Firn slot raffles. Any other Event Raffles are a "no" unless stated otherwise.
This includes the raffles and draw to adopts in other species.


This mostly applies to literature, as it's harder to have blatant disrespect in visual mediums. However, as a bit of a rubric for the sorts of things that might ping as disrespectful:

-Non-spoken lines making fun of the character (such as calling them "gross")
-high number of "in character" or spoken lines making fun of the character
-calling them "it" (or any other pronoun) in a way that deprives the character of personhood (some Wanderers may use it/its! Respect that if/when it ocurrs!) (Your character is allowed to be mistaken, please try to be clear this is a character mistake and not an authorial one)
-entries that feel like they were written from a place of Disliking the character (we understand this is subjective, and other factors will be looked at)
-entries using the character as a mouthpiece for any sorts of views that deny other characters (or any people, groups of people, or cultures) personhood and basic dignity
-entries using the character as a vessel to insult other characters, players, admins, or other species
-portraying them as an obvious charicature of any ethnic group.
-uses slurs against them or involves them using slurs.

 
Bullet; White There will be up to 6 total winners, labelled 1-6. Winners will be asked to list the Wanderers they want in order of preference based on which number they have and who they put in entries for (you cannot put in a Sylphy entry and win Kurra, for example, but if you only entered for Jed you get priority on Jed).
-i.e. if you are the only person to put in an entry on both Hydrangea and Jed, you may choose which slot you would prefer to get, instead of receiving Jed by default.
-As of Season 5, in the event of low slot turnout players may win multiple slots per month! e.g. if you are the only entrant for Aletha and Kurra, you get both slots!

Bullet; White You may include multiple entries in one comment.

Bullet; White Comment your entry here:

 

Start-Of-Season Bonus Raffle

For March and April, we have a bonus raffle, due to accidentally not including the Deep Well modifier in our list of wanderers! (oops)

Skaði has come out from Rastyn's territories in Aegrus to join the Wanderers for a couple of months! They have the Deep Well modifer, Brow horns, and Spur horns from this year, as well as Noisy Wrought and Maltese from last year!

You can enter at this comment for a slot to Skaði - this is totally free and does not take an art entry! This also does not count against your wanderer entries - you can win a wanderer slot and a Skaði slot.

3 Slots will be raffled off per month this way!

Skaði is a regular starter and will not be raffled off for ownership.

 

Yearly Import Raffle
-CURRENTLY Closed-

 

Each year, the Wanderers will retire from their journey and seek a permanent residence as new pack members take their place. That means they could even end up with you!


Before we get started we need to establish a few things, however. As the Wanderers are not just fancy imports but characters you all have been developing through the year, we want to make the ownership rules clear.


Bullet; White Wanderers may not be redesigned. Tokens may be added if applicable, and accessories, Elemental Blessings, and new backgrounds can be added, but the actual character cannot be redesigned.

Bullet; White Wanderers may Not be resold for USD.

Bullet; White No Deceasing the import. If you don't want them, gift/trade them to someone else or give them back to the group. Imports returned to the group will not be re-raffled without your approval.

Bullet; White The New Owner may Not change their Wanderer's Attunement without use of the Attunement Shift item.

Bullet; White The New Owner will need to complete their Wanderer's Breeding Eligibility. Their Breeding Comment will be "locked" before they are transferred to their new owner. Slots written by the Matriarchs-Haunt account will not count against the Wanderer's used or total Slots.

Bullet; White The new Owner must be aware that their Wanderer will not keep their built in Guardian or Sun Disk.

Bullet; White If a Wanderer is somehow Unclaimed it will remain group-owned as a starter.

Bullet; White The New Owner must be aware that their Wanderer will maintain their "Starter" status and may be added to lineages as needed.

With that established, here is how

 


How to Enter
-CURRENTLY Closed-


Bullet; White As with the Slot Raffle, you must create a piece that meets our minimum Group Submission Requirements showing one of your ketucari interacting with the Wanderer who's slot you would like to win! THESE PIECES MAY BE COMMISSIONED. Commissioned entries may be used by both Commissioner and Commissionee as long as each has a ket present in the piece. Collaborations are allowed, but in order to count for all involved parties, each must have a ketucari present in the piece. These pieces can double as any group activity but cannot be used in a second raffle here or in another group.

Bullet; White UNLIKE with the Slots, you may include up to 3 Wanderers in an entry and it will count for all of them.

Bullet; White There will be up to 6 total winners, labelled 1-6. Winners will be asked to list the Wanderers they want in order of preference based on which number they have and who they put in entries for (you cannot put in a Geiger entry and win Leslie, for example, but if you only entered for Geiger you get priority on Geiger).
A player can win more than one Wanderer in the following conditions:
- They are the sole entrant for more than one Wanderer
- There are fewer than 6 total entrants and multiple people entered for multiple Wanderers
- If there is somehow a "leftover" Wanderer who has an entry in, but for whatever reason they didn't go out in the First or Second rolling phase.
 

Reputation System

Starting in 2024, Wanderers will have a Reputation system. What this is, is essentially a reward for commitment towards a given Wanderer. Entering for Slots to that Wanderer will increase your chances of winning Ownership of them if you enter the ownership raffle.

If you have Two entries for slots to any specific Wanderer throughout the year, you can gain +1 entry into the Ownership raffle for that particular Wanderer.

How this works in practice is essentially increased priority over others who Don't have that +1, where if you and one other player both enter for Sylphy and no other Wanderer, and no one else entered for Sylphy, and you have the +1 and they don't, you're going to be the one to receive Sylphy.
If you enter for multiple Wanderers, and we have a year where there's competition for them and we actually need to use the raffle list, your name will be entered twice so you have a higher chance of winning.

 



Bullet; White Comment your entry here: >CURRENTLY CLOSED< 

Current Wanderers are due to be adopted out on March 1st, 2025

 

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March Update

Posted 1 month ago :: Last edited 1 month ago by Anarchie

Welcome to March!

Wanderers

This month's Wanderer slot winners are:

Cape - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Temotepis - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Imorys - ASimpleMoon with https://www.weasyl.com/~asimplemoon/submissions/2356677/tree-bashing | Slot: https://ketucari.com/comment/2883
Kielo - Noirmori with https://ketucari.com/gallery/view/382 | Slot: https://ketucari.com/comment/2882
Leslie - Sirenianheart with https://www.weasyl.com/~sirenianheart/submissions/2351881/maketh-yonder-rock-explode | Slot: https://ketucari.com/comment/2600 
Geiger - Goo-Lion with https://www.weasyl.com/~goolion/submissions/2354049/naku-misstep | Slot: https://ketucari.com/comment/2723

Wanderers have cycled out! The Wanderer ownership winners are:

Cape - Noirmori with https://ketucari.com/gallery/view/381
Temotepis - pawstepsinthesnow with https://ketucari.com/gallery/view/386
Imorys - CosmicShenanigans with https://www.deviantart.com/cosmicslug101/art/don-t-judge-a-thing-1020904248
Kielo - IIIXKitsuneXIII with https://www.weasyl.com/~iiixkitsunexiii/submissions/2355418/judge-the-dead
Leslie - Anarchisme with https://www.weasyl.com/~anarchie/submissions/2352453/i-don-t-eat-i-don-t-sleep-idon-teatidon-tsleepidon-teat-i-let-it-consume-me
Geiger - Sirenianheart with https://www.weasyl.com/~sirenianheart/submissions/2355496/desert-wind

If you want in on nice slots, check out the Wanderer Slot Raffle! We're now on Season 5, with new wanderers! Meet Sylphy, Aletha, Atheristay, Kurra, Jed, and Hydrangea!

There's also a bonus raffle at the linked Wanderer Slot Raffle during March and April due to Deep Well not being on any of the starters! Skaði has Deep Well as well as some other sought-after genes and is having 3 slots raffled off per month!

Bounty

The Monthly Bounty is located on the deviantArt page for the group! This month's bounty is:

Bee’s Cooking Competition

Bee says:
“Hi there, I’m putting together a cooking competition! If you like cooking at all, come on over and show off your skills and have some fun with us! And of course we’ll get to taste everyone’s delicious meals afterwards"

Check it out and read more about bounties on the dA page!

Current Events

Flash Sale Extended

The Flash Sale for Kitty has been extended until April 7th! If you weren't already aware of it, we're having a fundraiser for our admin IIIXKitsuneXIII due to some unexpected vet bills. There was an additional cost, and so the sale was extended. If you have anything you need to get, feel free to check it out!

Pack Revamp Released

The pack revamp is released! Territory Wars now have PVP again, Deity Allegiances are easier and better than ever, the pack inventory is on site, and more! Check out the info on it in this news page!

Ocean Shadows Claims

If you haven't already, and you participated in the event, send in your claims for Ocean Shadows! Instructions on how are in the Ocean Shadows post!

Singing Vale Raid Soon

The Singing Vale is now at 230/250 points towards a raid at time of writing this - we'll continue to alert you to a raid happening somewhat soon until it hits! Get your ketucari's skills and armor ready to take on Hianlian! Remember that Hianlian's attacks will be scaled to your ketucari's armor, so even low-armor ketucari can enter - armor does affect some things, however, such as amount healed!

Anarchie is planning an unofficial (player-run, not group-run) siege on the Singing Vale via the Territory Wars feature in two separate packs at the same time, to get the raid points up faster. Please feel free to ask eir about it if you're interested.

That's all for now! See you in April for WaLoS!

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Flash Sale for Kitty Southpaw

Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 1 month ago by Anarchie

Hey, we're running a flash sale! Sorry for coming out of nowhere, but our admin iiixkitsunexiii had some unexpected vet bills come up for Kitty, and we wanted to run a sale to see if we could help offset the cost.

