Queen Garnet's Den

After talking with lots of the lions here, you can piece together the story of this pride. The first leader, 501, was an ordinary lion - plain, easygoing, and not very skilled. The first lioness to join him was Diamond. Of her cubs, only Sunrise survived. Once 501 created an orphanage, but this didn't last for long as he lacked the resources to support the cubs.
Eventually, 501 grew old. He nominated an heir (no one can remember his name), but the heir was useless, swanning about with ladies and forgetting to train. The lionesses Ruby, Snow, and Raven decided something had to be done. They arranged things so that at least one of them could be near 501 at every moment. When he died in the middle of the night, Raven and Snow were there. As Snow raced to inform Ruby, Raven stood guard. By the time the rest of the lions arose in the morning, Ruby had taken control of the pride.
She made Raven the herbalist and Snow the chief hunter, and chased off over half of the pride. She began ruling with an iron fist (or paw?) and banished those who opposed her. And when the cubs named Silver and Tamarin were cornered by a boar, Ruby rescued them - though Silver was heavily scarred and Tamarin was blinded. Silver became Ruby's personal guard, wanting to repay Ruby for saving her life.
When Snow died from old age, Ruby was heartbroken. She spent days mourning. Snow's protégé, Nebula, took over the hunting party and worked to revolutionize the pride's interactions with outsiders. She wanted to make everyone feel welcome. Ruby didn't quite approve of this approach, but kept quiet because she knew that Snow had loved Nebula.
Ruby grew increasingly erratic after Snow's death. With both Raven and Snow dead, she felt that both the people who had supported her were gone. Nebula, worried for the pride, made every effort to show her loyalty to Ruby and become trusted. She had a plan for the pride...
Nebula had been trying to convince Ruby to retire and get an heir. Her death of old age made Ruby finally realize that it would be a good idea. She continued Nebula's plans to find the perfect heir, finding the young cub Garnet to be worthy.
Ruby spent time training Garnet and the two became close. One day, Garnet noticed that Ruby spent a lot of time away and wondered where she was going. She snuck out and followed her - and watched her talking to a strange lion about star residue and rats. Confused as to why she hadn't told anyone about this, she resolved to confront her about it once she returned.
The story Ruby told seemed strange to Garnet, but Ruby made her promise to do what the Demiurge asked once she became queen. And before too long, Ruby came of age and retired. Garnet reorganized the pride and started making a name for herself.
Garnet's direct attitude towards problems made her some friends and some enemies. Among her strongest supporters were the pride historian Mango and submale Wildebeest. The traditionalist submale Seafoam, however, hated her lack of respect for tradition - including the tradition that only males should lead the pride. Unbeknownst to anyone, he began to plot.
That's all the history for now, but you suspect that'll change eventually.
A side note: The lions in this pride consider it very important that a lion descended from the pride's first lioness - named Diamond - is present in the pride. Currently, the Descendant is Topi, daughter of Garnet and Holly, daughter of Ruby and Sunrise, daughter of 501 and Diamond. Topi's daughter Addax is the current heir, but some in the pride dislike that she too is Garnet's daughter. Topi herself is away at the moment (on my side acc. to stave off aging).