Jet-Setting Exploration

Prompt - 

🔮Portals Prompts do not need to be completed in order.

There are countless places you could end up when entering a portal... Where will you go?

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) travelling through a portal.

• Does your character regularly travel through portals? 
• Do they stumble upon one on accident, or find something mysterious or broken?
• Where do they end up? Draw them in a new biome or location.
• Do they avoid portals for any reason? Explore their thoughts on travel around skire.

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

Portal Practicality

Prompt - 

🔮Portals Prompts do not need to be completed in order.

Portals are essential to the life and commerce of Skire. They can be found in countless corners, some new, and some ancient. How does your character interact?

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) interacting with a portal.

• Does your character use portals to send items or gifts to others? Ship their creations across Skire? 
• Do they use them for a commute or personal travel?
• Are there specific portals that are important to them? Design a portal they might travel through or interact with often.
• Have they ever interacted with one on accident, or had a magical portal mishap?
• Have they created their own?

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

Once again we are back to celebrating the spirit of giving!  Some of you may remember this event from the previous year as a way to keep things light and fun while art fight is in full swing, and since it's that time of year once again we thought it would be a fun time to keep that energy going!

This is a light prompt focused on gifting to others! Whether good friends or someone new, it's always fun to share the fun of making things for each other!

⦿ Prompt

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character that belongs to someone else!

• This prompt may be completed once !
• There is no set theme! You may write about a character giving gifts, receiving gifts, or even just an exposition piece of a various scene as long as the focus character belongs to someone else !
• Make sure you ask permission from the character’s owner if you're unsure if they are comfortable with gift art !
• You can include your own characters for this prompt, but they should not be the focus character! Focus character means that the gifted character in the piece should be of equal or more prominent standing in the art. The gift art bonus will not count if your own character is included.

⦿ REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Requirements -

• Drawn -- Flat Colored Fullbody of a Skire Character that does not belong to you as the focus character. 
• Written -- 600 Words or more about a Skire Character that does not belong to you as the focus character. 

⦿ RULES

• You may not use NPCs for this prompt.
• Submissions must be your own work -- No AI, collaboration, etc.
• CAN be completed as gift art, and must include at least one character that does not belong to you as the focus character. Please make sure you get permission, or you can look for characters open for gift art and writing. Owned characters may be included, but will not grant the gift bonus.
• All content MUST be PG-13.
• Submissions must be submitted via link, and be viewable to admin. Discord links are not permitted.
• Art may only be submitted to one prompt. 

⦿ Rewards

• STANDARD PAYOUT 
• RAFFLE TICKET -- Raffle Entry

PREMADES

PREMADE ENTRIES

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MYO Slots

FFA MYO SLOTS

N/O MYO SLOTS

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• 3 Free-For-All Standard Event MYO (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

• 2 Non-Owner Standard Event MYOs (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 4 FFA MYO slots.
If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 20 entries, we will increase the prizes to 3 NO MYO slots.

Following the original pool goals, every additional 30 entries in FFA and 10 entries in NO will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.

Trait Tickets

TRAIT TICKET ENTRIES

Enter for a Trait Ticket that can be applied to any official Skire design in your possession. This pool will begin with 3 Uncommon 2 Rare and 1 Myth trait tickets. For each 30 Entries, another x1 of each type will be added to the pool

Uncommon Trait Ticket

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• 1 Uncommon Trait (All Species)

Rare Trait Ticket

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• 1 Rare Trait (All Species)

Myth Trait Ticket

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• 1 Myth Trait (All Species)

Submissions

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MINIMUM Requirements

Refer to the Prompt Guide for more detailed information.

• Drawing - Flatcolor Fullbody
• Writing - 600 Words

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• Prompt - July Gift Event - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners to the N/O MYO Slot Pool)
  • This prompt grants STANDARD CROWN PAYOUT
  • RAFFLE ENTRY. Must be opened by the user before the event ends to be entered into this events raffles. [PRIZES]

◦ Payout Details: (Detail what payouts you expect to receive as well as using the calculator attached to the prompt)
◦ Total Payout: (Amount of Crowns you expect to receive)
◦ Ownership Status: Owner/Non Owner
◦ Other: (Any other notes we should know!)

[[PROMPT SUBMISSION GUIDE]]

"Ahoy, Skire!" Booms the old Gravent with outstretched arms, beckoning the motley mix of a crowd to come closer. "Aren'cha lil' green'orns grow'n tired of bein' packed in 'ere lik'a can of sardines? Don'cha wan'a real escapade? Then drop all yer' busywork an' climb aboard, mates! The Captain'll show yous a real adventure!"

The Captain's ship has docked on the shores of Skire, but he isn't here to take in the sights of the land. The old Gravent is looking for a crew, extending an invitation to any Skire seeking the thrill of the high-seas! 