All proceeds from this sale go directly to Kitsu, for Kitty.
Any left over from his care will go back into the group funds for things like server space, commissioning backgrounds, and keeping Core up to date.
Current price of his care is $1,500 USD, Kitsu is looking to recoup just $700-$1200 of that to be able to pay other important bills, however every little bit helps!


Please allow 48 hours for your purchase confirmation.

 

END DATE

The end date of this sale will be April 7th at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time.

 

PAYMENT

  • Payment is through either paypal or PayPal Invoices. Invoices do not require a Paypal account so please let us know if you need that option!
  • All prices are in USD.
  • E-Checks are not accepted.
  • The threads for each type of purchase will be linked in their appropriate category below!

STARTER SLOTS

CLICK FOR 7 USD TIER

CLICK FOR 15 USD TIER

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE A STARTER SLOT

 

ROULETTE LITTERS - 15 USD EACH

 

  • “Roulette litter” means that the sire and dam are randomly chosen out of all available starters. Specific starters cannot be requested, as this defeats the purpose of the randomness.
  • Each litter will contain 2-4 cubs.
  • An admin will randomly roll which sire and which dam will be used for your litter, then roll the resulting cubs. This is done purely by RNG, which will also be determining the litter size. The parents, as well as the litter itself, will be posted to Breeding Requests and you will be notified once it's up! After that, what you decide to do with the cubs is up to you! They are yours to keep, sell, trade, etc. 

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE A ROULETTE LITTER

 

WILD CUBS - 8 USD EACH

  • Wild cubs work exactly like a wild ketucari you’d find with the Charming skill! Their genes are randomly generated and they may or may not have unknown lineage depending on their rarity.

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE A WILD CUB

 

Veluchasm Throwback - 8 USD EACH, One Per Player

  • Purchase a Ketixi breeding slot here to create an off-season ketixi! Per usual this does not use up any breeding slots for the rixixi or ketucari involved. You'll need to provide your own Ixi and Ketucari slots, however, or request a starter from an admin in either group!

Comment here to breed a new ketixi

 

GENE TOKENS - 10 USD FOR COMMON GENES, 15 USD FOR UNCOMMON GENES

  • Feather types are not available as tokens.
  • Common and uncommon genes are available! You can find them here, at the bottom: Breeding 
  • Be sure to read the rules for applying tokens here: Obtaining and Applying Tokens

The following genes are NOT Available at this time:
Bib, Blaze, Chaps, Empty, Frosted, Sooty, Primary Horns: Brow, Tertiary Horns: Spur, Deep modifier

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE A TOKEN

 

SEMI-CUSTOMS - 15 USD BASE PRICE

  • Base semi-customs include:
    • Ww litter size gene + a lineage
    • 4 common genes OR 3 common and 1 uncommon gene OR  two uncommon genes OR one rare gene
    • Uncommon marking may be swapped for horns OR an additional common marking
    • The base uncommon gene may be used to apply tint or any of the Dun Modifier Coats or Sheen Modifier Coats.!
  • Base Coat Add-ons:
    • Please note that genes affecting coat color can only be added via this section. This means that making a blended base is now possible, as vivid and dilute no longer count toward the marking limit, only the base color limit.
    • Uncommon base modifiers (max 1) are +7 USD
    • Rare base modifiers (max 2) +15 USD
    • Albino customs are on a sliding scale! 
      • Basic albino +10 USD
      • Albino covering 6-8 genes +15 USD
      • Albino covering 9+ genes (not including horns) +20 USD
      • You can see a guide to this scale here: Albino Price Guide
  • Other Add-ons:
    • +B for inferno and +Tri for lintosi are +5 USD
    • +Me for Melanistic Pastel (carried or displayed) is +7 USD
    • Extra common genes (max 2)  are +5 USD
    • Extra uncommon genes (max 2)  are +7 USD
    • Rare genes (max 1) are +15 USD
    • Fantail/Lucerne feathers are +15 USD
    • Every other feather type is +20 USD
    • Primary horns are +10 USD *Note that these count toward the uncommon limit
    • Secondary and tertiary horns are +5 USD *Note that these count toward the common limit
    • Ryno and Danuoc can be selected for free. Garoch Build can be added for +5 USD.
    • The following genes are NOT Directly Available at this time:
      • Bib, Blaze, Chaps, Empty, Frosted, Sooty, Well, Deep modifier, Primary Horns: Brow, Tertiary Horns: Spur

 

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE A SEMI-CUSTOM

 

ITEM PACKS

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE AN ITEM PACK

 

POUCH OF RAW MATERIALS - 8 USD

  • Can be redeemed for your choice of 5 legendary tier ingredients.

BREEDING PACK - 10 USD

x1 Strong Herbal Brew

x1 Flourishing Elixir

x1 Guard Talisman

x1 Gem Dust

DELUXE BREEDING PACK - 30 USD

x3 Strong Herbal Brew

x3 Flourishing Elixir

x3 Guard Talisman

x3 Gem Dust

x3 Herbal Brew

GENO MAKEOVER PACK - 25 USD

x1 Stoplight Stuffed Peppers

x3 Tanqorah's Suds

x3 Figure of Eirian

x3 Figure of Verdani

x2 Dylana Statuette

x2 Ancestor's Blessing

x1 Feather Wand

x1 Truth's Visage

x1 Bronze Clippers

x1 Mithril Clippers

LOW TIER PROSPECTING PACK - 5 USD OR 2.50 USD FOR JUST THE ORE OR JUST THE ARTIFACTS

x20 Copper Ore

x10 Leather Scrap

x1 EACH Heldyrite

x1 Ancient Medallion

x1 Stone Tablet

x1 Figure of Eirian

x1 Bronze Clippers

x5 Gem Dust

LOW TIER ALCHEMY PACK - 5 USD

x15 Armosi

x15 Leriss

x15 Shyl

x15 Satia

x15 Snow Cap

x15 Yellow Sedge

x1 Volatile Potion

x1 Raw Hate

x1 Explorer's Spirit

LOW TIER Engineering PACK - 5 USD

x5 Gear

x5 Glass

x5 Shaft

x5 Data Chip

x2 Replicator

x1 Buyer's choice of [Event Simulator / Energy Shield / Night Vision Goggles / Pheromone Diffuser]

LOW TIER Cooking PACK - 5 USD

x10 Sugar

x10 Leafy Greens

x10 Salt

x10 Frostberry

x10 Milk

x10 Betta Meat

x5 Broth

x5 Flour

x1 Bone Growth Shake

MID TIER PROSPECTING PACK - 10 USD OR 5 USD FOR JUST THE ORE OR JUST THE ARTIFACTS

x25 Iron Ore

x1 EACH Naliem

x1 Tattered Scroll

x1 Clay Statue

x1 Figure of Verdani

x1 Headdress of Okianis

MID TIER ALCHEMY PACK - 10 USD

x15 Asher

x15 Banukel

x15 Kelem

x15 Seit

x15 Whitsul

x15 Ykalu

Mid TIER Engineering PACK - 10 USD

x5 Capacitor

x5 Semi-Conductor

x5 Data Chip

x10 Gear

x10 Glass

x10 Shaft

x1 Buyer's Choice of [Botany / Geology / Artifact] Database

x1 Zone Mapper

x1 Tactical Simulation

Mid TIER Cooking PACK - 10 USD

x10 Egg

x10 Onion

x10 Pepper

x10 Bamboo

x1 Combo Slammer

x1 Frostberry Pie

x1 Buyer's Choice [Frostberry Pie / Peace Offering]

