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Rhona Whitefeather

2024-02-20T14:42:23Z

RhonaWhitefeather: Created page with 'Rhona Whitefeather is a furry writer, furry artist, Roleplayer and a long-term member of the UK Furry Fandom. They have a fursona that is an avian-dragon h...'

Rhona Whitefeather is a [[furry writer]], [[furry artist]], [[Roleplayer]] and a long-term member of the [[UK]] [[Furry Fandom]]. They have a fursona that is an avian-dragon hybrid of a self-created species they call the 'Estrati'.

Rhona currently lives in [[Wikipedia:Portsmouth|Portsmouth]], moving there after attending university in the city and finding it to be far more a vibrant and welcoming place than their place of birth, [[Wikipedia:Reading,_Berkshire|Reading]], Berkshire.

Rhona's original Fursona and Fandom 'name' was Silverwind Blade, a character they had created in 1998 and went through several variations and changes over the years. They are still mostly known by this name to the majority of their friends who are still adjusting to the new name.
However, they changed character in 2023, finding the new character they had created a refreshing change and a surge of creativity coming along with changing the name, character, and new creation.

They have been a member of the fandom actively since 1999, discovering it existed via a Loaded Magazine article and a small sidebar mention of [[United Publications]] in the UK Manga Mania magazine. However, they had always drawn and created Anthropomorphic characters and created stories and the like around them.

While Rhona's character is a female-identifying and presenting gynomorphic [[hermaphrodite]], the person behind them is male, and primarily identifies as such. 'They' is used for the sake of simplicity to refer to the character and their owner/player alike on this article.

==Fursona origins==
Rhona was originally created as a purely roleplaying character, inspired by an unrelated piece of artwork. Rhona's player had always loved avians, especially birds of prey. Creating an avian character was a natural fit, and after their appearance, and background naturally followed. They were given a few different faltering origin stories and backgrounds to begin with, before finally settling on a repurposed version of an older story Rhona's player had written over ten years prior, and had never fully published for 'public' release, but had always returned to the concept of.
Rhona's background is thus that she is an enhanced being, a (although both player and character find the term trite and cliche) 'super-soldier' in the mold of Captain America or the Master Chief of Halo. Enhanced with cybernetics, genetic engineering and the like. However, she is of mature age, and her career mostly past, with her trying to live a peaceful life, but duty and events frequently calling her back to her arms and responsibilities, despite her reluctance.

==Defining characteristics==
Rhona is exceptionally tall among the people of her world, standing at eight foot six inches. She is very busty and curvaceous, with a plump and chubby build. However, this does not inhibit her strength and fitness, thanks to her alterations.
Her melding of dragon and bird-like characteristics show in the short horns on her head, her beak, feathered wings on her back, and bird-like talons for hands and feet. She also has deer-like ears, and a long, flexible tail that is prehensile. She has a mixture of fur and feathers across her body.

As befitting her origins, Rhona is an accomplished soldier and fighter, with considerable history and prowess in battle, and experience with a wide variety of vehicles, weaponry and the like.

==OOC information==

Rhona has been active in the fandom for over two decades. During this time, as Silverwind, they attended [[LondonFurs]] meets, and made friends with a large number of people at those meets, some of whom have remained friends to this day, and were even guests at their IRL wedding.

Rhona, still going by Silverwind at the time, also took over running of the [[HantsFurs]] meets in 2015, after they ceased due to lack of staffing and organization. This was at first through the [[UKFur]] forums. The first meet was in August 2015, and they commenced monthly after this. However, due to some disagreement over the use of the name, Rhona and the rest of the meet committee retitled the meets to [[SotonFurs]], due to their primarily being held in [[Wikipedia:Southampton|Southampton]], a name they have gone by since and have become highly successful, becoming the largest meet in the central south-coast area, something Rhona still cannot quite fathom.
As well as being the chairman of SotonFurs, Rhona also is the vice chairman for the [[My Little Pony]] convention, the Festival of Friendship, reflecting their interest in that fandom as well.

