Welcome to the first annual Faunids Winter Gala! 

As the world gets cold and dark, many of our animal friends go to hibernate. But not Faunids! They know the best fix for being stuck in dreary weather- second only to a mug of hot chocolate- is to search for the positives our winter season has to offer. Faunids, as a whole, love an excuse to share their crafts and company with one another. The Winter Gala is a time for gathering, games, and fun! 

Despite the strange meteor approaching Atalav, Faunids everywhere are still finding joy in this yearly celebration.

This News Post will be the central hub for information related to the event, and will be updated throughout the month.
You don't have to be in the Discord server to participate. 

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Secret shriekers

Secret Shriekers forms have closed. Thank you to everyone who signed up for this gifting mini-event.
We have a grand total of 34 participants this year! We can't wait to share them all later this month.

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Advent Calendar

Gacha Batch

Like last year, we will be releasing a set of advent gacha adopts. This batch, like last year's, includes some visually unique and atypical Faunids. The Winter Advents are a great chance for new users to obtain a Faunid, and to introduce rare trait combinations, less widely used color palettes, community suggestions, and more.

There are ten gachas this year, all priced at $50. They were designed mainly by MUTT.
You may only win one gacha, and will receive your adopt once payment has been sent. 

Last year’s theme was food. The foods chosen gave hints as to what traits and color palettes could be found on the adopts they represented.
This year’s theme is toys!
If you’re a longtime community member, you may recognize our guest mascot from the toys she often makes to give Faunids when they are newly introduced to our community. Veltruska, more widely known as Velly, is owned by Athenadora. She has made some exceptional toys for our new friends this year!

 

You can view last year's gacha set, including the flavortext that came with them, [HERE]! 

Calendar Overhaul

In addition to the gachas, there has been a HUGE overhaul for our advent calendar.
Every day of December up to the 20th has its own unique prize, with the Winter Wonderwheel opening between the 16th-24th.

Explanation of Prizes

Prizes on even-numbered days will be referred to as "tokens". 

You may not choose which tokens to enter for. This raffle enters you into all possible tokens.
You may only win one for the duration of the event, which does not make you ineligible to win a gacha - they are separate raffles. 

All token prizes may be traded or gifted, but CANNOT be sold. 

Many of these prizes are only possible due to the contributions members have made to the Faunids Fund via submission approvals. Thank you! 

Day 4: Standard tokens include any that can be found in the Barter Shop.

Day 6: This Fawning voucher covers the cost of one Fawn during the season. It does not include helper fees or items purchased - just the base price! 

Day 8: This Half-off Gacha voucher can be used to either 1) halve the cost of any future gacha you win, or 2) gift to a specific user or apply randomly to any upcoming gacha batch. 

Day 10: This will grant you an extra set of 6 randomly generated items from the pool at the Fenris Dispensary, starting in 2026. 

Day 12: Fourth Fawning Slot (For a USER) allows whoever possesses it to order a fourth Fawn during the season if they have already ordered three. It does not cover items/helper fees. Base price for the Fawn will be equivalent to ordering your third Fawn. 

Day 14: Fourth Fawning Slot (For a FAUNID) allows whoever possesses it to bypass the 3-slot limit all Faunids have during the season once. This does not count for both Fauns involved in the pair, only the Faunid it is ‘applied’ to. 

Day 16: No raffle prize. The Winter Wonderwheel will open, which has prizes of its own. 

Day 18: A Faunid of your choice will make an appearance in a very special upcoming Lore Development. It does not have to be a Faunid owned by you, but you do have to have permission from the owner. 

Day 20: Our first MYO Slot: Merfaun! All MYO rules apply. Type of Merfaun must be discussed between the owner and admin to determine what creatures may be used as a ‘base’ for the Merfaun; there is some flexibility here beyond what is generally possible for custom Merfauns.

Referrals

When submitting your entry form for the advents and tokens in the calendar, you will see an option to include whether you were referred by another member. 

If you do not own any non-Corrupt Faunids and were referred to Faunids by a community member, you may share their username in your form.
This will grant both you and the user you’ve referred an extra raffle ticket to any raffles you have entered! 

The Winter Gala is the perfect time to invite some new friends into our community, and we want to celebrate participation from both longtime and brand-new members alike! While I believe our community will be fair and respectful about this, it must be said that it is against our code of conduct to use others who have no interest in participating in Faunids to gain extra raffle tickets. If you are found to be purposefully manipulating this raffle by using your friends in this way, you will be banned from participating from future raffles, and we will likely never grant a reward like this in future raffles for anyone.
Please do not be the person who ruins the fun! 

[Advent Entry Google FOrm]

(Special THANK YOU to Loutta for our event banner, and hearteater for our calendar layout!)

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