HIGH TIER PROSPECTING PACK - 15 USD OR 7.50 USD FOR JUST THE ORE OR JUST THE ARTIFACTS

x25 Mithril Ore

x1 EACH Toresul

x1 Golden Chalice

x1 Timeworn Skull

x1 Dylana Statuette

x1 Crown of the False King

x1 Truth's Visage

x1 Mithril Clippers

HIGH TIER ALCHEMY PACK - 15 USD

x15 Danios

x15 Dragon’s Claw

x15 Dramos

x15 Irakel

x15 Morban

x15 Nutili

High TIER Engineering PACK - 15 USD

x5 Bearing

x5 Energy Core

x5 Capacitor

x5 Semi-Conductor

x10 Gear

x10 Glass

x10 Shaft

x1 Cloning Vat

x1 Tactical Simulation

x1 Tracking Collar

High TIER Cooking Pack - 15 USD

x20 Egg

x20 Onion

x20 Pepper

x20 Bamboo

x20 Sugar

x20 Leafy Greens

x20 Salt

x20 Frostberry

x20 Milk

x20 Betta Meat

x20 Broth

x20 Flour

x1 Sweet and Savory Dinner

x1 Stoplight Stuffed Peppers

x1 Fragrant Roast

LEGENDARY PROSPECTING PACK - 30 USD OR 15 USD FOR JUST THE ARTIFACTS OR JUST THE ORE & GEMS

x20 Garonite Ore

x1 EACH Daras

x2  Legendary artifacts of your choice

x2 Legendary armorsmithin items of your choice

LEGENDARY ARTIFACT PACK - 30 USD

x1 Sundisk of Nyssa

x1 Kohto’s Rattle

x1 Nature Scroll

x1 Ancestor’s Blessing

x1 Large Flip Coin

x1 Small Flip Coin

LEGENDARY ALCHEMY PACK - 20 USD

x15 Alear

x15 Dynyr

x15 Fotur

x15 Nysine

x15 Rugha

x15 Yendi

x1 Mutation Potion

x1 Guardian Paste

x1 Darhaskos's Talisman

x1 Bottle Glamour

x1 Mytical Feather Wand

ULTRA PROSPECTING PACK - 30 USD

x20 Copper Ore

x1 EACH Heldyrite

x1 Ancient Medallion

x1 Stone Tablet

x25 Iron Ore

x1 EACH Naliem

x1 Tattered Scroll

x1 Clay Statue

x25 Mithril Ore

x1 EACH Toresul

x1 Golden Chalice

x1 Timeworn Skull

x1 Truth's Visage

x1 Bronze Clippers

x1 Mithril Clippers

ULTRA PLUS PROSPECTING PACK - 55 USD

x20 Copper Ore

x1 EACH Heldyrite

x1 Ancient Medallion

x1 Stone Tablet

x25 Iron Ore

x1 EACH Naliem

x1 Tattered Scroll

x1 Clay Statue

x25 Mithril Ore

x1 EACH Toresul

x1 Golden Chalice

x1 Timeworn Skull

x1 Truth's Visage

x1 Sundisk of Nyssa

x1 Kohto’s Rattle

x1 Nature Scroll

x1 Ancestor’s Blessing

x1 Large Flip Coin

x1 Small Flip Coin

x1 Bronze Clippers

x1 Mithril Clippers

LEGENDARY ARMOR ITEMS PACK - 30 USD

x1 Bracer of Balance

x1 Claw Sheaths

x1 Scepter of Life

x1 Foundling Amulet

x1 Lucky Charm

LEGENDARY Engineering PACK - 30 USD

x1 Distress Beacon

x1 Scenic Hologram

x1 Mythic Simulator

x1 EVA Toolkit

x1 Surgical Suite

x1 Personal Radar

LEGENDARY Cooking Pack PACK - 30 USD

x1 Aromatic Forage

x1 Luscious Bait

x1 Ambrosia Ale

x1 Lover's Banquet

x1 Salamander Soup

x1 Banshee's Confit

x1 Divine Wine

LEGENDARY ITEM GRAB BAG - 20 USD

x1 Legendary alchemy item of your choice

x1 Legendary engineering item of your choice

x1 Legendary cooking item of your choice

x1 Legendary armor item of your choice

x1 Legendary artifact of your choice

PAST RAID ACCCESSORIES SET - 10 USD

One of each accessory-- please see Pantheon page for contents!

  • Hianlian Relic Set
  • Guro Relic Set
  • Hyperion Relic Set
  • Kalet Relic Set

PAST EVENT PETS - 3 USD EACH

  • Ketucabra cub
  • Winter ground streak
  • Mastiff puppy
  • Serpent
  • Angel hare
  • Fire sprite
  • Dwarf snowbear
  • Otter pup
  • Roothorne

PAST RAID VESTIGES - 3 USD EACH

  • Vestige of Hianlian
  • Vestige of Guro
  • Vestige of Hyperion
  • Vestige of Kalet

COMMENT HERE TO PURCHASE A PET

 

Thank you everyone in advance for supporting the group and allowing us to continue developing this awesome community!

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The Wanderer Slot Raffle Season 4

Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by Noirmori

The Wanderers

    A pack of young adult ketucari has recently been spotted roaming the continents, seeking to explore, learn, and socialize wherever they go. Calling themselves the Wanderers, their aim to experience all walks of life may cause their paths to cross with your very own ketucari! 

Current Wanderers

 

 

Every month, the group will be raffling off one slot to each of the above ketucari!

Bullet; White There are no restrictions on the usage of these slots.

Bullet; White Each slot also comes with a "built in" Sundisk of Nyssa, so that you may breed them with a male or female ketucari. They also do not require a litter guard.

Bullet; White You may enter once per ketucari, but you may only win one Wanderer slot total for the month.

Bullet; White Wanderers may be bred together if you happen to collect more than one slot over the course of a few months.

How to Enter

Bullet; White Simply create a piece that meets our minimum Group Submission Requirements showing one of your ketucari interacting with the Wanderer who's slot you would like to win! Collaborations are allowed, but in order to count for all involved parties, each must have a ketucari present in the piece.

Bullet; White Only one Wanderer may be included per piece (ie, you cannot depict all six in one piece and use it as an entry for all of them). However, if collaborating pieces, more than one Wanderer may be included at a rate of One Per Person. However each player may only use one piece to enter for one Wanderer.
-i.e. Players 1, 2 and 3 collab on a piece with Manghild, Liatris, and Hen'ri. Player 1 can use the piece to enter for Manghild, Liatris, or Hen'ri, but not all three. Player 2 can do the same, as well as Player 3.
 
Bullet; White Remember that until they're raffled off, Wanderers are group owned. R rated entries and entries that are found to be disrespectful to either the Wanderer or any real life person, collective group of people, or culture, can be refused and rejected. They're allowed to be portrayed as creepy, or as villains if you like, but they Must be portrayed with respect, if only for the sake of the future owners.
 

Bullet; White Entries cannot double-dip into multiple raffles unless stated otherwise. Noted exceptions are the Annual WaLoS Raffle, and the Annual Eros and Firn slot raffles. Any other Event Raffles are a "no" unless stated otherwise.
This includes the raffles and draw to adopts in other species.


This mostly applies to literature, as it's harder to have blatant disrespect in visual mediums. However, as a bit of a rubric for the sorts of things that might ping as disrespectful:

-Non-spoken lines making fun of the character (such as calling them "gross")
-high number of "in character" or spoken lines making fun of the character
-calling them "it" (or any other pronoun) in a way that deprives the character of personhood
-entries that feel like they were written from a place of Disliking the character (we understand this is subjective, and other factors will be looked at)
-entries using the character as a mouthpiece for any sorts of views that deny other characters (or any people, groups of people, or cultures) personhood and basic dignity
-entries using the character as a vessel to insult other characters, players, admins, or other species

 
Bullet; White There will be up to 6 total winners, labelled 1-6. Winners will be asked to list the Wanderers they want in order of preference based on which number they have and who they put in entries for (you cannot put in a Livia entry and win Fionn, for example, but if you only entered for Bun you get priority on Bun).
-i.e. if you are the only person to put in an entry on both Temotepis and Cape, you may choose which slot you would prefer to get, instead of receiving Temotepis by default.

Bullet; White You may include multiple entries in one comment.

Bullet; White Comment your entry here:
AUGUST 2023
JUNE 2023

 

 

Yearly Import Raffle
-CURRENTLY OPEN-

 

Each year, the Wanderers will retire from their journey and seek a permanent residence as new pack members take their place. That means they could even end up with you!


Before we get started we need to establish a few things, however. As the Wanderers are not just fancy imports but characters you all have been developing through the year, we want to make the ownership rules clear.


Bullet; White Wanderers may not be redesigned. Tokens may be added if applicable, and accessories, Elemental Blessings, and new backgrounds can be added, but the actual character cannot be redesigned.

Bullet; White Wanderers may Not be resold for USD.

Bullet; White No Deceasing the import. If you don't want them, gift/trade them to someone else or give them back to the group. Imports returned to the group will not be re-raffled without your approval/

Bullet; White The New Owner may Not change their Wanderer's Attunement without use of the Attunement Shift item.

Bullet; White The New Owner will need to complete their Wanderer's Breeding Eligibility. Their Breeding Comment will be "locked" before they are transferred to their new owner. Slots written by the Matriarchs-Haunt account will not count against the Wanderer's used or total Slots.

Bullet; White The new Owner must be aware that their Wanderer will not keep their built in Guardian or Sun Disk.

Bullet; White If a Wanderer is somehow Unclaimed it will remain group-owned as a starter.

Bullet; White The New Owner must be aware that their Wanderer will maintain their "Starter" status and be added to lineages as needed.

With that established, here is how

 


How to Enter
-CURRENTLY OPEN-


Bullet; White As with the Slot Raffle, you must create a piece that meets our minimum Group Submission Requirements showing one of your ketucari interacting with the Wanderer who's slot you would like to win! THESE PIECES MAY BE COMMISSIONED. Commissioned entries may be used by both Commissioner and Commissionee as long as each has a ket present in the piece. Collaborations are allowed, but in order to count for all involved parties, each must have a ketucari present in the piece.

Bullet; White UNLIKE with the Slots, you may include up to 3 Wanderers in an entry and it will count for all of them.

Bullet; White There will be up to 6 total winners, labelled 1-6. Winners will be asked to list the Wanderers they want in order of preference based on which number they have and who they put in entries for (you cannot put in a Geiger entry and win Leslie, for example, but if you only entered for Geiger you get priority on Geiger).

Bullet; White Comment your entry here: >CURRENTLY OPEN< 

Current Wanderers are due to be adopted out on March 1st, 2024

 

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Pack Update!

Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by Anarchie

Hey, everyone! Big news for packs! We know that they've been a little underutilized as of late, but we're hoping that this update will make them a little easier to use and also more entertaining!

Packs Now On Site

You can find the main information at the Pack Hub! This is linked on the dA page and will be in the resources dropdown within the next couple of days.

Most of the things are right where we left them, just ported to a site page, but there are some changes!

Pack Pages

Packs all have their own pages now, which can be found here! This page will be linked somewhere obvious soon, our sitemaster is working on it! (: If you want a thumbnail or new rank added to your pack, please feel free to contact an admin and we'll get you set up! (The thumbnails added now were mostly added to test the feature)

You can view player packs the regular way too, on the Player Pack list! This is just a neat new feature.

We also have a heavily updated Group-Owned Packs list (previously called Canon Packs), which includes the newer packs displayed on starters more recently!

PVP

Territory Wars PVP is back! We figured out a couple of ways to do it that would be fair to both packs. We now have Wagers and Sieges.

For Wagers, both packs must already have territory. Each pack wagers one of their own territory subzones, and the other pack will attempt their claim in that subzone. Whoever has the most successes in the end will win the wagered territory, and they will not lose their wagered territory!

Sieges occur when both packs want the same territory. The claim works similarly to a PVE Territory Wars claim, except that KVKs, if done, should be between the pack members. Like wagers, the pack with the most successes will win the territory!

If two packs doing PVP are owned by the same person, this is allowed, but multiple people have to join in the claim in both packs to make things fair.

