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The official photos for my Sims 4 Base Game Legacy Challenge.

🕯️ The House of Ashes 🕯️

Base Game Legacy Challenge.

A haunting Sims 4 legacy where each generation rises from the scorched ruins of the last — shaped by ashes, ambition, and ancestral ghosts. Each heir has 3 defining traits, their own aesthetic, and a legacy to claim… or destroy.

🌑 Generations & Traits:

❤️Gen 1 – Crimson Ashes❤️

Ambitious • Hot-Headed • Romantic

She built an empire from embers. He burned everything for legacy.

🧡Gen 2 – Ember Vein🧡

Self-Assured • Hot-Headed • Unflirty

Every caustic word was a scream for love.

💛Gen 3 – Gilded Cage 💛

Neat • Paranoid • Bookworm

Luxury without freedom is still a prison.

💚Gen 4 – Mossgrief 💚

Gloomy • Loner • Loves Outdoors

They seek solace in soil and silence — grief rooted deep.

💙Gen 5 – Sorrowdeep💙

Gloomy • Loner • Bookworm

They mourn in stillness and speak in pages. The ache is ancestral.

💜Gen 6 – Amethyst Wounds 💜

Self-Assured • Jealous • Loner

Pride and pain are all they’ve ever known. But the wound still glows.

🩷Gen 7 – Rosethorn🩷

Romantic • Jealous • Outgoing

Beautiful but barbed. Love blooms, but not without blood.

🖤Gen 8 – Voidhearr🖤

Mean • Noncommittal • Music Lover

Their anthem is heartbreak, their silence louder than screams.

🤍Gen 9 – Chilled Veil 🤍

Gloomy • Perfectionist • Good

The coldest kindness. A legacy made of porcelain and restraint.

🤎Gen 10 – Buried Root 🤎

Family-Oriented • Geek • Gloomy

They unearth what others buried. They remember everything.

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💙🖤Life’s Little Twists – First Gen Update 💙🖤

Hey, Simmers! 💙🖤

It's time to kick off the Life’s Little Twists challenge, and I’m starting with the very first generation! 🎉 As you may remember, the whole idea of this challenge is to blend quirks, drama, and a few surprises to make the journey memorable—while keeping things simple, with only the base game needed. 🎮

✨ First Generation: "The Way to the Heart" ✨

Meet Salomena Knox, our ambitious Entertainer, driven by dreams of making it big in comedy. And so begins a story filled with love, laughter, and some serious career goals.

📝 The Rules for this Gen:

Start your career as an Entertainer.

At Level 4, host a party, perform a comedy act, and meet your future spouse, the Caterer.

Once married, no cooking for you! Only eat food prepared by your spouse. 🍴

Max out the Comedy, Charisma, and Writing skills.

Complete the Entertainer career (Comedian branch) and achieve the Joke Star aspiration.

Have one child, and name them using a random name generator (talk about leaving it up to fate!).

🎭 Traits: Self-assured, Slob, Cheerful 🎨 Colors: Blue and Black 🏆 Goals: Comedy + Cooking = A Life Full of Laughter and Love

I’ve also been putting a lot of thought into Salomena’s wardrobe. 😂 I spent so much time in CAS that my boyfriend jokingly asked, “Are you still making that same sim?” Ha! Guess that means Salomena’s getting a lot of attention, huh? 😜

Now, about her life. Salomena inherited a house from her father, and while it’s nothing extravagant, it’s definitely a cozy spot to start her journey. First things first—she wants to give the place a fresh coat of paint and make a few changes to make it feel more like home. (A small touch of change to represent the new chapter she’s about to begin!)

Next up, I began working on the furnishings for her house, and of course, I started with the kitchen! 😂 I always seem to begin with the kitchen when building. The color? Blue and Black, of course! Because that's the theme for this generation, and let me tell you, I never knew how many shades of blue there actually are. I even downloaded the Coolors Custom Palette Wallpaper from CCBriekel, and wow, there are so many amazing shades of blue to choose from! To make sure the walls weren’t too monotonous, I also added a Magic Garden wallpaper from MrOpossum, where you can find a big selection of wallpapers. It's a small touch, but it definitely adds some character to the place! 🌸

And guess what? I finally found a place for that gorgeous Celestial rug (Celestial Rug from Samtuse963) I've been hoarding! 🌟 t's now proudly displayed in the hallway, which ties together perfectly with the new paintings from Emblema Paintings by SIMcredible I added. The hallway looks so vibrant now, and I couldn’t be happier with how everything is coming together!

