🌱 Banner 🌱

Our fantastic banner this month was made by Lvsu, Springstrike, and Kouriander ! Thank you all so much for your awesome artwork! 

We'll raffle for next month's banner shortly!

🌿 PROMPTS + CINNA OF THE MONTH 🌿

Prompts have reset for March! Check them out here!

Our winner for Cinna of the Month is... rainer! 

As a reminder, you may choose to draw COTM Cinnas instead of NPCs for the Rarity Prompt!

Our theme this month is Good Luck Charm 🍀!

 As always, submit designs to THIS gallery for your chance to have your design made official for free! 

🧹 Discord housekeepinG 🧹

Our first order of business this update is to address a recent trend in the Discord server; as of this update (3/11/25), Trait Checks should not be submitted to the #ask-the-staff channel.

The Ask the Staff channel was always intended for people to ask admins for help,  whether that be help with the site, lore inquiries, or even requests to DM admins for more private concerns. These types of questions still come in, and are promptly answered, but we as a team have noticed that the channel is trending towards turning into a sort of halfway-approvals ground. We completely understand that sometimes you may have questions regarding traits, and wanting an "official" opinion on your Cinnas' proposed traits is not inherently bad! However, simply sending in a design and asking the admins to trait it for you is not going to be accepted anymore. We'd really like to encourage you to use the visual trait index on the Lorekeeper site to trait your Cinnas on your own. If you have specific questions regarding how to draw a trait, how many items a specific tail fusion requires, etc., those can all still be submitted to that channel. Finally, feel free to ask around in #art-development-and-advice for trait input as well!

On the whole, sending a Cinna in for approval should not be seen as a pass-fail system! If a Cinna's approval is sent back for revisions, it does not mean you have Failed To Cinnadog Correctly - it's truly no biggie at all! The admin handling your submission will always provide notes on what to change, and there is no limit on how many times a submission can be sent back and forth before it's eventually approved. We have really good turnaround times for admin correspondence - it should not take longer than 3 days to hear back about your submission. If it does, we are likely reviewing it as a team or an active admin is away for IRL business. We're all human, after all! Thank you all for understanding.

🪺 CHAOSI UPDATE: NOW AN OPEN SPECIES 🪺

It's been a while since we heard about our scaly friends the Chaosi...

After getting some clarification from Kenna about what his original intention for Chaosi were, we talked at length about the future of this elusive species. (When I say at length, I mean it - we ended multiple admin calls still undecided about them, LOL.) After animatedly debating what to do with Chaosi, we finally reached a conclusion the likes of which the Cinnaverse has never truly seen before:

Chaosi are now an Open Species! 

Just in case you're new to the scene, or perhaps would benefit from a refresher on Online Species Terminology TM, making Chaosi an Open Species means you are free to make as many Chaosi as you want - anytime, anywhere! All we ask is that you submit them to the masterlist for approval in order to call them Chaosi. They are a part of the Cinnaverse, after all!

The only things you need to list when submitting a Chaosi for approval are their flavor/theme and their tail traits. The iconic Hefty Tail is a big part of what visually signals a Cinna as a Cinna, and Chaosi still fall under the Cinnaverse umbrella. 🌀 Chaosi have access to all common and rare traits for free! If you'd like a legendary trait, you may apply a Golden Mead to your scaly little weirdo. 🦎

Now let's address the egg-shaped elephant in the room: "What do I do with my Chaosi Eggs?"

Admin Buck is kicking himself as he writes this, because Chaosi no longer require the Chaosi Egg item to be submitted for approval. The currently existing Chaosi Egg item will be relabeled as a Legacy Item, meaning it is no longer usable. It will not be automatically removed from your inventory, however. If you'd like some sort of compensation for your eggs, as they did once hold value, you may submit a claim through our claims page under the Item Redemption prompt. The conversion will be:

• Rarity Rune = 1 Egg
• MYO = 5 Eggs
• Golden Mead = 7 Eggs

As a final note, the written info for Chaosi in the World tab has been edited a smidge to reflect the new changes. Go there for a refresher!

We hope this inspires everyone to create even more Chaosi! 

