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September News + Spotlight
Posted 7 months ago :: Last edited 7 months ago by Mouse
It is now September!
Things are heating up as the Fall finally rolls in- we uploaded Free to Use bases for members to utilize when creating Masterlist images for their World of Lingua characters! Major thank yous to both Mouse and Shadonut to creating them.
The next Prompt is: Regrowth and Rebirth
As previously mentioned, this year [and possibly continuing years], we will have a scaling reward system [not a raffle] for Prompt participation. See the prompt's details for more information!
The Spotlight member this month is kazulthedragon !
We love to see your participating once again the group, and we always love seeing you around!
Thank you again for making this group a better place.
You will be granted Mysterious Simple Bag as a thank you.
We wouldn't be what we are without you!
This month #758 Stargaze and #228 Stardust were voted in as our Spotlight characters!
They former belongs to kazulthedragon, and the latter to Provie!
Members who draw or write about this Paralogos or Whiffling through the month of August will get a bonus +3 flat INK or +3 Bottlecaps.
The owner of the Spotlight character will not gain this additional bonus,
but are still rewarded the normal currency from having someone else draw your owned character.
Finally... we honor:
This is a collection of some of the wonderful artworks and writing that have been submitted to our group the last month.
Thank you all for your contributions! Please view our Gallery for more.
Check the Linguan Preserve for characters needing new homes! As well as the Sales page of course. Remember, if you adopt a designed character from the Linguan Preserve, DM mewhaku on Discord for the character's Toyhouse page/art!
And finally, we'd like to make special mention of the birthdays this coming month of September-
Mouse, RexAraneo , and Jess !
Happiest of birthdays to our members celebrating this month! If you haven't signed up yet, please do as you'll get a gift!
Note: Birthday Sign-Ups are now done via Claims.
For more information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide.
August News + Spotlight + Bonus!
Posted 8 months ago :: Last edited 7 months ago by Mouse
EDIT: A small announcement, too small for its own post - we now have Official Species Free to Use Bases for designing your WoL characters! It is under the heading of Info on the toolbar at the top of the site!
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It is now August!
One more- small reminder, mewhaku has finished all Past Event Mementos! Click the link to see which Mementos you'll qualify for. A feature has been added to the Ask Questions Here Prompt to claim Past Event Mementos. All you need to do is link proof of participating in a prior event- whether that's an art entry... an old comment on a DeviantArt post- whatever proof you have!
We hope you all had fun during Art Fight for those who chose to participate!
The next Prompt is: Our Dearest Companions [And Pets]! [This is ongoing for August!]
As previously mentioned, this year [and possibly continuing years], we will have a scaling reward system [not a raffle] for Prompt participation. See the prompt's details for more information!
The Spotlight member this month is Zevhara !
Thank you so much for participating in Art Fight and attacking so many members! Fantastic job!
Thank you again for making this group a better place.
You will be awarded a membership card:
We wouldn't be what we are without you!
This month #563 Frosted Sugar Cookie and #129 Vanilla Forest Cabin Candle were voted in as our Spotlight characters!
They former belongs to @platonicharmonics, and the latter to wanderandfriend!
Members who draw or write about this Paralogos or Whiffling through the month of August will get a bonus +3 flat INK or +3 Bottlecaps.
The owner of the Spotlight character will not gain this additional bonus,
but are still rewarded the normal currency from having someone else draw your owned character.
Finally... we honor:
This is a collection of some of the wonderful artworks and writing that have been submitted to our group the last month.
Thank you all for your contributions! Please view our Gallery for more.
Check the Linguan Preserve for characters needing new homes! As well as the Sales page of course. Remember, if you adopt a designed character from the Linguan Preserve, DM mewhaku on Discord for the character's Toyhouse page/art!
And finally, we'd like to make special mention of the birthdays this coming month of August-
justlikesoup , FNGaymer , PaisleyPerson , and uzkost !