Rhona's primary interests and activities in the fandom are as a writer, artist, and a long-time roleplayer, both on and off-line in more formal and free-form role-playing games. They have played and DM-ed many different games over the years, in a variety of game systems.
Rhona is also an avid model-maker of modern military aircraft and vehicles and gundam models ('gunpla') and enjoys kit-bashing or customising models. They also have a huge interest in modern military aircraft and vehicles, mecha anime (such as Gundam and Macross), science fiction, and a host of other things.

== External Links ==

*[https://www.furaffinity.net/user/silverwind]
*[https://www.f-list.net/c/rhona%20whitefeather/]

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HantsFurs

2024-02-20T14:38:13Z

RhonaWhitefeather: /* Southampton */

[[File:HantsFurs_Logo.png|thumb|right|HantsFurs Logo]]

The '''HantsFurs''' is the name given to a regional [[furry]] group centred around the county of [[wikipedia:Hampshire|Hampshire]], UK formed in 2000. The majority of HantsFurs members reside in two of the major cities in the area, [[Wikipedia:Southampton|Southampton]] or [[Wikipedia:Portsmouth|Portsmouth]], however the number of members in other large towns such as [[Wikipedia:Basingstoke|Basingstoke]] are growing.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=26309 Hantsfur local directory on UKFur]</ref> The HantsFurs do not have an official schedule for [[furmeet]]s due to the area covered, however meets do occur semi-regularly in both Southampton, Farnborough and Basingstoke organised via the UKFur Forums<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/41175-next-farnborough-meet-february-23rd http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/41175]</ref>

The group was officially founded by [[SlyCat]] in March 2000 by creating the mailing list due to the increasing number of furs in the area. The list was used to create a community for the area to chat and organise meets. At its peak, it had over 120 subscribed members however the popularity of the list declined since the [[UKFur]] Forums included sub-forums for localised groups and as such, the list was deleted from Yahoo Groups as of 16th October 2012.

HantsFur meets are now exclusively organised via the UKFur Forums by whoever wants to suggest a time and place to meet up. Furmeets vary in size from approximately 5 people to over 30 in some instances.

In addition to the UKfur Forum Subsection, the HantsFurs have a [http://www.hantsfurs.co.uk/ website] maintained by [[SlyCat]] as well as a Twitter account [http://twitter.com/hantsfurs @HantsFurs] which is currently owned by Vanillaaa on the UKFur Forums<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/39276-hantsfurs-on-twitter/ Hantsfurs on Twitter]</ref>

==Southampton==
Since [[Slycat]] took a break from organising these at the start of 2010,<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=21535</ref> larger meets were replaced by smaller, more informal "Fursday" mini-meets every Thursday.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=22444</ref> These eventually became incredibly popular despite being on a week day. In September the Fursday meets moved to weekends and now occur fortnightly, arranged by [[Stokes]] and [[Wrathwolf]]. Other "mini-meets", such as evening bowling competitions are also occasionally arranged.

Toward the end of 2011, there was a drive to vary the activities of the (now Saturday) Southampton meets, as they seemed to all have largely the same format. A need for more advance notice was apparent too, and so the meet dates for 2012 were agreed upon in advance, looking at a once monthly format, trying to avoid clashing with other meets where possible. Organisation is done on a volunteer basis, with [[Blackkrystal|Mercury]], Weremoco, Labpup2001 and Scrappyfox all having organised and run meets.
Activities from meets in 2012 have included bowling, fursuit photoshoots, shopping in town, a trip to [[wikipedia:Marwell Zoo|Marwell Zoo]], picnicking on the Common and fursuiting in the Hobbit pub (very well received) with other ideas always being welcome.

Fursuits are welcome at some Southampton meets, depending on the activities and location. These are published in advance.