"An' I almost fer'got, if ye' heed my words and pay real close attention, ye' may just leave wit' more than ye' bargained for!"

The Captain has many stories to tell, if you listen and piece them together, you may just find something nice, left from The Captain himself...

⦿ Prompt

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character embarking on a journey with The Captain.

• Do they enjoy sailing the seas, or does it scare them? Are the seas of Skire calm or treacherous? What happens to pass the time?
• Do they yearn for power, treasure, or simply a good adventure with friends? 
• What calls to them to join the Captain on this journey? Do they stowaway and sneak aboard, or join the crew to help with a specific job?
• The Captain doesn't need to be present in your work! It just has to follow the theme of adventure on the high seas.
• This prompt may be completed once!

⦿ REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Requirements -

• Drawn -- Flat Colored Halfbody and a Simple Background 
• Written -- 600 Words or more

⦿ RULES

• You may use NPCs for this prompt.
• Submissions must be your own work -- No AI, collaboration, etc.
• Can be completed as gift art. Please make sure you get permission, or you can look for characters open for gift art and writing. 
• All content MUST be PG-13.
• Submissions must be submitted via link, and be viewable to admin. Discord links are not permitted.
• Art may only be submitted to one prompt. 

⦿ Rewards

• STANDARD PAYOUT 
• RAFFLE TICKET
• TREASURED TROVE
• BADGE

PREMADES

PREMADE ENTRIES

Maple Gravel
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PREMADE ENTRIES

Golden Astrolabe
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PREMADE ENTRIES

20's Deco
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MYO Slots

FFA MYO SLOTS

N/O MYO SLOTS

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• 3 Free-For-All Standard Event MYO (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

• 2 Non-Owner Standard Event MYOs (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 40 entries, we will increase the prizes to 4 FFA MYO slots.
If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 3 NO MYO slots.

Following the original pool goals, every additional 30 entries in FFA and 10 entries in NO will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.

Trait Tickets

TRAIT TICKET ENTRIES

Enter for a Trait Ticket that can be applied to any official Skire design in your possession. This pool will begin with 3 Uncommon 2 Rare and 1 Myth trait tickets. For each 40 Entries, another x1 of each type will be added to the pool

Uncommon Trait Ticket

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• 1 Uncommon Trait (All Species)

Rare Trait Ticket

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• 1 Rare Trait (All Species)

Myth Trait Ticket

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• 1 Myth Trait (All Species)

Part 1

A feeling of deep unease creeps across Skire.

The earthquakes have been plaguing you for a while now.

The first one was just a little shiver; the ground jittering so gently you might not have noticed if it weren’t for the flower vase on your counter shaking like it had taken a soft breeze. Though, there were no windows open, and the cacophony of notifications on your social media feed told you that others had felt it too. Even if it was small, it was all everyone talked about. Quakes were far and few between on Skire.

Two days later there was another one, and people started to get a little worried. Between talk show hosts sharing hopeful theories about the development of a new layer of Uto, all that was on the news was the quakes. You were listening to one of these casts when the room started to shake… violently. Running outside, the ground under your feet seized and swayed as if you were on a boat in rough ocean. You’d never felt anything like this before.

Your neighbor’s distant panicked cries sank to the background of your mind as you stared out over the layers of hills and houses. Even the swaying of the ground becomes secondary, because out of the corner of your eye you saw it.

A strange, dark amalgam was crawling into the yard.

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The Nautipods are telling you that Ofae’s magic is out of control. While more reports come in about the earthquakes and the oozing beasts, they say they don’t know anything else. It’s just a feeling they have -being the moon’s children- that Ofae is in distress.

The news says that since the earthquakes started, Ichor Beasts started to appear all over the place. The shrouded creatures came in many shapes; aggressively stalking and even chasing anyone who came near. That thing you saw was one of them. Though they’ve been sighted in the deep wilds before, it was extremely strange to see them wandering in towns, or even densely populated areas.

The worst part of all this is that nobody knows why.

You start to take home extra water and food. You pick up first-aid kits from stores, which is something you’ve never felt like you had to do before. You just have some urgent feeling that you must prepare yourself for, inevitably, whatever happens next. It could be nothing, but you’d rather be ready instead of sorry.

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You go about your day as best you can, but you cannot shake the feeling that something is coming. The strange reports of magical fissures around meteor lake do not help either. Chaos slowly swells, the continent unable to ignore the warning signs appearing all around. It almost feels like the world is pending some kind of upheaval. Those more magically inclined have begun their investigations, but many remain unsure of what's to come.

It feels that nobody is immune to the anxiety, Nautipods especially impacted by the weight of what's coming. Their connection to the world's magic is different, drawn often to strange wells of magic unfamiliar to Skire. These fissures crack and shatter the earth, upending homes, displacing many. They pierce deep into the planet, past the crust, beyond... You cannot see far enough down. The magic feels familiar in a way, pulsing like veins from the cracks. Energy erupts with a static that feels almost heavy.