Happiest of birthdays to our members celebrating this month! If you haven't signed up yet, please do as you'll get a gift!
Note: Birthday Sign-Ups are now done via Claims.
For more information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide.
July News + Spotlight
Posted 9 months ago :: Last edited 7 months ago by Mouse
It is now July!
With the passing of June-a small reminder, mewhaku has finished all Past Event Mementos! Click the link to see which Mementos you'll qualify for. A feature has been added to the Ask Questions Here Prompt to claim Past Event Mementos. All you need to do is link proof of participating in a prior event- whether that's an art entry... an old comment on a DeviantArt post- whatever proof you have!
This past month the PHP for the website was fully updated, so hopefully that will enable more features in the future to be added too! We won't have to worry about the website going down in the meantime. We also added the new item- Crossbreed Elixirs. Did you get one from the Whiffling Pride Bags?
Also- it is now ART FIGHT time once again! We've added a new prompt specifically for submitting Art Fight attacks on other users. This year we are gifting out +3 currency of your choice for making any attack on another World of Lingua user. This means if you draw say... a Pokemon character mewhaku owns, you'd still get the currency bonus! As always, if you RECEIVE an attack on a World of Lingua character during Art Fight, please submit it to the normal Off-Site Currency queue prompt. Remember- Art Fight art links aren't visible to non-logged in users, so please submit a link to say a Toyhouse upload of the art so our mods can view it normally.
We had a wonderful Pride here on the World of Lingua and we hope you did as well! Good luck to everyone participating in Art Fight!
The next Prompt is: Our Dearest Companions [And Pets]!
As previously mentioned, this year [and possibly continuing years], we will have a scaling reward system [not a raffle] for Prompt participation. See the prompt's details for more information!
The Spotlight member this month is Shadonut !
We loved seeing all of your Pride Festival submissions, and we always thank you for being an Official Artist!
Thank you again for making this group a better place.
You will be granted Mysterious Simple Bag as a thank you.
We wouldn't be what we are without you!
This month #302 Baraq and #192 Static Noise [multi eye warning] were voted in as our Spotlight characters!
They former belongs to SpicyIsopods, and the latter to Andie!
Members who draw or write about this Paralogos or Whiffling through the month of July will get a bonus +3 flat INK or +3 Bottlecaps.
The owner of the Spotlight character will not gain this additional bonus,
but are still rewarded the normal currency from having someone else draw your owned character.
Finally... we honor:
This is a collection of some of the wonderful artworks and writing that have been submitted to our group the last month.
Thank you all for your contributions! Please view our Gallery for more.
Check the Linguan Preserve for characters needing new homes! As well as the Sales page of course. Remember, if you adopt a designed character from the Linguan Preserve, DM mewhaku on Discord for the character's Toyhouse page/art!
And finally, we'd like to make special mention of the birthdays this coming month of July-
Howee , tamingofthesandshrew , and Blue !
Happiest of birthdays to our members celebrating this month! If you haven't signed up yet, please do as you'll get a gift!
Note: Birthday Sign-Ups are now done via Claims.
For more information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide.
[Event + Contest] Discord Emojis Round 2! [CLOSED ]
Posted 11 months ago :: Last edited 10 months ago by mewhakuWe'll be happy to reveal the winners of the Discord Emoji Contest!
And we actually have 5 winners- since 1 extra emoji tied with the 4 we would've chosen normally. :3c
And remember, for each emoji that wins, they will be added to the server and the maker awarded (1) Fancy Mysterious Bag!
Our top winner is.... :ardsob: by pxcarats !
and then our 4 emojis that tied...
and 
So pxcarats - you will receive 2 bags, Andie will also receive 2 bags, and Shadonut will receive the last one!
Provie , Howee , Jingletail and Oboe will all receive 1 Simple Mysterious Bag each as a consolation prize as well.
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Hey everyone!
We're bringing back a beloved event that we haven't held for a little while!
A contest all about creating emojis for our discord server!
What are we looking for?
Paralogos OR Whiffling Emojis!
(some of the emojis we currently have on our server)
EDIT: We now have the Memento prepared for this event:
Anyone participating will get this!
Requirements:
1) has to feature a Paralogos/Whiffling or otherwise relate to the World of Lingua group in any way
2) has to be 100% your own art (although you can reference memes or similar)
3) has to have a size of exactly 128x128 pixels and has to be under 256kb
Characters you can use for Emojis:
- Preferably one of our many NPCs!
- You can also use one of your own character or someone else's (with explicit permission!) - please be aware, if you in the future void a character we can remove the associated emoji from the server, but try to pick a character you plan to hold onto!
What can you win?
Each winning emoji will be rewarded with one (1) Fancy Mysterious Bag!
How are winners determined?
Since the goal of this contest is finding emojis that will be used and enjoyed on our discord server, the winners will be determined via popular vote.
After the deadline has passed we will put all viable entries into a google form for all discord server members to vote on for one (1) week.
Winner emojis will be determined based on the highest amount of votes.
How many winners will there be?
We will start out with 3 winning emojis.
For every 5 entries after the 10th entry we will add another winning emoji!
Theoretically, a member could win multiple times if they submitted multiple entries.
How do you enter?
You can make a maximum of 3 entries.
To officially submit an entry, upload it to DeviantArt stash [or a similar image hosting service] and reply to this post with the following form filled out:
Image Link:
Suggested Emoji Name:
World of Lingua Character Portrayed in the Emoji (if any): (masterlist link)
Deadline: May 31st (11:59pm EST) - We'll make a folder as well for entries to this event in the Gallery - Emoji Contest 2023!
June News + Spotlight
Posted 10 months ago :: Last edited 10 months ago by mewhaku
It is now June!
With the passing of May- the Recent Events Annex will be updated as well. Also, mewhaku has finished all Past Event Mementos! Click the link to see which Mementos you'll qualify for. A feature has been added to the Ask Questions Here Prompt to claim Past Event Mementos. All you need to do is link proof of participating in a prior event- whether that's an art entry... an old comment on a DeviantArt post- whatever proof you have!
We hope you'll enjoy all of these Mementos, and going forward we'll be caught up! Not to mention... we have the new Pride Event happening this month with a new one to earn there too!
The next Prompt is: Show Your Pride!
As previously mentioned, this year [and possibly continuing years], we will have a scaling reward system [not a raffle] for Prompt participation. See the prompt's details for more information!
The Spotlight member this month is Jingletail !
Your zest and passion for your characters is something we've taken notice of! We always love seeing your new submissions!
Thank you again for making this group a better place.
You will be granted Mysterious Simple Bag as a thank you.
We wouldn't be what we are without you!
This month #409 Empathy and #276 Waterfall were voted in as our Spotlight characters!
They former belongs to Shrike, and the latter to Inkcess!
Members who draw or write about this Paralogos or Whiffling through the month of June will get a bonus +3 flat INK or +3 Bottlecaps.
The owner of the Spotlight character will not gain this additional bonus,
but are still rewarded the normal currency from having someone else draw your owned character.
Finally... we honor:
This is a collection of some of the wonderful artworks and writing that have been submitted to our group the last month.
Thank you all for your contributions! Please view our Gallery for more. Also, we love all the Emojis submitted this past month!
Check the Linguan Preserve for characters needing new homes! As well as the Sales page of course. Remember, if you adopt a designed character from the Linguan Preserve, DM mewhaku on Discord for the character's Toyhouse page/art!
And finally, we'd like to make special mention of the birthdays this coming month of June-
Mercury and Numiauri !
Happiest of birthdays to our members celebrating this month! If you haven't signed up yet, please do as you'll get a gift!
Note: Birthday Sign-Ups are now done via Claims.
For more information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide.
