NOVEMBER 11TH -Staff auditions have closed and we have a couple of new staff members! You can check it out HERE And don't forget about the Activity Check going on right now! Link to that is below this announcement. - Gunner

NOVEMBER 6TH - An Activity Check has been posted! If you wish to stay apart of the site, please read and follow the thread rules! You can find it HERE. - Gunner

OCTOBER 22ND - Rapid announcements! Congrats to those that won September's WF! Sign-up's for November's WF are now open and you can sign up with your character(s) HERE. The Halloween Scavenger Hunt is still going on until 11:59EST on October 31st, as well! More information about it can be found HERE. Staff auditions have also opened, so if any of you are interested PLEASE send in your application to the Kismet account! Read more about it HERE! Thank you all for sticking around and let's get Velstand back up and active again! - Gunner

OCTOBER 19TH - A new announcement has been posted HERE. Please take a look at it and continue being awesome and keeping Velstand going! <3 - Gunner

NOVEMBER 11TH - After noticing that Abris Peaks and Vadorian Bay are both vacant and uninhabitable during winter, Lucien has called a meeting not only for his pride, but for Elurin Grove to partipate as well as any rogue lion that wishes to hunker down in a pride while the winter starts to come in full-swing. Will the ones willing to help have enough time to get ready before the worst of winter arrives? Magdelena has also called a pride meeting of her own.

OCTOBER 22ND - It has been quiet all throughout Velstand. Perhaps too quiet. The prides have been keeping to themselves, unknown of each other's numbers and out-standings. Perhaps getting ready for the next deep freeze of Winter? One can only hope...

SEPTEMBER 15TH - As the summer rolls to a close, there are reports of unusual - but not necessarily troubling - things happening on Skaer! Several islanders have stumbled upon a party without a host, unruly beavers are causing a problem in the Briar and some hungry travellers have struck lucky in the swamps. Meanwhile, life in the prides is almost eerily quiet.... At the moment.

AUGUST 25TH - In the apparent race to become Skaer's super-pride, Nebrora is still well and truly in the lead at 15 members; Lucien is absolutely killing it right now! For the moment, there are no tensions between any of the groups - unless you count Mathias and Caelum threatening to butt heads over Anastasia - but the question is; how long will that last? Magdalena is coping well with the sudden disappearance of Audric, swiftly taking the reins herself. Hopefully she and her council - Duchess Astrid and Marchioness Genevieve - will keep things afloat!

AUGUST 7TH - Things are going rather smoothly. Perhaps.... too smoothly. Lucien is holding a rank tournament for Nebrora Plains, and a fair few members are clearly the ambitious sort! Caelum and Carinae contend with a whole host of visitors to the Bay, not all of them feline, but most notably a large group of the X'uekai clan. Audric seems to be making the rounds - not only has he now met Queen Carinae and learned of the existence of Vadorian Bay, but he has now sought out Lucien with Magdalena in tow; presumably they're there to talk shop, and maybe scope out the competition, but who knows! As the newest pride, Abris is still finding its feet; Mathias and Absalon have called a pride meeting, for anyone interested in joining them in the Mountains.

JULY 24TH - As the population swells and thrives under a much warmer climate, it's only expected that the archipelago's three prides are doing so well. Things are starting to return to normal, or as normal as they'll ever be. Vadorian Bay is hosting a fishing derby, and between that and the seagull invasion it seems as though the shore-dwelling pride have their paws full! Audric busies himself with forging bonds with the rest of his members, including the particularly devilish Demeter, who may or may not have plans of her own; what sort of trouble are these two going to get into, I wonder? Over in the Plains, Lucien seems pretty happy with how things are going - attendance at the pride meeting was really rather impressive. Up until this point, the three groups had managed to stay out of each others way, but it looks as if that's about to change....