This month is so fleetingly short! We've got some more behind the scenes work done, as well as some other fun stuff to share!

Last month's prompt

As you may recall, last month users could design a new Sprite Pet for the Orin Realm, and 3 winners would be randomly picked! We've since completed these pets, and we've provided some visuals on what these fun friends look like below! Be sure to check out their page links to read about them, and give a big thanks to the winners for these amazing designs!

Sacklet by plumfumble

Crechair by maxdragonxx

Serafin by Heidmaan

Word on the street is, one of our mods also got excited about a different pet entry, and has since asked permission to make it official too... I suppose we'll have to wait and see what this means! 

Valentine's adopt

We still have a sweet Valentine-themed adopt made by our wonderful mod RealEmnyah! You can find out how to adopt this cutie by going over here. We also have some older adopts still up for grabs in this folder!

Staff changes

Last month we mentioned that we were doing some infrastructure changes, and this month we're ready to announce it!
Most importantly, our dear species Owner Raijin will be stepping back into a "Founder" role.  On the outside not much is changing, but rather than Raijin needing to oversee the moderation group, the staff is now running the species and coming to agreements as a collective. Raijin will still have authority over the direction of traits and lore, but we'll be able to get new content out for everyone swifter this way, and take some of the pressure off them. :)

Additionally, Nat is switching from a Moderator to an Artist! 
Do be sure to wish them luck on their artsy endeavors. :D

We still need to update these changes publicly on the Mod Directory (please bear with us until that's finished,) but rest assured we've already made all the internal preparations, and things have been smooth sailing.

Bits and bobs

We have some assorted small announcements that weren't quite large enough for their own category, so we're putting them here because we still want you guys to know what's going on! 

Fun info

1. There's still about a week left for this month's prompt! The prompt is sweet and simple, "Draw or Write what 'Love' looks like for your Orin!"

2. Updated NPC descriptions. Both on Toyhouse, and on the site, our NPCs now have descriptions with some spoiler-free tidbits to give you a better idea of their personalities and dynamics. :)

3. The donation box is almost full... Only needing 100 more dreamshards now, who knows what will happen when this donation box fills! 

Technical info

4. Trade feature does not work with "pets." What we mean is, you can't currently use the site's trade feature to trade pets. Until we find a workaround, you can transfer pets directly with someone you trust, or contact a staff member to have us safely and manually handle the trade for you.

5. Added way to remove Draw-The-Orin-Above strikes. For those of you in our Discord server, you may recall that failing to complete a DTOA claim or back out on time results in a strike, and with 3 strikes you would be banned from playing DTOA. Now, you may have 1 strike lifted for every 3 completed claims!

6. Users can now switch between Orin subtypes when submitting a MYO for approval. We noticed that users were stuck submitting "Illusionists" despite "Technicians" being free, so our coder Iza went ahead and fixed that. Thank you Iza! Please note that anything above Technician is still not free, you will need the appropriate MYO slot or item to allow it. :)