[Event] Linguan Pride Festival 2023!
Posted 10 months ago :: Last edited 10 months ago by mewhaku
As you enter the city of Sermos, you immediately notice that it's buzzing with people. Sure, it's usually quite crowded, but this is something else entirely.
There's upbeat music blasting from every second corner, big banners and flags adorning buildings, and big colorful floats driving slowly through the filled streets. You see humans, Paralogos and Whifflings alike running around and laughing; some are carrying big flags, some are wearing them as capes, some are holding signs.
One of the celebrating Paralogos in question notices you looking around and separates out of the masses to walk up to you.
"Happy Pride!" the Whifflings nearby yell happily.
"Welcome to Sermos' Pride festival!" the Paralogos says to you. "This year's celebration is a bit more grand than the past years, isn't it?" They point around, smiling happily. "People from everywhere around Lingua travelled here to have a good time. There's so much to see and do - we can show you around, if you'd like!"
Event Summary
Within the world of Lingua, often in June, there are many festivals celebrating elements of Pride. The residents of the capital of Sermos are known to have boisterous celebrations- citizens, caretakers, Paralogos, and even Whifflings, all coming together to celebrate one another and the multiplicity of their relationships towards others and themselves!
While Paralogos are known to be asexual by their own biology, there are many that have found themselves in various kinds of romantic relationships, and supportive friendships, or who find themselves happier alone or only having a Caregiver Bond.
Whifflings have been rumored to have offspring meanwhile, and find themselves in many kinds of relationships sometimes culminating in children on occasion, though our research is limited on how those situations may come about... it is worth investigating!
What can be known for sure is that Lingua spans wide and ranging groups of all kinds of individuals from every walk of life, and no matter who you are, these boisterous celebrations bring everyone into a joyous and excitable spirit!
How to Submit Entries
All event entries have to be worth at least 5 of the respective currency and have to depict one or more of the following subjects:
- A relationship of whatever kind (romantic/platonic/bond/etc.).
- A character's introspect about being alone or what kind of relationship(s) they dream of (romantic/platonic/bond/etc.).
- A character being proud, either of themselves or someone else.
- A character celebrating or being a part of the festival.
You may submit collaborations, however, every participant has to fulfill the minimum currency requirements in order to be eligible for rewards.
You may also submit monthly prompt, magic progression, or wisdom task entries as event entries, as long as they directly depict at least one of the four above mentioned subjects.
All submissions have to be new works specifically made for this event!
Who can You draw?
- Your own Paralogos, Whifflings, Companions, Pets and Caretakers
- The following NPCs/mascots: Ginkgo (demiromantic), Rot (aromantic) & Gin (demiromantic)
- Other member's Paralogos, Whifflings, Companions, Pets and Caretakers (if their gift art / gift writing status is set to "Yes")
To officially submit an entry for this event, do the following:
- Upload the artwork/literature/etc to the correct gallery folder.
- If your entry doubles as a monthly prompt, magic, or wisdom submission, submit it to the associated gallery folder.
- Otherwise submit it to the Linguan Pride Festival folder!
- Make a new submission to the event prompt based on the instructions in the prompt description.
Rewards
Every submitted event entry that fulfills the requirements will reward you with one (1) Pride Bag.
There is a Paralogos and Whiffling variant - you can freely choose which one you wish to earn for each entry!
Pride bags include currency and items related to the species in question, including loot bags/whifflebags, as well as exclusive items such as vouchers or Pair of Wings/Vial of Changing Sight!
Submitting at least one (1) event entry will also earn you the following Pride Memento at the end of the event:
Deadline
This event lasts one month, from June 1st to June 30th, 11:59 pm site-time.
The event gallery folder and event prompt have a grace period of one (1) day until July 1st, 11:59 pm to allow processing of late submissions.
May News + Spotlight
Posted 11 months ago :: Last edited 11 months ago by mewhaku
Moving forward into May...