What's on the horizon?

Part 2

Huge tremors shake the earth, and something snaps.

You were right to be cautious.

It’s been months since the first quake set off a nearly daily chain of tremors over the entire continent, but despite the fear early on, people have started to become used to it. Aside from the slight feeling of dread, you no longer jump or panic when you feel the ground move. For a moment you think that maybe this is just the new normal for Skire.

You’re asleep when it happens. A jolt wakes you from your slumber, and at first you’re only annoyed. Instead of the quake petering to an end, the shaking only gets more and more intense. You sit up in bed and patiently wait for it to stop. It doesn’t.

As you get out of bed, the glass in your windows shatters covering the floor in glimmering shards. The sound of it triggers your survival mode; and you run out of the room and into the world. Even out here, you can still hear the shattering noise. It’s not just your windows, the land itself seems to be screeching in agony. A chorus of shrieking, crashing, and something reverberating from deep under your feet. It makes you want to cover your ears, but it echoes through your body in a way that can’t be shut out.

A sudden powerful shockwave sends you to your knees; the earth bucking upwards underneath you, as if you’re being shot upwards into space. In the distance, all around you, the earth is breaking. It cracks into pieces with smoke and dust billowing from the fissures. Terrified, your eyes trace the cracks and chasms to one bulging point in the distance. You hope that whoever is nearest those fractures will not be swallowed up alive.

You’re sitting there, mind racing as you try to figure out what will happen next. Then, you see it. Out of the bulging earth, something starts to breach. It’s a strange thing, trying to describe a being of a size you couldn’t begin to fathom exists, but it’s there… jutting upwards like you’re witnessing a mountain being formed in real-time. A Titan, slick with oily Ichor that seeps from it’s body and waterfalls down to the land below, so far below. It crushes whole settlements with its hands as it heaves itself upwards until the crags of its long, shimmering neck touch the sky.

As you crane your own neck back, it opens its jaw and the siren roar pierces deep into your skull.

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You wonder if this is the end of the world. You will realize soon that in a way, it is.

Part 3

Gravity suddenly flips beneath your feet.

The flood of Ichor cascading off of the Titan infected the land before your very eyes. From it seeped hundreds of beasts, those caught in the flood succumbed to the Ichor quickly. It left behind a throng of creatures none fully solid nor liquid that harassed and attacked any inhabitants they encountered.

It wasn’t long before they reached you. Over the next day your fellow Skireans began to band together. There was nowhere to run because they were everywhere, spawning from the ground and the rivers of muck that crept through the land from the fissures. There wasn’t much else you could do but fight. They seemed to resist magic somehow. Not even devastating magical attacks kept them down for long, so you resorted to attacking them with whatever physical weapon you could get your hands on. Eventually they would be kept at bay, but you were still unsure if they would stay down for good. Even when you felt you’d conquered them all, a new wave of them would soon appear. 

The looming Titan makes you all afraid. Days pass and it continues to climb up out of the earth, dominating the horizon. Attempts at attacking it seemed to be futile. It was just too large; too dangerous to get close, for fear of being swept up in the Ichor yourself.

Through it all, you try not to lose your hope. The idea of this being the new world you live in terrifies and exhausts you. You’re not ready to accept that world, though you’ve lived in it for close to a week. Is this truly how life is now? Have the guardians abandoned you? Your peers cry and huddle in stress every night. Unfortunately, you don’t think there is anything you could say to make it better.

One night as a new wave of Ichor Beasts breaks through your defenses, you and your group abandon your camp and retreat to higher ground. The sharp wail of the Ichor Titan threatens to break your will. What are you to do? What can any of you do?

Another shockwave hits. For a brief moment your heart stops, thinking that maybe another one of those towering beasts is about to appear. Just like that time weeks before, it feels as if the world is falling apart. This time though, you see it happen with your own eyes. A deafening sound like cracking glacial ice echoes from the ground and across the sky, like rolling thunder. Just as you witnessed the Titan ascend into this world, you watch the earth split open to swallow it whole again.

You hold onto each other as gravity shifts. The world feels heavier; sucking you towards the soil under your feet but you can’t look away as the Titan plummets down to whatever hell is underneath. The massive chasm continues to grow in the distance. Further, and further, as if Skire had become a floating island drifting away to safety.

You realize you aren’t dreaming, and this might as well be true. A CCCat near you says as much. You can barely believe what you are hearing.

Eeridi has shattered into pieces. 

Part 4

All that's left is to pick up the pieces.

When you think back about everything that happened, you’re not sure how much time has passed. Everything feels like a blur, yet crystal clear in your mind at the same time.

Yes, Eeridi had shattered. You recall the emotions you felt when that information dawned on you. The world you once knew no longer existed, at least not in the same way you remembered.

