Hello Crestians, welcome back to another edition of The Flowering Star!
First up, Art Fight!
This is a reminder that you may upload and use your Whistler Crest characters in ArtFight. You may also claim EXP for ArtFight submissions that include your Whistler Crest characters! This is a great way to participate in ArtFight as well as any expeditions or events you wanted to tackle this month!
Also, there are a couple small mechanical changes that occured over the previous month that were already announced on Discord but worth mentioning here.
Firstly, a bunch of upgrades have finished their transition from either rarity or standard to seasonal. You can view the current list here!
With this change, many of the upgrades have gained an application level or the rules have changed (such as Equinox Antlers now being applicable to babies!) so be sure to check the new rules on any upgrade you were wanting to apply. Remember that these upgrades can only be applied when it's that specific season on site!
Additionally, the upgrade Sugary Sprinkles has become a birthday upgrade!
Secondly, all species' magic now has the option of writing requirements! If you wanted to tackle magic, but didn't want to draw, you may instead fulfill a tier of magic with writing instead of art! This was received fairly well with the prompt "Teaching Teles Magic" and was thus implemented to standard magic learning. Additionally, magic learning cooldowns now begin on submission of an image, not approval as it was previously.
You may view the requirements for fulfilling magic with writing on the respective species pages:
Nyulop
Draken
Astralit
Finally, there is a whole bunch of new pogs for you to collect! You can view the newest ones here!
Reminder that the expedition "Networking" ends on July 31st 23:59 site time, while the expedition "Windsong Mountain Monster" ends on July 20th 23:59 site time.
"It seems Starsail will be extended a bit this year! With many of our friends returning from expeditions, it’d be a shame for them to have missed out on all the fun! The stalls will be switched up a bit- those of us who have been running stalls all month deserve a rest after all!"
"And, to keep everyone’s spirits high, I’ve been given permission to run another pogcon! It’ll be much smaller this year, but stop by the Pogcon Stall for some exclusive goodies!"
"The pet stall has also had a restock. Some of our friends have been returning from their expeditions, and they have been so kind to bring with them a few pets that are in need of a new home!"
"It seems like some of the local Fae have gotten a bit…"
"We’ve decided to set up a little stall to help you guys keep them out of trouble! We’ll be teaching anyone interested how to make glyphs and charms to ward against and dispel any troublesome Fae! Feel free to stop by!"
Starsail upgrades
For this extension to Starsail, upgrades will work the same as they did last month.
Each user may earn
4 of any Starsail upgrades by submitting any valid submission to one of the Starsail prompts.
- These upgrades are seperate from last month's. You may apply 4 additional upgrades, for 8 total. You may apply the same upgrade twice, once with a June application and once with a July application.
- You may apply most upgrades that states “Occasionally available as a reward from the Starsail event”, with exceptions listed below.
- You may not apply upgrades that don’t have this line but have been previously rewarded for Starsail.
- You may not apply upgrades that are rewards for specific stalls, or specific interactions, like Joyful Marks or Nebulocks; these must still be won/obtained from their respective activities.
- Each upgrade may only be applied once per user.
Some additional clarifcation for last month's upgrades as well
- These upgrades can not be applied to islanders.
- One upgrade is earned per event piece.
New upgrades
Some Finley that have participated in the Starsail stalls seem to be sporting some new upgrades.
Squeaker
Pinned Tail
Deadline for prompt submissions is July 31st, 23:59 site time.
Deadline for purchases is July 31st, 23:59 site time.
Vac and Typhoon gather with the rest of the Council, with Vac carrying news of the expedition thus far…
The Spring House leader stood before the quickly gathered Council, a serious expression on her face.
“What did you find in the villages?” Vortea spoke first, watching Vac intently.
“From what I saw in Deptsford and what Rhael and Audley told me on my way back… Both towns are completely empty.”
“As in… Everyone fled?” Tobias’ voice was hesitant, as if he knew what the other option was.
Vac shook her head. “They’re all… gone. There’s traces that there were once Finley living there, but it’s like everyone disappeared where they stood.”
An unsettled quiet fell over the room.
Both towns had their residents voided.
That was the only explanation.
“It’s already started,”Vortea muttered. “We need to gather whatever information we can from the other three towns. Someone has to have seen something.” Her claws dug into the table, as if she was trying to make an effort to remain calm.
Vac nodded. “Understood. I’ll pass the message on to the others. That is all I personally have to report so far.”
“Thank you for your work, Vac,” Hyndrel spoke, turning to Vortea. She stood suddenly, ushering Tobias along with her.
“We need to work on figuring out a path. Thank you Vac.”
The unsettled museum keeper quickly followed Vortea as the rest of the Council discussed what they would do next in hushed voices…
As the first month of the Networking Expedition has concluded, our Guild has learned new information about the towns.
You can view all of the new information that the Expeditioners have gathered about the towns on the respective town pages.
Additionally, the information of the towns will update one more time before this event ends. If you would like to draw multiple images for the expedition, you may now draw up to two separate entries in total for the Expedition to claim the rewards for the specific towns twice.