Pack Hoard

The pack hoard is now handled through the site! Members who have a ketucari that leads a pack should be able to transfer items in and out of their pack hoard. If you want to add a treasurer (or the same role in another name) to your pack, please ask an admin! We would be happy to help.

Pack hoards should generally be used to aid the pack, and pack hoards being used solely for personal gain may be cause for a warning or ban. Please be courteous!

Allying Deities

Allying Deities is now easier than ever! Offerings have been boosted by 10x, and trade goods have been boosted by various different rates as well! Also, Deities now ally permanently, and can ally to multiple packs at once! As a result, the threshhold to ally tier 2 and 3 deities is now higher. We hope this makes the feature far more enjoyable and easy to use!

Misc. New Stuff

Other than that, most of the new stuff is that creating a pack and buying slots for it are now handled through comments on site rather than in dA notes!

Go ahead and check it out if you feel like it, we hope you enjoy it and that it's convenient for you!

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Ocean Shadows

Posted 5 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by Matriarchs-Haunt

EVENT: OCEAN SHADOWS

INTRODUCTION

The western winds are blowing more sweetly since the fog around Zolkanis has dissipated. Sea travel in the west has gotten easier, and the scars the War left on the world are healing better than ever before.

A new faction has also joined the playing field: Since no records exist of the western continent in known cartography, some adventurous souls have formed the Cartography Guild! The Guild has spent the last several months making new maps of the world using detailed equipment and laser readings. Their latest work: carefully exploring Paschmahaa to make topographical maps and take magical energy readings of the sea floor.
Which is where things get… strange.

The seafloor is brimming with magical energy.

Unprecedented amounts of magical energy -- and after some dredging, technology that hasn’t been seen since the Akadri wars.

Now, the Cartography Guild is partnering with Kembali Biotech to learn more, and Kembali has once again sent out invitations for an expedition.

We can only hope it goes better than the last one…

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A crowd has been gathered in Zolk’s Arena in response to the invitation. It’s the only place large enough to house this many ketucari at once, not to mention the akadri, heldyr, hibridi, jordskar, lucedarians, and k-nomalies who have taken up the remaining bits of space. On a crudely erected stage at the front of the Arena, a grizzled smooth kadin with an eyepatch and several missing limbs looks over the gathered crowd. Beside her stands a hologram that might be familiar to some: Emdee Dielle. Both are wearing their friendliest smiles, but it is the kadin that stands at the podium to speak into the microphone.

“GREETINGS!” She booms suddenly, the microphone screeching. “MY NAM-”

Emdee’s hologram taps her arm and she cuts off. Emdee whispers something, and the kadin flushes, fluffs her feathers, and shakes herself. “Apologies, Indoor voices are not my strength--My name is Kartha, and I am the founder and lead explorer of the Cartography Guild! I’m very grateful that you all have gathered here today! My Guild has been working tirelessly since the fading of the fog to provide a more accurate map of Velukaelo, and we have started with Paschmahaa! Which is what brings us here. My Guild is small, and we’re making big discoveries! Too big, and worrisome. We ask that you join our expedition and report what you find! We will provide room, board, pay, and you can keep whatever spoils you find! All we require is that you be willing to get your paws wet!”

There are murmurs, questions.

Kartha listens to them: “What sort of danger are we putting ourselves in?”, “What’s the reward?”, “When is all of this happening?”, “What’s got you guys so spooked?”

Kartha listens. Answers. “The short version: Potentially mortal peril. There’s monsters in that ocean. Animals the size of the Gods. Bugs the size of armatherium. I’m only one ketucari, and my Guild? We ain’t fighters. We need bodyguards. We need more hands on the maps, we need more hands on the tools. And well, Something is watching us in those waters, and that Something is why I contacted Emdee. See,” Karta turns, motioning to her left, and a photo flashes onto the projector screen behind her. Dark waters obscure the shape of whatever is there. It’s large, front heavy with four legs, with a long tail tipped with thagomizers. It doesn’t look like it belongs in the water.
Its eyes are reflecting the flash of the camera.
“These creatures--we think they may be cousins to our kind: Offspring of the gods like our ryno and danuoc friends. But they’re skittish and surprisingly fast. We can’t keep up with them and they vanish deeper into earth, below where our equipment can take us. That’s why we need your help. If you can, we’d like someone to meet even one of these strangers--confirm what they are--and if they are indeed our cousins, try to re-establish contact that we suspect has been lost since the Akadri War.”

 

RULES AND PROCESS

You will be exploring a new zone through Three Phases.
Each phase will last a Minimum of two weeks and a maximum of a month.

You must go through the phases consecutively.
You may enter with a maximum of 3 individual ketucari. (They will be registered pre-participation)
If you miss Phase 1 but want to enter Phase 2, you may retroactively enter for Phase 1 as long as 2 is Active.
However if you miss both 1 and 2, you may NOT enter Phase 3.

Each Phase has a requirement of 10 total art pieces across all participants in order to unlock the next Phase.

>REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE<

>Starter Rental Here<

 

RULES

 

1: Players may enter each phase multiple times, but only one entry per day.

2: You MUST enter Phases 1 and 2 by the deadline in order to enter Phase 3.

3: Players may enter a maximum of 3 ketucari and/or humanoid companions for the event, up to 3 kets per piece.

4: Be sure to take note of any ADDITIONAL requirements for each individual Phase.

5: If your piece meets the minimum group requirements for activities, it may be submitted for rolling as soon as it is posted.
5b: However, Scouting is NOT fully unlocked in Paschmahaa until all Subzones are fully revealed, and your roles may be minorly altered if you receive a map for an unrevealed subzone.

 

REQUIREMENTS

1a: Minimum art requirements are a clean-lined full color or grayscale fullbody of your ketucari exploring the new zone: This can be a background or a prop.
1b: Minimum literature requirements are 300 words describing your ketucari exploring the new zone.

2: Props must be recognizably relevant to the zone or event.

3: If your piece meets group requirements it can be submitted as an Adventure, Skill Unlock, or Battle once the event is over.

4: Each Phase has Bonus Prompts with their own prizes!

 

REWARDS
REWARDS ARE CUMULATIVE!
REWARDS ARE PER PLAYER UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE

 

For Entering 1 Phase:

25 Gold
One bundle of [player’s choice of low-to-harsh herb], a flask
10 scraps of leather
“Cartographic Helper” Title, worth 5 LP! (Per ket)
Entry into the mystery raffle at the end of the event!
Cartography Gear Apparel (per ket, does NOT need to be equipped to the ketucari who earned it) [You can find it >Here<]

Entering 2 Phases:

75 Gold
Two bundles of [player’s choice of low-to-harsh herb], a Binding Reagent
20 Copper Ore
Player’s Choice of Paschmahaa OR Zolkanis Fauna (random color)
A special event background.  This background, "Streets of Paschara" will also be available through Scouting! This Background is linked to the ketucari they entered with!
Player’s choice of 1 new starter slots. New Starters are: Corondum ST-3126, Rauri ST-3127, Vara ST-3128, Paleeka ST-3129, Razure ST-3130
Randomly colored Gila Monster.

For entering all 3 Phases:

100 gold
Three Bundles of [player’s choice of low-to-harsh herb], a flask, and a binding reagent
25 Iron Ore and 10 scraps of leather
If your Ketucari was Honoroable in Phase 2: They gain the "Ally of Paschara" Title, worth 15 LP!
If your ketucari was Notorious in Phase 2: They gain the "Nemesis of Paschara" Title, worth 15 LP!
Player’s choice of 1 Starter Slot (not including Firn, Atlach, Eros, Baker, or any of the Wanderers/Former Wanderers)
A Semi Custom*
Player's choice of color Gila Monster.

Additionally, every piece that meets minimum group art requirements will receive a randomly sized treasure chest!

 

*Semi Custom Details

Buff/Bronze/Brown/Charcoal Base
Standard, Ryno, Danuoc Build
You may unlock the Garoch Build by completing 1 Bonus Prompt.
Gene Combination Options:
Buff/Bronze/Brown/Charcoal
NEW GENES AVAILABLE
New Genes Include: Flow (Rare), Chain (Uncommon), Halos (Common), Hearth (Common), Skink (Uncommon), Streak (Common)

1 Rare + 1 common
Or
2 Uncommon 2 common
Or
1 Uncommon 3 common
Or
4 Common

Feathers count for rare
Horns count for Uncommon

Cloning Vats may be used.



RAFFLE

Entering any phase of the event allows you to enter into a (temporarily) mystery import raffle!
The imports will be revealed in Phase 2. You will be able to gain up to 4 “tickets” for the raffle, but you can only win once unless there are fewer winners than imports, or someone opts out.

There will be 6 imports.

When rolled, Winners will receive a number, 1-6, and they will be asked to respond within 48 hours with their top picks in order of preference. You get as many picks as your number.
Failure to reply within 48 hours will lose them their slot.

With the release of Phase 2, The Strangers are now revealed!

 

 

 

 

PHASE 1: Black water

Phase is Open Until: January 15, 11:59PM PST
Phase 2 Opens at: December 1st if 10 pieces are received, December 15th otherwise.

PHASE 2 WILL OPEN DECEMBER 1st

 

Toggle Spoiler

Subzones: Oversea, Hataar’s Drop Off


The black waters of Paschmahaa lap at your ship. Kartha could only take a few ketucari onto each ship, but she was true to her word. The Galleons are HUGE and have been built so that a ketucari can be comfortable. Everyone has been allowed to look at the weird energy readings if they so wished.
And now the time has come: Time To Get In The Water. You’ve been given gear to detect magical and electromagnetic readings. You’ve been given swim gear, you’ve been given a waterproof watch that reads your biometrics to make sure you don’t drown yourself by going too deep, and you’ve even been given a waterproof pencil on special paper as well as Several waterproof cameras and camera bots, and goggles to protect your eyes. Kartha is suiting up right next to you.
“Remember, we’re here looking into a particular creature.” Once more, Kartha shows the picture. “If at all possible, find one of our watchers! And follow them!”
You’re put in the small research boats and turned loose into the toxic black waves.

