Mona Vi'Aratha's Den
The sun awaits you, traveller; allow her to welcome you into a world separate from your own.
Word of the week:
Inconspicious
(Idk, sneaky or something? favourite word for the time being.)
No I will not use page boxes, If you aren't old pale and rotting by the time you reach the end of this then it wasn't long enough
I love this sandpit of cats
PRIDE THEME SONGS OMG? ?!11!?
Arabian nights - yk
The Moss - idk.
Curses - the crane wives
"and if the phone rings don't answer it because we don't have one"
-My grandad
Hey broskis I have crippling social anxiety so please be gentle!!
DNI:
Homophobes
z00s
any other phobic that's bad
Supporters of criminals :(
General shitty stuff?
Alfred's playhouse fans/supporters
7 pigeons in a trenchcoat
Say hi to Pebble on your way down
Pebble has reached 9 weeks and is already done with this all
[PEBBLE'S SIBLINGS]
Titan
Cookie
Myla
And last but not least, their "proud" mother, Sky.
Me and #1 broski's queens 🔥🔥
The time someone called Ri threw forks in main chat
I will find you Ri.
I have very bad memory :(
when I say bad memory I mean BAD
Like I know you told me to do that 30 minutes ago. I have no recollection of it
I can't remember shiht
I welcome people from all fandoms, whether it be stranger things, adventure time, FNAF, and anything else :] I don't mind what you like long as you're nice
LION ART!!
god blood is so yummers
My first language is Thai and I'm still learning a few English words, please don't mind if my grammar sucks. Being autistic also doesn't help. Have fun reading HAHAHEH
"You've insulted my pride and have insulted me personally - I will destroy you and take all your pride members' wives."
-A lion
Hello! 2nd account of Fancyfork (391201)
Favourite show: Helluva boss on youtube
Pronouns: She/her/they/them
Current fixations: Still fantasy.
THINGS TO NOTE:
I am a diagnosed autistic, it took 5 years for a diagnosis and all. Please be respectful though I know it can be frustrating sometimes!!
I am a furry, a dragon puppeteer, a quadrobist, an artist and a writer ^^ if you're against any of that pls no mean
as stated above, my memory is that of a worn down rock. I can't remember shit. If I forgot you, its not personal you're probably really nice and sometimes i just need to be reminded
I'm scared of '.' Are you threatening me
love you mods
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE note I am not constantly online, I just keep my tabs open.
ꜰ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴜʀɴꜱ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴛᴏᴡɴ
ᴜ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴜʀᴀɴɪᴜᴍ. ʙᴏᴍʙꜱ.
ɴ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪɪɪɪɪᴠᴏʀꜱ!
My favourite animals include:
Raccoon dogs
Wolves
Raccoons
Dragons
Horses
Lizards
Kakapo!!
potoo
sand boa
MOLES!! i love british moles sm
Currently trying to play this without spending ANY money.
I write 50 pages worth of lore, stories are just amazing, and I love gothic horror, comedy books, or time-travelling/robot based books!
I like ocs.
Sending virtual hugs to you :DD
(My art)
INTENSE LORE BEGINS HERE. BEWARE.
How leaders work here:
Every new king/queen that is crowned, a new era in the pride rises. Chameleon'shade trained spies and made ways to transport water through the desert. Two sides of a coin found a way to speak to the spirits of separate prides.
Each leader is granted a power by the spirits, but they must give an offering first.
Current pride leader:
Mona vi'aratha, the Duchess. 'Eater of gods'
Her ruling was an unexpected though welcome change from Sadivi's heir. Sister and murderer of Adhura, the lion who originally meant to be king, the Duchess reigns with a firm yet well meaning paw. She is one of Auternus' many living champions, taking the wheel as soon as Sadivi was murdered.
She is the only leader without a power aside from Harerunner.
Previous pride leaders:
Harerunner, the kind.
Chameleon'Shade, the Waterbringer.
Two sides of a Coin, the cold-hearted.
Amnesia, the cursed.
Champion, Sadivi.
Pride information.
The pride goes by the name of 'The desert wanderers', they live in a scorching dessert filled with sand. The camp is located in an oasis, the river is very clear, and the members refer to it as 'The Life stream' and have made their burrows right next to the water. The pride get its 'wanderer' name because the members venture far from the camp often times, and at night it is an eerie sight to behold. thin, long-legged lions traversing through the desert somewhat mindlessly for hours on end. The pride members often keep to themselves, but when confronted by separate prides they are proven to not hold back in fighting to the death.
The members have soft paw pads and normally dusky coloured pelts, but the pride leader's favourites usually have lots of colour and look out of place in the desert.
hundreds of years ago the dunes were a flat sand landscape, but the desert wanderers believe that giant snakes existed before then, and they coiled around the desert, creating massive dune hills of sand in their wake. The snakes were told to have fell into a deep sleep, and are now resting under the sands of the desert. The Serpent hills, they called it. It is unknown what happened, but many theories rose amongst the pride. The snakes travelled from the pride of Mother Mountain (#262547 Vance_'s pride) to the desert, and the two prides formed an ally after meeting, when the old pride leader, Hare'runner, adopted a young cub named Kunwar from the Mountain dweller's guardians, then the cub was named Kunwar'bound by the spirits to welcome him.
The largest snake rests under the dunes, being massive enough to stretch from the mother mountain to the desert. This snake is Mwenye, a large desert cobra that wakes up once every millennia, craving respect from the beings around it. It is said the cobra desires praise, and will demolish anything to receive the respect he deserves. Any who dishonour him are torn to shreds in his jaws. Mwenye's scales are a bright sandy yellow, like the sun, unlike the snake of Mother Mountain, Jyoti, with her pitch-black scales that not even the inky black nights could compete with. Mwenye resembles similarities to a King cobra, having the hood flare on the sides of his neck and very dry, dusky-coloured scales.
Mwenye rests underneath a massive sand dune near the pride camp, he emerges every millennia to shed his skin, and takes moons to properly return to hibernation.
The cobra was said to have been awoken by two young cubs, Sin and Kunwar, now Sinful'wrath and Kunwar'bound. The cubs had visited the dunes, and soon after that Mwenye had awoken. He slithered towards the pride and only left when gifts had been received, then went back under the sand to sleep once more. Kunwar'bound had checked the shed snake skin, and found minerals between the scales that had the rotting scent of flesh beneath. This movement from the surface alerted the snake underneath, and Mwenye trapped the two in his golden coil/s before Kunwar convinced him to let the two adolescents go.
Fancy quotes:
"All of us have the same blood flowing through our veins. We are all underneath the sun. Who are we to force others out of it?"
"Because the death of my pride was Unjust. Cruel. Our killers were worshipped and thanked and we were cast into shadow as monsters. Does that feel right to you?"
"The sky will crush your pride as it falls, and when it does the only one left to tell your story will be me."
"Go off queen"
"The silver one has graced us!"
"Run, lion. Your teeth are mere needles to our god!"
"Why do you involve me in these, Ulu?"
"My descendants needed gods to give them their worth - I will teach them theirs."
"You show fear? In the face of a god? Pathetic."
"From the death of Auternus' champion, the reign of the Suns shall end!"
"Expecting kindness from something like him is like showing a snake the stars. It'll bite you in the rear and you'll get laughed at for being a dumb lune."
"Cat okay? GOOD."
Wars/declared alliances.
The Battle of Aliyechaguliwa.
A short though horrible war with both ends coming out with drastic losses. Amnesia had gifted a lion to the Mountain dwellers and years later the very gifted lioness was exiled. Unfortunately the exile was poorly miscommunicated and the desert lions never received news of it, resulting in the desert warriors becoming bitter and frustrated at their allies.
The war was declared by the desert wanderers, message sent by a young lioness named ocelot'tuft, and accepted by the Mountain dwellers who sent Kunwar's sister to inform them.
Losses / casualties
Amnesia was wounded heavily.
Coin, the late king, was killed in battle. Weakened by age.
Both prides suffered equal amounts of back lash from the war.
Desert holidays/Holy times:
13 of June, the Night of Rebirth.
When the moon shines her silky eye onto the desert, the deities will descend onto the sands to seek the key to their eternal life. Only the lesser gods - those whom were not born in divine nature, must partake in such a ritual, and it is reason why there are so few gods now.
Only the keenest of eyes will see the next day, as the deities must spend the entire night in searsh of Anansi, a spider who's venom will grant them both immortality and immunity to natural forces. There is no knowing how long it lasts, so deities are wary and return to the public eye every year to refresh it.
Many travellers and pride lions watch this sacred night to see how many deities they can spot amongst the sands, and it is celebrated by the Desert wanderers as a sign of renewal and foresight. Desert wanderers will all drink from the Life stream and light the desert with torches, adorning themselves with decor depicting the infinity sign.
1st of October - Prieu-deu
An old tradition stemming from the times outsiders snuck into the desert wearing animal skins to avoid being sussed out by the gods. The natives grew annoyed and begun spreading a message into the forest, telling grasslanders near and far about "A great celebration in the Desert, but lions could only come in disguises."
Intrigued, many outsiders met on the designated time, their pelts covered by animal skins and furs, excitement buzzing through them.
Long into the night they talked and ate and shared stories of expeditions into the Desert, mocking the Desert natives.
Like that, the hidden lions tore out of their animal skins and leapt at the distracted guests! Lions yowled and hissed, taken by surprise by their powerful enemies. Many guests were too full and too sluggish to run and were mercilessly slaughtered by their faster, lither captors.
Few who escaped never returned again.
The desert natives celebrated their victory of chasing out the thieves and intruders on their land, and have long since worn decorative fluffs and animal-like patterns since then! Though now it's made of fabrics and bone instead of being ripped right off a camel.
Snuhmas :3
they rarely get snow for over two days, but its very nice when they do.
We like Snuhmas.
