Forbidden Wisdom's Den

Favor

Females
Lightning
Ashes
Sunrise
Luna
Sandy
Ember
Eclipse

Males
none (Wisdom is next gen)


What is this?
Favor is a complex system in which the members of the pride are rated, based on beauty, age, stats, origin, personality and breeding results. The preferences of each king depend on the individual.

Personality

(Subject to change as the mechanic develops).

Every personality type gets along best with its own category ex. Neutral with Neutral, Good with Good, Snarky with Snarky. Each one also gets along with some personalities better than others.

Neutral personalities get along with Kind and Snarky just fine. They do not understand the extreme opinions of Good or Evil lions, though, and are prone to disagreeing with them.

Moderate(Kind and Snarky) personalities get along well with Neutral and their respective extreme. They may have heated arguments with the opposing moderate and may grow to like them. It is extremely rare for them to like the opposite extreme, however.

Extreme(Good and Evil) personalities get along well with their respective moderate. They do not understand Neutrals and very strongly dislike those of the opposite alignment. However, sometimes they have very passionate relationships with their opposite extreme.

Age

This used to be the sole factor in determining who is queen. Kings get along better with lions closest to his own age. Kings may respect the opinions of older lionesses more, but some lions prefer the companionship with younger lionesses.

Stats

Stats are fairly simple, whoever has better stats is liked more. They are considered to have stronger genes, and are more likely to be favored.

Origin

Origin refers to the circumstances of their birth. Are they from a multi-generational line? Are they from outside the pride? Are they born from a lion from inside the pride and one outside the pride? The king will generally prefer lionesses of similar origin.

Breeding Results

Kings prefer lionesses that give them sons, and the more cubs the better. Bonus points for every lion that makes it to adulthood.

But, the king does not like it when a lioness breeds outside the pride. When such things happen, they are instantly the most disliked lioness in the pride. Any cubs that survive to adulthood after this (king neglects the cubs, so this is uncommon) leave a negative impressing.

Beauty

This is a difficult category to judge, since it is subjective. But, in general, prettier lionesses are favored over plain or ugly ones. Lionesses who are most similar to the king are generally considered prettier, since their children are more likely to look similar to the king. Or, lions with rarer genes are considered prettier than more common ones. It depends on the lion, and my opinion as well.

Current King's Preferences
Origin (loyalty)
Everything else
(Personality
Age
Beauty
Stats
Breeding Results)

Male favor
The king has little control over which sub-males stay in his pride, but does favor one over the other. One slot is reserved for his most favored son. This lion would ideally be the son of the king and his most favored lioness. It could also be through other traits, too, such as appearance or mutation.

The second slot is a spot that is exclusively fought for. The king has no control over this slot - it's all up to the submales themselves.

If a lion is kicked out of the top spot by a more suitable heir, he must fight the lion in the second slot if he wishes to stay in the pride. He will be subject to challengers, just like his predecessor if he wins.

Lions in both slots trade off who will be patrolling each day.

When the current king dies, all suitable submales fight for the chance to take the throne. I say all because all lions above the age of 1 are eligible. The remaining challengers are chased, although cubs may be spared.

Recent Events

Active Injuries:
none

Last Updated: 4/1/22
((Omen became 3 years old when he took the throne))

Year 6, month 11 of reign of Omen
In exchange for the captured souls of the lions who lost the fight for the submale slot, Omen bought Penelope demonic knowledge beyond what he knew: specifically knowledge about why his powers were waning.

The answer was that he was being too nice - not acting enough like a demon. Sure, he was mind-controlling his pride, but he was ensuring that they were happy in their controlled state. And he was trying to make Ember, who he couldn’t control, happy as well.

But demons don’t work with happiness. They get power from the suffering of their victims. And that is what Penelope told him. It was too late to harm those whose minds he had already broken beyond repair, but those who still had a semblance of their original selves could still be a source of power.

For all his selfishness, this suggestion disgusted Omen. He wanted his pride to love him, not fear him. He still intended to bring all of them under his complete power. For now, though, he’d be more strategic about it. Make it less comfortable for those he hadn’t gotten to yet.

With that, he had an idea what to do with Ashes. He needed an enforcer. Someone for the others to hate. He transformed her from her submissive and intelligent self to a beast that kept the last few lionesses in line by force. And even if they were doing everything well, she’d still punish them for not exceeding expectations.

Their only escape is if Omen chooses them next. But for now, he’s refraining from choosing, letting his power grow while it still can. As much as it pains him to see his pride like that.

Year 5, month 10 of reign of Omen
Sunrise was easier for Omen to do what he wanted with her, implanting false memories and erasing the originals. Penelope put up more of a fight, but still fell, her mind now a blank slate to fill with propaganda. Three down, four to go.

Omen turns his attention to Ashes, who has been coasting by simply by being docile. After Sandy's outburst, however, Omen does not want any of his lionesses hosting their original selves. He wants to transform all of them. But what to do with her?

The Piebald lioness Ember has realized that Sandy's friendship is a lie and has become more and more distant. Omen does not trust her not to try to run, so he has given her a tracking device. She is not allowed to leave.

Sandy's Piebald legacy, on the other paw, is growing up very loyal to her father.

