Oncoming lunar activity has made the local spirits restless in their Middling Plane, and now they gather at the Rosen Forest in search of a new life. This year, there is a strange, energetic thrum in the air. The spirits are restless and eager to rejoin the world of the living.

The quest to search for new life cannot be done alone. You must meet with a companion, and together embark on a long and arduous journey to discover the newly-born Fawn brought into existence. This requires trust in both yourself and the living soul in your company.

Will you help guide a new life in need?

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Welcome to the 2026 Fawning Season! 

This news post contains all of the information (including all relevant links and user guides) that you need to get started. 

Event hub and other links

Fawning Event Hub - In-Depth FAQ - Item Purchases

Fawnid Form Submissions - Faun-to-Fawn Submissions

Public Helpers - Artist Queue/Fawn Rolls - Fawning Item Shop

Event timeline

This year, Fawning will run similarly to last year's Corruption event. The staggered start made the event much more accessible to our newer users experiencing the event for the first time. It also allowed us to promptly send invoices and communicate with users to answer questions and organize our artist queues. 
This year's timeline is: 

- March 1st (Sunday) -

Event News is posted. Item shop opens. Item purchase forms open.
Participants have time to read through every element of Fawning, discuss helpers, ask questions, gather/purchase items, and talk to artists/moderators.
Artists who require pre-approval will make official lists of approved pairs and post them in the Artist Queue/Fawning Rolls spreadsheet. 

- March 14th (Saturday) -

Fawning Submissions and Faun-to-Fawn Submissions open.
They are addressed in the order they are received. 

- March 28th (Saturday) -

First batch of Fawns are released by the artist team.

- April 4th (Saturday) -

Second batch of Fawns are released. 

- April 10th (Friday) -

Submission forms are closed.
Two releases of Fawns before the prompts close allows anyone unsure of whether they want to participate or which artist to go to time to make those decisions!  

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New User Referrals

Know someone who might want to join Faunids? Now’s the perfect time to get them involved:

Any user who is listed as a referral for a new user in a Fawnid form will receive a Fawning Item of their choice as a reward. Additionally, the new user will also get to choose a Fawning Item of their choice. 

Note: the new user must put in a form and order a Fawnid for the referral to be counted for this referral program.
Simply put the name of who brought you here to Atalav at the bottom of your form submission!

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Ordering a Fawnid (Quick Guide) 

You may only submit one form per 24 hours.
All users may submit up to three forms unless they have a Fourth Fawning Voucher (User) in their inventory.

Step 1: Find your pair of adult Faunids.

You do not need to own either Faunid. You may use Public Helpers, your own Faunids, or private helpers as long as you have permission to use them.
Each individual Faunid may Fawn up to three times per year. Adult Merfauns, Minodae, Hybrids, Quad Faunids, and Anthro Faunids may all be eligible for this event. Fawns cannot participate in Fawning; they're babies! 

Some Public Helpers may be free, while others may charge for their slots. View the Helper spreadsheet here: 

If you use a Faunid from another user to create a Fawning pair, you must have permission from the owner in the form of a screenshot. Please use Imgur links so they don't disappear when reviewing forms. These are most commonly something simple like this:

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Step 2: Choose your Artist

Two of our artists, MUTT (Jaquiri) and pebb (the.pebb), are taking limited slots, as this is their first year participating in Fawning as artists.
You must speak with them over DMs to confirm your pair before submitting your form.

If you previously confirmed with an artist for pre-approval and do not see your name on their list, please check in with them to make sure you are added. 

GoryTeeth and Necrologia are not limited in slots, but it is good practice to ask in advance if an artist will take your pair. We all have our own strengths!
If you have no preference for your artist, you may state ‘any' on your form.
All of us on the artist team communicate with and support each other, so we may collaborate on forms with no preference.

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Step 3: Obtain your Items

There are multiple ways to obtain items this year!

1. You may trade them with other users. Some users may have items they won through other events.
You may not purchase items from users with real money, but you may freely trade art, Faunids, Fawning slots, etc. 

2. You may purchase them with Barters (our site currency) from the Strange Baubles Shop. 

3. You may purchase them with real life currency via Paypal invoice through the Item Purchase Submission form.

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Step 4: Submit your Form

You must attach all items you plan to use for the pair when you submit.
The only items that can be added later after the roll is finalized are Herne’s Gamble, Herne’s Grace, and Herne’s Blessing. 
You do not need to use items if you do not want to. They are entirely optional for those who want to add more RNG or control specific elements of a Fawn.

Fawnid Submission Prompt

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Step 5: Wait for Approval

Your artist will approve your form on-site. Once it is approved, please wait for your artist to contact you regarding payment.
Your artist will also contact you to show you the roll for your Fawnid if you would like to see it! All of the rolls will be available on the Fawning Rolls spreadsheet.

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If you have questions that are not answered by these guides, please feel free to reach out to a community moderator or administrator.
You may also ask questions in the #event-chatter channel on our Discord server! We have a lot of very helpful community members who love seeing new faces. 

Thank you for participating in our first Fawning season hosted entirely on-site! 

Event hub and other links

Fawning Event Hub - In-Depth FAQ - Item Purchases

Fawnid Form Submissions - Faun-to-Fawn Submissions

Public Helpers - Artist Queue/Fawn Rolls - Fawning Item Shop