Eventually you mustered the courage along with the others to approach the edge of the world as you know it. It made your stomach turn to look down and see a vast expanse of nothing but air, clouds, and Ichor below. Down there, under the mist and mire, you could still see the looming Titan moving like a leviathan across the surface of some inner alien world. You feel dizzy just looking at it.

When you look up you can see other fragments of Eeridi suspended far in the distance. They remind you of the floating islands near Meteor Lake, or Stonewing, though you know these fragments of the planet are much larger than they appear. Whole continents suspended in air… it’s still hard for you to wrap your head around even now.

In the weeks that followed the Shattering, people tried hard to adapt as quickly as possible. You think that if Skire had been less keen on advancement before all this, the change would have been harder for you all. Somehow everyone has found a way to band together and push towards solutions.

The Ichor Beasts still spawn here sometimes. With time you learn that you can predict where they appear if you follow the trail of the Titan below. Guilds have been popping up all over the place with this exact knowledge in mind. They’re training people on how to fight the Ichor Beasts. These guilds go by many names, but they are all sworn to fight back and keep us safe.

The air feels heavier around the edges of Skire, and authorities warn you all, especially those with abilities to fly, not to try and traverse the openings at all. The gravity is too great; able to suck down any craft that attempts to bridge the gaps at land level. The only way to travel from one island to another is from space. Over time you see an explosion of new types of space-faring shuttles and crafts built to ferry people from one island to the next.

It seems daily that you hear new stories of adventuring parties and researchers attempting to go down to the surface below; the “Core Planet” as they’ve been calling it. It seems to you like it’s a death wish to want to go down there, but they keep insisting that the information they gather is priceless. Half of them don’t come back.

Despite the enormous change to your physical world, you find that things are starting to move on like normal. Yes the air is a bit thinner, and the Ichor Beasts can be a tad annoying to deal with, but life goes on. Skireans are resilient beings. You all work hard to repair what has been broken.

Of course, researchers are still trying to figure out why all of this happened. You yourself wonder what the greater meaning of all this is, if there even is one. Everyone everywhere has their own theories. All you can really do is go on with your life, adapt, and hope that nothing worse happens to your precious planet.

A WANDER IN THE WOODS

Please note this prompt is using our legacy prompt procedures, meaning it will still need to be submitted to the google form, and prizes will be rolled in the discord! future events will fully utilize the new prompt system!

The warm weather permits many skireans to bound out into nature; enjoying the sunny days and beautiful sights of the untapped wilderness. You (your skirean) are one such skirean who decided to go out and take a much needed vacation in the woods. It’s the perfect time to do so, and so you pack up the essentials and trudge out to steak a spot for your tent. Maybe you brought some friends, maybe you trekked it alone, either way you are determined to have a good time!

Part 2 - Something Odd In The Woods…

While out and about, or setting up camp, something out of the corner of your eye grabs your attention.

There are strange lights and metallic flashes in the woods. Sometimes they seem like they are beckoning you, like they want to be followed. You decide to take a closer look. 

Stepping forward towards the lights, there is an instant silence that envelops you, as if every creature living in the woods noticed your presence, or maybe they fled. Continuing forward the trees grow denser, and though the light of the sun is dimmed here the floating lights guide your way. 

As the air around you grows colder, you think you finally begin to hear some kind of noise in the deafening quiet of these woods: music. Music… and singing? 

The gentle singing seems sad and happy all at once, and draws you further in. You must find out where it’s coming from.

Part 3 - The wounded beast

You make your way into a clearing that seems to be bordering a strange lake. A lake? There was no lake where you were, at least not this close by. The water looks like glass; moving slowly as if thicker than usual. You also think you see eerie metallic statues peeking above the surface.

You can’t look for long, as a friendly whisper grabs your attention. There, by the shore, you find a beautiful metallic beast leaking oil, its leg in a trap. The oil from its body pools on the surface of the still, milky water. It seems weak; eyeing you warily.

The lights seem to swarm around you, physically tugging you closer, and as you near the unfamiliar being you realize the beast is grinning at you. Though its mouth doesn’t move, in a tinny voice it speaks.
“Help me… please… I am hurt…please help me…”

“It is good to see you… good to see a friendly face…”

What do you do?

Prompt 3: The split choice.

You may only choose one option, and it may only be completed once. Draw your Skire doing one of two things:

Choice 1

Choice 2

As you run back the way you think you came, you try to make sense of what you saw. You’re not sure at all where you are… everything looks different… Are you sure this is the way you came? 

Just as you start to doubt yourself, the woods opens up into… the place you first saw the lights. The sun warms your body as you look back behind you, but the woods look normal… not at all like the eternally dark and cold place you thought you’d just left. 

Was it real? The items in your possession definitely makes it seem real. You try to return to your activities, or maybe you’re done camping for a while… Even as you wander back to camp the memories of what you saw start to fade away.