[IMPORTANT - DESERT DEITIES BLEED BLUE. ELDER DEITIES, THE CREATORS, DO NOT BLEED AT ALL.]
Holy beings/places:
The garden.
It is a heaven like place where lions believe they go after death, but first the spirits must view their lives to see if they are worthy of rest. The garden is peaceful with lush grass and bountiful prey, and you can meet with old friends there.
The Farther.
A blank, empty dimension that is merely a white void. there is no up or down here. The Farther can be a punishment for lions, or will be where Allseers are taken when they experience visions.
Realm of the Ruined.
This lies below the secret Garden, it is an endless black pit filled with corrupted ghosts that pull you down endlessly, whispering and screeching until you become one of them.
Temple of the Moon.
An ancient building made almost entirely of ice, situated quite near the main pride's camp. Within its walls are frozen "statues" of lions, said to be the lions of the Moonlit pride, cursed to remain encased in ice for the rest of eternity. Nobody speaks of it much and the pride tries to stay away from it unless they are giving offerings to one of the deities there.
Caedes tree.
A thick wooded tree that sprouted from the ground on the day of the Desert wanderers and the Mountain dwellers' reunion. It grew like a reaching serpent of wood to the sky, twisting and coiling as its branches tore through the dunes and into the scales of snakes beneath them. Dreadful howls of pain went dull as their bodies were lifted into the sky still caught on the branches, eyes wide with immortalised terror.
Within a week the tree was hundreds of feet tall.
The rotting corpses attracted Vultures to it's branches, the masses squabbling greedily for food. When they left some remained dead in it's leaves killed by the vicious hunger of it's flock.
The tree brings out violence nestled in the kindest of beings, adding more and more to it's decor of corpses every day.
Pack of Famine- patrollers of the desert..
The Pack Of Famine, a group of undead coyote spirits that roam the desert. These spirits are agitable, and much more deadly then the others. They are stronger than average coyotes, and are driven by a constant thirst for flesh. The Pack of Famine take the form of regular coyotes, and they often chase out lions they see as intruders.
This leads into one of the most powerful desert spirits, Sekhmet. Not the sekhmet you know from other mythologies, mind you. Some Desert lions prefer to call her "Akala". Akala is an evil spirit that leads the pack of Famine. She takes the form of a pale-furred, lanky coyote with white eyes, and can faze in and out of sight with ease. She knows everyone, but not everyone knows her.
Akala has the power to move the dunes and shape the desert.
It is said she had created the Dune Snakes, for reasons nobody knows.
Her purpose here is unknown, and she sort of just appeared in the desert one day, settling among the deities that were there before her.
Riversands
https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794175435450
One of the lionesses from the ancient Moonlit pride. She is depicted as the Mother, nurturing the desert in spirit. Her burial place rests in the temple of the Moon, many lions leave offerings to her and pay their respects.
Mwenye.
Mwenye is a massive desert cobra with two neck flares on the sides of his head. His scales are a bright yellow and he has dark green eyes with thick scales surrounding them. The surface of his back is much more thick and spiked, slowly smoothing out towards his lower belly. Mwenye is the biggest snake that rests under the dunes, he seems to be in contact with Mother mountain's snake, Jyoti. He has much more personality then the other deities/cobras and is more active in the desert. Mwenye is associated with food and luck, often prayed to in times of famine.
The cultists - Apakinti's followers
Secluded from the protected oasis, the cultists are a dwindled group of mixed blooded lions, either exiled from the desert wanderers or found straying from their original prides. They worship and honor the 'dark King' known as Apakinti, the beast who lingers in the Realm of the Ruined. Cultists bring sacrifices to their god, attacking patrols and killing desert lions who approach their small territory. Apakinti guards its followers and ensures the overworld deities bring no harm to its providers. Cultists believe that if they serve Apakinti it will bring them fortune and safety once they eventually pass and are trapped in Apakinti's world, the Realm of the Ruined. No cultist has passed yet though- as they only popped up recently, so there is no way of knowing if Apakinti follows through with its end of the deal. The demonic God is unpredictable, and its plans are unknown.
Cthulhu's Shed.
A lion's skin that never seems to rot. Any lion who bears it is given the strength of 10 lions, but at the cost of their valuable sanity. Nobody knows where this has come from, but it is sought by many small desert tribes for the power it can grant to a single lion.
The deities know of it, but do not get rid of the sacred pelt as it is an artifact from the Moonlit pride, thousands of millennia ago.
Anansi.
A single spider who weaves gleaming blue threads of silk. They bear similarities to their namesake, a trickster god, and remain neutral in the desert. Anansi's venom will grant immortality to the victim; but he is near impossible to find, as the only clue of their identity is the shining blue of their eyes and nobody is too willing to risk getting in the face of a venomous spider to search for them.
Small crystal ornaments in Anansi's image can be found buried under the sand. Their origins are unknown, but it may be from a long dead pride that lived before them.
Anansi is prayed to in hopes of him granting long-lasting lives, and good harvests.
Mētztli.
He is a male spirit who takes the form of a melanistic hare. Mētztli is a good spirit who is said to harness the moon in his eyes. He is adorned with chains and raven feathers, and is constantly followed by a griffin like fluffy creature wearing a skull. He is very fair and probably the most immature of all the spirits, playing childish pranks on the pride lions and expressing his emotions very dramatically. Metzli is very straight forward with omens and warnings, unlike the other deities. He guides the lions in sleep and ensures good rest for his followers. It is said that Metzli was the one who helped put the Dune snakes to sleep, and if any become restless it is a sure omen.
Deu ruevenǰ (It gave revenge+ sounds like "due revenge")
The spirit of Prieu-deu, taking the physical vessel of a raven painted with rainbow colours and the marking of a skull around their face. Deu only emerges from his burrow on the first night of October, shapeshifting to scare and trick it's worshippers.
Pachī
This being is not really an entity, more of a powerful ally. Pachī is a large vulture, around 5ft tall at his full height. He speaks in short, choppy sentences and often helps the Desert pride with sending gifts or messages to other prides. He is also known for visiting other prides and.. shaving their lions?
He is also the official cub delivery system, throwing adopted cubs at lions who visited the Lost and found den. Leave a review for Pachi on my den page. He likes. its very GOOD.
His name isn't actually Pachī, the pride cubs named him a week after he started appearing. Pachī just means "Bird". so creative. His real name is "Khabhāṁ vālā śēra", roughly translating to "Winged lion". But nobody knows that.
Pachi resembles a Griffon vulture :]
Bura Cuha.
A rather neutral spirit with little power over disputes, as Sekhmet detests him. Why? Because Bura is a honey badger and keeps scaring off the Dune Snakes, despite the snakes being 50 times his size.
He is feared by most of the deserts' predators and can be seen near the borders, growling at approaching lions from either pride. At night the honey badger is forced into hiding to avoid the Defenders, and is frequently spotted digging large 6ft holes into the ground.
Not much is known about him at all, only that he is much more.. "irritable" than the rest. As previously mentioned, he doesn't have much power over things and most of his authority isn't natural. Bura Cuha has attacked other gods before if they didn't agree with him, but hasn't been exiled from the Garden due to him being protected by Nirīkhaka, who he seems to be friends with as the deity sometimes pauses his digging to talk to the bird.
Bura cuha has many shrines scattered across the desert despite not many lions knowing about him. Those who do pray to them to cure ills and diseases that have washed over the lands.
Jade Comets.
...
Māṁ ulū:
She is a powerful goddess that takes the form of a white owl. She takes care of most of the deities and settles disputes along side Nirīkhaka. Mam Ulu often guides travellers out of the desert to save them from the wrath of the dangers there.
Scrolls have spoken of Mam Ulu's history and purpose. She is theorised to be a figure of safety, guarding the land she was given power over as a sort of placeholder for an unknown deity.
The owl goddess is a motherly figure to the younger demi gods or life blooded gods such as Solus and Unus or Fauna and Flora. Her worshippers devote themselves to her and often bear feathered headdresses and tail tufts to show their loyalty. Many pray to Mam Ulu as it is believed she blesses cubs and healthy litters, which is very important in a desert where nesting material and herbal treatments aren't bountiful.
Inanis.
A minor goddess, formerly a lion of the territory, given power over the pride with the cost of her mind. In her life she had been desperate for cubs, and any she had were killed for simple plain marks. When she died she pleaded with Mam ulu to give her cubs to care for, and being known for her kindness, Mam ulu gave her her wish.
Her prayer was overheard by Akala - the one goddess with the power to manipulate the effects of her fellow deities, and the only who believed everything came with a price.
For her wish of selfishness Akala took her mind, locking the lioness' spirit from the Garden and keeping her down in the desert below. With Mam ulu's blessing still intact, the mindless ghost searches desperately for cubs it can care for, going to the point of stealing them from their nests.
For this, she takes the physical form of a magpie, one day hoping to steal back what Akaka took from her.
Solus and Unus.
Solus and Unus are two deceased brothers bound together for eternity by their tails. Unus is a black flecked lion, spotted with white, and Solus is a bright yellow lion with sun face paint on the side of his head. They are considered powerful spirits that are to judge your good and bad actions throughout your life. They accompany Sekhmet and help her with decision making. Neither are worshipped independently from Sekhmet.
Nirīkhaka.
Nirīkhaka is a genderless being that takes the form of a sandy coloured falcon that soars above the desert, observing it from above. They are a good spirit that manages the relationships between the otherworldly beings in the desert. They are more powerful than Sekhmet, but never interacts with her unless it is a serious matter. The pride lions see Nirihaka as simply an observer, and it is unknown what effect or blessings they can give to the mortals.
Auternus.
Little is known of Auternus other than they used to be the protector of the lands, once marvelled by the long dead lions that once roamed here. Their downfall was quick and sudden, no lion knows who did it, not even the Allseers trained to attempt communing with him. Many believe the Ancient elder deity is dead, eaten by scavengers.
