Steer Your Peers Towards New Year's Cheer!

Steer Your Peers Towards New Year's Cheer!

January's OTM Winners!

The first OTM winners of the new year have been picked! Congratulations to Belladonna/Clover as January's Character of the Month, Clover + Bartos as Pair of the Month, and This One as our Member of the Month! Don't forget to read our Thread of the Month, MW: Election Time!

New Year, New Skin!

Say hello to Origin's new default skin! If you already have a skin set, you can head over to the Change Skin page and select our new skin, A New Adventure!

New Achievements!

A few new achievements are on the rise! These ones aren't like the achievements that you've seen before, though - these achievements have some special requirements in order to obtain! These spell achievements will require a certain roll in order to qualify for, and to make it more fun and unpredictable, any rolls for these spells made before this news post won't count. Go on, have fun casting your spells, and good luck on getting these achievements!

Flashlight — Roll a 20 on Torchlight

Lightningrod — Roll a 20 on Lightning Storm

Thats So Raven — Roll a 20 on Future Shift

Definitely Not A Fish — Roll a 1 on Water Breathing

Watch It, Sneak Thief — Roll a 1 on Drift

Babies Up For Adoption!

We have quite a few characters that are up for adoption, and all of them are hybrids created by other characters - which means that adopting these characters pretty much guarantees you for some exciting plots! Take a look at who you can adopt:

Hawthorne - Bartos + Clover
A cat/deer hybrid who will be born into Maji Walezi by Bartos and the missing Clover, who is now under the guise of Belladonna.

Harrie Baby - Carrie + Hasira
A larger than normal hybrid who looks mostly like a capybara with some deer qualities, intended to be taken away to Maji Walezi to avoid the herbivore war led by Hasira.

Hestia - Nemesis + Iolite Stone
While this hybrid was brought to life a while ago, she has been placed back up for adoption. If you're looking for a tanky fire element aligned to the Merrymen, Hestia is the right character for you! Contact Shafaer for adoption details.

Sonata - Leon + Makyna
Sonata is the 2nd child of Leon and Makyna and a hybrid between a bear and a lion. She is still fairly young with a pliable personality, and is now up for adoption. Those interested should check out the adoption thread linked to her name.

If there are any other hybrids UFA, please let Madison know so she can list them here.

Inbox Pruning

Due to the tagging system, the database has been quickly filling up with old PM's that people don't delete. We've decided to install an inbox pruning task that will remove PM's from user inboxes every day, which will clean out the database and reduce the amount of unused data buildup. Read PM's will be removed after 30 days, where unread PM's will be removed after 60. Please make sure you comb through your inboxes today for any vital PM's and store the information elsewhere. Alternatively, since this task affects the Inbox, Sent Items and Trash folders, you can make a new folder and store important PM's there.

Quests!

Just a reminder that the Wharrgarbl! and O Eyes quests are still running! Meanwhile, there may be a third quest opening up on the horizon...

Reminders

As usual, we'd like to remind you guys about a few things...

Vote for Origin!
At the bottom of the index in our affiliates section we have a button for Animus Top 50. If you'd like to help out raising awareness about Origin, you can click that button and vote for us! Of course this isn't necessary, only a small favor to Origin should you choose to do it.

Thread Sweep
All threads that have not been posted in since December 1st have been archived.

The Cave Report

our last days as children
Following the events of the Maji Walezi election, Bevy has been murdered by Kerberos and her body has been recovered. The members of Maji Walezi are holding a solemn ceremony for Bevy's passing and burying her in her den, where those that knew her, whether of Maji Walezi or not, are welcome to say their final farewells to the waterfall group's beloved leader.

Into Darkness
Dark has fled the safety of Pisces after Bevy's death, and run blindly into Belladonna and Diánysma who intend to kill off the weak owl. It's looking like Dark won't survive the encounter, making for another death in Maji Walezi.

the softest things he'll touch are stone and darkness
After Amaria has taken her children away from Pisces during the fight between Bevy and Kerberos, Cancer runs to Canis, only to encounter Kerberos and seek vengeance for the death of his best friend. The two Gembounds clash, resulting in the breakdown of Cancer and Aza'zel, their leader, to learn of the events of the meeting.

CARNIVORE!
Though backdated several weeks, this thread details the temporary defeat of Hasira as the carnivores band together to try and stop him for good.

wake me if you're out there
Louie has revealed to Hasira that he is the cause of Wynry's death, prompting Hasira to destroy the fox for his sins. Louie is left on the brink of death, only to be discovered by his latent lover, Booker. The two of them share some tender words before they are discovered by Alpha and Omega, and Louie retreats to his chrysalis.

If something interesting is happening in your thread, send a PM to the Origin Cave account or alert the staff in the cbox. We'd love to cover it in the current or next issue of The Cave Report!