Winter Changelog

• As is very obvious without having to say anything in text, a large event is being planned and is very close to being deployed! Due to unplanned IRL issues (current events, illness, hardware issues), however, the Winter Festival as it is normally known is currently a mess! 🎊 A smaller changelog is under way, fixing up some things while the event becomes more feasible.
• The Dragon Sighting Winter Prompt has not been launched with the others, as it is intended to be thematic with current events most years!
  I've shown my friends the placeholder to keep its code in the system correct, it looks very haunted.
  It will be out with the event!
• The seasonal Raid has rolled over, and the Raiding Season is back, but with a twist? Something odd has been happening with the forms of the gigafauna, you'll get extra points for participating in checking this out.
  NOTE: RAIDING SEASON MAY STAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AS THIS IS CONSIDERED A BACKGROUND PLOT THREAD! Take your time, this is an in-between point so that the New Raids may change over naturally. (:
• COMING SOON: (IMAGE OF MAGS HITTING AN ART PROGRAM WITH A HAMMER IMAGE OF MAGS HITTING A NSKANETIS WITH A HAMMER) ITS REALLY GOING

• MANTICORES have had their genes made a little more available! Some genes were moved up in the availability bracket, it was made clearer that things not allowed as genes can be made as costume parts, AND there are now several caveats that can cure ailments on manticores (especially for lower-level issues), such as adding a Mymber Heart Valve, using a Medic, or Anareizh's Enchanted Scarf. Horseman Heart under consideration. Manhorse?
• MANY GENES had minor updates. Any of the following genes can be updated on an already-uploaded Ixi in regular design updates without an item as long as you're just updating these (little touchups can be done to the rest of the design but should be very minor and stay true to the original shape, if they don't, you'll need an item, sorry!) Just mention "Winter 2026 Gene Update" or similar as proof in the comment.
• Unders had its dom range returned from prelaunch and updated to fit the current design and all bases! It's also on Tan!
• Accents had its range expanded to be closer - but not exact - to Unders and Tan. The primary difference is the Accents range leans less on the neck and more on the shoulders while covering the entire tail.
• Minimal Markings is now available in any color, to replace Small Accents.
• Stained Glass has been upgraded to be able to make Glass Markings similarly to how Lunar was upgraded to be able to make Galactic Markings.
• Dominant Koi has an optional presentation of Inverted Koi, and Dominant Tortoiseshell has an optional presentation of Inverted Calico (not a typo), both of which can change the base coat to a base coat of the user's choosing, and add an inbuilt common mark, a gradient-like mark for Koi, an unders-like mark for Tortie (modified to be a white mark in most cases), with the usual spots in place. These are both optional, and the "normal" presentation of Dominant Koi/Tortoiseshell has also been upgraded to simply allow any color and any amount of colors.
• Procyonid now at minimum needs to be present in the facemask and tail, not all points. Tail marking requirements loosened. 
• Labyrinth has had a minor textual update to clarify some additional sources of inspiration that work for the gene such as circuitboards, specific ball python morphs with thin markings, and literal mazes | Flourish has had a minor textual update to clarify that simply using a gradient is allowed.
• COMING SOON: Cloak and Daggerstabbed (a combination that alters the range of the two, I have a starter/NPC planned that utilizes it); easy removal of Ghost (item art in the works); hair metal design pack for manticores with some jellicle inspo; more dom common ranges (i only had Unders on hand to copy easily)

• While trying to test things on the lorekeeper to sort out bugs, we found that like all the installed core addons were off.
• they're on now.
• If any of the add-on changes don't work well, please feel free to let us know. I did deactivate a couple again due to them just not being relevant. thanks

Be with you soon on the event, and once again, I'm sorry for IRL getting in the way, the event was genuinely very feasible when being planned at first. If you see anything marked "fall" or even "spring" or "summer", please let me know.

- Anarchie