The waters are Dark. You can’t tell if it’s soot, ash, the centuries of toxic fog, or the lack of plants.
It’s probably the lack of plants, the water was much greener near Leto.
The water is dark, but you understand now why the ship is parked a kilometer away and why your team was put out in little boats: It looks like someone sank the Singing Vale: spires and mountains and crests of stone split the ocean floor into valleys. The spires reach up to the surface, where they become islands brimming with lush greenery.
There is no “up” in this place, unless you’re at the surface. The water is dark, murky, it’s hard to see the light at the surface. And you know it goes Deeper.

In the distance, something roars. You hope it’s not the domain guardian.


Your task is simple: explore every nook and cranny of this dark ocean. Hope that the Guardian--Kartha called them “Chayandhal”?--is friendly rather than hostile.
And most importantly, investigate the fauna. Kartha said there’s something Big, like, Twice the size of a Ryno big, and well. Something keeps Roaring.


>POST YOUR RESPONSES HERE<

!10/10 Pieces Received!
Phase is Open Until: January 15, 11:59PM PST
Phase 2 Opens at: December 1st if 10 pieces are received, December 15th otherwise.

PROMPT: Please respond to any previously posted part of the event, be it the introduction or the Phase 1 Scene setting.
REQUIREMENTS [ART]: Clean colored or greyscale fullbody +prop(s)
REQUIREMENTS [LIT]: 300 Words (+100 per ket).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT: If your ketucari is in the water and does not have Thick Skin or Aquatic, they must have SOME sort of swim gear such as a snorkel, incorrectly worn swim trunks, flippers, a wetsuit, water goggles, or some sort of life rope. These are dangerous and unknown waters and the Cartography Guild is more than a little worried about getting sued if you drown.

COLLABS ALLOWED. All collabing players must have a ketucari present, and the finished collab must meet minimum group requirements. Collaborations count for as many pieces as there are collaborators. Maximum three 3 kets per piece.


BONUS PROMPTS

Bonus Prompts can be completed within your pieces to net you extra rewards. Each bonus prompt can only be completed twice.

A: Show your ketucari interacting with Kartha (+10 gold, Kartha must also be a fullbody)

B: Show your ketucari interacting with one of the new fauna (chance to “capture), 100% for low tier, 75% for medium, 50% for harsh)

C: What’s the strange shadow under the waves and Why Is It Watching You? (+1 Raffle Entry)

D: Lingering Toxic Fog is rolling in… how do you deal with it? Is it safe under water or do you have a gas mask? (+1 Large Trinket)

E: The current seems strong wonder whyCRAP THAT’S A ROCK (+2 Scar Packs)

F: Chayandhal has swung by to say hello! (+30 gold and 25% chance at a Legendary Codex for either Ambrosia Ale, Scenic Hologram, Ancestor's Blessing, or Bottled Glamour) (Chayandhal should be a minimum of a headshot)

Phase 1 End.


You’ve been investigating for weeks. Long enough that you’re beginning to get mighty homesick, and longing for the land. For these weeks you’ve seen nothing but dark waters; no the small islands don’t count, thank you. On the bright side the team has gotten good at diving! It seems everyone has spotted the strange creature that keeps to the shadows at least once, now and curiosity is piqued.

 

Also a bunch of explorers have decided they’re taking some local fauna home--Kartha seems less than pleased about this and keeps looking nervously to the north where Chayandhal is believed to be patrolling--and others have been getting a huge haul of ore and stone, but that’s not why you’re still here.

 

No, the reason you’re still in these waters is because one of the explorers found an artifact. At first glance no one thought much of it. Even Kartha almost dismissed it out of hand as unimportant! Before she recognized the shape -- and opened her mouth in a wide grin.

Caked in mud and grime and covered with dark circuitry, was an old gun. Akadri make, but Different somehow. It’s long dead and dormant. The Engineers take a look at it, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and there are many questions asked.

 

The ketucari who discovered the turret says they found it around a strange undersea mountain, near the trench in the shadow of Zolkanis.

Efforts redouble, the search is focused. The strange undersea mountain is located--a massive rugged dome surrounded by flat shelves extending outwards. These shelves are indented and the dips have collected pools of heavier water thick with seit and huge fish: The rims almost look like the paths around rice farms!

And there are Lights here. More machinery. Robots? That tend to seit and fish. Some are inactive, abandoned, crowded around and on top of more turrets.
Active turrets.

Near the mountain proper, and off further west directly under Zolkanis’s floating islands, are Active turrets. Their sights track the expedition part. Getting too close causes them to glow an eerie blue and wail. And when they wail, other turrets whir and wail into life, illuminating the sea floor in a blue light.

 

Kartha makes the executive decision that everyone needs to leave the water.

 

Phase 2: The Strangers

Phase is Open Until: January 20, 11:59PM PST
Phase 3 Opens at: January 15, 11:59 PM PST if 10 pieces are received.

 

 

Toggle Spoiler

Subzones: Oversea, Paschara Gardens, Zolk’s Crater


Once on board, Kartha explains the situation in her booming voice.

“WE’VE FOUND SOMETHING BIG, EVERYONE!” Kartha has climbed onto the roof of the captain’s cabin where everyone can see and hear her. “AT FIRST LIGHT, I’M GOING TO PLACE BUOYS LOADED WITH LIFE LINES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE MOUNTAIN. THAT WILL BE OUR NEW AREA OF FOCUS.” Her voice shakes the massive ship’s floor. How can one kadin be So Loud?


“Are we still looking for our supposed cousins?” someone near the front asks.


“AYE!” hollers Kartha. “WE SUSPECT THAT THEY MAY BE FULLY AQUA--”


A Sound interrupts her. A CLANG and heavy splashes. On the starboard side of the ship, a grappling hook has latched onto the railing, as thick as a Mountain Glider’s claw, and attached to it, hauling themself up the side of the ship, is… a ketucari?

Their head is broad, jaws heavy as a bullchomp’s. They drag themselves up with more dexterity than they should be capable of at their massive size--twice as large as a ryno--and hook a hind kill claw onto the railing when they crest it.

Silence covers the deck while they shake the water from their sopping feathers. Their neck and back is covered in heavy plate armor, and they’re covered in scars. Old, dark scars. They stand on the deck as if they own it, looking over the gathered crowd with a disdainful eye.

“...Even smaller than I thought yeh’d be.” they huff with a heavy, unplaceable accent. “Yeh. Up top with the Mech Leg. Yeh Lead this pack? Gotten Bigger since we first saw yehr ship. Keep nosin round like yeh’v business wit’ us. Makin theeries bout us. Ain’t much fondness between us, is there?”

“And You are…?” Kartha’s voice is far quieter than it should be. The stranger flicks their ears and looks over the crowd.

“Depends why yeh’r askin.” they answer. “What, exactly, is it that yeh all want?”


And that Is a question, isn’t it?


Kartha comes up with an answer quickly. “When my Guild was investigating these waters, we spotted creatures like you in the gloom, and found strange energy readings. We just wanted to-”

“Land dwellers. Those who work with the Captors? We took to the waves to avoid yehr ilk.” The stranger interrupts her, glares at the various humanoids and akadri on the ship. “...We only came up cause the fog’s gone, and already yeh’r sniffin round?”

“Things aren’t like that anymore!” Emdee protests from Kartha’s side. “The war has been over for centuries. We’re trying to reunite the ketucari that were scattered by it, and recollect lost history, and ensure that everyone is safe.”

The stranger gives the holographic figure a critical look. Huffs. “Prove yehrselves then. …We don’t trust so easy as to let yeh walk straight to our home without proof.” They turn, look back at the gathered crowd, and smirk. “Must say tho. They’re nice days when we do meet friendly faces. Been some centuries. We’ll give yeh a fair shake. Convince us.”

Without further ado, they take their heavy grappling hook and launch themself back into the sea.

 

>POST YOUR RESPONSES HERE<

10/10 Pieces Received
Phase is Open Until: January 15, 11:59 PM PST
Phase 3 Opens at: January 15, 11:59 PM PST if 10 pieces are received.

PROMPT: The strange new ketucari have shown themselves! How do you handle your first encounter with them? Do you use Peaceful Means? Or Violent means? [Be sure to indicate that you are claiming Honor or Notoriety for this piece! This CAN be mixed across the ketucari in the piece!] [Honor/Notoriety on your first entry for each ketucari can be turned in for packs for 10 points - use the link to the comment!]
*If you choose violent means, for lore purposes please do not depict your ketucari successfully escaping the situation if you intend to continue to Part 3 with that ketucari.
REQUIREMENTS [ART]: Clean colored or greyscale fullbody +prop(s)
REQUIREMENTS [LIT]: 300 Words (+100 per ket).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 1: If your ketucari is in the water and does not have Thick Skin or Aquatic, they must have SOME sort of swim gear such as a snorkel, incorrectly worn swim trunks, flippers, a wetsuit, water goggles, or some sort of life rope. These are dangerous and unknown waters and the Cartography Guild is more than a little worried about getting sued if you drown.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 2: You must now include one of the Strangers as a halfbody or +50 words. This is in addition to a prop!

COLLABS ALLOWED. All collabing players must have a ketucari present, and the finished collab must meet minimum group requirements. Collaborations count for as many pieces as there are collaborators. Maximum three 3 kets per piece.