The only knowledge of their once respectful existence is known from runes carved into the chalky surface of temples, depicting images of a forest, filled with plentiful life and guarded by a large creature said to be bigger than the dunes themselves. Auternus is not recognized as a living deity, but many argue that he is still in hiding. A deity with a name meaning, "eternal", cannot possibly be dead and forgotten.
Rumours guess Auternus could be taking the form of something. A small creature, small enough to slink around unnoticed until he can regain his strength.
Fauna and Flora.
Two desert spirits who are unusually set out from the others. Fauna and Flora are twins, and it is said that they used to be living lionesses, the first lionesses that entered the pride. They were what would have been called "chased lionesses". They arrived at the pride after being chased from their former one. Fauna is a dusky-coloured brown lioness with deer antlers and vines over her body, and Flora is a pinkish white lioness whom is adorned with gorgeous lily flowers and crystals. The two sisters were "lost" in the desert, supposedly having left to hunt, but were killed by starvation and little resistance to the desert heat, taken by the pack of Famine. Sekhmet, however, had wanted to have a bit of enjoyment, granting the two eternal life in return for their membership in the pride.
It is still theorised to this day that the two sisters hadn't left the pride at all. They had been lured out by Sekhmet, and then starved and killed. Nobody knows why or how she would do this, but many think it was because they were from another pride.
Anpu.
Once again, not the Anpu you human players know so well. This Anpu is A dark hound that communes with the Allseers, passing on messages through the Dead and living realm. Anpu is a black dire wolf spirit whom guides the deceased pride members into the new plane of existence, The secret Garden. Anpu uses the light of the stars to guide the dead, so when a pride member dies the stars that night are brighter.
Apakinti.
A powerful entity whose appearance is unknown, for anybody who looks at it goes blind. Apakinti is the vital "heart" of his realm, the Ruined, where it waits for new targets. It can be summoned by Allseers or other deities.
Those who have glimpsed it describe the deity as grotesque, dark scaled with uneven limbs and three heads. Though the same lions usually go/are insane by then, so resources aren't to reliable.
Gono.
A little jerboa with a constantly flaming tail. He runs around and tries to lure outsiders into the desert for reasons unbeknownst to anyone other than him. Gono is classed as an evil spirit, since his actions do nothing but cause harm to his victims, and any lions who see him are advised to stomp on his fiery tail and scare him off, sparing the lives of anything it might've lured. Huntresses and spies will follow Gono's trail to find the prey/lions he's luring.
Kravn.
A massive wolf with a coat of gold, said to have torn the sky to let Sataraski's stars trickle in. He was described as brave in the older tales, but the Desert wanderers tell of him in a different light. Kravn was told to be afraid of the dark, so he looked longingly to the sky and tore a hole in the inky blackness above him. He now slumbers under the moonlight that casts over the desert, only disturbed when the stars no longer envelop the land.
Vodyanoi
An evil spirit that lurks in deep, dark ends of lakes and rivers and lunges out at unsuspecting lions whenever it can. It barely ever does them any harm unless it holds a particular grudge against that lion. Vodyanoi takes the form of a black and white horse, or more specifically a "water kelpie". When in water it has a scaled shark-like tail, whilst on land it has all four limbs intact. It seems like a normal horse unless you put its backwards hooves and devilish cries and screeches into thought. The cultists feed Vodyanoi sometimes under the impression the horse could be useful later.
Akhet.
A creature that burns brighter than the sun. It wanders the desert-side of the Outskirts, forever trying to enter the Mountain Dweller's territory. All who look upon Akhet will begin to seize and froth at the mouth, once the process begins, there is no stopping it. Akhet is a surreal being, that has no physical form/shape. Only Foreseers are given the ability to look upon Akhet, as they are blind.
At night, Akhet can be heard singing; ``ᚨᛏ ᛏᚺᚨᛏ ᚺᛁᚷᚺ ᛚᛖᚡᛖᛚ ᛏᚺᛖ ᚨᛁᚱ ᛁᛋ ᛈᚢᚱᛖ. ᛏᚺᛖᚤ ᛏᛟᛚᛞ ᚹᛁᛚᛞ ᛏᚨᛚᛖᛋ ᛏᛟ ᚠᚱᛁᚷᚺᛏᛖᚾ ᛏᚺᛖᛗ. ᛏᚺᛖ ᚨᚾᚲᛁᛖᚾᛏ ᚲᛟᛁᚾ ᚹᚨᛋ ᛩᚢᛁᛏᛖ ᛞᚢᛚᛚ ᚨᚾᛞ ᚹᛟᚱᚾ. ᛏᛟ ᛗᚨᚴᛖ ᛈᚢᚱᛖ ᛁᚲᛖ, ᚤᛟᚢ ᚠᚱᛖᛖᛉᛖ ᚹᚨᛏᛖᚱ. ᚹᛖ ᚨᚱᛖ ᛋᚢᚱᛖ ᛏᚺᚨᛏ ᛟᚾᛖ ᚹᚨᚱ ᛁᛋ ᛖᚾᛟᚢᚷᚺ. ``
Aaru.
Another creature, similar to Akhet but not so similar. The Entity wanders the Mountain side of the Outskirts, and it is theorized that Aaru and Akhet are past lovers or enemies.
Aaru does not have a physical shape or form, only appearing as a bright, white light that can be spotted pacing up and down the Outskirts. Nothing will happen to a lion if they do look upon Aaru, but actually seeing The Entity is a sacred happening, only occurring every millennia or so.
Aaru does have a special role in the Mountain Dweller's faith, being worshipped with many Alter Snakes and Shrines.
Sapa:
Sapa is one of the serpents that rest under the dunes. he resides under the second largest dune in the desert, and is said to be a glossy snake. He is quite timid and prefers to stay out of sight from lions, hating any kind of attention. Has some kind of rivalry with mwenye.
Alka.
A blue blooded mortal lion. Stripped from their powers and sent to live in solitary, cursed to roam the desert for all of eternity.
This being's former identity is unknown, as the gods erased every lingering note of their existence. Often Alka will stop their journey to assist a wandering lion, offering wisdom beyond any mortal lion.
Saṭārasakī:
She is a neutral spirit who works alongside Anpu, lighting up the sky with stars to honor the life of the deceased every night. Her form bares the appearance of a slender black wyvern-like creature with the light of stars speckling her wings. Sometimes these "stars" will fall from her spiritual form and land somewhere near the desert, the stars are then used to foresee death and see ghosts easier. If there is ever a night where there are no stars, the desert pride see it as an omen.
The Moonlit Spirits:
The Moonlit pride existed decades ago in a frosty tundra that has now been reduced to a desert. They were nimble and violent warriors followed by the cold glare of the moon, bringing eternal night into every territory they claimed. At first neighbouring prides had assumed the leader would make a peaceful pride, or at least die out in the cold of the ice desert. But something happened in the few months she was there, her heart froze over and turned her pelt a pale blue. The innocent, warm queen was lost nearly as soon as she had arrived, and in her place was a ruthless tyrant. An Oasis was created, with sweet scents and the gentle rushing of water as it melted from the ice above. It didn't take long for lionesses to be drawn over, either out of curiosity or by enemy pride orders. Those lionesses never came back. It is hard to tell whether they were killed, or joined the pride, since all lions in the Moonlit pride had their furs turned stiff and frostbitten, so they all looked the same. They were all so.. thin, and unnatural. They worshipped the moon and stars, never leaving the shine of the moon all their lives.
But it wasn't meant to be.
After years of fighting and gaining territory, the Moonlit pride's appearances suddenly just.. stopped. Sightings of the lithe, cruel lionesses began to dwindle until there were no sightings at all. Nobody knew what happened, nobody wanted to find out. It was only till years later a young king called Hare'runner ventured into the now grassland territory and found the skeletons of lionesses in a dip in the ground. The sun burned on the fields, whatever used to be here, they weren't here any longer.
Now, the spirits of the Moonlit pride scour the desert, shifting the sands and killing whatever they dont determine as their kin. The desert pride call the spirits the defenders, for they possess lionesses and go out by night to protect their past territory, protecting it even after death.
The story of these ghosts are told to cubs to frighten them into obedience. Sometimes the spirits can be seen near the oasis, peering into the sandy camp and flickering away.
(Based off the Moonlit pride on my alt acc that I lost+my current account)
Other Desert inhabitants:
Exiguus/Xig/Gus
An odd tabby cat who set up shelter near Lark lake, telling wild tales of a bleeding sky and the weeping eyes of gods. The feline strives to be a lion, and is envious of the pride's ways.
Frequently has to avoid being eaten by Pachi.
Stagnant/Stag.
A witty, lonesome old grey wolf who lingers on the edge of the territory, only interacting with lions when he is in need of help. He scavenges meat from leftover meals, and is sometimes seen conversing with the more well-known Pachi.
Amu-Awu.
A male hyena often spotted drinking from Lark lake or near Stagnant's territory. He hardly interacts with lions and flees when approached.
Llama.
Llama is a Llama. Llama runs a herd of non-llamas because Llama is lonely. Poor Llama.
Pride hierarchy (highest to least)
Elder gods
Blue blood deities
Life blooded gods
Leaders ≈ Allseers ≈ Prophets
Near-stars
Heirs
Jewellers
Broodmothers ≈ elders
Spirit-watchers = Allseer apprentices
Hunters
Spies
Non-bloods
Apprentices
Cubs
Wanderers/travellers
Pickers
Cultists
Exiles.
Pride descriptions:
Sun splinter: when a non-blood gets sunburnt.
Cold splinter: when a lion gets frostbite/cold
Small dune snakes: normal snakes.
Grassy desert: a field
Cold desert: an iceland
Molten mountains: a volcano
Lifeblooded God = deity who was formerly a living mortal given power.
Blueblooded mortal = a god stripped of their powers and sent to the desert.
Pride sayings/insults and what they mean:
Whiskers of a seal = calling the lion too sensitive.
head full of tumbleweed= calling a lion stupid. light insult.
