Fur Valleys

Map of the Fur Valleys region, 1/9/2016

The Fur Valleys (often known as "The Valleys") is a group of island simulations (also known as "regions" or inaccurately as "sims") within Second Life, and Minecraft. The Valleys in Second Life are located in the southwestern area of the grid.

History

The first region in this chain, Fox Valley, was created as a private island in November 2005 by RedFox Costello in order to form a furry area apart from Dreamland, due to a difference of opinions between RedFox and Anshe Chung. In 2006, Kithylin Perth ordered 2 sims(Wolf Valley & Tiger Valley) which were attached to Fox Valley, creating the heart of the Valley continent. Wolf Valley was sold to Mako Minogue in June of 2006(It continues to be primarily a residential region featuring a beach hangout, an art gallery and Bunny Brewster's "Bunnythedral", which is one of the oldest builds in the entire continent), Tiger Valley was sold to Foxkin Impfondo, and Fox Valley remained with Redfox

At the height of its creation, the Fur Valleys contained 44 regions furs could explore and enjoy. In 2009, Jack Linden increased region prices, eliminated the Non-Profit break, and had all void sims converted over to either homesteads or open spaces. This led to a checkerboard pattern as the change forced several regions to go offline, and in some cases created islands stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Region prices have since been reduced. As of 3/10/2017 all regions owned by Foxkin have been taken offline due to his death in February, and the entire valley sims have been moved to Minecraft.

The Regions

Main articles: List of island simulations in Fur Valleys and Dragon Valley Estate

Fae Valley

Came online in 2006 by Alynna Vixen, joined with Meeting Island in May, and has since become it's own sim away from the valleys.

Fox Valley

Came online in 2005 by Redfox Costello, became the first of the Fur Valleys. Beginning on 4/10/2017 the Fox Valley community was struck with internal drama and a majority of the core staff team have left due to increasingly questionable actions of Redfox, leaving the sim's future uncertain.

Wolf Valley

Came online 6/2006 by Kithylin Perth, later sold to Mako Minogue, who's the current owner.

Kitsune Valley

Came online in 2006 by Alynna Vixen, moved out 5/2006 to join Furnation becoming Furnation Kitsune. In 8/2007, Furnation Kitsune came back to the valleys as Kitsune Valley and was sold to Snowmeow Soothsayer. Went offline 5/7/2011.

Istaria Prime

Came online 2/2006 by Crawler Woyseck and was originally part of Furnation, but came to the valleys due to a LL billing error. It has since been renamed Crawler Prime and is still owned by Crawler Woyseck.

Serenity Woods

Moved in 6/2006, Serenity Woods was owned by Foxkin Impfondo, then sold to Ron Overdrive, then sold again to Mako Minogue, before being sold a final time to Curt Pascal who's the current owner.

Critter Valley

Moved in 2006 and owned by Kodi Sachs, the sim was later sold to Snowmeow Soothsayer. Went offline 5/8/2011.

Zeta Valley

Moved in 6/2006, Zeta Valley was connected via Dragons Void but due to a disagreement between residents and admins, Dragons Void moved south, leaving Zeta Valley an island. The sim is currently owned by Wolphin Fluffball.

Cub Conclave

Cub Conclave's flags fly proud

The exact creation/move in date is unknown, but Cub Conclave catered to the babyfur community. The region was owned by Raven Welesa and went offline 10/12/2012.

Kit Estates

Like Cub Conclave, Kit Estates catered to the babyfur community and was also owned by Raven Welesa. Both sims went offline the same day: 10/12/2012.

Jaguar Valley

Came online 1/20/2007, located north of Serenity Woods. Currently owned by Mako Minogue.

Pony Island

Moved in 2007 by Crissa Javelin. Went offline 5/2/2010.

Lovecraft Forest

Lovecraft Forest

Created 2/2007 for HP Lovecraft, the sim was located north of Jaguar Valley connecting Pony Island to the rest of the valleys. Was sold 4/2008 and went offline later that month.