With the passing of April- the Recent Events Annex will soon be updated as well. All of the Linguan raffle prizes have been completed, and we have a small update to how some items work:
Small and Large Mutation Potions for Whiffling Redesigns now can alter Animal Influences in both cases. Small redesigns can alter the animal in the same rarity tier - but the design has to look the same (aka a Small Redesign). Large redesigns can look entirely different and up the rarity by 1 stage or go down to any stage. If you want to upgrade say... a Cat Influence to a Dragon Influence, you will need 2 Large Mutation Potions though. I hope that makes sense! Prices for OA Redesigns haven't changed.
The next Prompt is: Cosplay!
As previously mentioned, this year [and possibly continuing years], we will have a scaling reward system [not a raffle] for Prompt participation. See the prompt's details for more information!
The Spotlight member this month is Andie !
Your recent artwork submissions have been really well done! Nice work!
Thank you again for making this group a better place.
You will be granted Mysterious Simple Bag as a thank you.
We wouldn't be what we are without you!
This month #227 Chimera and #273 Solar Eclipse were voted in as our Spotlight characters!
They former belongs to Andie, and the latter to Howee!
Members who draw or write about this Paralogos or Whiffling through the month of May will get a bonus +3 flat INK or +3 Bottlecaps.
The owner of the Spotlight character will not gain this additional bonus,
but are still rewarded the normal currency from having someone else draw your owned character.
Finally... we honor:
This is a collection of some of the wonderful artworks and writing that have been submitted to our group the last month.
Thank you all for your contributions! Please view our Gallery for more. [Especially some of the upcoming prompt uploads!!!]
Please visit the Sales page to see what's open [Nothing at the moment!], and check the Linguan Preserve for characters needing new homes! Remember, if you adopt a designed character from the Linguan Preserve, DM mewhaku on Discord for the character's Toyhouse page/art!
And finally, we'd like to make special mention of the birthdays this coming month of May-
Fulgarite , Crab79 , and kazulthedragon !
Happiest of birthdays to our members celebrating this month! If you haven't signed up yet, please do as you'll get a gift!
Note: Birthday Sign-Ups are now done via Claims.
For more information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide.
April News, Spotlight, and Raffle Results!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by mewhaku
Moving forward into April...
With the passing of March- the prizes from the 8th Anniversary Raffle will be revealed just below! The Recent Events Annex will be updated as well.
Major congratulations to the winners! Shrike , uzkost , kazulthedragon , FNGaymer , SpicyIsopods , and Phoenix!
Rewards are as described here, and I'll reach out as well!
mewhaku is currently continuing work on all Event Memento's for previous group events. Thank you to everyone also who participated in our Idioms Prompt last month! You'll have received the Idiomatic Pamphlets MYO Item - which allows you to created your own Triceridos. What are Triceridos you ask? There has been a new major discovery- a Paralogos subspecies as revealed the day previous HERE. Idiom Claims are listed HERE due to Masterlist code constraints.
The next Prompt is: What If....?
As previously mentioned, this year [and possibly continuing years], we will have a scaling reward system [not a raffle] for Prompt participation. See the prompt's details for more information!
The Spotlight member this month is Shrike !
You've taken on so many collaborations this past month and worked so hard!
Thank you again for making this group a better place.
You will be granted Mysterious Simple Bag as a thank you.
We wouldn't be what we are without you!
This month #614 Gourd and #171 Ethanol were voted in as our Spotlight characters!
They former belongs to RexAraneo, and the latter to Shrike!
Members who draw or write about this Paralogos or Whiffling through the month of April will get a bonus +3 flat INK or +3 Bottlecaps.
The owner of the Spotlight character will not gain this additional bonus,
but are still rewarded the normal currency from having someone else draw your owned character.
Finally... we honor:
This is a collection of some of the wonderful artworks and writing that have been submitted to our group the last month.
Thank you all for your contributions! Please view our Gallery for more.
