Choose your characters path!

A small update, but a fun one! From now on, professions are no longer hard coded html - they integrate with lorekeeper now. This opens up the potential to set professions that are customary for any realm, not just the Lopilands - although they were, of course, the prime subject for this implementation. 

Your Lopilu can no show their class of on their profile!
Simple go to edit the profile and pick a profession there, and it will show with the profession icon on their info page and profile. Neat, right?

Not a fighter? Not finding what your character is looking for?
You can also write a profession into the text field instead! This will display on your character the same way but with a default icon. Take note that a profession selection overrides the text!

What's next?
Probably more classes per realm and also some generic crafter and gatherer jobs, once I find time to. It will also be easier to release the missing Lopilu classes now :)c

Hopefully you enjoy this tiny update!

You were just chilling as suddenly a hoard of little critters runs past you...what the heck?!

It is finally time to make companions official! But what exactly are they, and how do they affect the different Realms? 

What are companions?

Companions are small critters, or sometimes even objects with a soul, that can be found in any realm and the reflection. They begin their existence in a sleeping form and can be awakened through careful care, or by feeding them elemental energies. Each Companion type comes with a base element that they are attuned to, but by feeding them energies of a different type, some may obtain a second element. For some, these beings are simply pets and friends - but a handful of companions are capable of more than that.

These special creatures are often referred to as having artefact powers, which is denoted by a little star. This allows them to share Their elemental magic with someone they have a strong bond with, potentially granting them the alter transformation!

care for your companion

For now, the only way to awake your companion is by caring for them daily. To do this, you will want to visit your Companion page and select one of them. Then, simply choose the care option! Each companion takes a different time to wake, so keep at it and one day they will awake for you. In future, there are going to be other ways to do this via special items.

Stay tuned to learn more about companions, and how to feed them elemental energy through one of their favorite healthy treats as Realms Away progresses further!

Name & attach them

Companions can be named or attached to characters! You can do this from your companion page as well. Keep in mind that if your companion awoke with a star, it has the ability to let your character unlock the alter transformation! Not to worry, however- you can attach and detach pets as you wish. But canonically, they may only transform if their companion is with them.

Contest: become a Companion Creator

To celebrate their official launch, take part in the Companion Creator contest and potentially bring your own idea to life! Any entry gets rewarded with 50 magic and a choice of 1 of the 9 starter companions through the Companion Creator prompt. The winner(s) will see their design implemented on the site and receive one for free!

Introducing: User Factions!

Originally a part of the amazing world expansion extension, Factions are groups that admins/mods can create. They have some neat features I will list below that can make plotting your characters more interactive and fun! The twist is: I made them available for every user to create! But what do factions do? When creating a faction, you will be able to fill the following fields:

• Name
• Type (Tribe, Guild, Clan, Gang, Group, Family, Syndicate, Corporation, Legion - potentially more in future!)
• Summary
• Thumbnail and banner image
• In-depth description
• Ranks that you define!
• Links to a location, species, figure or other faction!
• Public or private factions (private factions can only be joined by your own characters)

Any faction can be joined by any character, unless the faction is private or is missing ranks.

Faction Ranks

In order to accept members, your faction will need ranks. You can go wild with these, but it is recommended to set one entry rank with a breakpoint of 0. Don't know what a breakpoint is? No worries! It just means any character with 0 faction Standing can join. Faction standing is a currency used to decide ranks within factions for each character, and does get reset if your character switches factions, soyou always start at the bottom!

Rank Promotions

You plotted something with another user, and their character thus gets a more important rank than the newbie one in your faction? You can give them a  promotion. This can be done in two ways:

1. If the intended rank is not a leadership position: Go to your factions and click edit members. Here, you can assign the character enough Faction Standing to reach the next rank! 
2. If the intended rank is a leadership position: Create closed ranks and manually assign the character to them!

Attachments 

If you want to go further and make it easier to find your faction/give even more lore, you can add attachements to it! At the time, you an link your faction to any of the following:

• Figures
• Species (Fauna)
• Locations
• Factions

I hope this update brings you some fun and more flexibility in creating plots with others!! Please report any bug you find in the bug channel on discord <3

Access your factions from the dashboard, or here: Your Factions
View & search existing factions by Realm, Species, Type and name here: View Factions

The spooky season

Duration:  September 1st - December 1st, Realm: All!

As the trees grow more colorful and the weather turns cooler, we welcome autumn!

Our second season is coming in! As with summer, this will bring some new traits and items to the site, as well as new seasonal prompts, backgrounds and a new seasonal theme!

PROMPTS

Earn the new seasonal currency, candy corn, by completing the newly released Seasonal Autumn prompts! You may also want to visit the new daily, Candy Corner, for a piece of candy corn each day during autumn.

SEASONAL TRAITS

This season comes with 3 new traits that work on any species: Mechanical , Spectral and Translucent! Pay a visit to Fire & Steelworks, Freaque Antique and Aknaras' Grotto to exchange your candy corn for a new look!

BACKGROUNDS

Fuchsia has prepared for autumn and offers some new travel locations to you ! Visit Tranquil Travels Agency  and check out some of the seasonal backgrounds!

Arkusterra DISCOVERED

Arkusterra, the realm of the dragons has been discovered! You can now read up on the new species, the Dragons,  in the species section.

Arkusterra is a wide realm and home to many creatures and monsters.
The most fearsome and impressive of them are definitely dragons, but there are also smaller, more friendly creatures that you may wish to meet…

NEW MYO + trait ITEMS & Shop

Say hello to a firey new store with a firey owner, and check out the 'How to raise a dragon'  prompt to earn an easy dragon MYO!
Both old world and new world dragons will be regularly available at Fire & Steelworks!

NEW BACKGROUND

The new background "Dragon Hatchery" will also be available for purchase at the Tranquil Travels Agency for 35!

MONTHLY PROMPT

The whole bakery
Autumn is cozy time, and cozy time means baking cozy treats for 80 !

Upcoming

Later this month, planned for the 10th of September, is the official release of Companions - as well as a related contest! 

That about wraps it up! Stay tuned, and enjoy~