2023 – The Lost Empire

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Opening out into a vast underground cavern, the relic before the trio was awash with a mystical power. Though it seems oddly out of place here, surely this artefact belongs deeper within the structure they currently explore. But how much deeper must our voyagers descend, and what lurks in the depths below?

“And when we seek, thus shall we discover.”
– Aster

Theme

Aster, Billiam, and Quortney explore into the depths of the ruins below the ice. How much deeper can our heroes descend before they uncover something treacherous? Maybe what is laid to rest here should be left to lie…

This theme centred on having discovered a forgotten empire, borrowing themes from classic adventure movies and novels. The Lost Empire’s theme is grounded in archaeology, the discovery of lost history, and the forgotten magic of a lost empire.

The colour palette brings the Australian desert to life through a celebration of the earth and sky. Ochre red, sandstone, midnight blue, and lush greens to represent the land, sky, and life found in our ecosystem.

Stats

Aurawra Year 2: The Lost Empire was hosted in 2023 on the 23rd-25th of June at Novotel Sydney Olympic Park.
Our Guests of Honour were WickedInsignia and Kusaki.
We had 671 unique furry registrants.
We raised $13,562 for our charity, The Gender Centre.

Guests of Honour

WickedInsignia

Wickedinsignia (Logan Preshaw) is an Art Director, concept artist, and illustrator based in Victoria, Australia. He’s worked with AAA clients such as Riot, Blizzard, Weta Workshop and Apple on projects such as Valorant, World of Warcraft, Ark 2, and Avatar: The Way of Water.
His 9+ years of industry experience have taken him from animated TV to film and games, working in the trenches as a junior artist up to a leadership position managing artists and working directly with top-tier clients.

Kusaki

Kusaki is a professional graphic designer, DJ, Twitch Streamer, and Puma. Kusaki can be found fursuiting or DJing at cons and streaming games both new and old on their Twitch platform.