NEW CHARACTERS & CHARACTER TRAITS/MUTATIONS

This is where you'll find all of the fees required to create a new character, bring one back from retirement, and add any unique traits or mutations to new or existing/active characters. Please be sure to read carefully over the mutations/traits sections, as there are some limitations to them.

TRAITS

These are traits that can affect the physical appearance of your character from the norm. These traits can be applied at both character creation (and the price is added on to the character creation fee) and to an already created character. There will be no limit on each trait available, meaning these slots will be unlimited and have no cap for how many you can have across all active characters. 

First characters cannot have traits.

If you retire a character that has a trait and you want to bring that character back, you will be allowed to do so at any time. 

You cannot pre-purchase a trait slot for a future character. It can only be purchased when you are in the process of having admins approve of the fully completed application of your character. 

If you have any questions regarding these traits to add to your character, please feel free to reach out to staff prior to making any purchases/final decisions!

Traits Available at Character Creation & for Existing Characters

These traits may be applied to brand new characters entering the group or existing characters with the canonical reason being that their physical self was influenced by the Valley. 

Your first character cannot have any of these added to them.

MUTATIONS

These are traits that can affect the physical appearance of your character from the norm. Some of these traits can only be applied at character creation (and the price is added on to the character creation fee) and others can be added on to an already created character. There will only be a certain number of each mutation available, as we still want the driving creative force of character creation to be the written portion and less so about their physical traits. Availability is due to change as it reflects popularity and the number of active characters in the group.

Members are restricted to only having 4 mutations across all active characters, and can only apply a max of 2 mutations to a single character. Retired characters do not count towards the maximum for members.

First characters cannot have mutations.

If you retire a character that has a mutation with no more available space in the group and you want to bring that character back, you must wait until there is available space before bringing them back into active gameplay. We will not create a wait list or notify people when a spot becomes available, it will be up to you to keep an eye on the site for availability.

You cannot pre-purchase a mutation slot for a future character. It can only be purchased when you are in the process of having admins approve of the fully completed application of your character. The only instance we will allow the number of characters with a mutation to exceed the limit is if multiple characters with the same mutation have their written and visual apps fully completed and sent to staff for full approval to join the group at the same time.

If you have any questions regarding these mutations to add to your character, please feel free to reach out to staff prior to making any purchases/final decisions!

Mutations Available only at Character Creation

These traits may only be applied to brand new characters entering the group. These are traits that characters are typically born with, whether that’s just because of genetics, or influenced by the Valley. Already existing/active (and previously retired) characters cannot obtain these mutations. 

If there is any confusion, here are a couple of examples:

Allowed - Matrix wants to bring in a new character, Jeffery. Any of the following mutations may be applied to them.

Not allowed - Matrix wants to bring her retired character, Jeffery, out of retirement. Because Jeffery already existed at one point in the group, they cannot be brought back in with any of the following mutations.

Your first character cannot have any of these added to them.

Mutations Available for Existing Characters

These are traits that are applied to your character with the canonical reason being that their physical self was influenced by the Valley, for better or for worse… (These can also be added to brand new characters!) 

Your first character cannot be BROUGHT IN with these mutations, but they can be added at a later date.

These mutations can only be purchased using chimes from the character they will be applied to (unless applying at character creation)

RANK UPS & FACTION-RELATED

These are purchases that relate to ranking up your character, or have to do with factions (not creating one!).

Most rank ups will require IC content to purchase them, and once reaching the final purchasable rank (the third tier), any higher ranks cannot be purchased and are selected by the faction's lead.

There are no limitations to how many times you can change factions with a character, but keep in mind that hopping around and "sampling" each faction may scuff your character's IC reputation and questionable loyalty.

ACCESSORIES & ITEMS

These are accessories that can be added to your character! There are no limitations on how many accessories a character can have, or how many a member can have across all characters.

Accessories can be gifted to other characters! If you want to gift an accessory, please inform us upon purchase which member and their corresponding character you are gifting it to. You also should specify if you are going to notify the member yourself of the gifting, or if you'd like for us to do so. This can also be used to "transfer" an item your character owned to another member's (or another of your own) character, but the fee must be paid again. Groupings of accessories cannot be split between your character and another’s (a trio of flowers/plants can’t have one flower/plant gifted between three characters, you would have to purchase the “group of plants” accessory to be able to gift it)

First characters cannot enter with accessories, and cannot be gifted accessories from already existing characters prior to their acceptance into the group. They can be gifted after they join the group, but cannot be done beforehand.