Finch-brained= stupid, small minded. harsh insult.
Weed= worthless. Harsh insult.
"Curse the gods" - Basically "God's sake". Offensive to some lions, definitely to the gods.
Clinomania - An obsessive desire to lie down.
"You'll have much more than a little clinomania if you don't rest soon."
Snakefaced = to describe a manipulative lion.
"what a snakefaced RAT."
Cactusfur = used to describe an unapproachable lion
"Good luck getting through to that cactusfur."
Beetlebrain = usually an insult to an overconfident/reckless lion.
"You're supposed to stalk first, beetlebrain."
Kravn = a lion who lies about/exaggerates things to make themselves seem cool.
"Besmirch told me she fended off the famine yesterday, what a Kravn!"
Non-blood= a lion that wasnt born in the desert. Non-bloods are looked down upon.
"We'd be well of without bothersome non-bloods trampling our land!"
Sun-blood = Lions born in the desert
"I'm a sun-blood, and you?"
skittish as a hare= describing a shy, fearful lion.
"Skittish as a hare, that one!"
Sharp tongued = snarky
Nettle mouth = snarky
"Your new cub's such a nettle mouth."
Pelt like a camel's rear = saying another lion looks scruffy/dirty
"Clean up so the higher ups don't mistake you for a camel."
friendly as a honey badger= often used sarcastically, saying they are not friendly and that they are irritable and grumpy.
"He's about as friendly as a honey badger."
Rat feed= rotten food
Pelt full of bees= used to describe a lion who is easily annoyed.
"Whats got bees in her pelt?"
stiff legs= often used by cubs to refer to an elder lion.
cub prey= used to refer to things that are easy to catch such as tortoises, snakes and slow lions.
"A jerboa is cub prey, hunt something bigger."
limps= used to refer to weak or disadvantages lions. this phrase is hated by most of the pride.
"That's your patrol leader? He's a limp!"
Dingo in a coyote pack= usually said to refer to someone as the "odd one out"
"Cacklers" = Hyenas
"Pickers" = Vultures (also used as a term for lions appointed the job of collecting bones for Allseers)
"Desert claws" = Thorn bushes/cacti
<[Pride Rules/ceremonies]>
'As merciless as the desert is, we are not without order. Obey these rules and you may find yourself spared from the beak of a vulture.'
1. Do not steal any of the food. Prey is scarce in the desert, if anything is found missing you will be killed.
2. Do not approach the pride Defenders. They are not themselves at night.
3. Never disrespect the spirits, they will grant you a suitable punishment.
4. If anything strange happens, such as hallucinating, fatigue, or insanity, immediately go to the Allseer den.
5. Do not go anywhere near the Allseer den if these hallucinations consist of trees in any way shape or form. The lion's fate is sealed, and you'll only waste your time trying to stop them from moving towards the Caedes tree.
6. The dunes may shift places from time to time, do not mention it, it is merely the snakes.
7. Don't disturb Mwenye unless you are willing to run, or have the right herbs to put him back to sleep.
8. Never steal the Spirit Stones. You will be killed on the spot and fed to the serpents.
9. If you see a pack of coyotes wandering in the desert, ignore them. They are incarnates of desert spirits. They are not real.
9.5. If one of these coyotes approach you, run back immediately. They will not hesitate to kill you if they find you do not have desert blood.
10. You may see a large coyote in the Oasis, that is Sekhmet, spirit of the desert. Do not disturb her or attack her, she is merely there to watch.
11. Do not touch the Spirit Stones. Sekhmet will see to you if you do.
12. Do not disobey the spirits
13. Never kill your own pride.
14. Do not disrespect the dead, even if they deserved their fate.
15. Pregnant lionesses and young cubs must eat first, no matter what.
16. If anybody in the pride dies, the allseers must take a vow of silence until the sun sets the next day. The body will be cleaned with water from the life stream, and buried far away from camp with a carved stone snake set over the grave.
17. Any violence towards your own pride members will not go unnoticed.
18. Do not kill for fun, otherwise the animals will strike back with viciousness ten fold.
19. Do not speak of Auternus.
20. Mockery of the deities will, and always will, result in death.
21. No lion who roams the desert may ever harm a snake, as they are sacred beings.
22. If you are in battle and the blood from your opponent is blue, back down. You stand no chance against a god. It will hurt less if you let them win.
23. If your opponent does not bleed, you might as well finish the fight yourself. Dying by your own claws will be more painless then what the elder deities can do to you.
And if you do somehow survive, they will hunt you down. They have all of eternity after all.
Pride roles.
Allseers.
Lionesses or lions trained to work with herbs and the spirits. They have the strongest bond with the spirits, and are often bonded with one particular theme and chosen to protect one thing of the desert. For example, Tigers'blood protects the avians and small critters, and Marble'temple protects the pride youth. Allseers often have visions, and most of them have spiritual abilities granted to them by our ancestors.
The Allseer den is at the end of the Life stream.
Prophets.
Similar to Allseers but not so similar, prophets are lions who are born into their role as cubs whether they like it or not. They bear the heavy knowledge of the gods far beyond a mortal lion's conprehension, and are often vessels for deities to speak their omens through.
Spirit Watchers
Powerful lionesses/lions who are given much more strength than your average lion. They are fed much more food, and are trained to fight. These lionesses purpose is to guard the desert at night, and their bodies are temporarily taken over by spirits to scare off intruders.
The Spirit Watcher den is to the right of the Crystal Coves, and is called the Before.
Spies.
Nimble lionesses/lions who are trained specifically to stalk and ambush. They go to other prides or territories to spy and gain information to deliver back to the pride king. Often these spies are directed by the spirits, and the Allseers tell them where the spirits want them to go. The spy den is nearest to the entrance of the oasis, and is called the Watchtower.
Messenger.
There are usually around two messengers at once. It is their job to send messages throughout the separate territories, so if one pride was to announce war, it would be the messenger's job to run over to the other pride and announce that to them. Messengers are granted permission from the desert spirits to travel to other territories to bring messages, and if a messenger is killed or attacked by other prides the messenger then has permission to fight back.
Hunters.
Very quiet lionesses/lions who are trained to stalk reptiles and or avian prey. This role is what the pride is mostly made up of, and is the most needed role. The huntresses reside in the main cave.
Mothers.
A role that consists of older lionesses that are either nursing or protecting young cubs, and this role can change to hunters when the lionesses duties are relieved.
The mothers reside in a den called the Future Ones, and it is the most comfortable den in the oasis, located near the centre.
Mothers are the most important role, since they tend to the next generation of pride members.
Near-stars.
Sort of a second in command. Near-stars are assigned as the pride leader's deputy and will typically take charge while the leader is away, often being the pride's advisor ir most intelligent lion. Near-stars will never be leader.
Heir.
Chosen by either the spirits or the leader themselves, heirs are trained from birth to lead a pride. Even if a ruler has sons/daughters, only they can decide their heir, regardless of relations.
Pride king/queen.
The pride king or queen is in charge of granting roles and holding meetings upon the Serpent stone. Meetings can either be naming ceremonies, role-granting, or to settle disputes/arrange allies. Pride leaders are trained in all sections, spying, hunting, parenting, spirit watching. This is so a pride leader can lead by example, and the pride leader must always join in when battling. Pride leaders often reside in the Soul Stone cave, unless they choose otherwise. The soul stones are stones that hold the spirits of past leaders and important figures in the pride, and the leaders can speak to them when in a time of need.
Pride leaders are also the most important role, since they manage and control the pride and its territory borders.
Side roles/temporary roles (Less important):
Cavemother/guard.
There can be multiple cave guards at once, and they are there to stand outside caves and.. guard it. Obviously.
Elders.
Elders are retired warriors that are sheltered from the harsh weather by their own cave in the Cave of all Creatures, aligned with fresh moss weekly. Elders are relieved of their duties unless said otherwise by the spirits, and the Elders are a valued part of the pride that the leaders will often come to for advice.
A lion between 8-16 years old is considered an Elder (Or, by cub terms, a "stiff leg")
Stories/fairytales.
The two halves of iniquum.
It is told that Mwenye was not the first Serpent Sekhmet created.
Iniquum Is an immortal "deity", created by Sekhmet to guard the desert till Auternus returned. It waw originally two giant serpents; Innu and Quum. Both cobras detested the other and would bite and thrash whenever close.
The higher gods looked down upon the thrashing snakes and bound them together with strings of gold and locking them inside a pit under the ground, assuming that would resolve their "issues".
Inniquum's anger did not cease and they still fought inside the pit, soaking the desert sand the scarlet shade of blood, their hisses dripping with raw hatred to the other.
Frustrated, Sekhmet struck them with a fork of lightning.
The fighting silenced for just a moment, the hardened sand sizzling.
Both serpents were horrified as their wounded scales joined together, locking them in the same body. Sekhmet's punishment had joined them for eternity.
Iniquun would not rest however. They would exchange blows for the rest of eternity, not caring that their pain was now shared between their one body, only focused on killing their twin for a reason neither knew.
It is said even now that the immortal cobras still fight under the sand, turning the desert red every blood moon.
----------------------------
The moon hare watches over us, tending to the vital strings of sleep that hold the desert together.
Word of the week:
Inconspicious
(Idk, sneaky or something? favourite word for the time being.)
No I will not use page boxes, If you aren't old pale and rotting by the time you reach the end of this then it wasn't long enough
I love this sandpit of cats
PRIDE THEME SONGS OMG? ?!11!?
Arabian nights - yk
The Moss - idk.
Curses - the crane wives
"and if the phone rings don't answer it because we don't have one"
-My grandad
Hey broskis I have crippling social anxiety so please be gentle!!
DNI:
Homophobes
z00s
any other phobic that's bad
Supporters of criminals :(
General shitty stuff?