ENJOY THE OUTDOORS

Prompt 1

This prompt must be completed FIRST

Denizens of Skire have taken advantage of the warm weather and are venturing out to camp!

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) camping, glamping, hiking, or doing an activity that one may do while camping.

• Does your character enjoy the outdoors, or are they a bit more reluctant to spend time in the wilderness?
• Do they prepare, bring needed items, or do they seem to be lax about setting up?
• What do they enjoy in the woods? Do they like gathering plants, looking for cool creatures, or exploring interesting areas?

SOMETHING ODD IN THE WOODS

Prompt 2

This prompt must be completed SECOND

Strange lights have been appearing in the woods, and you feel quite strange…

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) investigating the strange lights in the woods.

• Does your character excitedly investigate, or are they scared of what might be causing the strange lights?
• What is their approach to encountering them? Are they sneaky, or maybe more forthright?
• How do they react to the strange feelings that the lights seem to be causing?

THE WOUNDED BEAST

Prompt 3

This prompt must be completed THIRD

THIS PROMPT IS SPLIT CHOICE! You may only choose one prompt to follow, and it may only be completed once. Whichever outcome you choose, please make sure you follow the correct one since it also determines the finalized item you will receive. 

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) following one of the split choice prompts.

• Choice One: Help the Beast – This prompt gives you the Oily Compact (Grants the Opalescent Markings Trait)
• Choice Two: Break Free and Flee – This prompt gives you the Thorny Flower (Grants Horns/Spikes for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods, and Split Hands for Crooks)

General Rules

• Your art or writing must be related to the theme of the prompt.
• No NSFW or sexual material is permitted. Themes MUST be PG-13 to exist onsite. Nudity of any kind is not allowed.
• No AI is allowed in the creation of event entries.
• If you are drawing someone else’s character please make sure you have their permission to do so. Please check below for characters available for gift art!
• AI Generated writing is not permitted for any event entries.
• Prizes from this event are subject to normal Skire group rules.
• Make sure you have a Skire.Club account, as one is needed if you end up winning a prize!
• Do not guilt trip or harass members for entering or winning a prize. Doing so may ban you from entering future events.
• Do not enter the event if you are blacklisted or greylisted. (We have informed you if you are).
• Please respond to the Google Form in the submission section with your entry to be counted! If you do not, your entry may be missed and not counted for the event.
• Submissions must be provided in a viewable form, meaning admin must be able to access them properly.

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

Premades

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MYO Slots

Enter for a MYO Slot with 1 Rare, and 3 Uncommon traits. [This can be redeemed for a CCCat, Crook, Nautipod, or Gravent] There are 2 separate pools - one that is Free-For-All (FFA), and one for Non-Owners (N/O).

• Non-Owner (N/O) Pool - There will be 2 base MYO slots for this pool.
• Free-For-All (FFA) Pool - There will be 4 base MYO slots for this pool.
• If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 10 entries, we will increase the prizes to 3 N/O MYO slots.
• If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 5 FFA MYO slots.
• Following the original pool goals, every additional 20 entries will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.

Trait Tickets

Enter for a Trait Ticket that can be applied to any official Skire design in your possession. This pool will begin with 2 Rare and 1 Myth trait tickets. For each 20 Entries, another x1 of each type will be added to the pool

Trait Items

For completing ONE OR MORE of the prompts, you will receive the Feather Duster item that grants the Particle Markings trait.

For completing all three prompts in order, and choosing one of the two choice prompts for Prompt 3, you will receive ONE of the two options depending on that choice.

• Pathway One: Help the Beast – This prompt gives you the Oily Compact (Grants the Opalescent Markings Trait)
• Pathway Two: Break Free and Flee – This prompt gives you the Thorny Flower (Grants the Horns/Spikes Trait for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods and Split Hands/Feet for Crooks)

Perhaps you might leave with more than you bargained for...

You can submit to the google form at most three times for filling out each of the separate prompts. 

• Prompt 1 - Outdoors - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners)
• Prompt 2 - Something Odd - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners)
• Prompt 3 - Wounded Beast - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners)
  • Choice 1 - Help The Beast (Earns one Oily Compact that grants Opalescent Markings)
  • Choice 2 - Break Free and Flee (Earns one Thorny Flower that grants Horns/Spikes for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods, and Split Hands for Crooks)
    
  • This prompt cannot be submitted more than once!
    
  • Once completed, you will gain a completion badge, and if you’re lucky… perhaps you’ll leave with more than you bargained for…

Part 1 - Prepare for the long night

Set up decoration for the Long Night!

Your goal is to decorate! You’ll want to set up your home to be the absolute best place to party the night away! The Long Night can be scary for those who dislike the darkness, and many believe that decorating with shining lights helps to ease those fears. Some though may relish in this darkness, electing to embrace it in their decor and celebrations or avoid such festivities completely.

