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Gathering Committee

Andros

I'm an elfae (or faelf, as I sometimes style myself) who Awoke in 2007 and has been hanging around the otherkin community since 2009. I was part of the Darkfang collective, and inherited the mostly defunct Darkfang Cabal forum. Besides my involvement in the otherkin community, I was also head of Operations for a small sci-fi and fantasy convention for several years in the 2000s, and I helped run a small makerspace in the early 2010s.

These days, I work in technical support at an obscure IT megacorp. When I'm not doing that, I spend most of my time streaming video games, playing tabletop RPGs, 3D printing widgets, or coaxing computing devices large and small into doing my bidding.

Arazil

I am a High Elf / Sidhe Farseer who has been around the community since 1999. In the last two decades, I have helped run many different entertainment groups in a variety of formats. My hobbies mostly involve the performing arts such as belly dance, cosplay, game development, photography, and film making. In the mundane world, I am the chief cat herder and designated adult for select public sector projects involving technology and technology accessories.

Arethinn

I'm a sidhe-and-sometimes-dragon who has been kicking around in the otherkin community since 1998. I ran the in-person gather MythiCalia in California for four years between 2005-2010, organized the monthly San Francisco Bay Otherkin Meetup from 2011-2023, and apparently I refuse to be put off from the idea of there being gathers. I work in a library where I force MARC data into submission.

Celebron

I am a two-legged pointy-eared critter of some variety, although the exact details are fuzzy. Elf is pretty much as close as I've found, but doesn't feel quite right with some kind of shifting nonsense going on, that often involves wings of the non-feathery variety. I've been lurking around the community for over two decades now, with occasional forays into *gasp* actually interacting with... people. In Real Life™, I'm a software developer with a side of infosec. My brain makes a hobby out of fighting me, and I hate writing about myself.

 

Staff Moderators

Akir'Ischa

I'm a spiritual dragonkin who awakened in 2005 and has been hosting physical meets in The Netherlands and Belgium from 2006 until 2012 before taking a small break. Since coming back I have settled in various places on Discord and have been helping with building a Dragonkin community in Europe that focuses on physical meets. In my human form I have a background in film and teach students. Despite my online presence being dragon-focused, I always had a deeper connection with the mythical side of the community.

Frodo

I am an elfinhearted hobbit who had his Awakening recently in 2017 and has only started to be active in the otherkin community since 2024. In my free time, I enjoy volunteering for and generally supporting projects and events related to the community, having participated in translation and currently being part of a newsletter staff.

Syleniel

I've been exploring my elven inner self and how to work adulting since a bit before my Awakening in 1988. I've attended and hosted gatherings (Dancing the Endless Dream) in years past. I believe in an open mind armed with critical thinking sprinkled with magic. In mundania I write software so I can feed my two cats and keep up my computer and gaming habits.

verastoc

I awakened and joined various online otherkin and related communities back around 2004 and have been kicking around various groups since. Some kind of "fae-jacent" being, though the harder I look the more complicated I get - most commonly I refer to myself as either fae, other, elf, or liminal being. When not dealing with Otherworldly matters I'm primarily a diviner and pagan priest that works star magic.

 

 

Last updated: 2/06/2026