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Hello Everyone! You may have noticed a brief period of downtime and been forcibly logged out of the site earlier today (November 5th, 2021)
We have done some updates to Lorekeeper!

At the first opportunity, please go into "Settings" on your account and add a birthday. This is for security purposes!

Included in these we now have the following!
-Comments on submissions, so that we can stop sending you back to corrections for broken links and other form errors!
-An Expanded bonding bar!

And with the expanded bonding bar we have Another update!

Runs from September 29, 2021 - end of day October 31st 2021

We have a very special slot raffle for you today!

5 lucky winners will take home a slot to Eros, who has the Endearing Display lineage skill! To enter, simply comment on This Thread!

Rules:

• One entry per person!
• Entrants must not already have had a slot to Cupid! Only slots apply for this rule - cubs obtained outside of one's own breedings do not.

Eros will appear again in the future, so if you don't obtain a slot this time, there's always Matchmaker!

What a Load of Shift 2021! 

 

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 4-30-21*

EXTENDED TO 5-7-2021 (MAY 7)

 This event is reoccurring, and will happen again in April 2022.

Winners:

The winner of the starter slots is EverlastingStables!

The winner of the Strong Herbal Brew is CeriMond!

The winner of the Herbal Brew is LunaKirran!

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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 times 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.

Prompts do not have to be "new" (as in posted after the event starts) however they cannot have been sumitted for previous years, use 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
(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 Verukaelo'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.
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 DA filter. Please be mature about this and do not include anything that would be considered erotic, thank you.

Submit your entries HERE 

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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
(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 Verukaelo'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 

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 Rules

 You may transform up to (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.

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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! 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 this beautiful 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

 

The winner of the mystery ketucari is Anarchisme! Congratulations! This ketucari also comes with a shift form!

[Deviant Art Journal Version]
“COME ONE, COME ALL!”
As you enter under the archway, you see an ash toa standing above the crowd on what appears to be a giant podium, bellowing over the general noise and anticipation.

“Welcome to the Colour Carnivale!!”

His voice booms over the din. There’s various tents and kiosks set up around what had been a park. If it remains such after the festival is over… well you’ll have to wait to find out.

The ash toa laughs above you, posing dramatically, fanning his feathers out, stretching dramatically.

“We’ve been waiting So Long to meet you all, and we hope you’ve anticipated it as much as we have.”

He leaps backwards suddenly, flipping in mid air to land on another structure--and turns blue--his now stone pelt gleaming in the chilly autumn sun.

“After all… we have much to share with you all…”

WELCOME to the Colour Carnivale!

From now until May 31st 2021 at 11:59PM PST, you will be able to take part in a series of small events for the chance to win exclusive prizes!
Event “week” rollovers are at 11:59PM PST on Sundays, so each event “week” starts on Monday.

For our main event, we have some new starters and genes we’d like to introduce you to!

The main event is the Carnival itself!

Rows upon rows of tents, kiosks, vendors and games fill the previously green space. It looks like someone set off a paint bomb, vibrant colors fill the air and assail the senses. Delicious food smells waft from several of the vendors. Nearly all the races of Velukaelo are here, crowding around the park's pathways. Cheery music can be heard from every which way, folksy tunes that spur listeners to dance. There's events, little plays, and all sorts of merriment all around. Several humans and heldyr dance around with silk banners, akadri beat their hooves against stone, a jordskar plays a drum near the center of the Carnival.

At the far end, you see fair rides. Ferris Wheels, fun houses, armatherium riding! There's even a petting zoo!

There's several drinking and eating contests, various strength testing competitions, and the space has been put together so it's comfortable for ketucari and humanoids alike to explore and partake in.

MAIN EVENT

MAIN PROMPT

Draw or write about your ketucari (or humanoid companion) enjoying the carnival!

You may enter this up tofour times total, with up to 4 ketucari/companions per piece.
Minimum Art Requirements: EITHER a full color fullbody with no background (but with some sort of prop) OR a half body with a simple background.

Minimum Literature requirements: 300 words (+50 per ket)

Entries will be counted per piece, not per ket, but including extra ketucari/companions will earn you a small 10 gold reward per ketucari/companions (up to 4) in a piece.

If you do not have your own ketucari, you may use a starter, or you can get permission from another player to borrow one of theirs!