Pony Bay

The departure of Lovecraft Forest left Pony Island disconnected from the rest of the Valleys. Crissa Javelin and Mako Minogue partnered to purchase a new sim. They split the sim 50/50 and have rented out each half to other furs. The sim is no longer part of the valleys.

FlyinTails Airfield

Not much is known about this sim other then it contained an airfield. The sim has since moved out of the valleys.

Furry Park

Moved in 2007 by Effsey Nelson to connect FlyinTails Airfield to Horse Valley to create a bridge. The sim was later sold to Equino Faulkland and has since disappeared.

Horse Valley

Horse Pony and Phillip Vought brought Horse Valley online 4/2008 in place of Pony Island to recreate the bridge. Went offline 12/21/2011.

Equus Beach

Horse Pony and Phillip Vought brought Equiis Beach online 5/2008 to connect Zeta Valley to the rest of the valleys. It went offline 6/12/2011.

Werewolf Sea

Snowmeow Soothsayer added this sim to the Valleys 7/2008 and removed it 1/10/2009.

Tiger Valley

Came online in 2006, located adjescent from Crawler Prime. Owned by Kithylin Perth, sold to Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/25/2017.

Rabbit Valley

Came online by Kithylin Perth, later sold to the Kenzo Clan, and then finally sold to Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/16/2017.

Dragon Valley

Not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/16/2017.

Ryu Valley

Not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. It played host to the Macro Room, and the Foxkin Rentals' sandbox. Is scheduled to be removed on 4/7/2017.

Falcon Valley

Not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. It's future is unknown.

Neko Valley

Came online 11/2006, currently owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/27/2017.

Otter Valley

Not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/27/2017.

Cheetah Valley

Not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/16/2017.

Ferret Valley

Not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/18/2017.

Ocelot Valley

Not much is known about this region that was owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Went offline 6/26/2014.

Meerkat Valley

Not much is known about this region that was owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Went offline 10/25/2015.

Cougar Valley

Came online 6/2007, was owned by Foxkin Impfondo, and went offline 3/13/2017.

Lynx Valley

Came online 6/2007, not much is known about this region owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Went offline 3/12.2017.

Mink Valley

Came online 6/2007, was owned by Foxkin Impfondo, and went offline 12/14/2008.

Lemming Valley

Paying homage to the 1991 video game Lemmings, Lemming Valley came online 6/2007, was owned by Foxkin Impfondo, and went offline 3/12.2017.

Skunk Valley

Not much is known about this region that was owned by Foxkin Impfondu, other then it was purchased and joined the estates in 2010. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/24/2017.

Howling Valley

Not much is known about this region that was owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Went offline 3/13/2017.

Pride Rock

Not much is known about this region that was owned by Foxkin Impfondo other that it was named something else in the estate and that the region has had three total full-region renters. Is scheduled to be removed on 3/17/2017.

Lion Valley

Not much is known about this region that was owned by Foxkin Impfondo other then it was named something else in the estate. Is scheduled to be removed on 3.24.2017.

The Voids/Seas/Coves/etc...

The Voids/Seas were brought online by Foxkin Impfondo and each one was managed by an estate manger. They were taken offline in 2009 when region prices went up. The Voids/Seas were Dragons, Kitsune, Strianic, Onyx, BlueRay, Drakes, Geckos, Moonlight, Sydney, Crocodile Rock, Dolphin Deep, Kitten Cove, Racoon Lagoon, Salamander, Yin, and Yang.

Minecraft Version

To keep the thought of what the valleys mean to the Furry Fandom, a Minecraft version was created on 3/10/2017. The rendition is an exact replica of the valley sims as they stood in 2007-2009 when the regions were one land mass.

Update History

3.14.2017 Info updated following Foxkin's death
1.9.2016 Lots of information was updated
1.13.2016 More information added, updated, and/or corrected
1.27.2016 Updated info 2.17.2017 Updated info