🐰 BUNNY SEASON: NEW SUBSPECIES! 🐰

After discussing recent feedback, we bring you a big update for bunny season that we feel really helps to integrate Cinnabunnies into our current species framework. Drumroll please... 🥁

Introducing: Cinnabuns and BonBons!

🆕 Cinnabuns are a new, distinct subspecies of Cinna that are traditionally upright, anthro, and large - think of them as the Cinnadog/Cinnacat of the bunny world!

Many Cinnas that currently exist on the masterlist are Cinnacats/Cinnadogs that have stylized anatomy intended to make them more bunny-looking (long hocks, rounder nose bridge, protruding teeth). Those Cinnas will now be grandfathered in as Cinnabuns! Congrats on the promotion! 🤝

Refer to our shiny new visual guide (made as always by the lovely darkvvision) for some examples of anatomical differences between Cinnabuns and the other large subspecies.

🍬 BonBons (name provided by @dios-donuts) are cinnabunnies as we previously knew them - same thing, different name! Think of them as the Teacup/Munchkin of the bunny world!

All Cinnas that were already listed as "Cinnabunnies" on the masterlist have been renamed to "BonBons". This means there are certainly stragglers who need to be relabeled! Give us some time to do a ML sweep, but if a few weeks go by and you notice that some of your Cinnas still seem to be mislabeled, feel free to send in a ticket and we'll judge them case-by-case. 🫡

Please refer to last year's visual guide by darkvvision for an anatomical reference for BonBons! The text has been edited to reflect the new name.

Both of the bunny subspecies are now available to buy as MYOs via the shop! These items will cycle out alongside the June update, so get them while you can!

In addition to the MYO items coming back in stock, you may also make either bunny subspecies for your monthly MYOs this season! Go catch those three free bounding bunnies!

Some more details about bunnies, as questions may come up during designing or approval stages:

• In order to use a Bunny Ears trait on a non-bunny subspecies, you must submit and approve a bunny form first, whether that be a Cinnabun or Bonbon. If you'd like to skip this step, you may use a Golden Mead during March, April, or May to unlock the Bunny Ears trait. Non-bunny Cinnas that already have the Bunny Ears trait are not affected by this update!
• Cinnabuns and BonBons cannot have Wild faces that resemble dogs or cats. Additionally, they must have Bunny Ears. These rules are in place to make design approvals easier for everyone involved!
• Some Cinnas that get grandfathered in as Cinnabuns or BonBons will not entirely follow the newest anatomical guidelines. Trying to fit old designs into new rules is not exactly black and white!

As always, if you all have any questions regarding Cinnabuns or BonBons, you may ask in #ask-the-staff, or give respectful/constructive feedback in #feedback-and-suggestions.

🎨 ADMIN BUNNY ADOPTS 🎨

With bunny season comes bunnies, of course! Keep an eye out in #official-adopts for both Cinnabuns and BonBons designed by the admins this season - first up to bat is the CEO of Bunnymen himself, darkvvision! <3

And there we have it! We hope everything in this update serves you all well! As always, if you have any questions, you can direct those to #ask-the-staff.

Let the bunnies begin!

🐇 TL;DR 🐇

• Banner by Lvsu, Springstrike, and Kouriander
• COTM winner rainer - new theme is Good Luck Charm 🍀
• No more trait checks in #ask-the-staff please
• Chaosi are now an open species - turn in eggs for other items
• Debut of Cinnabuns (big bunnies!) and renaming of BonBons (little bunnies!)
• Bunny MYO items now in the shop - use a Golden Mead for ears on non-bunnies if you'd like
• Bunny adopts incoming! First up is Kennan McCinnan

❄️ Banner ❄️

Our banner this month was made by the lovely FadedAndFriends , TechnoStinger , Yoshikage ! Thank you all so much for your awesome artwork! 

We'll raffle for next month's banner shortly!

❣️ Cinnatines Art Exchange ❣️

This year we are hosting our Cinnatines Gift Art Exchange to express love and appreciation for our community, as well as celebrate the month of February!

❣️ If you would like to participate this year, please be sure to read the rules before submitting a form!

❣️ The rules will be pinned in the announcements and event channels so they're less likely to be overlooked!

❣️ Please make sure you have the time to finish this piece before the deadline! If you are unsure whether or not you will be able to finish on time, we suggest you skip this one. No hard feelings!

We wish everyone a pleasant February or Holiday and happy drawing everyone! ✨

Submit to this form - FORM CLOSES MONDAY, FEB. 17 AT 11:59 PM PST

🎁 PROMPTS + CINNA OF THE MONTH 🎁

We have some lovely prompts for you all! Check them out here!

Our winner for Cinna of the Month is... Perry ! 

As a reminder, you may choose to draw COTM Cinnas instead of NPCs for the Rarity Prompt!

We have TWO themes this month: Box of Chocolates 🍫 & Children's Programing 📺!
 As always, submit designs to THIS gallery for your chance to have your design made official for free! 

🍫 TRAIT UPDATES 🍫

We have a few traits that we'd like to draw your attention to! Check out the updates below:

bunny ears

Bunny Ears of any style are now allowed to be used with the use of a Golden Mead, but only  if the Cinna is submitted for approval in March, April, or May (bunny season).

horns clarification

The "Horns" trait covers every hornlike appendage on the face! Think tertiary horns like rhinos, triceratops, etc.

BEHOLDER CLARIFICATION

As object heads have become more commonplace, we'd like to clarify that a Cinna's head being an eyeball will fall under the Beholder trait! Cinnas that already have this design feature will be updated on the ML accordingly.

removing MANE AND UB: HOLLOW

As we strive to expand the creativity with which you can design a Cinna, the team has found that a few traits have become redundant. Mane (common) and UB: Hollow (rare) have been removed from the trait lists. You can of course still make Cinnas with these design elements! They will just no longer require traiting for the ML.

Cinnas that had Hollow have been compensated with vintage badges, which can be turned in for a Rarity Rune if you so choose by submitting a claim on-site.

Trait ART UPDATES

As a quick update, trait art is still in the works! We once again thank Playdeadpossum for all of her hard work, and thank you all for your patience!

🎆 ROADMAP UPDATES 🎆

Less of a concrete update and more of an explanation for our lack of a January update, as well as a teaser of things to come!

The Cinnaverse has a rather big change coming, not to the species itself, but rather to the space we gather in! Given all of our IRL schedule conflicts, we needed to postpone the launch, because we want absolutely everything ready to go before we release it.

While our original intent was to fully keep things a secret, and then reveal it all in a grand flourish, we understand that some people may prefer an advance notice, so they can gear up and prepare for the changes being made. Therefore, just so everyone is aware, our Discord server will be changing before the end of the year. Consider this your first heads up!

 Our current goal for finishing this project is August 2025. Hopefully that deadline will give Kenna and us admins time to get all of our ducks in a row so that we can have an awesome newcomers MYO event!

Hopefully this update is enough to chew on for now! If anything comes up between now and the proposed August deadline, we will be sure to let you know. We want this to be a smooth as possible!

As of time of posting this, say a Happy Birthday to the species owner, Kenna darkvvision ! Their birthday was just yesterday!

Aaaaand that is everything for this month! As always, if you have any questions about changes or new additions, you can ask us in #ask-the-staff!

Happy holidays and enjoy your few more weeks of winter! Lots of love. ❤️

TL;DR

• Banner by FadedAndFriends , TechnoStinger , Yoshikage
• Cinnatines Exchange: 
• Updated Prompts
• Cinna of the Month Winner: Perry
• Cinna of the Month Themes: Box of Chocolates 🍫 & Children's Programing 📺
• Bunny Ears may be used with a Golden Mead during March, April, May
• Horns covers every hornlike appendage on the face
• Eyeball heads warrant Beholder UB
• Mane removed as a trait
• Hollow UB removed as a trait, compensated with a Vintage Badge
• Trait Art update
• Discord Update + Newcomers MYO Event on August 2025

❄️ Banner ❄️

Our banner this month was made by the lovely psionicwarriors , koboldcourier , and Ereth2 ! Thank you all so much for your awesome artwork! 

We'll raffle for next month's banner shortly!

💃 PROMPTS + CINNA OF THE MONTH 🕺

We have some merry prompts for you all! Check them out here!

Our winners for Cinna of the Month is... @fireicefoxboxlocks and ParrotParfait ! Very very funky!

You may choose to draw COTM Cinnas instead of NPCs for the Rarity Prompt as well!

The theme for this month is Gag Gift 😆 ! As always, submit designs to THIS gallery for your chance to have your design made official for free! 

⛄️ 2024 SNOWBALL SMASH - NAUGHTY VS. NICE ⛄️

DECEMBER 10 - JANUARY 10

Written and hosted by redcrowz

THE Jist

Participants are split into two teams. Players "attack" people of the opposing team by making winter-themed art of Cinnas you choose belonging to members of the other team. You are free to use almost any style, so long as it fits the requirements of a colored fullbody. Your team receives points based on what you create for the other team with each attack.

The artist that receives the attack can then counter that attack by drawing a Cinna belonging to the person who attacked them, or pay it forward by attacking a different person on the other team.

At the end of the month, the team with the greater score wins!

But remember, while there are point scores, the real goal is to celebrate characters with your fellow artists.
Just like Art Fight, this event is about giving and receiving amazing art. 

REQUIREMENTS

⭐ You are fighting for either the side of Naughty or Nice, much like Art Fight! Pick your team here and/or indicate it somewhere on your profile.

⭐ You must draw gift art of someone else's Cinnas, preferably on the team you are against but friendly fire is allowed.

⭐ Your piece must be winter-themed.

⭐ For the sake of simplicity and the fact that Art Fight is not in-season for us to calculate types of art properly, only colored fullbodies will count as the minimum. There are add-ons though.

⭐You can only draw a Cinna once for it to count. You cannot draw the same Cinna again and have it count for points. This is to prevent exploiting simple designs to rack up points. We encourage you to draw a variety of people's Cinnas!

⭐ Your entries will be counted at the end of the event and you will be given an appropriate amount of prizes for your effort. The winning team will get a bonus reward.

🌟 Rewards for will be a item point shop that may have some special presents for you all! A preview of the shop will be available during the event once it is set up. Points will be transferrable among users.

CRITERIA

• [REQUIRED] Colored Fullbody: 1 point

Add-Ons:

• Shading: 1 point
• Patterned Background: 1 point
• Scenic Background: 3 points

Friendly Fire:

• 50% of what applies to the friendly fired Cinna

NOTES

• Unfortunately, we do not have the means to autobalance teams. We do encourage you to keep the teams balanced when possible.
• Switching teams in the middle of the event is not allowed. If we catch you doing this without switching back (in case of an accident), you will not be able to participate from the next Cinnaverse event. You may join whenever in the event, however.
• If you have any questions, head to ⁠#❓-ask-the-staff !

REQUIREMENTS UPON UPLOADING

• Mark the art with the depicted Cinna(s) and who it is for in the Characters and Other Participants sections respectfully.
• Use the description below

Description Example:

TL;DR:

• Appoint yourself to a team, draw at least a winter-themed fullbody Cinna from the other team, get points to win and get rewards!

🍫 TRAIT UPDATES 🍫

Double and triple tail update

Double and Triple tails will no longer require an additional Rarity Rune / Golden Mead respectfully if involved in a rare / legendary tail fusion.

This means if you have a rare tail fused with Double Tail on your Cinna, that tail will now only require one Rarity Rune, not two.

UNUSUAL BODY CLARIFICATION

Traits that utilize Unusual Body traits to mimic others are required to have both.

For example, if you have candy corn body spikes on your Cinna, that would require both the Edible UB trait and the Scaly UB trait.

CHIMERA CLARIFICATION

Chimera does not require any Rarity Runes for Wild Faces for the other heads. The Golden Mead covering Chimera will cover the Wild Faces.

Cinnas with Chimera can now have dog and cat heads so long as the base Cinna anatomy matches the submission.

Trait ART UPDATES

Updated trait art is still in the works!

We thank Playdeadpossum for all of her hard work, and thank you all for your patience!

💾 Website and item Updates ☕

DECEMBER AVATAR BORDERS

New borders are in season! These ones are done by darkvvision , GreaserDemon , and redcrowz !

For December's MYO Prompt's user border reward, you can choose between Wreathed (Nice and Naughty), Cookied, Winter Yule, and Festive Lights!

You get Snow Capped from participating in the Snowball Smash!

/J BADGE - BADGE FOR CINNABOMINATIONS

Hey, you may notice that your Cinna might get a new badge!

This badge, lovingly referred to as the /J Badge, will be awarded to Cinnas that intentionally loophole anatomy in favor of a joke!

CINNABUNNY MYO UPDATES

Cinnabunny MYOs are being adjusted:

• Cinnabunny MYOs will no longer allow you to create a Cinnadog, Cinnacat, Teacup, or Munchkin with the restricted Bunny Ears trait.
• Cinnabunny MYOs will only be used to create a small Cinnabunny form.
• With this change, Cinnabunny MYOs will decrease to $15 in the shop once they're in season.
• Any pre-existing Cinnabunny MYOs and Carrot Preserves in inventories will be turned into Vintage Cinnabunny MYOs.
• Carrot Preserves will be removed from Jericho's Wishing Well.
• Bunny-eared Cinnadogs, Cinnacats, Teacups, and Munchkins are still allowed to be made with the corresponding MYO slot and existence of a Cinnabunny form.

LYCAN POTION UPDATES

Wereforms from Lycan Potions will now allow trait and color/ marking changes, essentially combining the functions of a Morpho Cookie and Magic Food Dye into one item for wereforms.

With this new function, the price of a Lycan Potion has increased from $10 to $20.

🎆 PROMISE OF WHAT'S TO COME - PREVIEW FOR JANUARY 🎆

2025 NEW YEARS WELCOME event

Look out for a BIG event coming this January that will welcome a plethora of new folks! Stay tuned!

Chaosi updates

Chaosi Eggs are still unavailable from the shop and prompts until further notice. Apologies for the delay!

Anatomy guide updates

The staff has acknowledged the inconsistencies with anatomical and species approvals over the past few months, and the staff plans on working on expanding on our anatomy guides to better stay consistent with approvals.

If you have any feedback or concerns as we refine our guides, feel free to let us know in however way possible. Thank you for working with us and apologies for the hassle!

That is everything for this month! As always, if you have any questions about changes or new additions, you can ask us in #ask-the-staff! Lots of love. ❤️ Happy holidays and enjoy your winter!

TL;DR

• Banner by psionicwarriors , koboldcourier , and Ereth2
• Cinna of the Month Winners: @fireicefoxboxlocks and ParrotParfait
• Cinna of the Month Theme: Gag Gift 😆
• Updated Prompts
• Snowball Smash - Art Fight-esque event hosted by redcrowz 
• Double and Triple Tails don't require extra Runes / Meads if the fusion is already rare / legendary
• Traits that utilize Unusual Body traits to mimic others are required to have both
• Chimera does not require any Rarity Runes for Wild Faces for the other heads
• Trait Art update
• December Avatar Borders available through MYO prompt
• /J Badge - New badge awarded to cinnas that loophole anatomy for joke reasons
• Cinnabunny MYOs will no longer allow you to create a Cinnadog, Cinnacat, Teacup, or Munchkin with the restricted Bunny Ears trait.
• Cinnabunny MYOs will only be used to create a small Cinnabunny form.
• With this change, Cinnabunny MYOs will decrease to $15 in the shop once they're in season.
• Any Cinnabunny MYOs and Carrot Preserves in inventories will be turned into Vintage Cinnabunny MYOs.
• Carrot Preserves will be removed from Jericho's Wishing Well.
• Bunny-eared Cinnadogs, Cinnacats, Teacups, and Munchkins are still allowed to be made with the corresponding MYO and existence of a Cinnabunny form.
• Wereforms from Lycan Potions will now allow trait and color/ marking changes
• Lycan Potions are now $20
• Upcoming  January event that will welcome a plethora of new folks
• Chaosi Eggs are still unavailable from the shop and prompts until further notice
• Upcoming anatomy guide refinement