Monthly Quest

Monthly quest is, as the name tells, a prompt that changes at the 1st day of each month. You CANNOT take part in the past monthly quests, but you can take part in the current month's quest as many times as you wish! Taking part in the quest earns extra FP for every Kuku in the picture, and you have a chance to roll for the special familiar, background or item of the month!

Do note that the monthly reward is given only for the person who posted/drew/wrote the picture/literature, and it is not rolled for each kukuri in the picture. In cases of collaborations, you are required to link the collab partner clearly to the description of submission, if they are the one posting the submission for roll, as well as what parts each of you did. Both participants in collab can be rolled for the reward, but the prompt must be submitted by each player.

Always link kukuris into description! Failing this might result for no FP getting rewarded.

The last day to submit, is the second to last day of the month.
Corrections have one month after the end of the quest to be submitted

Requirements

Art Requirements
1) Fullbody: at least 75% of one kukuri showing; colored and shaded.
2) Background: At least 3 distict elements (not counting the ground or sky). Background must be shaded and colored.
3) Clearly following one of the given prompts (you may provide us a explination in the description).

Liturature Requirements
1) 900 words: An additional 200 words are needed per extra kukuri
2) Kukuri present for at least 75% of the Liturature
3) At least 50% of the story is focused on the prompt.

Current Quest

January 2026

You come across a peculiar sight; in the middle of the snowy landscape, sheltered by nothing in the beginnings of a blizzard, stands a cherry tree. When you approach the tree, it feels like you step into a bubble - the wind is gone, and the only coldness around you is the snow beneath your feet. Soft pink petals fall from the flowering branches, slowly blanketing the snow. Your eyes drift, and you see another pale pink tree, standing in the snow exactly the same, not bothered by the winds outside its own little world. You look further away, and there's another, and another. What's going on here?

Focus, Dear Watson
The magical-feeling tree piques your interest, but you are more interested in its origins. No tree flowers in freezing temperatures, and they especially aren't surrounded by force fields.
Draw or write about your kukuri searching for answers to the curious phenomena. Do they find a local wizard, or a friendly neighborhood florist? Do they try to dig one of the trees up with their bare hands, or will they find something better suited for the job? Is the whole thing magic, or just a great illusion? Is there even an explanation in the first place?

Go With the Flow
If you can't beat them, join them. The scenery is beautiful, and you could use a bit of a breather, anyway. It's been hectic, so why not use the opportunity?
Draw or write about your kukuri taking a break and resting. Do they just flop next to one of the cherry trees and take a nap? Will they bring blankets and hot drinks? Perhaps they just break a branch off a tree and take it home instead - their own den is much more comfortable, after all.

You Made It
Weird or not, you have survived yet another year and it now stands behind you. If this isn't a sign of something, you don't know what is.
Draw or write about your kukuri celebrating their past or future. Do they work hard, and party harder? Is their idea of a perfect party a bunch of friends, good food, and a nice atmosphere? Do they just reminisce a bit, and then move on? What have they achieved, or what are their goals? Has the road been smooth sailing, or rocky and full of heartbreak?

Each entry is eligible for +2FP bonus on each kukuri and have a 30% chance to get the Cherry Blossom background set!

Cherry Blossoms BG set

Lucky Bounce

If you do not receive the item on your 3rd entry, you will be automatically given one randomly rolled item! However, this effect works only once. Every kukuri drawn as full body participating or included in the literature to the monthly quest will earn +2 FP Monthly Quest bonus.

Automatic BGs / Items / Familiars
For each monthly there's a certain chance to roll rewards. It is rolled for all images. However if you don't get any rewards in the first two images, you'll automatically get the monthly reward for the third image! All images afterwards will only get the normal roll - so you get 1 reward guaranteed if you do 3 images.

Lucky bounce
Sometimes someone gets a little extra lucky and gets a second reward rolled (note: the automatic rewards after 3 images does not count!). In that case the last 2 members before the lucky one will get a second roll for their entry with a higher chance of +10%!

Rewards for December quest

This list will be visible through January but is not related to January quest.

Each gift you receive can be exchanged for goods the group has been giving out in quests throughout the years. The amount of rewards will determine the type of reward you get!
1 gift: 1 entirely random background
3 gifts: Background set randomly rolled from selected category
5 gifts: Background set of your choosing or a randomly rolled familiar

The background categories are

EVENT
Coliseum of Life
The Fungal Contamination
Festival of Death

OUTSIDES
The Winter Wonderland
The Flower Garden
The Tundra Pond
The Cherry Blossoms

MONTHLY
The Ravine
Confinement
Mirror Lake
Rising Storm

LIVING WITH THE HUMANS
Urban
Village
Farm
The City Fireworks

LIVING IN THE WILD
Caves
Woodlands
Distant Desert
Beaches

ACTIVITY
Temple Ruins
Hidden Cavern
Lupine Fields
Savannah

Exchange your gifts to rewards in here!