Alfred's playhouse fans/supporters
7 pigeons in a trenchcoat
Say hi to Pebble on your way down
Pebble has reached 9 weeks and is already done with this all
[PEBBLE'S SIBLINGS]
Titan
Cookie
Myla
And last but not least, their "proud" mother, Sky.
Me and #1 broski's queens 🔥🔥
The time someone called Ri threw forks in main chat
I will find you Ri.
I have very bad memory :(
when I say bad memory I mean BAD
Like I know you told me to do that 30 minutes ago. I have no recollection of it
I can't remember shiht
I welcome people from all fandoms, whether it be stranger things, adventure time, FNAF, and anything else :] I don't mind what you like long as you're nice
LION ART!!
god blood is so yummers
My first language is Thai and I'm still learning a few English words, please don't mind if my grammar sucks. Being autistic also doesn't help. Have fun reading HAHAHEH
"You've insulted my pride and have insulted me personally - I will destroy you and take all your pride members' wives."
-A lion
Hello! 2nd account of Fancyfork (391201)
Favourite show: Helluva boss on youtube
Pronouns: She/her/they/them
Current fixations: Still fantasy.
THINGS TO NOTE:
I am a diagnosed autistic, it took 5 years for a diagnosis and all. Please be respectful though I know it can be frustrating sometimes!!
I am a furry, a dragon puppeteer, a quadrobist, an artist and a writer ^^ if you're against any of that pls no mean
as stated above, my memory is that of a worn down rock. I can't remember shit. If I forgot you, its not personal you're probably really nice and sometimes i just need to be reminded
I'm scared of '.' Are you threatening me
love you mods
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE note I am not constantly online, I just keep my tabs open.
ꜰ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴜʀɴꜱ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴛᴏᴡɴ
ᴜ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴜʀᴀɴɪᴜᴍ. ʙᴏᴍʙꜱ.
ɴ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪɪɪɪɪᴠᴏʀꜱ!
My favourite animals include:
Raccoon dogs
Wolves
Raccoons
Dragons
Horses
Lizards
Kakapo!!
potoo
sand boa
MOLES!! i love british moles sm
Currently trying to play this without spending ANY money.
I write 50 pages worth of lore, stories are just amazing, and I love gothic horror, comedy books, or time-travelling/robot based books!
I like ocs.
Sending virtual hugs to you :DD
(My art)
INTENSE LORE BEGINS HERE. BEWARE.
How leaders work here:
Every new king/queen that is crowned, a new era in the pride rises. Chameleon'shade trained spies and made ways to transport water through the desert. Two sides of a coin found a way to speak to the spirits of separate prides.
Each leader is granted a power by the spirits, but they must give an offering first.
Current pride leader:
Mona vi'aratha, the Duchess. 'Eater of gods'
Her ruling was an unexpected though welcome change from Sadivi's heir. Sister and murderer of Adhura, the lion who originally meant to be king, the Duchess reigns with a firm yet well meaning paw. She is one of Auternus' many living champions, taking the wheel as soon as Sadivi was murdered.
She is the only leader without a power aside from Harerunner.
Previous pride leaders:
Harerunner, the kind.
Chameleon'Shade, the Waterbringer.
Two sides of a Coin, the cold-hearted.
Amnesia, the cursed.
Champion, Sadivi.
Pride information.
The pride goes by the name of 'The desert wanderers', they live in a scorching dessert filled with sand. The camp is located in an oasis, the river is very clear, and the members refer to it as 'The Life stream' and have made their burrows right next to the water. The pride get its 'wanderer' name because the members venture far from the camp often times, and at night it is an eerie sight to behold. thin, long-legged lions traversing through the desert somewhat mindlessly for hours on end. The pride members often keep to themselves, but when confronted by separate prides they are proven to not hold back in fighting to the death.
The members have soft paw pads and normally dusky coloured pelts, but the pride leader's favourites usually have lots of colour and look out of place in the desert.
hundreds of years ago the dunes were a flat sand landscape, but the desert wanderers believe that giant snakes existed before then, and they coiled around the desert, creating massive dune hills of sand in their wake. The snakes were told to have fell into a deep sleep, and are now resting under the sands of the desert. The Serpent hills, they called it. It is unknown what happened, but many theories rose amongst the pride. The snakes travelled from the pride of Mother Mountain (#262547 Vance_'s pride) to the desert, and the two prides formed an ally after meeting, when the old pride leader, Hare'runner, adopted a young cub named Kunwar from the Mountain dweller's guardians, then the cub was named Kunwar'bound by the spirits to welcome him.
The largest snake rests under the dunes, being massive enough to stretch from the mother mountain to the desert. This snake is Mwenye, a large desert cobra that wakes up once every millennia, craving respect from the beings around it. It is said the cobra desires praise, and will demolish anything to receive the respect he deserves. Any who dishonour him are torn to shreds in his jaws. Mwenye's scales are a bright sandy yellow, like the sun, unlike the snake of Mother Mountain, Jyoti, with her pitch-black scales that not even the inky black nights could compete with. Mwenye resembles similarities to a King cobra, having the hood flare on the sides of his neck and very dry, dusky-coloured scales.
Mwenye rests underneath a massive sand dune near the pride camp, he emerges every millennia to shed his skin, and takes moons to properly return to hibernation.
The cobra was said to have been awoken by two young cubs, Sin and Kunwar, now Sinful'wrath and Kunwar'bound. The cubs had visited the dunes, and soon after that Mwenye had awoken. He slithered towards the pride and only left when gifts had been received, then went back under the sand to sleep once more. Kunwar'bound had checked the shed snake skin, and found minerals between the scales that had the rotting scent of flesh beneath. This movement from the surface alerted the snake underneath, and Mwenye trapped the two in his golden coil/s before Kunwar convinced him to let the two adolescents go.
Fancy quotes:
"All of us have the same blood flowing through our veins. We are all underneath the sun. Who are we to force others out of it?"
"Because the death of my pride was Unjust. Cruel. Our killers were worshipped and thanked and we were cast into shadow as monsters. Does that feel right to you?"
"The sky will crush your pride as it falls, and when it does the only one left to tell your story will be me."
"Go off queen"
"The silver one has graced us!"
"Run, lion. Your teeth are mere needles to our god!"
"Why do you involve me in these, Ulu?"
"My descendants needed gods to give them their worth - I will teach them theirs."
"You show fear? In the face of a god? Pathetic."
"From the death of Auternus' champion, the reign of the Suns shall end!"
"Expecting kindness from something like him is like showing a snake the stars. It'll bite you in the rear and you'll get laughed at for being a dumb lune."
"Cat okay? GOOD."
Wars/declared alliances.
The Battle of Aliyechaguliwa.
A short though horrible war with both ends coming out with drastic losses. Amnesia had gifted a lion to the Mountain dwellers and years later the very gifted lioness was exiled. Unfortunately the exile was poorly miscommunicated and the desert lions never received news of it, resulting in the desert warriors becoming bitter and frustrated at their allies.
The war was declared by the desert wanderers, message sent by a young lioness named ocelot'tuft, and accepted by the Mountain dwellers who sent Kunwar's sister to inform them.
Losses / casualties
Amnesia was wounded heavily.
Coin, the late king, was killed in battle. Weakened by age.
Both prides suffered equal amounts of back lash from the war.
Desert holidays/Holy times:
13 of June, the Night of Rebirth.
When the moon shines her silky eye onto the desert, the deities will descend onto the sands to seek the key to their eternal life. Only the lesser gods - those whom were not born in divine nature, must partake in such a ritual, and it is reason why there are so few gods now.
Only the keenest of eyes will see the next day, as the deities must spend the entire night in searsh of Anansi, a spider who's venom will grant them both immortality and immunity to natural forces. There is no knowing how long it lasts, so deities are wary and return to the public eye every year to refresh it.
Many travellers and pride lions watch this sacred night to see how many deities they can spot amongst the sands, and it is celebrated by the Desert wanderers as a sign of renewal and foresight. Desert wanderers will all drink from the Life stream and light the desert with torches, adorning themselves with decor depicting the infinity sign.
1st of October - Prieu-deu
An old tradition stemming from the times outsiders snuck into the desert wearing animal skins to avoid being sussed out by the gods. The natives grew annoyed and begun spreading a message into the forest, telling grasslanders near and far about "A great celebration in the Desert, but lions could only come in disguises."
Intrigued, many outsiders met on the designated time, their pelts covered by animal skins and furs, excitement buzzing through them.
Long into the night they talked and ate and shared stories of expeditions into the Desert, mocking the Desert natives.
Like that, the hidden lions tore out of their animal skins and leapt at the distracted guests! Lions yowled and hissed, taken by surprise by their powerful enemies. Many guests were too full and too sluggish to run and were mercilessly slaughtered by their faster, lither captors.
Few who escaped never returned again.
The desert natives celebrated their victory of chasing out the thieves and intruders on their land, and have long since worn decorative fluffs and animal-like patterns since then! Though now it's made of fabrics and bone instead of being ripped right off a camel.
Snuhmas :3
they rarely get snow for over two days, but its very nice when they do.
We like Snuhmas.
[IMPORTANT - DESERT DEITIES BLEED BLUE. ELDER DEITIES, THE CREATORS, DO NOT BLEED AT ALL.]
Holy beings/places:
The garden.
It is a heaven like place where lions believe they go after death, but first the spirits must view their lives to see if they are worthy of rest. The garden is peaceful with lush grass and bountiful prey, and you can meet with old friends there.
The Farther.
A blank, empty dimension that is merely a white void. there is no up or down here. The Farther can be a punishment for lions, or will be where Allseers are taken when they experience visions.
Realm of the Ruined.
This lies below the secret Garden, it is an endless black pit filled with corrupted ghosts that pull you down endlessly, whispering and screeching until you become one of them.
Temple of the Moon.
An ancient building made almost entirely of ice, situated quite near the main pride's camp. Within its walls are frozen "statues" of lions, said to be the lions of the Moonlit pride, cursed to remain encased in ice for the rest of eternity. Nobody speaks of it much and the pride tries to stay away from it unless they are giving offerings to one of the deities there.
Caedes tree.
A thick wooded tree that sprouted from the ground on the day of the Desert wanderers and the Mountain dwellers' reunion. It grew like a reaching serpent of wood to the sky, twisting and coiling as its branches tore through the dunes and into the scales of snakes beneath them. Dreadful howls of pain went dull as their bodies were lifted into the sky still caught on the branches, eyes wide with immortalised terror.
Within a week the tree was hundreds of feet tall.
The rotting corpses attracted Vultures to it's branches, the masses squabbling greedily for food. When they left some remained dead in it's leaves killed by the vicious hunger of it's flock.
The tree brings out violence nestled in the kindest of beings, adding more and more to it's decor of corpses every day.
Pack of Famine- patrollers of the desert..
The Pack Of Famine, a group of undead coyote spirits that roam the desert. These spirits are agitable, and much more deadly then the others. They are stronger than average coyotes, and are driven by a constant thirst for flesh. The Pack of Famine take the form of regular coyotes, and they often chase out lions they see as intruders.
This leads into one of the most powerful desert spirits, Sekhmet. Not the sekhmet you know from other mythologies, mind you. Some Desert lions prefer to call her "Akala". Akala is an evil spirit that leads the pack of Famine. She takes the form of a pale-furred, lanky coyote with white eyes, and can faze in and out of sight with ease. She knows everyone, but not everyone knows her.
Akala has the power to move the dunes and shape the desert.
It is said she had created the Dune Snakes, for reasons nobody knows.
Her purpose here is unknown, and she sort of just appeared in the desert one day, settling among the deities that were there before her.
Riversands
https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794175435450
One of the lionesses from the ancient Moonlit pride. She is depicted as the Mother, nurturing the desert in spirit. Her burial place rests in the temple of the Moon, many lions leave offerings to her and pay their respects.
Mwenye.
Mwenye is a massive desert cobra with two neck flares on the sides of his head. His scales are a bright yellow and he has dark green eyes with thick scales surrounding them. The surface of his back is much more thick and spiked, slowly smoothing out towards his lower belly. Mwenye is the biggest snake that rests under the dunes, he seems to be in contact with Mother mountain's snake, Jyoti. He has much more personality then the other deities/cobras and is more active in the desert. Mwenye is associated with food and luck, often prayed to in times of famine.
The cultists - Apakinti's followers
Secluded from the protected oasis, the cultists are a dwindled group of mixed blooded lions, either exiled from the desert wanderers or found straying from their original prides. They worship and honor the 'dark King' known as Apakinti, the beast who lingers in the Realm of the Ruined. Cultists bring sacrifices to their god, attacking patrols and killing desert lions who approach their small territory. Apakinti guards its followers and ensures the overworld deities bring no harm to its providers. Cultists believe that if they serve Apakinti it will bring them fortune and safety once they eventually pass and are trapped in Apakinti's world, the Realm of the Ruined. No cultist has passed yet though- as they only popped up recently, so there is no way of knowing if Apakinti follows through with its end of the deal. The demonic God is unpredictable, and its plans are unknown.
Cthulhu's Shed.
A lion's skin that never seems to rot. Any lion who bears it is given the strength of 10 lions, but at the cost of their valuable sanity. Nobody knows where this has come from, but it is sought by many small desert tribes for the power it can grant to a single lion.
The deities know of it, but do not get rid of the sacred pelt as it is an artifact from the Moonlit pride, thousands of millennia ago.
Anansi.
A single spider who weaves gleaming blue threads of silk. They bear similarities to their namesake, a trickster god, and remain neutral in the desert. Anansi's venom will grant immortality to the victim; but he is near impossible to find, as the only clue of their identity is the shining blue of their eyes and nobody is too willing to risk getting in the face of a venomous spider to search for them.
Small crystal ornaments in Anansi's image can be found buried under the sand. Their origins are unknown, but it may be from a long dead pride that lived before them.
Anansi is prayed to in hopes of him granting long-lasting lives, and good harvests.
Mētztli.
He is a male spirit who takes the form of a melanistic hare. Mētztli is a good spirit who is said to harness the moon in his eyes. He is adorned with chains and raven feathers, and is constantly followed by a griffin like fluffy creature wearing a skull. He is very fair and probably the most immature of all the spirits, playing childish pranks on the pride lions and expressing his emotions very dramatically. Metzli is very straight forward with omens and warnings, unlike the other deities. He guides the lions in sleep and ensures good rest for his followers. It is said that Metzli was the one who helped put the Dune snakes to sleep, and if any become restless it is a sure omen.
Deu ruevenǰ (It gave revenge+ sounds like "due revenge")
The spirit of Prieu-deu, taking the physical vessel of a raven painted with rainbow colours and the marking of a skull around their face. Deu only emerges from his burrow on the first night of October, shapeshifting to scare and trick it's worshippers.
Pachī
This being is not really an entity, more of a powerful ally. Pachī is a large vulture, around 5ft tall at his full height. He speaks in short, choppy sentences and often helps the Desert pride with sending gifts or messages to other prides. He is also known for visiting other prides and.. shaving their lions?
He is also the official cub delivery system, throwing adopted cubs at lions who visited the Lost and found den. Leave a review for Pachi on my den page. He likes. its very GOOD.
His name isn't actually Pachī, the pride cubs named him a week after he started appearing. Pachī just means "Bird". so creative. His real name is "Khabhāṁ vālā śēra", roughly translating to "Winged lion". But nobody knows that.
Pachi resembles a Griffon vulture :]
Bura Cuha.
A rather neutral spirit with little power over disputes, as Sekhmet detests him. Why? Because Bura is a honey badger and keeps scaring off the Dune Snakes, despite the snakes being 50 times his size.
He is feared by most of the deserts' predators and can be seen near the borders, growling at approaching lions from either pride. At night the honey badger is forced into hiding to avoid the Defenders, and is frequently spotted digging large 6ft holes into the ground.
Not much is known about him at all, only that he is much more.. "irritable" than the rest. As previously mentioned, he doesn't have much power over things and most of his authority isn't natural. Bura Cuha has attacked other gods before if they didn't agree with him, but hasn't been exiled from the Garden due to him being protected by Nirīkhaka, who he seems to be friends with as the deity sometimes pauses his digging to talk to the bird.
Bura cuha has many shrines scattered across the desert despite not many lions knowing about him. Those who do pray to them to cure ills and diseases that have washed over the lands.
Jade Comets.
...
Māṁ ulū:
She is a powerful goddess that takes the form of a white owl. She takes care of most of the deities and settles disputes along side Nirīkhaka. Mam Ulu often guides travellers out of the desert to save them from the wrath of the dangers there.
Scrolls have spoken of Mam Ulu's history and purpose. She is theorised to be a figure of safety, guarding the land she was given power over as a sort of placeholder for an unknown deity.
The owl goddess is a motherly figure to the younger demi gods or life blooded gods such as Solus and Unus or Fauna and Flora. Her worshippers devote themselves to her and often bear feathered headdresses and tail tufts to show their loyalty. Many pray to Mam Ulu as it is believed she blesses cubs and healthy litters, which is very important in a desert where nesting material and herbal treatments aren't bountiful.
Inanis.
A minor goddess, formerly a lion of the territory, given power over the pride with the cost of her mind. In her life she had been desperate for cubs, and any she had were killed for simple plain marks. When she died she pleaded with Mam ulu to give her cubs to care for, and being known for her kindness, Mam ulu gave her her wish.
Her prayer was overheard by Akala - the one goddess with the power to manipulate the effects of her fellow deities, and the only who believed everything came with a price.
For her wish of selfishness Akala took her mind, locking the lioness' spirit from the Garden and keeping her down in the desert below. With Mam ulu's blessing still intact, the mindless ghost searches desperately for cubs it can care for, going to the point of stealing them from their nests.
For this, she takes the physical form of a magpie, one day hoping to steal back what Akaka took from her.
Solus and Unus.
Solus and Unus are two deceased brothers bound together for eternity by their tails. Unus is a black flecked lion, spotted with white, and Solus is a bright yellow lion with sun face paint on the side of his head. They are considered powerful spirits that are to judge your good and bad actions throughout your life. They accompany Sekhmet and help her with decision making. Neither are worshipped independently from Sekhmet.
Nirīkhaka.
Nirīkhaka is a genderless being that takes the form of a sandy coloured falcon that soars above the desert, observing it from above. They are a good spirit that manages the relationships between the otherworldly beings in the desert. They are more powerful than Sekhmet, but never interacts with her unless it is a serious matter. The pride lions see Nirihaka as simply an observer, and it is unknown what effect or blessings they can give to the mortals.
Auternus.
Little is known of Auternus other than they used to be the protector of the lands, once marvelled by the long dead lions that once roamed here. Their downfall was quick and sudden, no lion knows who did it, not even the Allseers trained to attempt communing with him. Many believe the Ancient elder deity is dead, eaten by scavengers.
The only knowledge of their once respectful existence is known from runes carved into the chalky surface of temples, depicting images of a forest, filled with plentiful life and guarded by a large creature said to be bigger than the dunes themselves. Auternus is not recognized as a living deity, but many argue that he is still in hiding. A deity with a name meaning, "eternal", cannot possibly be dead and forgotten.
Rumours guess Auternus could be taking the form of something. A small creature, small enough to slink around unnoticed until he can regain his strength.
Fauna and Flora.