Faction-Specific Items

Items listed here are specific to certain faction and only obtainable by characters actively part of that faction.

FAMILIARS

Your character has bonded with another creature of the Valley, and their souls are starting to become intertwined. Their bond starts out relatively weak, and they are not able to properly communicate with one another thanks to a language barrier still, but they are able to understand a bit more than the average. They also are tethered together, and are unable to be separated more than roughly 15-20 feet from one another. 

Both of these can be improved through a bonding system by showing your character and their familiar interacting:

• Pieces must be canon and chime-worthy drawings, literatures, or roleplays

• Pieces showing interactions do not need to be the main focus of the piece, but they should still hold a significant role in it.

  • i.e. it should not just show your character and their familiar exchanging a glance, or knowing your character’s familiar is watching from somewhere in the trees

To improve the bond, the following requirements must be met:

• Stage One [starting point] > Stage Two

  • 5 canon and chime-worthy pieces

• Stage Two > Stage Three

  • 7 canon and chime-worthy pieces

• To progress, submit a post in your cashing ticket showing all of the required pieces to move up to the next stage. Staff will look it over to approve it and let you know once we’ve finished reviewing. Once you’ve received staff approval, we will also send the description for the next stage and what is unlocked in that through the bond.

Some important things to note about familiars prior to purchasing one:

• First characters cannot start with a familiar.

• Familiars can be purchased to start with a character (outside of the first character), their fee would simply be added on to the character creation fee that is paid for by your other characters. They will still start at stage one level of bonding though, and you must still work through the different stages to bond with the familiar.

• When purchasing a familiar, please also upload their design/art so we can give it a quick look over and approval prior to their official acceptance. Familiars should generally follow the same global rules for character creation, keeping their colors/markings semi-realistic to their species, and the eyes should not be a special/purchasable eye-type (heterochromia, pink/purple, etc). This also applies for mutations and things like albinism, as all of these will eventually be available through special events as prizes!

• Familiars are not characters that earn chimes for their involvement in pieces. They are simply an extension of your character, like an “accessory”.

• Familiars should be drawn on the reference sheet with your character. We do not have a separate sheet for familiars.

• Characters may only have one familiar at a time. If for whatever reason your character loses their familiar, they may obtain another, but they cannot have two familiars at the same time.

• At this time, familiars are region/climate locked. i.e. you would not find a meerkat (traditionally from Goldenwind) in Waterthorn. We are open to allowing real-world species from all over the globe since WSV is not based specifically on any one location in the real world, but try to keep it realistic to the climate of where they originate from. We have listed out some specifics, but if you have questions or a specific creature, don't hesitate to reach out to staff!

• Though there has already been some exposure to more "special" or magical creatures in the world, they are not freely available as familiars. Special events may be hosted at times where members may purchase/win them, and we will be sure to make it clear when these are available.

MATESHIP & FAMILIES

Here you can find all of the fees and requirements to having your characters have children or become an official couple.

There are some content requirements prior to purchasing the official status as a couple, and you can add additional partners to your couple to become polyamorous, but each new character joining your partnership must pay the fee per character already existing within it (This is highly subject to change, but is a temporary placeholder for pricing currently!)

There are also some restraints on when characters are allowed to have children together.

• Official couples must wait a month IRL time before purchasing a litter

• Flings must have 3 chime-worthy canon pieces together (one of which must be an RP) to have a litter

Litters also have a different fee depending on if they are born to a mother who is part of a faction vs a mother who is dispersed.

HAVING A LITTER

Bringing in a litter is an exciting and joyous occasion! Having a litter has the following requirements:

• If litter is between a mated pair, the pair must wait 1 month since becoming mates before requesting a litter

• If litter is a fling, players must submit 3 pieces of canon content showcasing relationship development (only 1 required RP)

A litter is only as expensive as how many playable pups are born, NPC pups are not allowed, stillborn pups are not included in the final cost. The cost is split evenly between both players by default (though you can specify how you would like to split the payment, the minimum a player may pay is 25% rounded up)

There are two ways to determine how many pups are born to your litter:

1. The maximum litter size is fixed at 4, you choose how many are born

2. The maximum litter size is fixed at 5, a staff member will use RNG to determine how many are born

Prices below: