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General Rules
1. Play nice!
2. My word is final in all matters!
3. No harassing feien owners! This goes for PMs, IMs, in this shop, in their diaries -- anywhere! I protect my players.
4. DON'T PM ME. EVER. FOR ANYTHING. You may contact me via AIM: AdmEAPiett. Even if I'm not there, I will get your message,a nd sometimes I leave my away on purposefully! So AIM me already!
5. No posting tiny size-1 font messages over and over. They're a pain in the a** to read.
6. DAMMIT DON'T PM ME!
7. All feien owners have my permission to edit images of their own feien drawn by me (RikProwley/Em) or edit the images of any feien items they own. If you wish to edit another feien's image, you must ask the owner. Owners may authorize anyone they wish to perform image modifications provided my art is never resold in any way, shape, or form for real money or Gaian gold, and that my art is always displayed WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE FEIEN UNIVERSE. In other words: you can't use my items for anything outside of feien stuff. (Unless you like, asked me and had a reason.)


Shop Roleplay Rules
1. Anyone may come in to roleplay, feien owners and non-owners, provided you follow a few simple rules.
2. We do not use chat-style roleplaying in this shop. We use story-format roleplaying. We type actions in complete sentences and enclose speech in quotation marks.
3. You are expected to abide by the General Roleplay Rules given below.
4. Both owners and non-owners must ask permission before bringing non-feien pets into the shop. In addition, you must have prior permission before using ANY non-feien magic in the shop.
5. The following pets are always welcome: Pixapets.
6. The following pets are forbidden: Faekats and all other Meeki-deritive pets (due to an ancient altercation with Meeki which I would prefer not to dredge up again).
7. There are certain minor magics which are permissable, including: minor healing abilities/spells, minor telekinesis, empathy (if you don't know the difference between empathy and telepathy, do not use either), small light spells.
8. The following non-feien magics are absolutely forbidden without prior consent: invisibility, stealth spells, energy blasts, mental attacks, telepathy, kill spells, blinding spells, combat spells in general, teleportation.
9. Please keep the roleplay centered on feien-related events and subjects. This doesn't mean you have to talk about feien 24/7 if you don't have one, but you should be coming in here to try and interact with feien and feien owners. If none are around, that's fine, but please don't make this shop your hangour or something. It's not that you're not welcome, it's just that pages and pages of non-feien roleplay distract (and detract) from the feien roleplay. So please keep it in moderation!
10. Roleplay in the shop is real-time only. You cannot RP in the shop and then backdate or antedate it. If you get signed off in the middle of a roleplay, sorry, but you missed it and them's the breaks. It really doesnt make sense to continue a roleplay started two days earlier and try to pretend it's the same day. If you want to continue the roleplay, you may do so privately.
11. This thread is ONLY for roleplaying IN the shop. The applicable areas are all those described in the shop description below. They include the roof and the back alley with the portal. That's it. (Of course, you're welcome to include a bit of the street in front of the shop, but no roleplaying in here and making the setting over in Durem or anything like that.)


General Roleplay Rules
1. IC/OOC: Recognize that a difference exists. What people do in-character should not reflect any out of character sentiments. Furthermore, you shouldn't hold character actions against the player. It is perfectly fine if, because of OOC situations, you wish to not roleplay with someone, but do not roleplay your feien being angry at another feien because you are OOCly mad at the player. Keep OOC fights OOC, and IC fights IC. Particularly the second part. Not everyone plays a nice, flowery character.
2. No godmoding. This means not only should you not come in, go "MY CAHRACTR IS A LVL 999 SUPR SAYIAN I KILL U ALL!!!!11" but you also should never roleplay another character's actions unless you've planned it with the other player. For example: if your character punches another character, you only roleplay the punch -- the OTHER player decides if the punch lands, how much damage it does to their character, etc. If, however, you asked the other player beforehand and they agreed to the punch, you could roleplay both the act of punching and the reaction of being punched. While you SHOULD try to keep in mind stats, which stats a character uses are up to the player who controls the character. For example, if you roleplayed a punching action, I could choose to dodge using Dexterity, Speed, and/or Luck, or to have the punch do little damage based on Endurance and/or Wisdom (knowing how to minimize damage from combat). Stats are very versatile in this regard.
3. Character death is controlled by the character's player. You are free at any point in time to voluntarily kill off your feien as part of roleplaying. You may not, however, kill another feien unless the owner has given you permission. Obviously, you must inform the shop before killing your feien.
4. Don't try to engineer a reaction from another player or character. Never, ever play the game of "I bet if I do this, the other character will do THIS." You do not control the other character's reaction. You cannot plan on another character doing anything and you shouldn't try. Never, ever go into RPs with preconceptions of this nature. Just start roleplaying and see what develops.
5. Don't try to force roleplay. This goes hand in hand with #4. As great and fun as it is to make long-term plans, when roleplay is done right, unexpected things happen. You just have to learn to adjust and adapt and create new plans. When life throws you lemons, make lemonade. The same goes for roleplaying. You may want your character to eventually hook up with another character, and the other player feels the same, but somehow or other, things might end up differently. Don't get mad or upset. Just find another avenue of attack!

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Available Feien

Current flat sale price: 7000g
Current base custom price: 9000g
Value of the current month's letter or items in place of gold: 4000g
I'll accept other items under the auction rules.




No blooms available at the moment!


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Fairies can be custom-summoned for you for the starting price of 9000g. It takes a lot more effort to summon up a fairy with specific attributes!

Rare Attribute: If you would like to introduce a rare attribute (see list below), it costs 2000g per rare attribute. You can have a max of three rare attributes per custom fairy. Rare attributes include colors not listed, feathery wings, and numerous other things. (I don't want to say too much!) There's a small list of rare attributes below the form. For more, PM me!

Mutation: For 1000g more, you can add a rare mutation to your fairy! Be warned! It's random, and there's a small chance (1/25) it'll result in infertility. You can have up to three mutations, and it may screw up part of your customization. For example, if you wanted striped markings and the mutation landed on marking type, you won't get striped markings... Also be warned that if you wanted a rare attribute and the mutation landed on that gene, you might not get the rare attribute! Combine mutations and rare attributes at your own risk! For more info on mutations, see Genetic Research.

The difference? Rare attibutes are introduced genes that are otherwise only available randomly, where mutations are new genes.

Custom Slots:
-TOTALLY CLOSED-
If you want a custom, you can get an ultra-rare custom for a September 03 or 3xOctober 03. Normal customs are not available at this time, but may become available in the future by auction or contest.

If you want a custom, first make sure there's an open slot. Post on the topic and I'll confirm your slot. Then fill out the form and send it to me in a PM. Please note that no two fairies are ever alike. Even if you specify every detail of an existing fairy, your fairy will be different.

Unless you want to pay for rare attributes, you may only choose from the options listed. Feel free to specify as much or as little as you like! Anything not specified is left up to the artist's discretion. NO ACCESSORIES. Accessories must be purchased separately and roleplayed into effect.

Unless you are ordering a rare attribute, YOU MAY ONLY PICK ONE OPTION FROM EACH FIELD. Similarly, I ONLY HAVE THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE LISTED.

Items in BOLD are Overcommon and cost an additional 3000g.

Your name:
Fairy Name: (optional; you may wait to actually see your fairy before naming him/her)
Type: Roleplay, Sig-Only (can be changed later)
Diary: Create/Add Post (If roleplaying, do you need a diary created, or do you already have one? If you already have one, I can simply add your official feien post to your existing diary.)
Gender: male, female
Element: earth, air, water, light, darkness, heat, cold
Elemental Color: (color of fairy markings) blue, red, yellow, white, black
Marking Style: Squared, Striped, Rounded
Marking Coverage: minimal, medium, maximum
Skin Tone: pale, medium, tanned, oriental, light brown, medium brown, dark brown
Hair Color: blue, yellow, red, white, black
Hair Length: Short, Medium, Long
Hair Texture: Curly, Wavy, Straight
Hair Style: (optional) if you'd like a certain hair style, I can try to match, but please remember fairy hair styles are unique!
Eye Color: blue, red, yellow, green, black, purple, orange, brown, gray
Eye Style: Narrow, Oval, Round
Eyebrows: Thick, Average, Thin
Lips: Thin, Average, Full
Face Shape: Long, Oval, Round
Ears: Long, Average, Short
Height: Tall, Average, Short
Body Type: Curvy, Average, Skinny
Wings: Cloth-like, Insect-like, Bat-like, Feathered
Wing size: Large, Medium, Small
Personality: (optional) Give a few words to describe your feien's personality. They come with personalities. If you don't specify anything, a personality will be assigned.

Known Rare Attributes
Horns: Small Unicorn, Small Single Horn
Elements: Life, Heart, Sky, Metal, Shadow
Hands & Feet: Claws, Webbed
New Colors: Mix any two listed colors. If blue and red are listed, you can make purple. Yellow and blue makes green. I cannot, however, give you a reddish purple, because that would mean mixing red and purple, and purple is not on the original list.
Dual Colors: Any two existing colors can be combined for a two-color effect. If red, blue, yellow, white, and black are listed, you can choose red and white, yellow and blue, etc., but you may not choose any color not listed, e.g. purple, green, orange.
Other rare attributes are available! But they're secret, so you have to ask specifically when ordering, and have an idea of what sort of rare attribute you might like...

Rares and Commons
To have an attribute go from rare to common, at least four fairies must possess the attribute. When you order a custom, you are paying to not only have a fairy which matches your specifications (versus being random) but also for the privilege of having an attribute before it becomes common, if it ever does. There's also a state for attributes known as overcommon -- if too many fairies have something, it will cost 3K to get that attribute. You have been warned. Overcommon is generally defined as occuring more than five times more than the least common common. So if one fairy has red hair and six have black, black becomes overcommon. Dual colors count twice, once for each color.

Ultra-rare Attributes Only available through Auctions or special (Sept 03 item or 3xOct 03s) customs.
Element: Time, Gravity, Lightning, Blood, Sound, Death

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Fairies, though they do not reproduce sexually, possess genetic codes. There are 26 genetic markers determining every detail of their appearance. A fairy's genetic code is a SECRET that can only be revealed by careful testing. Testing is recommended before breeding, as there may be genetic factors that affect how many blossoms result.

Genetic Testing: 2000g
Your fairy's genetic code will be revealed to you. Any factors affecting blooming will be noted. You may choose to reveal your code to others or keep it secret. Of course, the code is just a string of letters and numbers. In order to unravel it's meaning, extensive research is required.
On file: Corvus, Selene, Gogol, Arturo, Tosten, Ares, Sunil, Seamus, Luca, Yeande, Aria, Heiko, Maquinar, Quantel, Shux, Celaien, Nigel, Tahki, Merrimack, Talonfaust, Aileron, Ianios

Here is Corvus's genetic code as an example:
Corvus: AaBB**C4c4d1d4EeFfGGH5h5IiJjK5k5llmmnnOoppQqRRSsttuuVvWWxxyyZ10Z10
The ** indicates a special mutation on the second gene. If you breed mutations, it can result in a new gene.

Genetic Research: 16000/20000g acquired
Research is very costly. At present, 9/26 markers have been revealed. In order to reveal new markers, surveys of fairies must be taken. 1000g of every Genetic Test and 2000g from each attempted breeding goes towards research. You can also donate to research to speed up the process. (Small note: the price does not continually increase; some genes simply cost more to unravel than others due to complexity.)

About Genes:
There are three types of gene.
Primary: an appearance gene that shows up in juvenile form
Secondary: an appearance gene that shows up in adult form
Tertiary: a gene that influences a statistic or is otherwise invisible

Mutations:
Every so often, certain genes may mutate into new forms. These can be as simple as a new set of color genes to something much, much bigger... Mutations can occur when ordering a custom with the mutation option or as a natural result of breeding. Sometimes they just occur randomly.

Revealed Markers:

• A - (Primary) This first letter indicates a fairy's gender appearance. AA is female and Aa is male. This is the only gene which is independent of the parents, as it is determined randomly. Mutations on this gene cause further mutations, but often with disastrous results.
  
• B - (Tertiary) This gene determines a fairy's magical power. BB indicates strong magic, and gives +1 blooms when breeding (not cumulative). Bb is average magical ability, and bb is weak magic ability, which gives -1 blooms when breeding (again, not cumulative). Breeding a BB with a bb cancels out the modifiers. This gene cannot naturally mutate, but will mutate due to inbreeding or overbreeding. It also has a special double mutation form which results in summoner fairies, who are exceptional magically but cannot reproduce at all. The B gene also controls life expectancy. The stronger the natural magic, the shorter the lifespan. Furthermore, even weak fairies may earn a magic stat of 10 through dedicated roleplaying.
  
• C# - (Primary) This marker determines the prellan (fairy marking/elemental) color. The following colors are on record: C1=blue, C2=red, C3=yellow, C4=black, C5=white. If two different recessive colors are combined, the fairy ends up with dual-tone coloration. If two different dominant genes are combined, the result is a new color. Mutations on this gene cannot occur randomly.
  
• D# - (Primary) This gene determines a fairy's skin tone. Mutations can occur on this gene, but are presently unknown. Known genomes: D1=pale, D2=medium, D3=tan, D4=oriental, D6=medium brown
  
• E - (Primary/Secondary) This gene determines ear length and style. Currently, EE=long, Ee=medium/average and ee=short. EE and Ee appear similar in juvenile form, but ee is recognizable, therefore this gene is part primary, part secondary. Mutations can occur on this gene but are presently unknown.
  
• F - (Secondary) This gene affects a feien's fingers and toes. All feien in juvenile form appear to have normal digits, but when they hit adult stage, they may be revealed as having claws or webbed fingers and toes. Mutations can occur on this gene but are presently unknown. Known genomes: F=normal, f1=webbed, f2=claws
  
• G - (Primary) This gene determined the type of prellan. Mutations can occur on this gene but are presently unknown. Known genomes: GG=squared, Gg=stripe, gg=round.
  
• H - (Primary) This gene determines a fairy's hair color. A combination of dominant genes will result in a new color, and a combination of recessive genes will result in dual colors. Mutations can occur on this gene but are presently unknown. Known genomes: H1=blue, H2=red, H3=yellow, H4=green, H5=black, H6=white.
  
• I - (Secondary) This gene determines a fairy's eye shape and number. Mutations can occur on this gene and include three eyes. Known genomes: II=round, Ii=oval, ii=narrow, I1=oval 3rd eye.
  
• J - (Primary) This gene governs the texture of a feien's hair. Known genomes: JJ=curly, Jj=wavy, jj=straight.

Donators
Proxility - 1000g!
Lochoko - 1250g!
Dragonfyre - 3250g! eek
kamtrouble - 2500g!
Puchiko - 9000g! eek heart
Teralinth dKalin - Three March letters! eek heart domokun
Neko Girl - 15000g! eek heart domokun
ProtoPizzaLess - 2000g!
Rynn - March letter, April letter, 1K! eek heart
Youkochylde - April Letter

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Once again, many thanks to Anya! for her permission to use the diary concept!

Diary Basics
In order to roleplay with your feien, you will require a diary in which to record events and keep track of stats and abilities. Your diary will be created for you in the guild. Only guild members may post in the guild; if you have a friend you would like to involve in your feien diary, simply have him or her submit a request to join the guild detailing why.

The Official Post
The first post of your diary is your Official Post, or OP, which provides all of the information about your fairy. At the top of your OP is a link back to the main thread. Below this are the Updates. Changes in your fairy's stats, age, and abilities are reflected here.

After this is your official feien image. It shows a graphical representation of your feien, the name of your feien, the element, the Date of Birth (DOB), the developmental stage, and your Gaia username. You may direct-link this image in your sig or on your website to observe your feien's growth.

<img align="left" src="http://www.drowtales.com/galleries/f/heights.thumb.gif">After this are your feien's stats, beginning with height. The height chart to the left can help you envision how big your feien is in relation to other feien and in relation to yourself. Simply grab a rule and use your favorite graphics program to adjust the image so the stated heights are accurate.

Arguably the most important area of the stats is the personality. This is your "base personality" and defines the major characteristics of your feien. The base personality is not a rulebook on how to play your feien. It is merely a starting point upon which you can build your own character.

Why? Because unfortunately, it has been my experience that most folk roleplay the same character archetypes, so in order to ensure a varied cast of characters, the base personality is required. It helps keep characters more consistent, though most characters soon grow and expand beyond this base personality, and keeps up from having three dozen brooding heros, twenty exuberant airheads, and four hundred Mary Sues. But again, the base personality is merely a starting point. It gives you a cornerstone on which to build. You could have "egotistical, driven, bibliophile, superstitious" as your base personality. This does not mean your fairy cannot have an obsession with turtles, or enjoy charity work, or be a compulsive neat freak. You could do any of these things with the character, just so long as s/he is still an egotistical, driven, superstitious bibliophile at the same time.

In other words, base personality traits do not exclude personality traits not included in the base. Unless you attempt to play your feien diametrically opposite the base personality -- it would not be wise to portray your supresitious, driven, egotistical bibliophile as giving up after only one try because a driven character does not give up. Similarly, a cheerful, bubbly little feien probably shouldn't walk into the shop and throw curse words around and threaten to drop rocks on people. There can always be mitigating circumstances, but you'll have to convince me of that, and anyway, people usually bounce back to their basic personality after the situation has resolved itself. (Recent research in the area of psychology supports this.)

Moving along, next we have the Stats. Stats rate your feien in nine different categories and allow you to unlock special skills and abilities. Stats are detailed further in the next post.

Spells/Abilities lists the various skills your feien qualifies for and those your feien currently knows. All feien begin their lives with one to three abilities: usually flight and one free skill based on their element. (Feien with dual elements will have two free elemental skills.) These are free skills. Free skills are listed in green. You do not need to roleplay to unlock them.

Stat-based skills are listed in blue. These are abilities that depend on a particular stat, for example, a feien with a STR (Strength) of 8 has the skill Giant Strength. Stat-based skills must be roleplayed to unlock, but are automatic. If you feien has a STR of 8, s/he will learn Giant Strength, provided you roleplay enough to unlock it. (More on unlocking skills below.)

Elemental skills are in black. These are skills which depend on your feien's MAG (Magic) score. Every element has a set of skills associated with it. If your feien possesses that element, s/he can learn the skill, but to do so uses up one magic point. Your total number of magic points is given at the top of the Spells/Abilities section and is equal to your feien's MAG. Unlike Stat-based skills, elemental skills must be picked out by you. You may choose as many elemental spells as you have magic points.

School skills are in brown. There are several schools of magic in the feien universe, giving you even more spells and abilities to unlock. You may only choose one school and you may not change it. The school skills are set for each school and can only be unlocked in order. Further details on school skills are given below.

Artificial skills are in olive. An artificial skill is any skill which a feien does not actually possess on his or her own. They are usually acquired by means of artifacts which grant the user additional spells. As such they are free skills, requiring no roleplaying to unlock, but if you lose the item or do not have it with you, the abilities granted by the item are not accessible.

This covers all of the information in the OP.

Diary Set-Up and Modifications
When beginning your diary, it is recommended that you reserve a few posts for the purpose of creating a more detailed feien profile. For examples of how to do this, browse around and look at the existing diaries. If you see something someone has done which you like, ask them if you may use it, be it formatting, layout, or profile setup.

You don't have to reserve posts for a profile or add graphics to your diary, but it does make it looks nice and helps keep things organized. If you make diary graphics and wish to have a title banner added to your OP or simply want your diary's title changed, post a note to the Spell & Stat Update Request thread and it will be dealt with as soon as possible.

In addition to being pretty, an extended profile can help you get a better grasp on your character and his or her abilities, particularly as they relate to roleplaying, and adding profiles on other characters your feien lives with greatly aids anyone reading your diary or roleplaying with you. It really is strongly recommended.


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Brief Notes
- Feel free to link to your image in your sig. Direct-link so you can see your fairy evolve! (Bandwidth is not a problem.)
- For Photo Albums, please save the images and upload to your own server. I'll only save your most current fairy image on my server.
- If you'd like to alert other owners to your diary posting, use the Diary Announcement thread.
- You don't have to post daily! Post as little or as often as you like. I would suggest trying to post at least on a weekly basis, though. Anything less won't have your feien taken away, but may delay your feien's development into adulthood.
- Diary topic can be changed. Just ask! (And make sure your topic will fit in the alloted space.)
- OP notices (where new abilities and stat changes are announced) occur when I do diary checks. Don't expect to see them all the time.


The Official Post (OP)
The Official Post is where you will find updates and special events, as well as your inventory of things from the shop and your fairy's stats. Check the OP often!


Starting Off: The Feien Bloom
Well, so you've paid for your feien, now you have this lovely, one-of-a-kind flower. What do you with it?

If you choose to do nothing, your feien will emerge happy as can be. If, however, you'd like to get to know your feien better as a flower, you can try to find out what the flower likes!

Variables: light, darkness, heat, cold, room temp, water, no water, dirt, no dirt, more...?

If you'd like results to go with your experiments, you'll have to IM me. You are responsible for both roleplaying performing the experiment and roleplaying the experiment results. I hold you to the honor system - if you IM me an action and it has a negative effect, I expect you to stick with it!

For experimenting, your feien may have bonuses when it hits juvenile stage... or there may be downsides...

Please note! Fairy blossoms subsist on elements. They do not need to eat! They don't even have mouths. sweatdrop


Part Two: the Juvenile Stage
Your young fairy has just emerged into the world. S/he may be confused or disoriented at first, but thanks to your caring during the bloom stage, the fairy will already have a spiritual anchor: you!

Your juvenile fairy has full speech and reading capabilities and a personality. You are given a base personality, three to six words that describe your fairy, which you may build upon at your leisure. You can write up a longer personality description at this point if you like.

At this point, you get to see what your fairy looks like! Things like markings and colors will be visible, but your fairy's growth is not complete and some traits don't appear until the adult stage, so please note that there may yet be a few surprises in store for you!

A juvenile fairy will still be able to subsist on elements, but will probably start wanting some tidbits of actual food. Just a bite or two from your dinner will be fine. You might discover they have favorite foods or music or anything... at this stage, their preferences and actions are up to you! They have become your character to play with. You're still expected to hold to the base personality, though, and anything too out of character might be penalized. (Like if you got a shy fairy and roleplayed him as the loudmouthed life of the party.) Personality development is, of course, allowed, over time. (People change over time, and likewise do fairies.)

You can basically consider your juvenile fairy to be your own character at this point. You can also start buying items. Buying items and then roleplaying with them can change your fairy's stats or adult appearance. Please note that any appearance changes due to items will not appear until adult stage!

A juvenile fairy will also begin to uncover its magical abilities, a process that continues into adulthood. All fairies start off with the appropriate 0-level spells, as listed in the spellbook. Roleplaying unlocks more spells. To unlock spells, you don't have to roleplay your fairy researching new spells (though you can): the spells will unlock over time with roleplaying of any sort.

Please note that since abilities and spells are rewarded based on your fairy's experience, non-feien stories (however wonderful) will not add to your feien's skill development.


All Grown Up: the Adult Stage
Congratulations, your fairy is an adult! At this point, a fairy has a totally unique image. All visible genetic traits appear. If you roleplayed any items on during juvenile stage, they will appear on the adult fairy. If not, your fairy will have its default image.

At this point, fairies require food. They can no longer subsist on elements.

Adult fairies may breed with other adults of any gender (remember, gender is only apparent, not actual). In order to do so, they must have a close bond with with other fairy. This can be romantic love or simply a love between friends. The desire for two fairies to breed must be roleplayed in order for me to give permission. It can't just be one fairy walks up to the other and says, "Let's unf!" Breeding is not to be taken lightly. (Especially given the price tag.)

Concerning adult images, you can request an image update once every two months. This will remove any items your fairy is no longer using and add new items s/he may have acquired. The first four image changes are free. That's enough for eight months if you change every two months. After that, there will be a fee, as yet undetermined. (It won't be excessive.)

Feien Sex? - No, sorry, they don't have the necessary bits for anything besides snogging. Their erogenous zones are where the ears meet the skull, where the wings meet the back, the mouth and the back of the knee.

Quests and Special Items? - Your adult feien may receive a quest or a special item. These are rewards for good roleplaying. There are a number of ways to complete quests, and we can discuss which is the right one for you and your fairy when the time comes. You might get a quest to complete items, write a story, complete a task, etc. Quests can yield special items or stat increases. And, of course, there's the ultimate quest for immortality...

Feien Death? - Yes, your feien can die, either in an accident or due to old age. It takes a long time. Your feien may die prematurely if you have an RP feien and you neglect it. What constitutes neglect? Not posting in your diary for two one-month periods will cause energy starvation. (Bad way to go.) Feien can also die by being eaten, crushed, impaled, severed, or even by suicide. Don't worry too much about this -- I won't run around looking for chances to kill your fairy. If, however, you commit some sort of crime (like art theft) or misbehave extremely and are banned from Gaia, you might very well have your feien killed and the resulting gemstone repossessed by the shop. But we're all nice folk here, so no need to worry!

Help! My feien is losing points like mad! There are a few reasons this may be happening. The most common is roleplaying against your feien's personality. If your roleplaying doesn't seem to reflect the set personality traits, watch the points drop a lot. The second reason is lack of roleplaying a stat. Regardless of personality traits, if your feien has high wisdom and acts foolish or immature, their wisdom will decrease until it's at the level you're playing at. If you have the high stat, use it or lose it! Usually, though, you'll find the stat is replaced by points somewhere else... The third reason is lack of interaction. If I don't see you around the thread much, your feien's stats will drop, generally in charisma or luck. Just dropping by once won't be enough to raise the stat back; either involve yourself more often or accept the loss or switch to Sig-only. Finally, the fourth and last reason is godmoding or other roleplaying gaffes. If your feien does something that's impossible or too powerful for the feien, stats will drop. If you suddenly pull a wacky stunt like afflicting your feien with a wasting disease, stats will drop.

But I'd like to do such-and-such with my feien! Wonderful! PM me and tell me what such-and-such is. If it's a good plot idea, I'll give it a go-ahead. If it's not, well, back to the drawing board!

I do a lot a roleplaying, but my stats don't increase much? Feel free to tell me, and point me in the right direction. I do miss things. Also consider that you might want to select a few spells for your feien to learn. I generally award stat points for specific roleplaying actions, like practicing some skill. Spells and abilities, however, can be awarded in a number of situations, even for just regular posting, and are much easier to get.

I'm going to be gone a while, but I don't want my feien switched to Sig-only! Tell me. I can always help you if you tell me. I'm willing to put your feien on hiatus, effectively freezing him/her until your return. I will not put your feien on indefinite hiatus longer than two months, though, and I will not extend a hiatus more than three weeks longer than your initial request. (Furthermore, requesting hiatuses for periods longer than three months may very well result in my asking you to switch to Sig-only instead.)

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Finally, the secret post revealed!

We now have a new point system with the feien, to both help me give credit where its due, and give you guys some rewards! Like what, you might ask? Like gemstones and quests and immortality!

First, the points system. Every post in your diary earns you between 1-5 points. Generally, 1-3 for journal entries, 3-5 for RPs and story entries. Points reward both those who post a lot of short posts (you get one or two points per short post) and those who prefer to post fewer long posts (you get three or four points for long posts). It also rewards greatly those who write with others, with collaborative RPs getting 3-5.

You can also get bonus points for adding feien info to your front page, drawing pictures, commissioning art, really any creative venture.

You won't get points for roleplaying in the shop unless you compile it, and you won't receive credit for roleplaying in another feien's diary thread, either. Though roleplaying in diary threads is perfectly acceptable, please remember that only the diary's owner will get credit, unless you place a compiled story in you rown diary. Also note that it's extremely unlikely that you'll get more than 1 point per post when roleplaying in the thread, and that one-line responses may not earn a point at all.

There is one exception: If your feien is involved in something in another diary belonging to you and you link to that diary in your main diary, you may receive credit for posts made there. This only applies to roleplaying in your own diaries and linking it. Roleplaying in other diaries or shop threads does not count.

In short: you only get credit for those posts made by you in your own diary (or by your mules).

So that's how you earn points. Now what do you do with them? Normal points are like qualifiers, enabling you to unlock things. Please note that you do not "spend" points. Gaining an ability or a Quest Point does not deplete your point total. It's like running a marathon. Your point total is your progress, and depending on how far along you are, you have certain rewards.

• Every 15 points unlocks a spell or ability.
  
• Every 50 points gives you a Quest Point.
  
• If you have more than 25 points, you can arrange to talk to Yanvir.
  
• If you have more than 50 points, you can arrange to talk to Julius.

Spells, Abilities, and Stat Appeals
So long as you just continue roleplaying, stats and abilities will unlock automatically over time, one for every 15 points. Since it's proven to be too difficult for me to keep track of where to put stat points, though, you may now make an appeal at any time to have a stat upgraded or switched instead of earning a spell or ability.

To appeal, you simply need to PM me, tell me what stat you'd like increased, and provide links as proof that your feien has actually been working on this stat. If your appeal is approved, next time you're up for a spell or ability, you will instead get a stat change. PLEASE DO NOT FLOOD MY INBOX WITH APPEALS OR ASK FOR INCREASES ALL THE TIME. Limit yourself to one request at a time. After you've earned the stat upgrade you may ask for another. There's no guarantee that I'll grant consecutive changes, though.


Quest Points
Every 50 points you earn a Quest Point. What the heck is a QP you ask? Quite simply, you can use quest points to earn special items by questing! Questing involves first speaking to Julius, who will give you a task, and then writing the long, arduous journey by which you complete the task. Assuming you do it well, you'll earn a nifty item, something designed specifically for your feien. Normal item rules apply to quest items: if you switch to Sig-only, they will still appear in your feien's image, but if you switch back to RP from Sig-only, the items will disappear. You can re-quest for them, though.

OR... if you don't feel like writing a long, involved quest, you can use a quest point to buy a gemstone. Gemstones cost 20K from the shop. They're not cheap for a good reason. First, they improve your feien without you having to do any work. (Well, you have to earn the 20K, but I mean you don't have to write out a quest.) Second, they improve your feien like mad. Stat bonuses, new skills and abilities... and physical changes, too. Your feien will take on traits from the feien in the gemstone, which could mean anything, really. It's like gaining a bunch of mutations. Your feien will look really cool and unique. And did I mention much more powerful? It'd take you years of questing to end up like this.

But there are restrictions. Once a feien has melded with a gemstone, s/he cannot breed ever again. Furthermore, you can only meld with one gemstone, so pick wisely. (There will soon be an example of a melded feien.) You don't need to use the gemstone immediately, though. You can hang on to it for as long as you like. If your feien has died and you own a gemstone, you may give it to a living feien or sell it, but it will cost the feien receiving 1 QP.

And, of course, there's also the ultimate quest. The quest for immortality. Unlike item quests and gemstones, it costs two Quest Points to attempt the immortality quest, and even then you still have to work for it. A lot. These quests are different depending on the feien -- there's no one way to gain immortality. Melding with a gemstone will not prevent you from taking on the ultimate quest. (:

The immortality quest does not remove normal diary posting requirements! All immortality does is take away the natural lifespan of your feien, which is from 3-7 years, and changes it to as long as you live (or until you want your feien to die). Your feien can still die from neglect. Furthermore, you can still switch your feien to Sig-only, and the immortality will not go away.

There may be limitations on the immortality quest, but they are presently unknown...


The Points (QP used)


Sorry, but points cannot be given to another feien. They're not a tradeable commodity.

Image Services

Status: PARTIALLY OPEN - see below!

Now that your feien is an adult, it's time to get his or her items added to the picture! There are several types of changes that can be made to your image. You may get image services no more than once a month. This once-per-month rule counts by player, not feien. So if you have four feien, you can only get one modded per month or as my time allows. As I am generally overworked already, please be patient and understadn if all this art stuff takes time.

Feien Drawn by RikProwley
Image Modification: If your feien was drawn by Rik, you get 4 of these free*. Image modifications means the same picture, but with new stuff added. I reserve the right to turn down applications for image mods. Rejection reasons might include insufficient detail, impossible item construction, and lack of roleplaying. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ADD QUEST ITEMS. THEY'LL BE ADDED AUTOMATICALLY. if you have no more free image mod points, there will be a 500g base fee.
* There may be additional charges for items from other shops, depending on the complexity of the items.


New Base Image: If the modifications you are requesting would require the creation of a new base image for your feien, you may either use 3 of your free image modifications, or pay a fee of 2500g. (Given that this is about as much as I'd charge for, oh, a color headshot, I don't want to hear any complaints.) You may only get a new base image OR an image mod at any single point in time. So if you want a new base image, you'll have to get that first and then later on come back and get image modifications at a later point in time. NEW BASE IMAGES FROM IMMORTALITY AND MERGING DO NOT INCUR A NEW BASE IMAGE CHARGE. The fee is included in the QP cost for immortality quests and the price tag for gemstone merging.


Feien Drawn by Neithan
At present, there are no plans for Neithan to do image modifications or new base images. I'll ask her if it's okay for me to mod stuff or if she has any interest in doing it and get back to you.

Feien Drawn by Guests
Guest artists do not draw new base images or image mods. YOU MAY NOT ASK THEM TO DO SO. YOU WILL BE BANNED. If they OFFER, that's fine, but don't go whining and begging for their services in this regard. You got a totally unique juvenile and artwork from an incredible artist you might otherwise not have been able to. Be satisfied.

Switching Artists??
Might be allowed in the future, but not at this moment in time.

Image Fun by Rik!
So, you've got all this QP, you don't fancy going on a quest, and you want somewhere to spend it! Here's the place! Instead of questing for items or immortality, you can turn in your QP to get additional art by Rik! If you don't have the QP for the service, some services are also offered for a gold charge. First come first serve.

Currently Offered:
Service - cost - stages - samples

Portrait - 1 QP/3500g - Adult only - 1
Just a digital portrait of your feien. Limit one request per owner. FEIEN ONLY. No items. This is a quickie. I'm not offering to do juveniles because I don't like painting kid faces. Sorry!
1: OPEN
2: OPEN
3: OPEN

All prices subject to change at any time.

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Regrettably, it is necessary to bar certain individuals from the shop due to misbehavior. Blacklistable offenses include:

• Posting in a diary without authorization. Diaries are personal things for owners and feien, and we here at the shop feel it to be an invasion of privacy. Go ahead and complain about this being a public forum. I don't care. There's a horrible feeling that emerges in the pit of one's stomach when some stranger waltzes in and goes "ooh!1 i wnat 1!"
  
• Asking for a feien when there are none available earns you one week. Similarly, trying to buy an existing feien will earn you a one month ban (unless the owner is actually selling). Don't complain. We don't want to hear it.
  
• Not bothering to read at least the first post. I put a lot of time and effort into writing all this info and developing the feien (several months, in fact), the least you can do is read it. Reading the posted information is the most basic requirement for owning a feien.
  
• Including a dozen quotes in replies.
  
• PMing me about anything on this first page earns you a week ban.
  
• Retracting an order or bid earns a one month ban.
  
• Attempting to solicit donations from me will earn you a minimum of two months. I worked hard to accumulate my wealth. I'm not interested in helping out lazy folk. I may ban folk permanently based on this rule.
  
• If you place an order and when I come around to deliver I find there is no trade, you will be banned from item purchases for two weeks and your order cancelled.
  
• Repeatedly posting size-1 font messages, which are a pain in the a** to read and make it hard to police the thread. It's public anyway. What's the point in posting so tiny besides annoying folk with bad eyesight?
  
• All rules may be applied retroactively.
  
• Whining about how long it's taking for me to deliver or type up something will earn you a week. You can -ask- about it, just don't complain and whine and guilt me over the duration of time. >_< So ask but don't be impatient.

demonic sayako - disrespectful of "overpriced" pets (and all the hard work that goes into them), rude, and immature, permanently banned.
Neith-Kia - Order retraction, complaining on the thread on three separate occasions even after being asked to stop the first time, then complaining to my inbox multiple times even after being asked to stop, then trying to have Konaru blacklisted, despite the fact I've never seen Konaru on the thread, much less behave in such an atrocious manner. Additionally, lack of patience. All that was required was to wait the first blacklisting out. And finally, when I gave you the chance to make a good impression in this shop, you did just the opposite, deciding to harass feien owners instead. Permanently banned. No chance of appeal.
metalshiz - PMing me to ask if he might borrow my minis. Uh, yeah right, like I'm going to loan my most precious possessions to some wanky stranger who PMs me out of the blue. Try NO. Permanently banned.
Dark Angel Mialee - Accused me of stealing my own art, apparently just to enjoy having me banned for a day. Permanently banned. No chance of appeal.
Sere Mudou - Banned me for a day, refusing to believe I was, in fact, an artist, despite having many, many people inform her immediately of her mistake and having proof thrown at her from all sides. Believed Dark Angel Mialee's claim without bothering to do any research. Consistent disregard for the truth, stubborn, a true disgrace to Gaia. Furthermore, never saw fit to offer me even a simple apology. All I asked for was an apology. Permanently banned. No chance of appeal.
Hell Girl 14 (794554) - PMing me to ask for a donation. Aha, no. Permanently banned.
Libby Fairy (719066) - Frivolous join guild requests, multiple PMs. Permanently banned.
Ashmedai The Demon King (805849) - PMing me to ask for a donation. Aha, no. Permanently banned.
MoonShadowDemon (94352 cool - PMed me a chain letter!?!?! Permanently banned.
Tsuki Yagami (633001) - NO, I won't vote for something just because you PM me spam! 2 month ban, ending 1/06/05
Sexy Meloina (108757 cool - I don't care if you think I'm cute, I'm not giving you any gold! No PMs! 2 month ban, ending 1/08/05
Sephiroth_Masumane (974769) - Do I look like a walking charity!? No! 2 month ban, ending 1/12/05
Cheery_Cherry6578 (734294) - No! I AM NOT A CHARITY! 2 month ban, ending 1/13/05
gubey13 (348456) - No, I will not hand out free gold for your niece's birthday. I'm amazed you're old enough to have a niece yet are begging and whining for gold. Unless it's that whole teen pregnancy epidemic. 2 month ban, ending 1/19/05
FaerieChef (1149762) - SPAM PM! 2 months, ending 1/22/05
Dark XXX (963746) - I am not a walking charity. Earn your own damn gold. 2 month ban, ending 1/25/05
hot_11 (1185580) - No PMs! Why would I want to waste my time chatting with you?? 3 month ban, ending 2/27/05
staceysmith (1044221) - Actual PM text: "hi awt u up 2 and how old r u?" Ahaha, Permanently banned.
pinkbutterfly28 (885832) - Do I look like a charity/the Gaian police? No. 2 month ban, ending 1/28/05
lil_sexy_ash_6969 (1038920) - No, I don't want to talk. Now or ever. 3 month ban, ending 2/01/05
cool159159 (7595080 - How to get a feien, step one: Read the front page and don't PM me. Step two: Read the front page and don't PM me. Step three: repeat steps one and two until you've actually read the front page, and don't PM me. 2 month ban, ending 2/11/05
Tala_lover_girl (1171142) - No, you may not be my friend. Thanks for asking (not). 1 monht ban, ending 1/14/05
FallenAngelAkira (127922 cool - PMing people who just happen to be online is one of the most annoying, idiotic things you can do. 2 month ban, ending 2/19/05
Youkochylde - Order retraction. 1 month ban, ending 1/19/05
enashiko (1130737) - PMing me an order form when A) THERE ARE NO BLOOMS FOR SALE and B) NO PMs DAMMIT and C) Have you actually read anything in the shop besides the order form!?!? Actual PM:
3 month ban, ending 4/01/05
Unjust Judgment - No PMs on feien matters. 1 week ban, ending 1/09/05