From September 2012, Mercury will be moving and is unable to help with Southampton meets, so Weremoco has taken over (and rules with an Iron paw). Though, as arrangements continue for him to also move some way away from the city<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42789-hantsfurs-southampton-meets-for-may-cancelled-june-still-on/ http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42789]</ref> the future of the events hangs in the balance, with different local regulars taking on the organising role each month.

After Southampton meets went into decline after Weremoco's move away from the city, [[Rhona Whitefeather|Silverwind]] took it on himself to try and restart regular meets in the area, as they had long been a core part of Hantsfur activities, and had been one of the most regular alongside Londonfur meets.
Being put in contact with Boots, who was also looking into the same idea, Silverwind approached The Strand pub, the same venue used for the What The Fluff dance meets. They were extremely cordial and receptive to the idea of hosting meets, and the first new Southampton Furmeet was held at the beginning of August 2015. The meets have continued monthly since then, changing name to [[SotonFurs]] and becoming their own group not long after, due to a disagreement over the use of the HantsFurs name.

==Portsmouth==
[[NamuGriff]] temporarily took over organising the Portsmouth meets, but resigned from this post in May 2010. After that, meets were sporadic, and usually organised by [[Palaeofox]], Silverwind or [[Furgus]]. Recent attempts by [[Kitutal]] to restart local meets seem to have devolved into a series of informal gatherings, usually organised at short notice, particularly the 'bad-film nights'.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/40435-portsmouth-little-get-together-thing http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/40435]</ref> The city's furs also maintain a Skype chat and Facebook page<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42313-portsmouth-furs-group/ http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42313]</ref>

==Basingstoke==
Basingstoke meets started in November 2009, organised by [[Red Russell]] and [[Rikka Hyou]],<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=19946</ref> attracting around 20 attendees. Meetings then took place on an (approximately) bi-monthly basis until May 2010, when there was a temporary hiatus due to Red Russell moving and changing jobs.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=24561</ref>

Organisation of the meets was then handled by Rikka Hyou and [[Snowdog]]<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=25465</ref>. [[EmberOfThePhoenix]] then joined the team of organisers after the meet in September.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=26173</ref> and then reached another hiatus.

Basingstoke meets took place approximately every three weeks till January 2011 where it was put on hiatus.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/29311-basingstoke-furmeet-12211/ Basingstoke Furmeet! 12/2/11] on [[UKFur]], dated January 23,2011. Retrieved June 7,2011</ref>.

From the start of August 2011 the organisation was passed too [[Mellish]] at the start of June 2012.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/37763-basingstoke-meet-saturday-the-2nd-of-june/ Basingstoke Meet - Saturday 2nd of June] on UKFur.</ref>

As of October, the meets are on hold due to Mellish needing to handle serious family issues. There is currently no estimated date on which the meets will restart. <ref>https://twitter.com/HantsFurs/status/256787909531799552</ref><ref>https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1815869/Public%20tweet.txt</ref>

==Bournemouth==
Once a year around the end of July, a trip to Bournemouth is organised for the group by [[Blaster_Hedgie|Blaster Hedgie]], who has also organised the yearly Halloween and Christmas meets from 2007 onwards. Regular Bournemouth meets have became somewhat sporadic but, with an upsurge in the number of furs in the area, there seems to be renewed interest in organising such events.
==Website==

Around September 2010, Slycat took an attempt on designing the new version of the HantsFur website as an approach to welcome new people to the meets.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=27034</ref> Users via the website can also add their event into the UK Furmeet event listing database and this is displayed on the main page of HantsFur

In October 2010 Slycat became the forum moderator of Hantsfurs on [[UKfur]].

