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May the Cardinals

This month: bless our cold months
Yuulatune Event
Yuulatune is upon us!
Holiday Prompts

Harvest Memories Yuulatune is the grandest winter holiday in

Ptitheros! A fascinating array of admiration

for the snowy weather, the distant glow of

foe lights placed along streetways, and the

ever-so-delightful ending where hopes and

desires are etched into paper and added to

beautiful fabric shawls draped over

fantamen who are released into the sky to

carry those dreams with them.

Yuulatune is a week-long holiday in the

middle of the winter season, so coinsideing

with its traditions are activities created in

latter years, such as new sports like skiing

and sled racing. Some Ptithians love to

spend time outdoors, their noses frozen as

they enjoy the cool weather. Others move

inland, often Tucruitora's non-citizen count

increases in the winter because Pithians seek

escape from the colder edges of the world.

Most just gather warm clothing and a hot

drink, inviting the shorter days and cold into

their lives, but outside the window, of course.

Events
Oh, frightful weather Event Rules!

Secret Santa Gifts

Members react to an announcement
and are thrown into a shuffle. Each
member is contacted and asked for
a Ptitheros character they want art
of. A random other member is
chosen to make gift art of said
character and then give it on
assigned date. Members who join,
make art, but do not receive
anything in return because their
gifter fell through will be rewarded a
cosmetic item of their choice.
Ugliest Sweater Competition
Members must draw one of the
Ptithians wearing the ugliest sweater
they can design, then submit it for a
React to the Secret Santa Event
message with the designated emoji.
Choose a Ptithian of yours that you
want someone to make art of.
An admin will message you. They will
ask for a reference of your character
and will give you the username and
character or someone else who is
participating.
If you know ahead of time you cannot
complete your gift, tell an admin so they
can find the receiver a new gifter.
Failure to complete a gift after signing
up and not providing reasoning for
turning up empty will result in a ban
from future gift/trade events.
DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHO YOU
ARE THE SECRET SANTA FOR! It
ruins the entire point!

chance at a prize at the end of Submit entries to the #ugly-sweater-

shoppe channel using the assigned
Yuulatune.
template.
Paper Snowflake Challenge
Members make Ptitheros themed
Paper snowflakes must be real and a
decent photo is required that shows the
paper snowflakes. Snowflakes are
entire snowflake design.
entered into their own entry channel Submit entires to the #snowflake-event
and the best snowflake will win a

prize.

"May they find peace in the

darkest nights and beauty in
the pale eyes." - The Sage

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Prompts
The days grow short

Ice Skating For all listed prompts, submit your entries in

A character straps ice skates to their feet and ice
skates at the icy lakes of Howland or Plumei Santos.
Make Hot Chocolate
A character makes some hot chocolate. Can be
gathering the ingredients, making the drink, enjoying
the drink, etc.
Sledding
A character goes sledding on the snowy hills of
Kilaan city.
By the Fireplace
A character rests or relaxes next to the
fireplace/firepit on a chilly day or night.
Hot Springs
A character relaxes in the hot springs of Sellesaut.
Sled-tion Ride
A character goes for a tion sled ride across any
location in Kilaan or the northernmost areas of
Wyndgale.
Warm Bubble Bath
#peppermint-delights. When your entry is reviewed
and counted you will receive a checkmark.
When submitting a prompt, use the assigned
template. You may state whether you want an item
roll or 10 Caq as your reward. Rolled items cannot
be traded in.
Extra characters equals bigger rewards! +1 halfbody
or more of character equals an extra 5 Caq.
+2 extra characters gets 10 C or +1 item roll. Image
must meet main requirements for extra character
rewards to be available.
Yuulatune prompts have the same requirements as
the main prompts. They can be drawn or written.
When submitting, state whether your entry can be
shared to the public Ptitheros gallery and/or socials!
You will be tagged and credited for anything you
create!
Some of these prompts can use the Pajama Party
setting- More information on the next page!

A character relaxes in a warm bubble bath on a chilly

day or night.
Bake Cookies
A character bakes Yuulatune cookies (or any

sweet).

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 'You're Invited
WINTER PAJAMA PARTY

Hosted by Kalel, in Kilaan City [#pajama-party-rp]

Kalel invites you to one of the long-looked-forward-to Yuulatune

parties. Children and pets are welcome to be brought along.

A large ski-lodge cabin rests on the mountainside in Kilaan City, where

snow falls gently and foe lanterns line the wooden beams and columns

that hold the aging building up. Hot chocolate and apple cider is

served, along with sweets and baked goods, a roasted kallk as the

centerpiece, and some light mead beverages found in an open cellar

for the adults.

The appropriate attire recommended are winter pajamas, fluffy robes,

and blanket shawls. Anyone showing up in fancy clothes or nothing at

all will not be welcomed in.

So come on in, make some new friends, catch up with old ones, and

enjoy the cozy, quiet night of the Yuulatune season.