 

BONUS PROMPTS
Bonus Prompts can be completed within your pieces to net you extra rewards. Each bonus prompt can only be completed twice.
A: Include a second Stranger (+1 Raffle Entry)
B: Show your ketucari interacting with one of the new fauna (chance to “capture), 100% for low tier, 75% for medium, 50% for harsh)
C: KAIJU ATTACK! One of the giant fauna attacks your ketucari! (+5 Battle Scars)
D: What in the world is up with the fish and the seit divets in the ocean floor? (+1 Medium Paschmahaa Herb Bundle)
E: Show your ketucari interacting with or investigating some of the tech on the mountain. (+ Energy Core x1, Bearing x1, Shaft x1, Data Chip x1, and Garonite x1)
F: Chayandhal has swung by to say hello! (+30 gold and 25% chance at a Legendary Codex for either Ambrosia Ale, Scenic Hologram, Ancestor's Blessing, or Bottled Glamour) (Chayandhal should be a minimum of a headshot)

 

Phase 2 End

The game of hide and seek comes to a sudden end when The Ambassador’s grappling hook snatches the railing again and the ship LURCHES with the weights of the Strangers climbing on. There are 7 of them, including the first you met. They scatter about on the ship, laughing amongst themselves, speaking loudly as they do.

It is quickly apparent that they’re making themselves at home.

“Well, Landdwellers” Durai says with a loud, uproarious laugh, “Yeh’v impressed us! SOME O’ yehr ilk are gonna be rottin’ in our prison, but mosta yeh seem ai’ght. Even yehr Captors seem ta be good fish! We’ll trust yeh.” their scarred face is split in a wide grin. “Me an’ mine here are gonna escort ye, o’course! We’s brought supplies an’ tools for yehs.”

“Is… everyone invited?” Kartha asks, stepping forward.

One of the other Strangers nods. “Course! In small groups, though. No more’n three with one’o us at a go.” she motions to the six of them. “S’all we got gear an’ eyes for, and should ‘elp yeh keep track ‘f yer crew, aye?” She stands and pulls something out of a pack on her back. Protective swim gear? “Yeh first, Cap. I’ll swim ye down myself, present ya to the Matriarch.”

There’s a long silence, Kartha watches the Strangers. “...What of those who haven’t returned from your waters?”
Silence rings.

“Criminals are punished here, Capt’n.” Durai’s voice drops low. “Theh’r meet’n the Matriarch as we speak. On less friendly terms. Yeh won’t get the same treatment as them, but theh’r stayin’.”

 

 

Phase 3: Paschara

Phase is Open Until: February 15, 11:59PM PST
Phase 3 Ends February 15, 11:59PM PST.

As of this update: Garochs and their new genes are appearing on CHarmed ketucari
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Subzones: Paschara Gardens, Paschara, Zolk’s Crater

 

When your turn finally comes to enter the water, you are handed protective gear. A rebreather, an oxygen tank. Those who are entirely confident in their ability to handle the dark waters argue, but the giant ketucari insist, and leave no room for argument.

It’s accept the equipment, or stay here on the surface.

 

It makes sense once you’re down there. The weight of the water crushes you, as you’re guided back down into the depths. Back down to the seit paddies and the giant, slow, lazy fish that swim about them. Old akadri technology tracks your movements as you swim along a path towards the mountain. It’s so dark down here that you’re certain the seit is glowing. The fish definitely are.

The mountain is illuminated, however. Floodlights burst to life as you approach, and a section of stone Moves, scraping low and deep against the ocean floor to reveal a brightly lit tunnel behind it.
Desperate for light, you swim ahead of your guide, into the light. Your companions and guide follow after you, and your guide moves their hands animatedly to get your attention before pointedly grabbing the handlebars on the floor. You follow suit and there is Noise from all around you. A motor that shakes you to your core as you hold on for dear life and the water around you is sucked away until you’re left panting and shaking from the sudden Cold and your feet are back on solid ground.

It’s a hiss and whirr, next, and the metal wall in front of you opens towards you to reveal what you can only describe as a security station. A cluster of these giant ketucari stand next to a window, wearing sashes pinned with shield-emblazoned broches around their shoulders. They give your group a curious look, greet your guide, and resume their chatter, speaking faster than you can process their accent.

Your guide hurries you along, through yet another bulwark. Here, the mountain Opens. You stand on a walkway around a deep crater. Everything below you is illuminated with lines of gleaming toresul lamps, and looking up… there’s more, leading up into the peak of the undersea mountains. The walkway is carved of stone and expanded with glowing technology leading to further, more central platforms kept  floating in stacks with the buzz of Talik. The walkways stretch for what must be a mile in any direction. “This way.” your guide says and steps onto a smaller platform framed at its corners with delicately carved stonework. Your group follows, and with a shudder and the hum of Greheli, the platform rises, a barrier forming around the stonework. An elevator, taking you up towards the peak. Up and up, until you stop and are ushered off onto a new walkway.

This isn’t a Tour, you realize. Your path is very direct. Looking around, you realize that there’s more of the sashed ketucari, guards (or something like them), flanking every possible route into the massive city proper. Some watch you warily, others smile and wave, as you’re herded deeper in. You pass between buildings where more curious eyes watch from the windows, as you’re led into what you can only describe as the open framework of a small castle. It’s festooned with colorful banners. The moment you step onto the grounds, the guards are armored, their faces hidden. Some are Armed, and they all wear banners of gold and red.

 

Eventually, you’re led into the intricate framework, to what is very definitely a throne. In it is a massive, tailless kadin, her fur a smokey orange, banded with brown and crimson. Her heavy head crowned with horns. She watches your approach with a grin.

Kartha already stands before her, visibly trying not to cower before another giant; Bald feathered, yellow, grey, and spotted under its ceremonial armor, the giant lifts its head at your guide’s call.

“Yeh took yer time.” it says. Your guide shrugs in reply and weaves off to the side after instructing you to sit, while they join the other returned guides.

“Be nice, Paleeka.” it’s the Matriarch who speaks, her accent more… antiquated than strange. “There’s quite a few of these strangers. Let our young’ins have a moment. As for those of yeh here… Make yerselves comfortable. If yeh have any needs, food, water, the like… ask Paleeka, and it’ll see to it yeh get a bowl. Course, if yeh misbehave, it’ll also ensure its guards take care of ye.”

 

You don’t have to wait terribly long before the remaining groups join you, and the castle, even as open as it is, is crowded. The Matriarch stands and looks over the crowd. “This all yer gathered, ‘cept the troublemakers who sought harm?”

“It… it is.” Kartha answers. “

“Excellent! Allow me to introduce myself! I’m Queen Corundum of Paschara! That one there? That’s my captain of the guard, Paleeka! Your friends have met it. The fools that went and caused problems. They’re fine, just servin’ time in the lower levels. As for you all, yer leader’s taught us ‘bout yeh.” Corundum shifts her weight atop her throne. “As has Durai. You’re investigating us.”

“We were also picking up strange energy--” someone starts to protest, but a sharp glare from the towering kadin silences them.

“That’s us. And a little problem we have.” she states, and hauls herself to her feet. “You call the land above our water ‘Zolk’. Well, when Igyera dragged it into the sky… they left a crater. And from that crater, we’re getting Beasts. We fight those beasts. If you wanna help, you’re welcome to. If not… there’s another task you can take on fer us. See… it ain’t just the Beasts. Paleeka?”

Paleeka  steps forward. Then through the gathered crowd, back to a solid wall on the intricate stone framework of the throne chamber. It points at a screen that takes up the majority of the wall. The screen depicts the ocean floor, bubbling with black sediments and flashes of lava. And more interestingly, glowing bits of old Akadri technology, scattered about the ocean floor. Remnants of flying machines, turbines, at least one tank just in the slow panning shot, are scattered about.

Paleeka jerks its head at the tech. “Yeh can investigate that. We use the old tech t’ power the city and expand. Yeh want us to trust yeh? Work like one of us.”

 

For a long moment, tension hangs heavy around you.

And then Corundum laughs, stomping a foot on the ground. “Yer all so serious! You should see yer faces! Ach, yeh’ll be good company. Come! Stay in Paschara for a while! Yeh wanna investigate? Get to know us and ours! Just know… if yeh cause any problems, it’s my dear ‘leeka you’ll be answering to.”

And on that cheery note, the guides usher you all out of the throne room.

>POST YOUR RESPONSES HERE<

x/10 Pieces Received
Phase is Open Until: February 15, 11:59 PM PST
The two honor prompts are NOT mutually exclusive, you can do both in separate entries.
Notorious prompts are also NOT mutually exclusive.

 

If your ket was Honorable in Phase 2

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PROMPT HONOR OPTION 1 - Paschara Exploration [ONLY IF YOUR KET CHOSE HONOR IN PHASE 2]:

You’ve been invited into Paschara as an honored guest! What sort of impression do you make on the Matriarch? On your escort?

REQUIREMENTS [ART]: Clean colored or greyscale fullbody +prop(s)
REQUIREMENTS [LIT]: 300 Words (+100 per ket).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 1: Your ketucari, regardless of skills, must have a piece of protective water equipment: Goggles and a Rebreather are ideal.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 2: You must now have either a background, Corundum, or one of the Strangers OR Garoch starters in addition to any props.


PROMPT HONOR OPTION 2 - Zolk’s Crater Exploration  [ONLY IF YOUR KET CHOSE HONOR IN PHASE 2]:

Queen Corundum has given you two possible tasks: One, you can help fight the Vipertooth Leviathans and Greater Armored Raaksavar in Zolk’s Crater. Or two, you can collect or investigate old akadri tech on the ocean floor!

REQUIREMENTS [ART]: Clean colored or greyscale fullbody +prop(s)
REQUIREMENTS [LIT]: 300 Words (+100 per ket).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 1: Your ketucari, regardless of skills, must have a piece of protective water equipment: Goggles and a Rebreather are ideal.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 2: You must now have either a background, a Vipertooth Leviathan, Greater Armored Raaksavar, or your interpretation of the lost technology, in addition to your any prop.


COLLABS ALLOWED. All collabing players must have a ketucari present, and the finished collab must meet minimum group requirements. Collaborations count for as many pieces as there are collaborators. Maximum three 3 kets per piece.