wacko_or_nut - 1 month ban, ending 3/25/04, for posting in my original diary
Jewel_of_love - 1 week for trying to buy MY fairy, 1 week for trying to buy Trio's fairy, 1 week for not reading the first page, and 3 days for including a dozen quotes in replies, ending 3/30/04
Maori Silver-Dragon - Multiple PMs with questions already answered on the first page. One week week ban, ending 4/6/04
Help - 1 month ban for posting in Trio's diary + 1 week ban for trying to buy Trio's fairy and not reading the first page, ending 4/13/04
LeyAsha - 2 weeks for asking to buy a feien and not reading the first page, including too many quotes in replies, and interrupting our roleplaying with several posts, ending 4/13/04
Hott_Naru - Order retraction. One month ban, ending 4/22/04
AquaGoddess11 - 1 month for posting in Youkochylde's diary, ending 5/07/04
~brown eyed girl~ - Asking for a feien when none are available, failure to read the first page (much less the first post). 1 week ban, ending 5/12/04
reddog - 1 month for posting in Neko Girl's diary, plus 1 week for being mean, ending 5/23/04
srsee2003 - 1 month for posting in Gekisho's diary, ending 6/02/04
Canadian_Girl_Forever - 1 month for posting in Kimiko Misaki's diary without permission, ending 6/20/04
Weasley - posted order but no trade sent; original order canceled and banned from purchasing any items for two weeks, ending 6/21/04
Lost_gay_boy - Trying to buy an existing feien. 1 month ban, ending 6/13/04
Shanu - 1 week for asking for a feien when none are available, 1 week for failure to read the first page (much less the first post), 1 week for rudeness, and 1 month for posting in Youko's diary, ending 7/01/04
David Wolfenbrother - - posted order but no trade sent; original order canceled and banned from purchasing any items for two weeks, ending 7/12/04
Inuyasha676 - Attempting to solicit a donation from me. Two months plus one week for being a conceited jerk, ending 8/08/04
wiccan_faillie - Attempting to order a feien when none are available, PMing me, and obviously not reading anythong on the first page. One month, ending 8/24/04
Rynn - Stealing profile formatting -and content- from a fellow feien owner without asking. Stealing from other feien owners is UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE. Furthermore, PMed Reevely to try and get another feien. 3 week ban, ending 8/27/04
Sarabi Adruenna - PMed item order. 2 week ban, ending 10/10/04.
lexie long (503620) - PMing to ask about my day. As nice as the thought is, NO PMs. 1 week ban, ending 10/21/04
Silver_Moon_Dragon (614415) - PMing me randomly. 2 week ban, ending 10/29/04
caroline_cupcake (1009101) - PMing me a random "like the feien"" note. If you want to talk about feien, use the thread and don't clog my PM box. 2 week ban, ending 10/29/04
ConflictingDreams (97296 cool - No, I will not give you free gold. 2 week ban, ending 11/05/04
lucy20045 (607815) - No PMs. And in answer to your question, no. 2 week ban, ending 11/13/04
Little_Red_Corvette(1020664) - PMing to ask if I like Inu Yasha??? 1 month ban, ending 11/14/04
(~0Dante0~) - PMing me spam. No, I won't join your board. 1 month ban, ending 11/16/04
IgaruKetsuki (122242) - No PMs. 2 week ban, ending 11/06/04
lovekisser (745154) - I do not run a charity service. No PMs. 1 month ban, ending 11/26/04
shipin232 (1088972) - No PMs! 1 month ban, ending 12/13/04
dairyqueen07 (992050) - No I don't want to to talk! No PMs! 1 month ban, ending 12/13/04
Aurora5292 (1064994) - No, I don't want to chat! 1 month ban, ending 12/06/04
cozy with the devil (872466) - Dagnabbit, don't PM me spam! 1 month ban, ending 12/06/04
gabbygabbers92 (97729 cool - Thanks, but I already know my avatar is hot. I don't need a PM to tell me. 1 month ban, ending 12/15/04
Nevea812492 - PMed spam. 2 month ban, ending 12/20/04
Yao Ming #11 (1141581) - No PMs! Why would I trade my demonic staff for an angelic one? You know, if you just bought two letters like I do, you'd have both. 1 month ban, ending 12/27/04
mystical_dreamer (1042896) - Spam PM. No, I don't play on Neopets. 1 month, ending 12/25/04