==References==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [http://www.hantsfurs.co.uk/ HantsFurs Website]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hantsfurs/ HantsFurs Mailing List]
* [http://www.furmeets.co.uk/group.php?id=3 HantsFur events] on [http://www.furmeets.co.uk/ Furmeets.co.uk]
* [http://gallery.furmeets.co.uk/v/hantsfurs_meets/ Photos of HantsFur Meets]
* [http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk TigerTails Radio show]
* [http://www.furmeets.co.uk UK Furmeet event listing]

{{United Kingdom}}
[[Category:Regional groups]]
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[[Category:England]]
[[Category:2000 births]]

HantsFurs

2024-02-20T14:37:16Z

RhonaWhitefeather: /* Southampton */ update of link to Silverwind and clarity of information on Southampton Meets current status

[[File:HantsFurs_Logo.png|thumb|right|HantsFurs Logo]]

The '''HantsFurs''' is the name given to a regional [[furry]] group centred around the county of [[wikipedia:Hampshire|Hampshire]], UK formed in 2000. The majority of HantsFurs members reside in two of the major cities in the area, [[Wikipedia:Southampton|Southampton]] or [[Wikipedia:Portsmouth|Portsmouth]], however the number of members in other large towns such as [[Wikipedia:Basingstoke|Basingstoke]] are growing.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=26309 Hantsfur local directory on UKFur]</ref> The HantsFurs do not have an official schedule for [[furmeet]]s due to the area covered, however meets do occur semi-regularly in both Southampton, Farnborough and Basingstoke organised via the UKFur Forums<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/41175-next-farnborough-meet-february-23rd http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/41175]</ref>

The group was officially founded by [[SlyCat]] in March 2000 by creating the mailing list due to the increasing number of furs in the area. The list was used to create a community for the area to chat and organise meets. At its peak, it had over 120 subscribed members however the popularity of the list declined since the [[UKFur]] Forums included sub-forums for localised groups and as such, the list was deleted from Yahoo Groups as of 16th October 2012.

HantsFur meets are now exclusively organised via the UKFur Forums by whoever wants to suggest a time and place to meet up. Furmeets vary in size from approximately 5 people to over 30 in some instances.

In addition to the UKfur Forum Subsection, the HantsFurs have a [http://www.hantsfurs.co.uk/ website] maintained by [[SlyCat]] as well as a Twitter account [http://twitter.com/hantsfurs @HantsFurs] which is currently owned by Vanillaaa on the UKFur Forums<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/39276-hantsfurs-on-twitter/ Hantsfurs on Twitter]</ref>

==Southampton==
Since [[Slycat]] took a break from organising these at the start of 2010,<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=21535</ref> larger meets were replaced by smaller, more informal "Fursday" mini-meets every Thursday.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=22444</ref> These eventually became incredibly popular despite being on a week day. In September the Fursday meets moved to weekends and now occur fortnightly, arranged by [[Stokes]] and [[Wrathwolf]]. Other "mini-meets", such as evening bowling competitions are also occasionally arranged.

Toward the end of 2011, there was a drive to vary the activities of the (now Saturday) Southampton meets, as they seemed to all have largely the same format. A need for more advance notice was apparent too, and so the meet dates for 2012 were agreed upon in advance, looking at a once monthly format, trying to avoid clashing with other meets where possible. Organisation is done on a volunteer basis, with [[Blackkrystal|Mercury]], Weremoco, Labpup2001 and Scrappyfox all having organised and run meets.
Activities from meets in 2012 have included bowling, fursuit photoshoots, shopping in town, a trip to [[wikipedia:Marwell Zoo|Marwell Zoo]], picnicking on the Common and fursuiting in the Hobbit pub (very well received) with other ideas always being welcome.

Fursuits are welcome at some Southampton meets, depending on the activities and location. These are published in advance.

From September 2012, Mercury will be moving and is unable to help with Southampton meets, so Weremoco has taken over (and rules with an Iron paw). Though, as arrangements continue for him to also move some way away from the city<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42789-hantsfurs-southampton-meets-for-may-cancelled-june-still-on/ http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42789]</ref> the future of the events hangs in the balance, with different local regulars taking on the organising role each month.

