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When the Weather Brings Visitors
The weather can bring rare visitors, Candy Story voting closes Nov 7, Bonnie features 5 familiar discoveries, and Bonnie spotlights the Glimscale Terrath.
By Cassia BellwaterThe Drift news desk · 9:15 AM EST
When the Weather Brings Visitors
Some species only turn up when the place, the weather and what you're doing line up just right. Check the Veloris Outlook each morning, then go where the weather is interesting.
Candy: Story & Art & Lyrics Contests
Candy
Story round
Voting Voting closes Nov 7, 12:00 AM EST
Art round
Entries open Entries close Nov 7, 12:00 AM EST
Lyrics round
Entries open Entries close Nov 14, 12:00 AM EST
5 Familiar Discoveries in Focus
Ready to meet, thanks to the players who discovered them.
#Verdant Wisplynx
Born from a hush of moss and a shiver of shadow, this feline familiar's solid emerald coat seems to drink the moonlight.
Discovered by @Greenrabbit36.
#Emberslump Foal
Born when a sleepy slime learned to gallop, this soft little pony-shape still remembers how to melt.
Discovered by @Capricious_Fairy.
#Emberdapple Kit
Born of flickering flame and dappled fawn-light, this small feline carries warm orange stripes like banked embers along its coat.
Discovered by @Capricious_Fairy.
#Wispmoss Bun
Born of moss and moonlit shadow, this gentle bunny seems to flicker at the edges, as if half of it hasn't quite decided to stay in this world.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Loamveil Truffet
Descended from moth-shadowed hounds and bone-marked burrow-bunnies, the Loamveil Truffet digs cozy tunnels through dusk-dark soil, its indigo-black fur hiding faint moth-wing…
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
Meet the Glimscale Terrath
Born where tidal mud meets ancient stone, the Glimscale Terrath is a slow-gliding reptile whose limbless body pulses with soft earthen bioluminescence — warm amber and mossy green lights drifting beneath pebbly, fossil-patterned scales. It leaves a faint luminous trail in the soil, like starlight pressed into the ground.
#Glimscale Terrath was first discovered by @georgiakait201.
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.
Soft cloud over Emberhearth
A high cloud layer is cooling the island without closing out the light.
Bright ice over the frontier
Clear light is catching the old ice and throwing pale reflections across the settlement.
Rain over the harbor
A soft rain is dimpling the pond and the mangrove channels and running off the cliff stairs.
Rain through the canopy
A gentle rain is filtering through the leaves and pattering on the mossy forest floor.
Electric haze around the citadel
A harmless blue haze is gathering where the spire's field meets the evening air.
Crystal drizzle over the gardens
A fine bright drizzle is catching the blue cliff crystals without hiding the paths.
That's our morning edition. Take care of each other, and leave a little room for a surprise.