Please visit the Sales page to see what's open [Nothing at the moment!], and check the Linguan Preserve for characters needing new homes! Remember, if you adopt a designed character from the Linguan Preserve, DM mewhaku on Discord for the character's Toyhouse page/art!
And finally, we'd like to make special mention of the birthdays this coming month of April-
mewhaku , PrincePoke , Cloudsteps , and Zevhara !
Happiest of birthdays to our members celebrating this month! If you haven't signed up yet, please do as you'll get a gift!
Note: Birthday Sign-Ups are now done via Claims.
For more information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide.
World of Lingua 8th Anniversary Raffle! + Memento! [CLOSED]
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by mewhakuCLOSED - releasing results in the news post!
As it is March 7th...
We'd love to celebrate a bit, considering this day is the 8th Anniversary of the Paralogos and (and by association) Whiffling Species!
mewhaku (Mew, aka me) would like to give back a little bit and hand out some gifts to celebrate the species! [this was originally posted a day before but yes!]
In honor of the anniversary, and our site growing so large, we've made a 8th Anniversary Memento. This can be claimed (if you didn't already enter the raffle) via the Claims feature.
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The reward of 8 ink and 8 caps per entrant will be rewarded alongside the 8th Anniversary Memento as part of that grant. So thank you for your patience! And thank you all for coming together to make this group and site what it is... a personal note from my (mewhaku) heart, I am so thankful for each and every one of you.
The Prizes for this Raffle will be the following:
- First Place Wins: 1 Free Custom Paralogos (EDIT: including Triceridos!) or Whiffling Design between levels 1-6 or Common - Uncommon - Rare from mewhaku
- Second Place Wins: 1 Free Custom Paralogos (EDIT: as a special bonus, including Triceridos!) or Whiffling Design between levels 1-3 or Common - Uncommon from mewhaku
- Third Place Wins: 1 Free Shaded Fullbody Character Artwork (Preferably a Paralogos but can also be Whiffling, or another feral species/fantasy character) from mewhaku
- Fourth Place Wins: The same as third place!
- Fifth Place Wins: 1 Free Shaded Headshot Character Artwork from mewhaku
- Sixth Place Wins: The same as fifth place!
- All other participants: Get 8 Ink and 8 Caps for entering the raffle! and All Participants will earn a special Collectible/Memento in honor of the 8th Anniversary.
To take a look at the various examples of mewhaku's work, check her DeviantArt Gallery! (Though she'll be the first to admit she has a massive backlog of stuff to upload.) *Also any Whiffling Customs will get 1* free Fae or Devilish trait, you can add additional potions as well. Alternatively, you can exchange the basic 'any custom' Whiffling reward for a custom from a Whiffling Breeding, which will be rolled as an additional free prize.
How to Earn Tickets
- Comment on this post, and state you'd like to enter the raffle! (+1 Ticket)
- Mention your favorite memory of your time with the Paralogos OR Whiffling species! (If you only recently joined, feel free to share something you're excited about for the species or its world!) (+1 Ticket)
- Advertise this raffle in up to 3 locations, with a link to this post! (Up to +3 Tickets)
The end date for the raffle is March 31st!!
[Subspecies Release] Triceridos!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by mewhakuHi All! A Bonus surprise for our Anniversary Month-
We are extremely excited to announce a Paralogos subspecies!
Yes! A subspecies. Meaning overall they are functionally considered Paralogos, but have some distinct quirks and traits.
They are called Triceridos and are based on idioms instead of words!
You can learn more about them in the newly released Chapter 12 - The Triceridos Subspecies
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You can make them with this month's Prompt Reward. An Idiomatic Pamphlet!
Which will be given out to participants of the Curious Idioms Prompt after this post.
We also have a special Offer to Adopt Triceridos sale of two Triceridos each by Mouse and mewhaku to come in just a few moments!
Keita is the mascot for this subspecies!