After Southampton meets went into decline after Weremoco's move away from the city, [[Silverwind|Rhona Whitefeather]] took it on himself to try and restart regular meets in the area, as they had long been a core part of Hantsfur activities, and had been one of the most regular alongside Londonfur meets.
Being put in contact with Boots, who was also looking into the same idea, Silverwind approached The Strand pub, the same venue used for the What The Fluff dance meets. They were extremely cordial and receptive to the idea of hosting meets, and the first new Southampton Furmeet was held at the beginning of August 2015. The meets have continued monthly since then, changing name to [[SotonFurs]] and becoming their own group not long after, due to a disagreement over the use of the HantsFurs name.

==Portsmouth==
[[NamuGriff]] temporarily took over organising the Portsmouth meets, but resigned from this post in May 2010. After that, meets were sporadic, and usually organised by [[Palaeofox]], Silverwind or [[Furgus]]. Recent attempts by [[Kitutal]] to restart local meets seem to have devolved into a series of informal gatherings, usually organised at short notice, particularly the 'bad-film nights'.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/40435-portsmouth-little-get-together-thing http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/40435]</ref> The city's furs also maintain a Skype chat and Facebook page<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42313-portsmouth-furs-group/ http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/42313]</ref>

==Basingstoke==
Basingstoke meets started in November 2009, organised by [[Red Russell]] and [[Rikka Hyou]],<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=19946</ref> attracting around 20 attendees. Meetings then took place on an (approximately) bi-monthly basis until May 2010, when there was a temporary hiatus due to Red Russell moving and changing jobs.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=24561</ref>

Organisation of the meets was then handled by Rikka Hyou and [[Snowdog]]<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=25465</ref>. [[EmberOfThePhoenix]] then joined the team of organisers after the meet in September.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=26173</ref> and then reached another hiatus.

Basingstoke meets took place approximately every three weeks till January 2011 where it was put on hiatus.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/29311-basingstoke-furmeet-12211/ Basingstoke Furmeet! 12/2/11] on [[UKFur]], dated January 23,2011. Retrieved June 7,2011</ref>.

From the start of August 2011 the organisation was passed too [[Mellish]] at the start of June 2012.<ref>[http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/37763-basingstoke-meet-saturday-the-2nd-of-june/ Basingstoke Meet - Saturday 2nd of June] on UKFur.</ref>

As of October, the meets are on hold due to Mellish needing to handle serious family issues. There is currently no estimated date on which the meets will restart. <ref>https://twitter.com/HantsFurs/status/256787909531799552</ref><ref>https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1815869/Public%20tweet.txt</ref>

==Bournemouth==
Once a year around the end of July, a trip to Bournemouth is organised for the group by [[Blaster_Hedgie|Blaster Hedgie]], who has also organised the yearly Halloween and Christmas meets from 2007 onwards. Regular Bournemouth meets have became somewhat sporadic but, with an upsurge in the number of furs in the area, there seems to be renewed interest in organising such events.
==Website==

Around September 2010, Slycat took an attempt on designing the new version of the HantsFur website as an approach to welcome new people to the meets.<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showtopic=27034</ref> Users via the website can also add their event into the UK Furmeet event listing database and this is displayed on the main page of HantsFur

In October 2010 Slycat became the forum moderator of Hantsfurs on [[UKfur]].

==References==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [http://www.hantsfurs.co.uk/ HantsFurs Website]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hantsfurs/ HantsFurs Mailing List]
* [http://www.furmeets.co.uk/group.php?id=3 HantsFur events] on [http://www.furmeets.co.uk/ Furmeets.co.uk]
* [http://gallery.furmeets.co.uk/v/hantsfurs_meets/ Photos of HantsFur Meets]
* [http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk TigerTails Radio show]
* [http://www.furmeets.co.uk UK Furmeet event listing]

{{United Kingdom}}
[[Category:Regional groups]]
[[Category:Mailing lists]]
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:2000 births]]