Possible ways to enjoy the carnivale:
-Faire Food!
-Circus!
-Petting Zoo!
-Concerts!
-Faire Games!
-Shopping!

-Flirting
-Sightseeing
-etc.

Rewards:

1. First Entry: 1 slot to one of the new starters of your choice.
   
2. Second Entry: Common token (must declare a gene. Gene does NOT have to be one of the new genes)
   
3. Third Entry: Uncommon token (must declare a gene. Gene does NOT have to be one of the new genes).
4. Fourth Entry: 1 Semi-Custom
   Smooth Standard or Ryno with
   EITHER
   Four common genes
   Three common genes and an uncommon
   Two uncommons genes
   One common gene and a Rare*
   
   *there is a maximum limit of 3 total Chromatas through this.
   *rare gene can be a Feather type.

Mini Prompts:

These mini prompts have lighter requirements.
Up to 4 ketucari.
Minimum Art requirements: (base) Colored sketch, headshot/bust with a prop
Minimum Lit requirements: 100 words (+50 per additional ket)
Collaborations are allowed!
Prompts can be done in “bulk documents/activity sheets” if cleanly labelled and all of the same prompt, up to the maximum number of entries per week per prompt. One doc per prompt per week.

PROMPT 1: Ring Toss!!

: Your ketucari is feeling lucky, before them lies a wheel and a young mysterious woman dressed in a long black hooded cloak, her mismatched eyes sparkle with mirth. “Hello, hello!! I hear you feel lucky today, perhaps so lucky you feel you may even be able to cheat death? Well, we’ll just see about that.” She laughs at what must be an inside joke before smiling at you once more. “This here is a special ring toss, if you can land a ring upon a bottle you will win a very special prize.” She smiles at your eager questions. “What prize? Why, the color of the bottle you land will determine that!”

(Green = Herbal Brew // Blue = Five Random High Tier Herbs // Red = 2 Random Toresul // Yellow = Five Random High Tier Animal Parts )

5 tries a week

PROMPT 2: Fur and Face Paints!!

A happy adolescent akadri decked out in fur dies and paints all along her face grins at you as you pass by. “Hey, hey you now!! Come here, you’re looking a little dull for being in a festival of color!!” She looks sheepish. “Oh no harm meant!! I’m simply saying, perhaps you’d let yourself act as my canvas for a bit? I’ve all these lovely inks and dies, and I’ve been dying to get creative!” She beams. “You would?! Awesome!!”

(Your ketucari subjects themself to this friendly Akadri’s artistic abilities, you are rewarded 3 tattoo ink for your patience.) 

**Three times a week**

PROMPT 3: Spin the Wheel!

A massive lilac ryno yawns as he sits beside a colorful wheel with interesting marks on it. He hails you over with a tilt of his antlered skull and wags his tail behind him. “Ho there, step right up, step right up! You look lonely, seeking some company are ya? No no not from me, ‘friad I’m rather spoken for, but you look like you could use a friend. A companion, you could say. Like my pal here.” he lowers his head again, and peeking out from his massive phoenix mane, there’s an… angel hare? “We’s gots all sorts’ve companions runnin’ round lookin’ for some friends. Maybe you could be one? Oh, we gots some other things, too, ‘v course. Just spin the wheel!”

Depict your ketucari spinning the wheel!

70% chance at a pet from a previous event (10% each)
15% chance at bait (5% chance of each tier, will receive 1 of each kind per tier)
10% chance at a cage (randomly selected)
4% chance at random common token from the new markings
1% chance of uncommon token from the new markings.

**3 times a week!**

PROMPT 4: Shyl Maze

You’re passing an unusual towering display of shyl when a silver-and-blue kadin Appears out from it. “Greetings. Would you like to try the hedge maze? We have roses.” she Vanishes back into the maze, the shyl shimmering in pastel rainbows behind her.

Depict your ketucari in the rainbow shyl maze!

50% chance at **Colorful roses**
20% chance at **Trinket: Rose Garland**
20% chance at Common Token
10% chance at Uncommon Token

2 **Colorful Roses** can be turned in for player’s choice of the following:
1 Trinket: Rose Garland [Standard/Ryno]
1 Common Token
Player’s choice of [random color] previous event pet.

**Once per week!**

IMPORT RAFFLE (And Orphanage Flood)!