Year 4, month 9 of reign of Omen
After the initial burst of demonic energy he used to enslave the minds of the pride and all animals in the pridelands, Omen's power slowly faded. He can still influence the less-intelligent animals and plantlife in the lands, but he is having a harder and harder time suppressing his pride's wills.

At first he didn't realize it, but when Sandy expressed jealousy over Smite, the Blazing-pelted cub, being Lightning's kin, it became obvious to him that his pride was no longer under his complete control.

He has now decided to work individually on each lioness, eliminating their underlying selves entirely. Sandy was first, Penelope he is currently working on, and Sunrise will be after her.

But he has another problem. Piebald lions are immune to his powers, and while Ember, the Piebald Huntress, isn't fighting him, another cub, of Sandy's line, has sprung up with the mutation. He wishes to raise her not realizing she was different, but he can only do so if Ember cooperates completely. Will she?

He is aware that she's horrified by what he's doing to the others, but he's not going to stop. He needs to control everything he can, and with his weakening powers, he can't have the lionesses having the slightest chance of betraying him.

Year 1, Month 1 of reign of Omen
The demon-lion Omen has taken over the pride. Every lion aside from those with Piebald mutations is under his complete control, even their minds align with him.

The only hopes the pride has of recovering are if a Piebald lion takes the throne, or potentially a cub of Lightning, whose nature magic is trying to overcome the demonic magic enchanting her.

My Personal Pride Rules
I play the game at my own pace and with my own ruleset, and I have since I started playing. My rulesets have shifted as time went on, sometimes getting harder and sometimes easier. As of March 4, 2023, this is how I currently play.

Kings and Succession
1. I keep my king until he can be retired for free. Every new king has new guidelines for how I play during his rule based on his personality, which I write in his bio.

2. Only male direct descendants (sons, grandsons, etc) of the king may become the next king.

3. All eligible male lions in the pride fight using my fight calculator(linked in Legacy Info document) once the old king dies. The winner becomes the new king, regardless of if I like him or not.

4. One male slot is reserved for my favorite male lion. The other slot is fought for whenever a new male reaches 1 year, 11 months.

5. The first lion to patrol each day will be the favored male. The patroller switches every time the current patroller fails to both gain stats and an item.

Lionesses
1. There are five huntresses in the pride at any time.* Lionesses are huntresses their entire fertile lives, after which they are replaced by their daughter, granddaughter, or other direct relation, who inherits their name.

2. Daughters, granddaughters, etc. of the five main huntresses have the name scheme "[Huntressname]'s Legacy", and may hunt when there is room on the hunting team or the hunting team is out of hunts for the day.

3. There can only be one Legacy for each Huntress descended from the current king. That Legacy gets replaced when a female cub of that line who has traits I like better is born.

4. While Huntresses last for all their fertile years, Legacies will move on from the pride (be Chased or put in Special Backup) when they reach the age of eight to make room for younger relatives.

5. There are two to four broodmothers in the pride at any time. They do not have legacies but may produce a male heir. They are broodmothers their entire lives.

6. Lionesses directly related to the new king will instantly retire and be replaced with a new, unrelated lioness.*

7. While I'm not limiting myself, new lionesses in the pride are usually obtained through claiming Chased lionesses in Explore. I keep a few in Special Backup to replace broodmothers and huntresses.

8. The king may only breed with lions not directly descended from him. (Half-sisters, cousins, and aunts are fair game). Only direct descendants of his may be bred to lions outside the pride.

9. While only huntresses may keep a legacy, male cubs born to any lioness, including lionesses in Special Backup and random NCLs, may become the heir.

Cubs
1. Male cubs may stay in the pride if 1) they have desirable traits (nice bases, lots of markings, etc.), or 2) they are descended from the king and a huntress.

2. Female cubs are decided at birth whether I will keep them or not, depending on their looks compared to the current Legacy of their line.

3. Cubs that do not meet my criteria are labeled as "Zz" and Chased once they reach the age of 5 months. Because the userbase does not appreciate my king's cubs, I no longer give them to the Giving Tree.

Customization
1. I can customize as much as I please. I used to have limitations, but they're gone now.

2. Only the king, new huntresses, and the favored lioness, though.

*Special Exceptions
For plot reasons, the pride split in two when Chill became king, creating a secondary Exile Pride with special rules. That Exile pride has disbanded, but it means I have more than the five standard lionesses. The modified rules are as follows:

1. Excess lionesses may form their own hunting team. This hunting team will hunt after the main hunting team has 1) failed to bring home at least 5 uses, 2) has had an injury, and/or 3) is out of hunts for the day. This team will not be complete and will have the highest-favored Legacy lionesses fill in the gaps.

2. I may not replace Huntress lionesses who have retired due to being the same legacy as the king until the number of Huntresses reaches less than five.

3. I may always make exceptions of any rules for plot reasons.

Legacy Info
I used to have a bunch of information about various calculators I made to make the game more realistic. Some of these things became actual game features (with different mechanics) after I made the calculators, so I haven't been using most of them recently.
Here's the original description and explanations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16-ColguLuU0Ps_-VVMGUB3_1BGva0FAfvfuOJerSH-Q/edit?usp=sharing