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Thornhide Fawnling and Puddlescale Newt Join the Familiar Almanac
Plushies voting closes Oct 24, 5 new familiars joined the Almanac, and Bonnie spotlights the Glimcoil Fae.
By Cassia BellwaterThe Drift news desk · 9:15 AM EDT
Plushies Voting Closes Oct 24
5 New Familiars Join the Almanac
Ready to meet, thanks to the players who discovered them.
#Thornhide Fawnling
Born of deer-quick grace and desert-drake sturdiness, this fawnling still carries a whisper of scaled hide beneath its soft brown coat.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Puddlescale Newt
Born where a pebble-backed hopper's pond met a water-cat's flowing streams, this newt-like familiar carries smooth reptilian scales dappled in mossy spots.
Discovered by @Kiksadi.
#Sunspeckle Piira
Hatched from the last warm fossil-glow of an ancient egg, this sunny little bird kept its ancestor's stony patience but traded scales for radiant feathers.
Discovered by @Kiksadi.
#Mossnap Vixling
Born of a phantom fox's mischief and a desert dragon's steady warmth, this small reptilian creature lost its wings but kept a fox-shaped heart, padding through mossy hollows with…
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Leefwisp
A quiet feline shaped from moss and memory, Leefwisp keeps its Piico ancestor's love of bright plumage tucked away as tiny leaf-buds along its spine.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
Meet the Glimcoil Fae
Born where tide-light meets fae shimmer, the Glimcoil Fae drifts on invisible currents, its sinuous avian-scaled body peppered with softly glowing spots that pulse like tiny captured suns. Mischievous and gentle in equal measure, it leaves a trail of drifting light-motes wherever it wanders.
#Glimcoil Fae was first discovered by @Kiksadi.
Harbor mist on the headland, Plus 6 More Forecasts
Today's outlook across Veloris.
Harbor mist on the headland
A low silver mist is sliding past the eastern cape without obscuring the beacon.
Steady rain over Emberhearth
A patient island rain is soaking the terraces, bazaar roofs, and garden paths.
Bright ice over the frontier
Clear light is catching the old ice and throwing pale reflections across the settlement.
Bright refraction in the cliff
The exposed crystal seams are scattering violet light across the lower workshops.
Lantern blooms under the trees
Bioluminescent flowers are glowing more brightly along the forest floor tonight.
A squall crossing Nova Reach
A fast grassland shower is moving past the outer platforms beneath the citadel.
Sunbreaks over Cloudloft
Warm shafts of light are moving across the gardens between high banks of cloud.
That's our morning edition. Take care of each other, and leave a little room for a surprise.