Two desert spirits who are unusually set out from the others. Fauna and Flora are twins, and it is said that they used to be living lionesses, the first lionesses that entered the pride. They were what would have been called "chased lionesses". They arrived at the pride after being chased from their former one. Fauna is a dusky-coloured brown lioness with deer antlers and vines over her body, and Flora is a pinkish white lioness whom is adorned with gorgeous lily flowers and crystals. The two sisters were "lost" in the desert, supposedly having left to hunt, but were killed by starvation and little resistance to the desert heat, taken by the pack of Famine. Sekhmet, however, had wanted to have a bit of enjoyment, granting the two eternal life in return for their membership in the pride.
It is still theorised to this day that the two sisters hadn't left the pride at all. They had been lured out by Sekhmet, and then starved and killed. Nobody knows why or how she would do this, but many think it was because they were from another pride.
Anpu.
Once again, not the Anpu you human players know so well. This Anpu is A dark hound that communes with the Allseers, passing on messages through the Dead and living realm. Anpu is a black dire wolf spirit whom guides the deceased pride members into the new plane of existence, The secret Garden. Anpu uses the light of the stars to guide the dead, so when a pride member dies the stars that night are brighter.
Apakinti.
A powerful entity whose appearance is unknown, for anybody who looks at it goes blind. Apakinti is the vital "heart" of his realm, the Ruined, where it waits for new targets. It can be summoned by Allseers or other deities.
Those who have glimpsed it describe the deity as grotesque, dark scaled with uneven limbs and three heads. Though the same lions usually go/are insane by then, so resources aren't to reliable.
Gono.
A little jerboa with a constantly flaming tail. He runs around and tries to lure outsiders into the desert for reasons unbeknownst to anyone other than him. Gono is classed as an evil spirit, since his actions do nothing but cause harm to his victims, and any lions who see him are advised to stomp on his fiery tail and scare him off, sparing the lives of anything it might've lured. Huntresses and spies will follow Gono's trail to find the prey/lions he's luring.
Kravn.
A massive wolf with a coat of gold, said to have torn the sky to let Sataraski's stars trickle in. He was described as brave in the older tales, but the Desert wanderers tell of him in a different light. Kravn was told to be afraid of the dark, so he looked longingly to the sky and tore a hole in the inky blackness above him. He now slumbers under the moonlight that casts over the desert, only disturbed when the stars no longer envelop the land.
Vodyanoi
An evil spirit that lurks in deep, dark ends of lakes and rivers and lunges out at unsuspecting lions whenever it can. It barely ever does them any harm unless it holds a particular grudge against that lion. Vodyanoi takes the form of a black and white horse, or more specifically a "water kelpie". When in water it has a scaled shark-like tail, whilst on land it has all four limbs intact. It seems like a normal horse unless you put its backwards hooves and devilish cries and screeches into thought. The cultists feed Vodyanoi sometimes under the impression the horse could be useful later.
Akhet.
A creature that burns brighter than the sun. It wanders the desert-side of the Outskirts, forever trying to enter the Mountain Dweller's territory. All who look upon Akhet will begin to seize and froth at the mouth, once the process begins, there is no stopping it. Akhet is a surreal being, that has no physical form/shape. Only Foreseers are given the ability to look upon Akhet, as they are blind.
At night, Akhet can be heard singing; ``ᚨᛏ ᛏᚺᚨᛏ ᚺᛁᚷᚺ ᛚᛖᚡᛖᛚ ᛏᚺᛖ ᚨᛁᚱ ᛁᛋ ᛈᚢᚱᛖ. ᛏᚺᛖᚤ ᛏᛟᛚᛞ ᚹᛁᛚᛞ ᛏᚨᛚᛖᛋ ᛏᛟ ᚠᚱᛁᚷᚺᛏᛖᚾ ᛏᚺᛖᛗ. ᛏᚺᛖ ᚨᚾᚲᛁᛖᚾᛏ ᚲᛟᛁᚾ ᚹᚨᛋ ᛩᚢᛁᛏᛖ ᛞᚢᛚᛚ ᚨᚾᛞ ᚹᛟᚱᚾ. ᛏᛟ ᛗᚨᚴᛖ ᛈᚢᚱᛖ ᛁᚲᛖ, ᚤᛟᚢ ᚠᚱᛖᛖᛉᛖ ᚹᚨᛏᛖᚱ. ᚹᛖ ᚨᚱᛖ ᛋᚢᚱᛖ ᛏᚺᚨᛏ ᛟᚾᛖ ᚹᚨᚱ ᛁᛋ ᛖᚾᛟᚢᚷᚺ. ``
Aaru.
Another creature, similar to Akhet but not so similar. The Entity wanders the Mountain side of the Outskirts, and it is theorized that Aaru and Akhet are past lovers or enemies.
Aaru does not have a physical shape or form, only appearing as a bright, white light that can be spotted pacing up and down the Outskirts. Nothing will happen to a lion if they do look upon Aaru, but actually seeing The Entity is a sacred happening, only occurring every millennia or so.
Aaru does have a special role in the Mountain Dweller's faith, being worshipped with many Alter Snakes and Shrines.
Sapa:
Sapa is one of the serpents that rest under the dunes. he resides under the second largest dune in the desert, and is said to be a glossy snake. He is quite timid and prefers to stay out of sight from lions, hating any kind of attention. Has some kind of rivalry with mwenye.
Alka.
A blue blooded mortal lion. Stripped from their powers and sent to live in solitary, cursed to roam the desert for all of eternity.
This being's former identity is unknown, as the gods erased every lingering note of their existence. Often Alka will stop their journey to assist a wandering lion, offering wisdom beyond any mortal lion.
Saṭārasakī:
She is a neutral spirit who works alongside Anpu, lighting up the sky with stars to honor the life of the deceased every night. Her form bares the appearance of a slender black wyvern-like creature with the light of stars speckling her wings. Sometimes these "stars" will fall from her spiritual form and land somewhere near the desert, the stars are then used to foresee death and see ghosts easier. If there is ever a night where there are no stars, the desert pride see it as an omen.
The Moonlit Spirits:
The Moonlit pride existed decades ago in a frosty tundra that has now been reduced to a desert. They were nimble and violent warriors followed by the cold glare of the moon, bringing eternal night into every territory they claimed. At first neighbouring prides had assumed the leader would make a peaceful pride, or at least die out in the cold of the ice desert. But something happened in the few months she was there, her heart froze over and turned her pelt a pale blue. The innocent, warm queen was lost nearly as soon as she had arrived, and in her place was a ruthless tyrant. An Oasis was created, with sweet scents and the gentle rushing of water as it melted from the ice above. It didn't take long for lionesses to be drawn over, either out of curiosity or by enemy pride orders. Those lionesses never came back. It is hard to tell whether they were killed, or joined the pride, since all lions in the Moonlit pride had their furs turned stiff and frostbitten, so they all looked the same. They were all so.. thin, and unnatural. They worshipped the moon and stars, never leaving the shine of the moon all their lives.
But it wasn't meant to be.
After years of fighting and gaining territory, the Moonlit pride's appearances suddenly just.. stopped. Sightings of the lithe, cruel lionesses began to dwindle until there were no sightings at all. Nobody knew what happened, nobody wanted to find out. It was only till years later a young king called Hare'runner ventured into the now grassland territory and found the skeletons of lionesses in a dip in the ground. The sun burned on the fields, whatever used to be here, they weren't here any longer.
Now, the spirits of the Moonlit pride scour the desert, shifting the sands and killing whatever they dont determine as their kin. The desert pride call the spirits the defenders, for they possess lionesses and go out by night to protect their past territory, protecting it even after death.
The story of these ghosts are told to cubs to frighten them into obedience. Sometimes the spirits can be seen near the oasis, peering into the sandy camp and flickering away.
(Based off the Moonlit pride on my alt acc that I lost+my current account)
Other Desert inhabitants:
Exiguus/Xig/Gus
An odd tabby cat who set up shelter near Lark lake, telling wild tales of a bleeding sky and the weeping eyes of gods. The feline strives to be a lion, and is envious of the pride's ways.
Frequently has to avoid being eaten by Pachi.
Stagnant/Stag.
A witty, lonesome old grey wolf who lingers on the edge of the territory, only interacting with lions when he is in need of help. He scavenges meat from leftover meals, and is sometimes seen conversing with the more well-known Pachi.
Amu-Awu.
A male hyena often spotted drinking from Lark lake or near Stagnant's territory. He hardly interacts with lions and flees when approached.
Llama.
Llama is a Llama. Llama runs a herd of non-llamas because Llama is lonely. Poor Llama.
Pride hierarchy (highest to least)
Elder gods
Blue blood deities
Life blooded gods
Leaders ≈ Allseers ≈ Prophets
Near-stars
Heirs
Jewellers
Broodmothers ≈ elders
Spirit-watchers = Allseer apprentices
Hunters
Spies
Non-bloods
Apprentices
Cubs
Wanderers/travellers
Pickers
Cultists
Exiles.
Pride descriptions:
Sun splinter: when a non-blood gets sunburnt.
Cold splinter: when a lion gets frostbite/cold
Small dune snakes: normal snakes.
Grassy desert: a field
Cold desert: an iceland
Molten mountains: a volcano
Lifeblooded God = deity who was formerly a living mortal given power.
Blueblooded mortal = a god stripped of their powers and sent to the desert.
Pride sayings/insults and what they mean:
Whiskers of a seal = calling the lion too sensitive.
head full of tumbleweed= calling a lion stupid. light insult.
Finch-brained= stupid, small minded. harsh insult.
Weed= worthless. Harsh insult.
"Curse the gods" - Basically "God's sake". Offensive to some lions, definitely to the gods.
Clinomania - An obsessive desire to lie down.
"You'll have much more than a little clinomania if you don't rest soon."
Snakefaced = to describe a manipulative lion.
"what a snakefaced RAT."
Cactusfur = used to describe an unapproachable lion
"Good luck getting through to that cactusfur."
Beetlebrain = usually an insult to an overconfident/reckless lion.
"You're supposed to stalk first, beetlebrain."
Kravn = a lion who lies about/exaggerates things to make themselves seem cool.
