The Short mane is being demoted from being a physical trait and becoming a Common variant, and some fun new rules are being added to common manes to make them far more desirable and varied!

1 - Common manes will not need a fine comb to style them! The rules are that you can't make them resemble another mane type, but you can completely redraw it from scratch. Small accessories (Ribbons, hair ties, stuff like that) are free to add
2 - Common Manes will not require Halfmane to remove parts of them (Meaning you can have it just on the neck and not down the back)

It can be lengthened or shortened a bit as long as it is not made to resemble Silken Mane, and, as always, bangs are completely free to add without an item to any of the manes. 

For the common tail, you are fully allowed to style the fur to match any of the manes it is coupled with!

For common horns, you are allowed to modify and edit the horn, as long as it doesn't resemble any other horns, without needing an item!

You can use the horns already in the variants folder on most of the bases for inspiration.

They must not be too complex, and may not resemble any other horn types. Many do need to be moved into position, from those, for builds other than the Kainu.

As mentioned before. Short is no longer going to be a mane type, but rather a variant of Common, prepackaged and free to use if you want. What does this mean for those of you who have an Import with a short mane?

This will require you to submit a prompt. Find the one entitled "Other"; This is for anything not covered by other prompts. In the comment section of the prompt, list any Drakiri Import (Not geno, genos are handled differently) you have that has a short mane.

Under rewards, list the Common to Rare Trait Booster: Custom and Reformation Potion: Custom and choose which Uncommon mane you want them to pass on genetically on your Import. This will be what their trait is changed to for breeding purposes, with a note as to why the mane appears common on the import, but is listed as a different mane type in their information.

If you have a geno with the short mane, you're in luck! If the mane type says "Short", you get to choose which uncommon tier mane you want! It does not get downgraded to Common. Instead, the Geno essentially comes with a Reformation Potion: Custom, meaning that any geno that rolled with the Short mane will actually have a little more value.


Finally, if you do a custom mane style for any of the bases to be added to the Community Additions folder (And it matches up in quality and style with the bases themselves), you will get 10 Gratitude Tokens, 15$ in Arcanium, or 15,000 Aurics as a reward if it is accepted!

To get your community addition looked at and accepted, use the Prompt entitled "Community Additions"

The full file should be in Google Drive and linked in the URL field, and should be a full PSD file with layers.  Your addition will be looked over, and if it blends nicely with the base and follows the rules, it will be accepted as a custom trait variant that anybody can use!


Coming next is a guide to the rewards to various items and community additions if they get accepted, to make it easier to tally what folks will get from sharing with the community. This will be a smaller announcement on the Discord, and added here.