Winter Soultide... Extended!

With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, many asks for an extension and some going ons in mine and other staff member's life this last month, we felt it would be perfect for Soultide to continue on this month!

If you missed out on the event last month, dont fret! Come learn about Soultide! A holiday that spans the longest nights of winter, where we follow the mana of our hearts and honor loved ones we hold dear, both those here with us, and those we've lost.

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All Soultide event quest have been extended to February 10th!

Build a snowfort, decorate for the season to bring light and warmth into your home, travel and sing songs with family and friends, or if you're feeling a bit more adventerous, attack your fellow Kyvalorians!

Havent had the chance to throw a snowballs?
Join in on the the attack! Draw giftart for another member of Painted Relics to redeem rewards, while also throwing them a snowball!

Snowballs can be used to craft special snow pets, including a few new faces this year, and if you turn in 5 snowballs via claims, you can grab a special avatar border featuring a little snow friend!

And with the extension of the event quests, you have a little more time to make sure you get your quests in to redeem this year's winter badge!

Enter the Banner CONTEST

There's still time! Enter the banner contest for Painted Relics to be on display!
A turn in quest will be available on the questboard next week!

Create a site banner for Painted Relics!
Banners will be voted on by the community, and the top banner will be created as a site theme to be used by players!

A few base requirements for the contest:

• Banner must be 1600 x 200 pixels
• Features at least 1(one) NPC or Monster, or feature a notable location not currently featured as a theme. 
• Cannot contain player owned characters (Sorry!).
• Can contain any number of pets!

Got more than one idea? That's great! You are welcome to submit up to 3(three) banners to the competition! Just remember that quality weighs more then quantity!

Entries will be accepted up until February 10th! Voting for the community's favorite design will commence shortly thereafter and end on February 20th!

All banners must be the original work of the entrant submitting the entry. The design may be altered by the development team before implementation on site to better suit site format and styling.

All entries will receive rewards including shards and a participant badge.
The creator of the winning banner will receive one custom avilli or voxibell by Wisparia !

By entering this contest, you acknowledge and agree to the terms that winning banners will become the property of the Painted Relics ARPG and have their ownership and distribution rights transferred to Painted Relics.

Keep an eye out

A little kipin told me to keep an extra eye out this month on the Lost & Found?

I wonder what that means...

Call of the Wood

Have you followed the call yet?

Kyvalore's current story quest has ALSO been extended, just not as long!
The story quest has been extended to January 30th, that way the story can still move onto the next chapter in February!

Carriers of an Earthly Ward may finally take further steps along their journey and answer the Call of the Wood and make their choice. The fate of Kyvalore is in your paws!

Dont forget Secret Santa!

If you joined Secret Santa, your due date is just around the corner!

Gift Delivery Window: Due by January 17th

REMINDER

• You may post or upload your gift at any point between December 20th and January 17th.
• To receive credit for your Secret Santa gift art, you must submit your work to the prompt on the site between December 20th and January 14th. If you do not submit your work to the prompt on site, we will mark your Secret Santa as incomplete and you may be banned from further Secret Santa events in the future.
• Art gifts must be clean, lined, and colored. Sketches are not permitted. Backgrounds are not required but are encouraged for maximum gift giving fun!
• Writing gifts must be a minimum of 400 words.
• Pixel art entries must be 100x100 pixels in their original (non-scaled) size.
• You should only be drawing one character for your secret Santa giftee. If they have listed more than one, please choose only one.

Seasonal Features

The winner of December's lovely voxibell is SporkoRyk ! This voxibell will be on it's way to you shortly!

Looking to size things up (or down?) The January raffle is both a shrinking and a growth potion! Enter the raffle here!

Shop Rotations

Rhea, Fern, and Athalie have once again rotated their stock for the month!

what to expect coming soon

• • Updating Magic Quests and Attunement System - More streamlined to gain your magic!

• • The next chapter of Questlines - Ready to see how the stories unfold?
    
    
  • Wilderness Expedition Quests

• • Massive Gear Update

• • Updated Foraging System

• • New PetsCrafting and Item Expansion (many!!)

• • And more! <3

Notes from Wisp

Hello all my lovely friends! 
Firstly thank you all for being so wonderfully patient with the team this holiday season! I know quests and such have been processing slower then usual due to everyone being busy with their own festivities!
Between the business of the staff, quite a few requests from others about extensions, and some things happening in my own personal life, I felt this was best this month! Keep it lowkey so there isnt stress on anyone.
My goal is always to remain transparent about the going ons of life and management of Painted Relics, and what affects how things move along, and unfortunately I had a big life event that put me back a bit on development. Ontop of the busyness of the holidays, my grandfather passed away. During this time I stepped away from work to take time to process and spend with my family. Me and my family are okay! Just spending more time together to get through this big life change.

Unfortunately this does mean that anytime I did spend working, it was focused on things that I had hard deadlines for that would directly affect my income. It's been a juggle to say the least! While I never want anyone in Painted Relics to feel like it isnt prioritized, I love that I know we have a great community that understands when things are a little slower on my end.
With this in mind though, I also plan on making December and January going forward to be combined event months, to always buy me and the team extra time to work on content, and time for all of you to be able to enjoy PR related things while still making sure you have time for the important things in life!

January might not have any new content, but that doesnt mean that February will be lacking! I promise I'll make up for anyone disappointed in the lack of content this month with the big changed and things coming in February. <3

And of course, as always, thank you for being here and being a core part of what makes Painted Relics so wonderful. 

-Wisp