"Besmirch told me she fended off the famine yesterday, what a Kravn!"
Non-blood= a lion that wasnt born in the desert. Non-bloods are looked down upon.
"We'd be well of without bothersome non-bloods trampling our land!"
Sun-blood = Lions born in the desert
"I'm a sun-blood, and you?"
skittish as a hare= describing a shy, fearful lion.
"Skittish as a hare, that one!"
Sharp tongued = snarky
Nettle mouth = snarky
"Your new cub's such a nettle mouth."
Pelt like a camel's rear = saying another lion looks scruffy/dirty
"Clean up so the higher ups don't mistake you for a camel."
friendly as a honey badger= often used sarcastically, saying they are not friendly and that they are irritable and grumpy.
"He's about as friendly as a honey badger."
Rat feed= rotten food
Pelt full of bees= used to describe a lion who is easily annoyed.
"Whats got bees in her pelt?"
stiff legs= often used by cubs to refer to an elder lion.
cub prey= used to refer to things that are easy to catch such as tortoises, snakes and slow lions.
"A jerboa is cub prey, hunt something bigger."
limps= used to refer to weak or disadvantages lions. this phrase is hated by most of the pride.
"That's your patrol leader? He's a limp!"
Dingo in a coyote pack= usually said to refer to someone as the "odd one out"
"Cacklers" = Hyenas
"Pickers" = Vultures (also used as a term for lions appointed the job of collecting bones for Allseers)
"Desert claws" = Thorn bushes/cacti
<[Pride Rules/ceremonies]>
'As merciless as the desert is, we are not without order. Obey these rules and you may find yourself spared from the beak of a vulture.'
1. Do not steal any of the food. Prey is scarce in the desert, if anything is found missing you will be killed.
2. Do not approach the pride Defenders. They are not themselves at night.
3. Never disrespect the spirits, they will grant you a suitable punishment.
4. If anything strange happens, such as hallucinating, fatigue, or insanity, immediately go to the Allseer den.
5. Do not go anywhere near the Allseer den if these hallucinations consist of trees in any way shape or form. The lion's fate is sealed, and you'll only waste your time trying to stop them from moving towards the Caedes tree.
6. The dunes may shift places from time to time, do not mention it, it is merely the snakes.
7. Don't disturb Mwenye unless you are willing to run, or have the right herbs to put him back to sleep.
8. Never steal the Spirit Stones. You will be killed on the spot and fed to the serpents.
9. If you see a pack of coyotes wandering in the desert, ignore them. They are incarnates of desert spirits. They are not real.
9.5. If one of these coyotes approach you, run back immediately. They will not hesitate to kill you if they find you do not have desert blood.
10. You may see a large coyote in the Oasis, that is Sekhmet, spirit of the desert. Do not disturb her or attack her, she is merely there to watch.
11. Do not touch the Spirit Stones. Sekhmet will see to you if you do.
12. Do not disobey the spirits
13. Never kill your own pride.
14. Do not disrespect the dead, even if they deserved their fate.
15. Pregnant lionesses and young cubs must eat first, no matter what.
16. If anybody in the pride dies, the allseers must take a vow of silence until the sun sets the next day. The body will be cleaned with water from the life stream, and buried far away from camp with a carved stone snake set over the grave.
17. Any violence towards your own pride members will not go unnoticed.
18. Do not kill for fun, otherwise the animals will strike back with viciousness ten fold.
19. Do not speak of Auternus.
20. Mockery of the deities will, and always will, result in death.
21. No lion who roams the desert may ever harm a snake, as they are sacred beings.
22. If you are in battle and the blood from your opponent is blue, back down. You stand no chance against a god. It will hurt less if you let them win.
23. If your opponent does not bleed, you might as well finish the fight yourself. Dying by your own claws will be more painless then what the elder deities can do to you.
And if you do somehow survive, they will hunt you down. They have all of eternity after all.
Pride roles.
Allseers.
Lionesses or lions trained to work with herbs and the spirits. They have the strongest bond with the spirits, and are often bonded with one particular theme and chosen to protect one thing of the desert. For example, Tigers'blood protects the avians and small critters, and Marble'temple protects the pride youth. Allseers often have visions, and most of them have spiritual abilities granted to them by our ancestors.
The Allseer den is at the end of the Life stream.
Prophets.
Similar to Allseers but not so similar, prophets are lions who are born into their role as cubs whether they like it or not. They bear the heavy knowledge of the gods far beyond a mortal lion's conprehension, and are often vessels for deities to speak their omens through.
Spirit Watchers
Powerful lionesses/lions who are given much more strength than your average lion. They are fed much more food, and are trained to fight. These lionesses purpose is to guard the desert at night, and their bodies are temporarily taken over by spirits to scare off intruders.
The Spirit Watcher den is to the right of the Crystal Coves, and is called the Before.
Spies.
Nimble lionesses/lions who are trained specifically to stalk and ambush. They go to other prides or territories to spy and gain information to deliver back to the pride king. Often these spies are directed by the spirits, and the Allseers tell them where the spirits want them to go. The spy den is nearest to the entrance of the oasis, and is called the Watchtower.
Messenger.
There are usually around two messengers at once. It is their job to send messages throughout the separate territories, so if one pride was to announce war, it would be the messenger's job to run over to the other pride and announce that to them. Messengers are granted permission from the desert spirits to travel to other territories to bring messages, and if a messenger is killed or attacked by other prides the messenger then has permission to fight back.
Hunters.
Very quiet lionesses/lions who are trained to stalk reptiles and or avian prey. This role is what the pride is mostly made up of, and is the most needed role. The huntresses reside in the main cave.
Mothers.
A role that consists of older lionesses that are either nursing or protecting young cubs, and this role can change to hunters when the lionesses duties are relieved.
The mothers reside in a den called the Future Ones, and it is the most comfortable den in the oasis, located near the centre.
Mothers are the most important role, since they tend to the next generation of pride members.
Near-stars.
Sort of a second in command. Near-stars are assigned as the pride leader's deputy and will typically take charge while the leader is away, often being the pride's advisor ir most intelligent lion. Near-stars will never be leader.
Heir.
Chosen by either the spirits or the leader themselves, heirs are trained from birth to lead a pride. Even if a ruler has sons/daughters, only they can decide their heir, regardless of relations.
Pride king/queen.
The pride king or queen is in charge of granting roles and holding meetings upon the Serpent stone. Meetings can either be naming ceremonies, role-granting, or to settle disputes/arrange allies. Pride leaders are trained in all sections, spying, hunting, parenting, spirit watching. This is so a pride leader can lead by example, and the pride leader must always join in when battling. Pride leaders often reside in the Soul Stone cave, unless they choose otherwise. The soul stones are stones that hold the spirits of past leaders and important figures in the pride, and the leaders can speak to them when in a time of need.
Pride leaders are also the most important role, since they manage and control the pride and its territory borders.
Side roles/temporary roles (Less important):
Cavemother/guard.
There can be multiple cave guards at once, and they are there to stand outside caves and.. guard it. Obviously.
Elders.
Elders are retired warriors that are sheltered from the harsh weather by their own cave in the Cave of all Creatures, aligned with fresh moss weekly. Elders are relieved of their duties unless said otherwise by the spirits, and the Elders are a valued part of the pride that the leaders will often come to for advice.
A lion between 8-16 years old is considered an Elder (Or, by cub terms, a "stiff leg")
Stories/fairytales.
The two halves of iniquum.
It is told that Mwenye was not the first Serpent Sekhmet created.
Iniquum Is an immortal "deity", created by Sekhmet to guard the desert till Auternus returned. It waw originally two giant serpents; Innu and Quum. Both cobras detested the other and would bite and thrash whenever close.
The higher gods looked down upon the thrashing snakes and bound them together with strings of gold and locking them inside a pit under the ground, assuming that would resolve their "issues".
Inniquum's anger did not cease and they still fought inside the pit, soaking the desert sand the scarlet shade of blood, their hisses dripping with raw hatred to the other.
Frustrated, Sekhmet struck them with a fork of lightning.
The fighting silenced for just a moment, the hardened sand sizzling.
Both serpents were horrified as their wounded scales joined together, locking them in the same body. Sekhmet's punishment had joined them for eternity.
Iniquun would not rest however. They would exchange blows for the rest of eternity, not caring that their pain was now shared between their one body, only focused on killing their twin for a reason neither knew.
It is said even now that the immortal cobras still fight under the sand, turning the desert red every blood moon.
----------------------------
The moon hare watches over us, tending to the vital strings of sleep that hold the desert together.
This den has lions that are aging up tomorrow - there is currently not enough territory to cope with them all!
|
Cursed Mona Vi'Aratha
|
|
Mona Vi'Aratha's Player
Member ID #427147
|
||||||
|
🎩Fancy fork 🍴
|
 |
|||||
| ⛔ Block Member | ➕ Friend Request | |||||
10 Pregnant Lionesses
| Attack This Lion |
|---|
|
It will cost 20 energy to attack this lion.
|
| View Attack History |
| Mona Vi'Aratha's Recent Allies | ||
|
Olivacea
played by Polliwog Level 19 - 36 lionesses - 31 cubs Send Message |
D3sert Storm
played by ~Drywall~ Level 14 - 20 lionesses - 15 cubs Send Message |
𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖆𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖆♞
played by ⚡︎ ℧ Rootin Tootin Cowgirl ℧ ⚡︎ Level 13 - 29 lionesses - 20 cubs Send Message |
|
Jacksepticeye
played by 🍂 Stars(They/He)🍂 Level 11 - 40 lionesses - 28 cubs Send Message |
Cäptiön
played by Theuknowntune Level 10 - 11 lionesses - 4 cubs Send Message |
Linkon
played by Kota Level 18 - 43 lionesses - 8 cubs Send Message |
| View All |
Memory Used: 949.83 KB - Queries: 38 - Query Time: 0.01450 - Total Time: 0.02996s