August 2025 Newsletter

Posted 1 week ago :: Last edited 5 days ago by chuwigirls

It's autumn in the orin realm!

Summertime in the Orin Realm has officially wrapped up; in its place is a new set of seasonal pets and prompts. The autumn seasons means an uptick in nightmares, making nightflare drops significantly more common and frequent in prompts! If you've ever wanted to deck out your Orin in some spooky Mutation Traits, now is the perfect time to try your luck.

Seasonal Prompt - HARVEST FESTIVAL 🍂

For the season of Fall, draw or write about your Orin celebrating a Harvest Festival. With Fall Pets and an increased chance of snagging Nightflares, it's well worth taking a crack at!

new seasonal pets in cozy critters

Cal's Cozy Critters is celebrating Fall by stocking up on some seasonal friends. Don't ask where they found all of these...

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August Flash Prompts Calendar

August 7: Naga Day
- Find an Orin with a Naga trait on the Masterlist!
August 14-21: Hawaiian Shirt Day
- Draw your Orin in a Hawaiian Shirt or other Tropical attire
August 24-31: Popsicle Day (Moved due to ArtFight)
- Draw your Orin as a character popsicle

Staff Change!

"Hello there, you might know me as Paper or PaperAqueous. I've been an Admin working closely with the Orin species for a very long time, but as of recently, I am officially the Species Owner! With the blessings of our founder, raijin , and my fellow administrative staff, the future of the species now rests in my wee hooves! I have so much love and passion for Orins, and hope I can continue to make it a wonderful community that can give everyone the same warm fuzzy feeling it gives me. Thank you so very much for your support as always, and thank you to the staff, both current and retired, that has helped to foster such a wonderful atmosphere. Have a wonderful day, week, and rest of your year!"

🎟️Invite Raffle

Check out the current Invite Raffle, designed by paper!

Invite raffles occur on the 15th of every month, and only require you to advertise the Realm of Orin to enter. No extra art or other sign-ups; just post a link to your advertisement to enter! You have a chance of winning the raffle Orin, 15 Dreamshards, or a last chance to grab a random summer seasonal pet.

NEW! You can now purchase extra raffle tickets in the Cat's Eye for 50 Dreamshards each!

open adopts

As always, be sure to check out our Open Adopts folder over on Toyhou.se to see our open Orin adoptables!

Other notes & Bugs🔧

The Home and About page have been revamped! Thanks strabi for the shiny new coat of paint.
- The Home page shows off a random Featured Character every day.
- You can now select a personal Featured Character in My Characters. That Orin will randomly say a line of dialogue from a list of over 300 options after each page refresh, courtesty of strabi and paper !
In server, Dyno will not delete messages with 'too many attachments' anymore. No more lost art.
As the Tiny Box does not reset daily, we've made it into a one time purchase for new users. We'll work on implmenting a different daily in the meantime.
We are aware that there is a Server 500 error when users request a verification email sent to their personal emails. If you need help updating your email, please ask in server or submit a Report for help.