• Decorations often involve candles in some way as they serve to provide quick and simple communication, but traditional string lights, pumpkins and other items with candles in them are just as common. Plenty of other goofy and scary decorations also line homes and abodes, and during this period of darkness Skireans also create plenty of games to partake in! People will often set up decorations and lights along paths in towns or cities to aid travelers, and these decorations don’t always need to be indoors or on homes.

Prepare for the long night

Prompt 1 - 

This prompt must be completed FIRST

There are many ways that Skireans prepare for the Long Night. For some, they decorate with lights and candles, inviting fun and celebration, while others lay low. Despite these differences, one will most certainly see lights scattered about displaying color-coded messages.

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) preparing themselves for the Long Night.

• Does your character enjoy the decorating, or do they prefer to remain low-key? 
• What color lights might they display, if any?
• Does your character have experience with the Long Night, or is it new to them?

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

Submissions

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Requirements

Refer to the Prompt Overview for more detailed information.

• Writing - 600 Words
• Drawing - Halfbody with a Legible Background

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You can submit to the google form at most three times for filling out each of the separate prompts. 

• Prompt 1 - Prepare for the Long Night - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners to the N/O MYO Slot Pool)
• You will also recieve one Lumpy Pumpkin and one  Wisp Lantern and Wisp for completing the first prompt.

Lumpy Pumpkin

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• Grants the Squiggle Lips trait (CCCats)

Wisp Lantern

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Lanterns drop 1-7 wisps at equal drop rates, 10 if you're lucky! These wisps can be used for entries into the different pools detailed below. To use a lantern, open it in your inventory! Your Inventory will then be granted a number of wisps. 

Please note that this event will be the first one submittable directly onsite! Please use the following form to assure your submission is able to be processed quickly!

• Prompt Number: (1/2/3/4)
• Ownership Status: (Non Owner/Owner)
• Prize Pool Choice: (Premade/MYOs/Trait Tickets)
• Prompt Prize: (List your choice of prize for your final prompt)

[[PROMPT SUBMISSION GUIDE]]

MINI Prompt - Costumes!

Costumes were introduced into the mix of tradition when many would find wisps attracted to the life of others. It was believed costumes would help deter any wisps from gathering or “targeting” any sole individual and following them. While not really the case, many still believe this and thus use costumes to traverse the dark in peace and pretend to be someone they aren't, setting up candles and many other decorations to help. Sometimes these are used to play pranks or scare others, as many find it an enjoyable time to pretend! This year is different... The long night has not come, and the wisps have yet to pop up... People still dress up, but perhaps now for a distraction more than anything...

Dress up in costume!

The long night seems to be running late this year... But that hasn't stopped anyone from dressing up! The festivities seem to run quite well without it, but the unease feels quite strange... Maybe everyone just needs a distraction...
Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours or someone else's) dressing up! NPCs are not available for this prompt.

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

• Does your character create their own costume?
• Do they believe in the superstition around wisps and costumes?
• Does your character play tricks and celebrate, or prefer the more practical use of costumes?
• You do not need to have completed the other prompts to participate in this prompt!

⦿ REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Requirements -

• Drawn -- Colored Halfbody of a Skire Character in costume or cosplay.
• Written -- 300 Words or more about a Skire Character in costume or cosplay.

⦿ Specifics

• You cannot submit to this prompt if the art you make has been or will be submitted for another prompt. 
• Images must be unique, no base edits allowed or YCCCHs! Art must be fully your own.
• You may not submit commissions to this prompt.
• You do not have to submit on the day you created the piece, but only one piece can be submitted per week! All art should be created after the start of the ARPG.
• This prompt requires that the charater is depicted in clothing, costume, or cosplay. 

⦿ RULES

• Submissions must be your own work -- No AI, collaboration, bases, etc.
• Can be completed as gift art. Please make sure you get permission, or look for characters open for gift art and writing. Can also be completed with an NPC.
•  All content MUST be PG-13. Content Guidelines
• Submissions must be submitted via link, and be viewable to admin.
• Art may only be submitted to one prompt.

⦿ Rewards

• STANDARD PAYOUT -- Payout Guide
• ICHOR - 1-7 damage dealt towards the WORLD BOSS, able to be spent at the DISTILLERY any time or INKWELL once weekly. There is a small chance to do a CRITICAL HIT

Gift Prompt !

As the days grow colder, it can be nice to warm someone up you know or don't know with a gift! This prompt, we’ll focus on giving back to each other, and spreading joy to those we care about or to those we want to surprise! There’s never a bad time to give, and maybe you’ll get something good in return!

Draw someone's Skire Character!

There's no specific theme you have to follow, just have fun!

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Someone else's) as a gift! NPCs are not available for this prompt.