Nyserr guides you into a (large) tavern that appears to have once been a barn. There, a number of yearlings are hanging around and enjoying themselves.

“Our pack’s resources are starting to get thin and it’s time for the young ones to disperse. Hang around, enjoy yourself. Ha! Maybe you’ll impress one of the kiddos enough that they want to join Your pack when they leave here!”

Orphanage Flood

What this means for you, is that a large number of special kids with the genes have entered the Orphanage!
What does this mean? Well obviously Newbies still get first dibs for their first ketucari, and anyone with a Foundling Amulet can swoop in too, however, as this is a special event; If any of the Colour Carnivale Yearlings remain in the Orphanage after May 31st 11:59 PM PST, they are available for any* user to claim regardless of the number of ketucari that user has at that point. There is a one per person limit however, so no swooping to nab all of the remaining designs.
*Anyone who wins a ketucari from the import raffle is barred from the free-for-all.

Import Raffle

Whenever you first put in an event prompt, you will (optionally) be given a ticket for a raffle design made by Anarchisme or IIIXKitsuneXIII !
You can only get one ticket (unless you have no ketucari, then you may get up to Two tickets), and at the end of the event the tickets will be rolled and if you are one of the winners you will be asked to send in a numbered list of your preferences.
There are 9 designs to be won, and one has a special secret!
A player may win one more than one raffle design if all other entrants have won one.

These special imports may not be redesigned except to add genes (if applicable), nor killed off.
If efforts are not made to get KT-2607  breedable and bred within 3 months, a Starter will be made with the same lineage skill.

Interested in having a more hands-on role in the group's development? Here's your chance!

Admin applications are always open! We keep track of applications here so that we can bring on new team members as the need arises. You are welcome to drop an application here any time, but please be aware that we have long down periods in between new admin rounds, so you may not receive a response immediately. As a courtesy, if you find you no longer have time to volunteer to the group, please hide your comment so that we know not to contact you. Thank you!

We'd like to bring some more team members on board in order to help fine tune our features, keep things running, and offer up fresh ideas! There's a few specific positions we're looking to fill, but you are not required to stick to the position you're applying for. Admins are free to offer their thoughts and help in any part of the group.

What's in it for me?

Admin positions are volunteer positions. However, we do have an "admin reward system" to work toward in-game items and custom ketucari as well as being able to sell custom rounds. However, unfair advantages such as increased breeding odds are off the table. If you are new to the admin experience, this will be a valuable learning opportunity that you could potentially apply to your own groups! Admins also have guaranteed off-time if desired, which can be found here: Staff and Holidays

Requirements

We have a few requirements for admins that apply to any position.

• You must have Discord chat so that we can all communicate and brainstorm. You can download it here! https://discordapp.com/

• We don't have an age requirement so long as you have a mature, reasonable attitude. Disagreements may happen, but we expect admins to be able to handle them with level heads and no hard feelings.

• Experience with games and how the systems work. We're not looking for gaming gurus or math wizards, but at least a basic idea of how run-of-the-mill game features (such as battles and crafting) work is a huge plus when it comes to admin selection.

Application

If you're interested in joining the team, look over the positions below to see what you'd like to apply for. Then reply to this journal with this form filled out:

Position(s) of Interest: (you may opt to fill more than one position if you think you have time)

Discord Name/ID#:

Time Zone:

Have you adminned/are you currently adminning for another ARPG group?

Tell us about yourself! (how long have you been in the group, how much time do you think you can offer the group, anything else that may pertain to being an admin!)

Available Positions

Currently looking to fill positions for admins who will be cross-trained in several parts of the group!

Hey everyone! Little update here.

As you probably know we recently released some new genes and a handful of new horns!
Please introduce our new markings:
Monarch, Display, Aura, Jovian, Karpati, Colorize, and Intensify!
Their guides can be found in the Design Guide: https://www.deviantart.com/ketucari/journal/Design-Guides-569918077

And our new horns!
Buffulo, Slicked, Forked, Kabuto, Pigtails, and Papillon!
As well as secondary versions of Crown, Short, Ram, and Jacob's!
The horns will be added to the horn psd ASAP!

Similarly, some of you may have noticed there are two new gene interactions!

-Sugar Pangare (which can be found in the Pangare, Fading, and Mottling guides)
-Woodgrain (which can be found in the Brindle and Marbling guides).

We will be steadily updating design guides as time goes by.