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Windpuff Glider and Glimloaf Grub Join the Familiar Almanac
Plushies voting closes Oct 24, 5 new familiars joined the Almanac, and Bonnie spotlights the Vesper Hollowjaw.
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.
#Windpuff Glider
Born from tumbling fluff and desert sky, this puffball sprouted a pair of small dragon-wings and now drifts wherever the breeze carries it, humming a soft sprite-song as it goes.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Glimloaf Grub
Born from cauldron-sparks and fluffball humming, this little grub-bodied familiar lost its wings but gained a soft inner glow that pulses like a dying ember.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Cairnclaw Scuttling
Born of leafy shadow and stony claw, this little insectoid trundles through mossy cairns with earth-dusted horns.
Discovered by @Capricious_Fairy.
#Cindercoil Ember
Born of slag heat and river-noodle warmth, this little serpent traded its ancestor's fins for a smooth reptilian coil and traded cool slime for a low, banked magma glow that…
Discovered by @DeadlyLuna.
#Duskstripe Vex
Born of a fawn's gentle grace and a shadow-marked spirit, this creature pads through moonlit thickets with butterfly-veiled claws and smoky stripes that ripple like ink in water.
Discovered by @Capricious_Fairy.
Meet the Vesper Hollowjaw
Born where shadow meets stillness, the Vesper Hollowjaw watches everything with hollow, knowing eyes — its russet body warm as embers, its pale bone-like muzzle cool as a moonless night. It carries quiet secrets, and those it trusts say it whispers them back in dreams.
#Vesper Hollowjaw was first discovered by @Kiksadi.
Saltwind along the cape, Plus 6 More Forecasts
Today's outlook across Veloris.
Saltwind along the cape
A brisk harbor wind is carrying salt air across the terraces and eastern headland.
A storm over Emberhearth
Heavy island weather is crossing the shore and slopes with rain and strong gusts.
An aurora above the spires
A quiet ribbon of color is hanging above the distant ice spires and northern camp.
A clear tide at Iskerval
The bay has settled glass-clear beneath the docks, revealing the rocks below.
Restless leaves in the darkwood
A wandering breeze is stirring the high canopy and sending leaves across the path.
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.