Sunweaver Tigerclaw Apps Revealed To Have Died

One of the Sunweaver community, Tigerclaw Apps, went missing in April last year. People wondered what happened, notably his best friend Felina Fermi. Then this week, it was revealed what happened. He had passed away.

Rita Mariner would post the following:

Tigerclaw Apps, long time partner and friend to Felina Fermi, disappeared last year after the bad storm that hit the East Coast.  We had thought, it was just an outage of services preventing Tigerclaw from connecting with us. Unfortunately no.  Felina heard from Tigerclaw's brother.  Tigerclaw passed away last April, due to a heart condition. Our prayers are with Tigerclaaw's Family and with Felina, she has lost two close, dear friends now.

For Felina, it was harsh news as Tigerclaw had been her other longtime friend in Second Life besides her late partner Rypanthian Abilene. She would later ask me to meet up with her, "Both of them I knew so long, Tiger was like 20 years actually. What are the odds of both of them dying? Maybe they were only online friends, but they were the best I ever had."

"Tigers brother finally contacted me on Steam," Felina told me. He had passed on April 23, 2019. His brother had found out about Felina, but was hesitant to give her the bad news.

Felina woud make a memorial stone for Tigerclaw next to her former partner Rypanthian's at her SL home, "Some know, truth is less knew Tiger then Panth. The three of us had almost everything in common. How often does that even happen, liked same movies liked the same games? Iknew when Tony didn't show up Apr 22nd that something was wrong. At first I thought it was a power and Internet issue. Then that stretched to days, weeks, months ... Feels like a big chunk of my soul was lost with them. Tiger knew Panth well. He introduced me to him in Everquest actually."

And the Sunweavers say goodbye to one of their own.

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Felina Fermi's House

Felina Fermi is a longtime resident of Second Life and a member of the Sunweaver community. She stands out among her peers for a few things, notably her love of cats, her place has a number of pet kitties running around, and the high level of detail she's given her virtual home. Deaflegacy was recently invited by, and Felina showed her around.

Read Deaflegacy's article in Design.

Memorial Dance for Rypanthian Abilene

On Tuesday December 15, the Sunweaver/Angel community came together to hold a memorial dance for one of their number whom had passed away a few days before, Rypanthian Abilene. Having left a partner of ten years behind, Felina Fermi, the event was not just in his honor, but also to remind she had a community behind her.

Read the story in Events.

Fundraiser for Felina Fermi

Yesterday, we reported that Rypanthian Abilene, one of the residents of the Sunweaver Estates, had passed away. His departure leaves a big hole in the life of his longtime friend of fifteen years and partner Felina Fermi, whom not only has to deal with his loss, but that Rypanthian was the one paying for their home. So to help, Club Happy Vixen is holding a fundraising event for her.

The special event for the Happy Vixen will be on Tuesday December 15 from Noon SL time to 8PM. The last the Newser heard, there are still openings for DJs. Those interested in helping out contact Nydia Tungsten or Skylark Lefavre. Nydia and Dusk Griswold will be among those DJing.

The Happy Vixen is located at Purrfection Estates (236, 219, 24). 

Sunweaver Rhypanthian Abilene Has Died

The Sunweaver/Angels community suffered a loss this weekend when word came one of their number, Rhypanthian Abilene, usually known as "Panth" to his friends, had passed away a couple days before. Rita Mariner, the Sunweaver leader, gave the news in a group announcement.

It has just come to my attention, that Panthian, Felina's mate and long time friend.  Passed away 2 days ago, of a heart attack.  I am collecting info on the funeral, which is in the Netherlands, Hopefully we can still send flowers.  My sympathy to Panth's RL family and especially to our own Felina, who lost a friend of 15 years.  I will be collecting funds for the flowers.  Any prayers and offers of condolence to her and Panth's  family will be deeply appreciated.

Both Rypanthian and his partner, Felina Fermi, came to Second Life and partnered in 2006. Before that, they had known each other in MMO games.