BONUS PROMPTS HONOR (must be on the honor route)
Bonus Prompts can be completed within your pieces to net you extra rewards. Each bonus prompt can only be completed twice.
A: Include a second Stranger OR Starter (+1 Raffle Entry)
B: Show your ketucari learning about Paschara (Player’s Choice of Low to High Artifact)

C: KAIJU ATTACK! One of the giant fauna attacks your ketucari! (+5 Battle Scars)

D: Bring the A Team! Your ketucari works with another not owned by you to impress one of the Strangers (+1 Herbal Brew (one friend) +1 Strong Herbal Brew (2 friends). *Friends must be registered for the event).
E: Show your ketucari interacting with or investigating some of the tech on the mountain. (+ Energy Core x1, Bearing x1, Shaft x1, Data Chip x1, and Garonite x1)
F: Chayandhal has swung by to say hello! (+30 gold and 25% chance at a Legendary Codex for either Ambrosia Ale, Scenic Hologram, Ancestor's Blessing, or Bottled Glamour) (Chayandhal should be a minimum of a headshot)

 

 

If Your Ketucari Was Notorious In Phase 2:


*NOTE FOR NOTORIOUS PROMPTS: After completing one you may portray your ket outside of prison. You’re still locked to the Notorious bonus prompts

 

 

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PROMPT NOTORIOUS 1 - Trial by…? [ONLY IF YOU CHOSE NOTORIETY IN PHASE 2]:

You’ve been captured and forcibly dragged before the Matriarch to be tried for crimes against the Garoch Subspecies. Do you try to escape? Do you accept your punishment for your behavior? Do you try to get a lighter sentence by sweet-talking the leader of this whole shindig? Maybe you’re doing community service?
REQUIREMENTS [ART]: Clean colored or greyscale fullbody +prop(s)
REQUIREMENTS [LIT]: 300 Words (+100 per ket).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 1: Your ketucari must be in (or have obviously escaped from) some sort of restraint such as ropes, handcuffs, or a muzzle.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 2: You must now have either a background, Corundum, or one of the Strangers in addition to any props.

COLLABS ALLOWED. All collabing players must have a ketucari present, and the finished collab must meet minimum group requirements. Collaborations count for as many pieces as there are collaborators. Maximum three 3 kets per piece.



PROMPT NOTORIOUS 2 - Jailbreak? [ONLY IF YOU CHOSE NOTORIETY IN PHASE 2]:

For crimes against the Garochs, petty or minor, you’ve been thrown into jail to await trial (or perhaps as a result of your trial). It’s a surprisingly cushy place, not the barren cells you might imagine, but more like a barebones bedroom. A desk, a shelf, some books. Writing tools, a bed. That said, the door is locked and you don’t really have a good way to tell time in here. What’s your plan?
REQUIREMENTS [ART]: Clean colored or greyscale fullbody +prop(s)
REQUIREMENTS [LIT]: 300 Words (+100 per ket).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 1: Your ketucari must be in (or have obviously escaped from) some sort of restraint such as ropes, handcuffs, or a muzzle.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT 2: You must now have either a background, Corundum, or one of the Strangers in addition to any props.

COLLABS ALLOWED. All collabing players must have a ketucari present, and the finished collab must meet minimum group requirements. Collaborations count for as many pieces as there are collaborators. Maximum three 3 kets per piece.

BONUS PROMPTS NOTORIETY

A: Include a second Stranger OR Starter (+1 Raffle Entry)
B: Show your ketucari learning about Paschara (Player’s Choice of Low to High Artifact)
C: A fight broke out during transfers! Show your ket engaging in, escaping from, or tending to the aftermath of the fight. (+5 Battle Scars)
D: Cellmates! Your ketucari got locked in/ as neighbors with other Notorious ketucari not owned by you. (+1 Herbal Brew (one friend) +1 Strong Herbal Brew (2 friends). *Friends must be registered for the event).
E: Show your ketucari interacting with or investigating some of the tech on the mountain. (+ Energy Core x1, Bearing x1, Shaft x1, Data Chip x1, and Garonite x1)
F: Chayandhal has swung by to say hello! (+30 gold and 25% chance at a Legendary Codex for either Ambrosia Ale, Scenic Hologram, Ancestor's Blessing, or Bottled Glamour) (Chayandhal should be a minimum of a headshot)

 

 

Event End

There’s a sort of hush through Paschara tonight.

After a month of staying within the city, or at least visiting regularly, it’s almost starting to feel familiar. A month of fighting giants under the water, of learning about Paschara, of bonding and gathering technology. 

It’s… been a long trip.

The garochs have been amicable. Just as eager to learn of the world outside their underground, underwater cities. Many have either already left, heading out into the wider world, or are planning their exit. Some have agreed to leave with the Guild. Others will make their own way.

So too, are members of the expedition considering staying. Or returning home only to collect their belongings and relocate to Paschara. Others are so homesick that they’ve returned home already, finding some method or another. More still are tired, frustrated, and ready to be away from all of the water, in spite of any friends they’ve made among their garoch cousins.

 

One can only really call the Expedition a success.

And yet there’s a somberness to the departure. Sorrow that the time within the city is over.

And yet, there’s an excitement, too. The garochs chatter amongst themselves, playing telephone with the information they’ve received from the members of the expedition.

 

The members of the expedition stand in a city square, on the lowest level of the city. Loudspeakers fixed into various structures reverberate with Corundum’s voice, addressing her people.

“A year ago the noxious fog that has kept us safe in these waters cleared. A year ago, the poison that kept us trapped here, faded away. A day we’d awaited for centuries, even as we built our home. Our Sire granted us a chance to live as ourselves, not as slaves of the Captors and their Mechanical Nightmare they called Aterrin. We must remember to thank him, now that we are free to leave.”

There’s a lull, a moment of somber silence. “Months ago, we spotted the first strangers in our waters. I do not regret the lockdown I ordered then, but I know how it hurt you, my people. Our scouts assessed these strangers. We watched them. And they returned with more of them and theirs. We’ve dealt with theirs that broke our laws, an’ those that treated us kind, we invited in. They’ve been kind te us, these strangers. They’ve shared their stories with us. Us with them. And now, it is with greatest honor as your Queen, that I’d like teh announce the official end of our cowarin’ ‘neath these waters! Done is the war that our Sire sought teh hide us from!”

Corundum’s voice swells with power and authority.

“Today, Paschara declares itself an Ally with our cousins up on land! We send off our guests back whence they came and with them any who wish to join! Today, my people, my kinfolk, my jewels of the deep! Today, we stand free! To those who have left or plan teh leave! Go with my blessing and the love of Paschara! Yeh’ll always be welcome home should yeh return! To our guests… you have our deepest gratitude, and we are proud to call yeh Friend. Go forth, tell yer world of us. An’ know that yehr welcome in these waters any time.”



It’s time.

 

Horns blare, music swells all through the mountain. Guards stand, and the expedition is urged now to stand with them. Cheers erupt around the city.

A parade marches around the edges of the Paschara, joined by the garochs who seek to leave with the Guild. Streamers and banners unflurl from the ceilings and rails. Noise fills the air.


The melancholy is still there, lingering, but it’s painted over with bright lights, as the Expedition is led back out of the city and guided to their ships. Ships that have been joined by submarines shaped like whales, housing more garochs who seek to leave Paschara.

Finally, after months of adventure and curiosity, it’s time to return home. To normal life.

Until the next big adventure.

 

REWARD CLAIMS

 

THANK you everyone!

We hope that you enjoyed this event! It was an honor to deliver it!

Now, about rewards!

To claim your Semi-Custom, post >[Here]<
To claim your Phase Rewards, head on over to Submit Claims and put in the following Form:

**How many phases you entered:**
**Link to each of your participating ketucari:** (Can be done with the character feature instead)
**Link to the highest completed phase for Ketucari 1. Were they Honorable or Notorious in Phase 2?:**
**Link to the highest completed phase for Ketucari 2. Were they Honorable or Notorious in Phase 2?:** (erase if not needed)
**Link to the highest completed phase for Ketucari 3. Were they Honorable or Notorious in Phase 2?:** (erase if not needed)
**Herb Choice Phase 1:**
**Herb Choice Phase 2:**
**Herb Choice Phase 3:**
**Paschmahaa/Zolkanis Fauna Choice:**
**Starter Slot Of Choice:** (not including Firn, Atlach, Eros, Baker, or any of the Wanderers/Former Wanderers)
**Gila Monster Color**:

 

Raffle Winners!

You will have 48 hours to respond to >this post< with your preference list for which of the Strangers you would like to bring home.
Please only list as many Strangers as your win number or fewer. (e.g. If you're winner 1, only list your top pick, if you're winner 3, list your top three.)
You may list Fewer picks than your place in the list, but if all your choices are claimed before we reach you, you'll lose your slot. (e.g. you're winner 5 and you list two options and they're the topmost picks of winners 1 and 3, unfortunately you forfeit your raffle win and go home with base event rewards).

Winners are, in order!

1: Kid31
2: CosmicShenanigans
3: pawstepsinthesnow
4: ZooofAlexandria
5: CeriMond
6: AutumnDarkCloud

 

 

Thank you again to everyone for making this event great!

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Matchmaker 2024

Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by Noirmori

Matchmaking 2024

Animated Pink Heart Divider by Gasara

Welcome to our February Matchmaking Event! In recognition of Valentines day, we will be doing randomly paired litters with your ketucari, which will give each of you a surprise cub! You will have from February 1 - February 14 to submit your ketucari to the breeding pool. The event will close after two weeks and admins will use RNG to pair the ketucari and roll your litters! The litters will be rolled within the next two days after. The final day to submit a ketucari for this event is February 14th at 11:59 PM PST

Let the pairing begin!


