Newbie Guide [WIP]

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-The species, pets/familiars, and setting
-Names and dreams
-Customs, breedings, and other ways to acquire Kin
-Useful links and other notes




Are you a newbie, then post here!  

[elvyralani]

The species, pets/familiars, and setting

There are currently five different species.
-Kimeti are the main swamp dwellers.
The two genders have different line arts.




-Kiokote are from the plains.
The genders can be told apart by the beard. Males have a beard, the females do not.




-Acha are from the deserts.
Males have two sets of horns, straight and curved. Females only have the straight horns.




-Totoma are from the north.
Males have extra chest fluff and females do not.




-Zikwa are from underground.
There are no differences between the genders.




Lists of pets and familiars can be found here and here.

On the swamp

As for real places that resemble Matope, it's a pretty alien place, but the Everglades are a good place to start, as Matope was inspired by watching several TV shows about the Everglades in a row. Just like Matope the Everglades have Mangrove forests, Cypress forests covered in kudzu, marshes, and sawgrass prairies.

"Coastline" is a bit misleading. It really looks more like this than a typical coastline like you're probably envisioning. There are sandy beaches but they're mostly sloping out of big salty marshes. And then open ocean, punctuated by a few standing mangrove patches.

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[elvyralani]

Names and dreams

Names come to Kimeti, Kiokote, Acha, and Zikwa as a dream.
Since they know no knowledge of human culture, certain words cannot be used; the words should be something familiar to the swamp. Names also need to be real, english words. Try to keep them short, and simple if you can.

Dreams can come in the form of anything. A few sentences, a short story, a drawing, anything!


Totoma are born live, so they are born nameless. They must earn their name through a feat of strength.  

[elvyralani]

Customs, breedings, and other ways to acquire Kin

Kin can be acquired in a number of ways.
Most newbies do not stay newbies for long! Many of the regular shop goes love gifting extras from breedings.
There is almost always a user run contest going on in the main area of the guild.

Customs are one way of obtaining Kin. Most colorist have bribe threads open. You can also go the RL route and commission them that way.

Breedings can either be obtained through bribe, RL, or through the monthly colorist choice thread that can be found in the main area of the guild.

Colorist bribe thread are found here.

RL custom info found here.  

[elvyralani]

Useful links and other notes

-You can use these to make your own buttons.

-Info about user run contests

-Owners List

-Certing thread