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 Yuulatune 2020
Specialty Trait

Snow-globe Paws!
The pawpads of your Ptithian are made

of a translucent, glass-like material with

ever-falling snow trapped inside. There

can even be a little landscape inside

for the snow to cover. They sparkle and

make a nice clink sound when tapped.

This trait can be applied to lefikas,

rubasyns, taroots, dragons, and

gryphons!

How to obtain this year's trait? You must

draw Theia, the first skywatcher (information

on the next page!). She is a very important

figure in the Yuulatune celebration! Her

fantamen spirits are optional.

"The storms of snow will
never slow them down, they
Theia must be a fullbody and a background know what exists on the
is required, shading is optional, stylization is
other side." - Theia
accepting, anatomy must be correct.

Submit a finished entry to #peppermint-

delights and await approval.

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The First Skywatcher

Long ago, when Edenlline crafted her first kingdom of intelligent life, She and Sw ā Veduro realized that
when a mortal life was over they did nothing but rot. Both their soul and their aura was encased in their

rotting physical form until a lindost collected the aura, thus the soul was left alone, forever, in a single

spot. This is no good, Edenlline announced, and sent Sw ā Veduro to the kingdom of the West to seek
guidance from Cymer for His solution to the saddening issue. A world that requires no physical form,

stated Cymer, demonstrating His great dream dimension of Sallenin: place of dreams and the dead for His

kin. Swā returned to Edenlline, telling her of Cymer's creation, and She too decided her kin needed this
solution too!

Edenlline's Afterlife Garden was created, called Bayblua, but it was very empty. Eons were young and so

were populations of her Sagekin. The first few spirits to go to Bayblua were lonely, one so much more than

the others. A gryphon named Theia, she did not want to be in the lonely afterlife, so she pleaded with her

Cardinal to let her go back to the mortal world. Edenlline could not grant her wish, the laws of the

universe forbid it, so she offered a compromise. The first skywatcher was created: a spirit from Bayblua

that could traverse both the afterlife and the mortal world to help monitor Eden's Sagekin as they went

about their daily lives. Over the many years, Theia shed her name and past, respected in time as the most

powerful and initial skywatcher to teach and assist those many spirits yet to come to Bayblua as eras went

by. Theia's presence became strong in Sagekin tradition, often believed to be a form of pseudo-Cardinal

that Edenlline created to assist Her as the world evolved. As Sagekin grew across Ptitheros and mixed

with other kingdoms, they brought their stories of Theia with them, in turn, brought the beginnings of

Yuulatune to the rest of the world. Yuulatune began in Sagekin tradition as a means to appreciate Theia

and Bayblua, they dawned lights lit by dust across houses and gave gifts to loved ones if they wanted

them to know they appreciated their time together. These traditions morphed as other cultures used them

and over time Yuulatune became a mixture of traditions and seasonal commercialism, involving presents,

decorating, baking, and parties. But at the end of Yuulatune it all returns to Theia, her importance, as

fantamen as often used to represent her, so dreams are written into fabric that fantamen can then carry

off into the sky, into whatever afterlife said Ptithians belief in, so that Theia (or the culture's variation) can

help those dreams live on

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Harvest
"This was my first Havaluna and I enjoyed it
very much. I took part in the wearbeast
prompts, I planned on doing other prompts
Mentions but didn´t get to it. I didn´t get any prizes
that way but saw the prizes and I found/find
Thoughts From the them very cute and lovely! I don´t have a
favorite but the briar hoodie is adorable,
Community About
maybe more monster/animal themed
Harvenluna! Halloween
hoodies next season? It was fun seeing all
2020! the diffrent prompt entries, can´t wait for
next year! I hope i can partake in more
"I think the event was well fleshed out for
prompts then." - N/A
being, as I believe, the first Harveluna
event. It could definitely use some work as "I thought the event was very interesting and
sadly the horrors of the roleplay setting, creative! I didn't end up getting any time to
which I participated in, didn’t happen. I participate, but I really do want to someday,
didn’t get to purchase any prizes or any of it looked like a lot of fun c: I was mostly just
the prompts as I didn’t have time but I busy with a lot of school and little
loved the idea of the werebeast prompts. motivation^^ I really liked the designs for
I would suggest timed events in the the different things you could buy in the
Harveluna rp to really bring out the scary shop, I thought they were really cool and I
feature of the lindost." - DumplinEgg would definitely have liked to have been
able to purchase from it. I don't really have
"II thought the event was very fun and any thoughts for changes for next year!" -
interesting from the lore aspect. I N/A
participated in the open roleplay and
prompts, but my favorite part was
drawing the prompts of my characters
having fun at the carnival. My favorite
prize from Harvenluna was the foggy
forest staff. It was creative and original,
plus the design was so cool.
What I'd suggest for 2021 Havenluna is
having more prompts, there were already
alot, but I'd love to see more. I would also
suggest having a possible DTA or gatcha
of Harvenluna themed characters to add
to the fun." - Cloudyboylovestea

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