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

• This is a one time entry prompt!
• 500 Words are required for this prompt if writing.
• There are multiple options for the art requirements to the prompt this time! One of the following must be submitted to fulfill the art requirements: 1 full-body piece, 2 half-bodies, or 3 headshots! No background is required, and they must be full color.
• If you are choosing to draw 2 half-bodies or 3 headshots, you can either draw the same Skire for all of them or make them different!

PREMADE

PREMADE ENTRIES

Click to see its masterlist image!

MYO Slots

FFA MYO SLOTS

N/O MYO SLOTS

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• 4 Free-For-All Standard Event MYO (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

• 3 Non-Owner Standard Event MYOs (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 5 FFA MYO slots.
If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 20 entries, we will increase the prizes to 4 NO MYO slots.

Following the original pool goals, every additional 30 entries in FFA and 10 entries in NO will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.

Trait Tickets

TRAIT TICKET ENTRIES

Enter for a Trait Ticket that can be applied to any official Skire design in your possession. This pool will begin with 3 Uncommon 2 Rare and 1 Myth trait tickets. For each 30 Entries, another x1 of each type will be added to the pool

Uncommon Trait Ticket

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• 1 Uncommon Trait (All Species)

Rare Trait Ticket

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• 1 Rare Trait (All Species)

Myth Trait Ticket

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• 1 Myth Trait (All Species)

Trait items

For completing this prompt, you will receive ONE of the three options depending on your choice.

Fluffy Scarf

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Applies the following trait to one design.

• Cheesepuff (CCCats and Gravents)

Colorful cookies

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Applies the following trait to one design.

• Heterochromia (Crooks)

Beached Ornament

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Applies the following trait to one design.

• Twisted Ornament Shell (Nautipods)

You will also receive a completion badge!

Somewhere along meteor lake's shores...

As the ice across Meteor Lake thaws, countless shimmering crystalline hearts wash up on its shores. In droves, the creatures of Skire gather these hearts to give as gifts to those they hold dear, representative of good luck, happiness, warmth, and a year ahead together.

In your hand the Sand Hearts are smooth, their texture not unlike warn porcelain. Each shimmers with a different color and a brilliant opalescent glimmer. It is rumored they are the scales of a great serpent that inhabits the deepest reaches of the lake, shedding its plates each winter to begin growing a new.

This year from the waters emerges a duo; two Nautipods with alternating colors and wings on their backs, filled with energy. They've set up around the shores of Meteor Lake, leading the charge in collecting the Heart Shells, distributing their own collection to everyone who makes their way there. 

"We're here for all of you!" Hart begins, "In the coming year, it is most important to me that you give time to yourself! While I know we're here to spread the love, you're deserving of it too, and through it all, don't forget to give yourself a little love as well. You deserve to make yourself happy, too!"

"Even the smallest actions can show your love to one another," Strings adds on, "Even if you don't find a shell, love comes in many beautiful forms, and spare a little kindness to everyone you meet in life. A little kindness goes a long way, and even the most simple gestures can make a person's day! We all need a little support, so let the ones you love know that you care."

💗what does your character do this Skirentines?

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character gathering Sand Hearts or sharing a Sand Heart with someone to wish them happiness, warmth, and good luck for the year. They can be given to anyone! Family, friends, pets, partners, strangers, and yes, even your houseplants.

Consider:

• Does your character search for lots of sand hearts or do they only find one or two? 
• Does your character choose to share the Sand Hearts, or do they prefer to keep to themselves?
• Is your character gifted a heart by someone they care for, or a stranger?
• Is it too cold to go to the beach? Does your character maybe stay home and eat some fancy comfort chocolates, and perhaps a Heart shows up on their porch?
• Mushy affection holidays not your character’s jam? Show what they’d rather be doing, bah humbug!

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear! NPCs are available for this prompt.

PROMPT NPCS

Hart and Strings are best friends, close enough to practically consider themselves siblings. They often run celebrations together alongside the appearance of the Heart Shells, and are all about sharing love and joy to one another.

HART

Species: Nautipod
Pronouns: He/they
About: Hart is very much one to advocate for self love. They believe that its incredibly important for you to prioritize yourself when you need it, and give yourself the grace and care you give to others. Hart likes to remind people that they matter.

STRINGS

Species: Nautipod
Pronouns: She/they
About: Strings is passionate about sharing the love in any and all forms. To her, even the smallest actions can show someone you care, and your support can be the greatest gift someone may receive. They love dedicating their time to creating small acts of kindness.

GIFT PROMPT BONUS

Throughout the duration of the event starting at Feb 05th at 00:00:00, complete the weekly gift art prompt  to receive extra prizes from sifting through the sands! 
You have a chance of earning extra crowns, or finding the new Rare trait item!