But decor aside—time to talk gameplay! I’m officially starting my Life’s Little Twists challenge with my lovely founder, Salomena, and of course, she’s already being dramatic. 😅

She just started her job in the Entertainer career, trying to get those sweet promotions... and on her first day at work, she comes home with a limp leg?! 💀

(Thanks to adeepindigo’s BG Health System—my new favorite mod that adds realistic illnesses, injuries, and chaos.)

So, what did I do? Sent her to the doctor immediately. Turns out... "The injury is more serious than it looks. Salomena needs surgery."

Excuse me??? I nearly passed out. Anyway—painkillers, bandages, and straight to bed she went 🛌

The next day, she was still limping around with a post-surgery debuff, but she got a promotion! 🥳 And that’s when she was told to learn to play the guitar or violin. Cool, right? Except the game hits me with a pop-up that says: "Salomena dislikes playing the guitar." Of course. OF. COURSE.

Now, usually I click “No” and ignore it, but this challenge is all about stepping outside my comfort zone. So I clicked “Yes.” ...Then I sold the guitar and bought her a violin instead. 😏🎻

The goal is to reach level 4 in the career, because that’s when she’s supposed to meet her future husband 👀 So fingers crossed her leg heals fast, and that she doesn’t hate the violin too much.

💫 I’m so excited to keep playing and see where Salomena’s chaotic journey leads! What do you think—is she gonna make it or cry over every single instrument?

Stay tuned for more updates, more disasters, and of course, Life’s Little Twists. 💚

👉Challenge rules 👈

👉 Next Part 2 👈

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The House of Ashes Legacy Challenge

Bloodless Bodies. Cursed in Color.

A 10-generation Sims 4 base game legacy for those who love gothic vibes, grayscale skin, and vibrant, story-driven drama.

Each generation explores a new color, a new emotion, and a new fracture in the family line—tied together by a founding couple shrouded in mystery, memory, and magic.

Start with Elora and Kayden Ash, the grayscale founders in flaming pink and teal, and watch your legacy spiral through shades of passion, sorrow, growth, and maybe... healing.

No expansions are needed. Just a cursed imagination.

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💗 Not So Berry: Base Game Edition – Generation 7 (Pink) 💗

Time to dive into the next chapter of my 100-Gen Legacy! Still playing through Gen 9-10, but I wanted to share my 7th Generation story featuring Selma Villareal!

💗 Pink Generation Rules:

Complete Postcard Collection: This was surprisingly fun! I loved using the pen pal system for the first time. 📨

Master Writing & Gardening Skills: Writing? Easy with Selma’s focused traits! Gardening? A bit more work but worth it for the aesthetic. 🌱

Quit Day Job: Selma left her business career to write full-time—definitely felt like a Sims version of a mid-life crisis! 😂

💗 Traits & Personality: Neat, Loner, Creative — Selma was a perfectionist with a love for solitude. Her passion for writing made her a bestselling author, but her reserved nature often kept her distant from emotional ties.

🌿 Garden Goals & Creative Pursuits: Completing the well-maintained garden rule felt so rewarding this generation! I even decorated the garden with some sculptures, which added so much charm. Writing skill was a breeze since Selma’s aspiration was Best-Selling Author, but balancing gardening took some dedication. 📚🌷

This was also the first time I tried the "Water Plants with Your Tears" interaction—who knew that was even a thing? 😂 It added such a fun (and slightly dramatic) touch to Selma’s gardening sessions, especially during her more emotional moments.

📖 Why Selma? I chose Selma as my next heir over her twin Ctibor because of her fierce independence, creativity, and ambition. Plus, she fit the Pink Gen vibes perfectly—balancing personal growth with complex relationships.

💔 A Story of Love & Distance: Selma’s life was deeply shaped by her relationship with Jarolím Locke. They first connected in their teens after a spontaneous one-night stand, leading to an on-and-off relationship. Though they never married or lived together, they welcomed their daughter Svatoslava.

Years later, Jarolím married Isidora and had two more children. Even then, his connection with Selma remained complicated. After Isidora’s tragic death, Jarolím finally proposed to Selma—but accepting came with a huge cost.

💔 Difficult Decisions: Upon moving into Jarolím's home, the same house he once shared with Isidora, Selma made the heartbreaking choice to leave Svatoslava (Selma's daughter with Jarolím) behind with her mother, Bernadeta. Watching Selma struggle with balancing personal dreams, love, and motherhood added such a bittersweet layer to this generation’s storytelling.

📸 More Screenshots Coming Soon! Have you played through the Pink generation? Let me know how your Sims handled balancing creativity, family, and personal growth! 💗