How to Participate

Animated Pink Heart Divider by Gasara
Reply to the comment below with a link to a doodle, blurb (300 words) or collabed entry of one of your ketucari going on a date with another (If you use someone else's ketucari for the second, please check with them first!), preparing alone for a date, or showing some other form of romantic love. If you don't have anyone to ship your ketucari with or don't see your ketucari as the romantic kind we have a few starter pairs you can doodle instead!
 
Then include a link to one of your ketucari to be used in the event! It does not have to be one of the ketucari depicted in your work.
 
Your ketucari will be randomly paired with another member's entered ketucari and you will both receive a surprise litter with a set of identical twins, one for each of the parent ketucari's owners. After your litter is posted, you are free to do what you want with the cubs like any other litter.

Ketucari Breeding Requirements

Animated Pink Heart Divider by Gasara
:bulletblue: You may only submit ONE ketucari.
:bulletblue: The ketucari must belong to you.
:bulletblue: The ketucari that you enter in this event must have their breeding eligibility confirmed BEFORE entry.
:bulletblue:  Ketucari will not be paired with a match that results in inbreeding. That being said, no inbred ketucari are allowed.
:bulletblue:  Any ketucari who do not receive a match among the entered ketucari will be paired with a randomly rolled starter ketucari or magically 'disked' to create a litter.
:bulletblue: This will NOT count against your monthly limit of breedings or your ketucari's breeding slots.
:bulletblue: These litters cannot have items added.
:bulletblue:Cubs from these litters will not be subject to matriarch killings.
:bulletblue: Cubs from these litters may be sold, traded, gifted, etc. as you please.
 

Entry Requirements

:bulletblue: Solo entries are not required to be colored or contain a background. These submissions may be headshots! Literature minimum is 300 words.
:bulletblue:Collabed entries MUST be at least two colored fullbodies. They do not need to meet adventure requirements.
:bulletblue: Collabed writings must be at least the length of an adventure for as many ketucari as are depicted in it (600 words minimum for two ketucari)
:bulletblue:If works follow all guidelines for adventures or other group activities they may be used for those activities.
:bulletblue: All entries may be used for Bonding, however only works that follow guidelines for other group activities may be used for Themes.
:bulletblue: All works must have been uploaded after 2/1/2024

Bonus Raffle

Animated Pink Heart Divider by Gasara
:bulletblue: All people who make an entry will also be entered in a bonus raffle (you may opt out by saying so in your comment)
:bulletblue: The winners of the raffle will win a Sun Disk
:bulletblue: Three Sun Disks total will be raffled off
:bulletblue: The raffle will be rolled on February 15th, after all entries have been turned in
:bulletblue: Winning a sun disk will not affect the cub you receive or pairing in the main part of the event
:bulletblue: You MAY win both an a Sun Disk and an Eros slot if you're lucky 

 

Ketucari Slot Raffle

Eros has returned! This beautiful ketucari is back in the spirit of love! He brings with him the Endearing Display lineage skill!

Slot rules:
You may only win one slot, which will come with the following restrictions.
-Eros slots may not be sold for real life currency, or traded outside of Ketucari
-If the Winner of the slot chooses to use the slot in a Split breeding, the Winner of the slot must get Pick of the Litter. This is to prevent more experienced players from taking advantage of newbies, which we have been seeing more of as of late.

:bulletblue: All people who make an entry will also be entered in this bonus raffle (you may opt out by saying so in your comment)
:bulletblue: The winners of the raffle will win a Full slot to Eros
:bulletblue: Three slots total will be raffled off
:bulletblue: The raffle will be rolled on February 15th, after all entries have been turned in
:bulletblue: Winning an Eros slot will not affect the cub you receive or pairing in the main part of the event
:bulletblue: Everyone is eligible for this slot raffle, regardless of if you've had a slot to an Endearing Display ket before
:bulletblue: You MAY win both an Eros slot and a Sun Disk if you're lucky!

 

RAFFLE WINNERS!

THE WINNERS OF THE EROS SLOTS ARE:
 Shedo310, Pawstepsinthesnow, Goo-Lion!
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WILL EACH RECEIVE YOUR SLOT PERMISSION AS A COMMENT RESPONSE TO YOUR MATCHMAKER ENTRY!


THE WINNERS OF THE SUN DISKS ARE:
Anarchie, IIIXKitsuneXIII, Shedo310
CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR SUN DISK WILL BE DEPOSITED IN YOUR HOARD SHORTLY! 

THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S MATCHMAKER EVENT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR FOR MORE FUN!

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February Update

Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by Anarchie

It's February, stuff is pink, I'm your host, Anarchie , let's get down to business.

Wanderers

The import raffle is here!

Have you befriended a wanderer? Enjoyed traveling with them throughout the year? You can try to take one home! The import raffle is open! Head to the regular Wanderers post and scroll down a bit, details on the import raffle start around the middle of it!

This month's Wanderer slot winners are:

Cape - Blacktiger128 with https://www.ketucari.com/gallery/view/365 | Slot here: https://ketucari.com/comment/2493 
Temotepis - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Imorys - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Kielo - Anarchie with https://www.weasyl.com/~anarchie/submissions/2347080/hold-music-playing | Slot here: https://ketucari.com/comment/2494
Leslie - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Geiger - No one, will have an orphanage breeding

The slot raffle is still open, even with the import raffle going on! It's your last chance to get a slot from these specific Wanderers with an inbuilt guard and disk! If you want in on that, check out the Wanderer Slot Raffle!

Bounty

The Monthly Bounty is located on the deviantArt page for the group! This month's bounty is:

Love Is In The Air 2024

Eros says:
“Love is in the air this month! Tell me, who's your sweetheart? Do you have one? Is there someone for whom you have unrequited love? Are you not interested at all? I’d love to know!"

Check it out and read more about bounties on the dA page!

This bounty has an Eros slot raffle tied to it, we highly recommend taking a look!

Current Events

Matchmaker, Match Me A Make

Matchmaker 2024 is up! Depict a Ketucari or two (or three, or four, or... maybe not five, as they wouldn't all be rollable...) doing something romantic and post on in there! You'll need a ketucari with their BEs done - this does not need to be the ketucari you draw/write about for your entry, they just need to be able to spread some neat genes. Read more about the requirements in the post!

Queerplatonic and similar pairs are allowed! Aroace spectrum ketucari allowed!

Ocean Shadows: Phase Three Ending Soon

Ocean Shadows is currently in Phase Three! It's ending on February 15th at 11:59 PM PST, please make sure to get your entries in before then!

As a reminder, Garochs and the new genes are now available for semicustoms/tokens/etc, instead of the expected March, due to Ocean Shadows starting without them for a month.

Wanderers Cycling

As stated above, Wanderers Season 4 is ending soon. This is the last call for anything you wanted to do with these wanderers while they're still group-owned. A new set of Wanderers will be coming in Season 5! I'll give you a spoiler, it's mostly Garochs.

Pack Revamp Releasing Extremely Soon

We're moving packs to the site and revamping some features, such as making deity alliances much easier. We just need to get a bit more set up in pack inventories (which are almost done being ported to this site!) and then we'll be ready!

Singing Vale Raid Soon

The Singing Vale is now at 217/250 points towards a raid at time of writing this - we'll continue to alert you to a raid happening somewhat soon until it hits! Get your ketucari's skills and armor ready to take on Hianlian! Remember that Hianlian's attacks will be scaled to your ketucari's armor, so even low-armor ketucari can enter - armor does affect some things, however, such as amount healed!

Anarchie is planning an unofficial (player-run, not group-run) siege on the Singing Vale via the Territory Wars feature in two separate packs at the same time, to get the raid points up faster. Please feel free to ask eir about it if you're interested.

That's all for now! See you when packs are fixed up!

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January Update

Posted 3 months ago :: Last edited 3 months ago by Anarchie

Anarchie here, welcome to January!

Wanderers

This month's Wanderer slot winners are:

DECEMBER WANDERER SLOTS:
Cape - Anarchie with https://www.weasyl.com/~anarchie/submissions/2333574/plant-stuck | Slot here: https://ketucari.com/comment/2329
Temotepis - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Imorys - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Kielo - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Leslie - No one, will have an orphanage breeding
Geiger - No one, will have an orphanage breeding

If you want in on nice slots, check out the Wanderer Slot Raffle!

Bounty

The Monthly Bounty is located on the deviantArt page for the group! This month's bounty is:

World Travels
Kaur says:
Kaur looks up as you approach her, confused as to why she waved you over. "It's the start of another rotation around our worlds sun, Gods knows I've seen plenty of them. How many travels have you been on? Tell me about it, but I doubt you can tell me anything of interest."
 

Check it out and read more about bounties on the dA page!

Current Events

Ocean Shadows: Phase Three Coming Soon

Ocean Shadows is currently in Phase Two, but on January 15th at 11:59 PM PST, Phases One and Two will close to new entries, and new ketucari will no longer be able to sign up for the event. Phase Three - the final phase - will open at that point, and you will be able to finish your Ketucari's story in the depths! If there are any delays, we will keep you posted!

As a reminder, Garochs and the new genes will be available in February for semicustoms/tokens/etc, instead of the expected March, due to Ocean Shadows starting without them for a month.

Wanderers Changing Out Soon

In February, the current Wanderers will be raffled off to new homes, and in March, new Wanderers with new genes will take their place! This is a heads up to get ready and read the information on the news page on how the import raffle works!

Singing Vale Raid Soon

The Singing Vale is now at 217/250 points towards a raid at time of writing this (and Anarchie is planning Something to get that number up a lot more after the event) - we'll continue to alert you to a raid happening somewhat soon until it hits! Get your ketucari's skills and armor ready to take on Hianlian! Remember that Hianlian's attacks will be scaled to your ketucari's armor, so even low-armor ketucari can enter - armor does affect some things, however, such as amount healed!

That's it! We'll see you in February!

 
 
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