💗PREMADE

PREMADE 01 ENTRIES

MYO-CCCAT-054 - Turn In

Click to see its masterlist!
Redesigned By Sweet-n-treat

PREMADE 02 ENTRIES

THOUGHTFUL FRIEND

Click to see its masterlist!
Designed By Zukuro

💗MYO Slots

FFA MYO SLOTS

N/O MYO SLOTS

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• 4 Free-For-All Standard Event MYO (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

• 3 Non-Owner Standard Event MYOs (1 Rare, 3 Uncommon)

If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 5 FFA MYO slots.
If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 20 entries, we will increase the prizes to 4 NO MYO slots.

Following the original pool goals, every additional 30 entries in FFA and 10 entries in NO will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.

💗Trait Tickets

TRAIT TICKET ENTRIES

Enter for a Trait Ticket that can be applied to any official Skire design in your possession. This pool will begin with 3 Uncommon 2 Rare and 1 Myth trait tickets. For each 30 Entries, another x1 of each type will be added to the pool

Uncommon Trait Ticket

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• 1 Uncommon Trait (All Species)

Rare Trait Ticket

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• 1 Rare Trait (All Species)

Myth Trait Ticket

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• 1 Myth Trait (All Species)

💗DEFAULT REWARDS

You do NOT need to add these to your submission! They will be there by default.

Box of Hearts

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A nice box... full of hearts... full of sand... it gets everywhere, not unlike the copious feelings you'll get receiving one!
Allows your choice of either:

• Bittersweet Truffles
• Candied Heart

Sifting Sands

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From the sand you pull a few extra goodies! Everyone can use a little spare change, right? Maybe you should invest in a metal detector...
This prize is rolled automatically upon approval!
You may continue sifting through the sands by completing the Gift Prompt throughout the duration of the event starting at Feb 05th at 00:00:00!

 

Shell Heart

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A little bit of love to start your year off with joy!

This is a badge granted for completion.

💗Submissions💗

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💗REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Requirements -

• Drawn -- Colored Halfbody AND a Simple Background of an official Skire Character or Skire NPC following the prompt
• Written -- 600 Words or more describing the prompt

Drawn Prompt Requirements Cheat Sheet

 

Please make sure to use the form in the submission comments to detail your payout!

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You can submit to this prompt ONCE. If you are choosing an option that features multiple characters/gifts, please submit them all in one image.

• Gift Prompt - Submittable once for 1 entry into your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners into the NO MYO Pool) as well as one of 3 trait items:
  
  • Box of Hearts - A choice box that grants one of the following
  • Sifting Sands - Sifting in the sands has given you a little gift! You're likely to find a few extra crowns, but you may be lucky and find a little something more!
  • Sand Heart - Badge

Please use the following form to assure your submission is able to be processed quickly!

◦ Payout Details: (Detail what payouts you expect to receive as well as using the calculator attached to the prompt)
◦ Total Payout: (Amount of Crowns you expect to receive)
◦ Ownership Status: Owner/Non Owner
◦ Prompt Prize Pool: (Premade 01/Premade 02/MYO Slots/Trait Tickets)
◦ Other: (Any other notes we should know!)

[[PROMPT SUBMISSION + Payout GUIDE]]

 

GATHER INGREDIENTS

Prompt 1 - 

This prompt must be completed FIRST

Gather ingredients! Go shopping, forage for your own, harvest, or share your quest for the perfect ingredient!

Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) gathering ingredients to cook with.

• Do they grow or make their own ingredients, or do they purchase them?
• Do they prefer to stick to their ingredient list,  or will they try just about anything?
• Do they enjoy unorthodox ingredients? CCCats do not need to eat standard foods, but many find that they enjoy the process or the taste! Due to the fact that their body breaks down whatever object they eat, they may also enjoy odd ingredients, and things that some might not even consider food. Consider the texture, the taste, and the source! Why do they pick those ingredients? 

Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!

🎆Happy 11th anniversary to skire!🎆

⦿ PROMPT

Draw or write your character, someone else's,  or an NPC celebrating anything!

⦿ REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Requirements -

• Drawn -- Colored Bust/Headshot sketch. Refer below! Must have the neck fully visible.
• Written -- 150 Words or more.

⦿ Specifics

• You cannot submit to this prompt if the art you make has been or will be submitted for another prompt. 
• Images must be unique, no base edits allowed or YCCCHs! Art must be fully your own.
• You may not submit commissions to this prompt.
• You do not have to submit on the day you created the piece, but only one piece can be submitted per week! All art should be created after the start of the ARPG.
• This is a ONE TIME ONLY prompt that is open for 11 days. 

⦿ RULES

• Submissions must be your own work -- No AI, collaboration, bases, etc.
• Can be completed as gift art. Please make sure you get permission, or look for characters open for gift art and writing. Can also be completed with an NPC.
•  All content MUST be PG-13. Content Guidelines
• Submissions must be submitted via link, and be viewable to admin.
• Art may only be submitted to one prompt.

⦿ Rewards

• FLAT PAYOUT --
• 11 Crowns
• x1 Entry into the 🎟️Anniversary Raffle -- Click to view prizes!