ᯓ✮⋆˙ 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚜 𖦹๋࣭⭑.ᐟ's Den

The Bitterroot Pride

Pride Ranks

KING 🜲
The king is the male lion who has the entire pride under his claws. He rules over all of the lions who are a part of his territory, and he is the one to decide who lives, who dies, who stays and who leaves. In the pride hierarchy, a king fears no one. But outside the pride, the king fears nomads who might try to sneak in and snatch his cubs. If the king gets killed by a nomad, his young offspring get killed as well. There can only be a king at once.

QUEEN ♔
The queen is usually the king's mate and helps him with ruling over the pride. It is usually the queen's offspring who are chosen to be heirs or heiresses, but some exceptions are made sometimes. Other than ruling the pride, the queen also acts as a head hunter - leading all of the pride huntresses through their hunting trips and deciding what animal they should aim for. Queens are respected among the pride's lionesses, and disrespect towards them shall not be tolerated by such. There can only be a queen at once.

SUBMALE ♡
Everytime a male apprentice reaches the age of 2 years or 24 months, they gain the title of ''submales''. A submale is a male lion, a part of the pride who isn't the king. Most submales get chased out of the pride to find their own at around 2 years and a few months, but even though incovenient, the king might allow some to stay for a few more years or even for their lifetime. Submales don't have breeding rights at all, and if they want a chance to have cubs of their own, then they must leave their birth pride.

HUNTRESS ➳
Every young lioness' dream is to become a powerful and skilled huntress one day. When a lioness reaches 2 years of age, she gains the title of huntress. A huntress, as said by their name, provides food for the pride to survive. The majority of lionesses in a pride should be huntresses, as a pride won't live for too long without them.

HERBALIST 𖠰
If a lioness is not really interested in taking the path of a huntress and seems quite intrigued by botany and spirituality, then taking on the path of a herbalist might be the best for her. A herbalist has two main jobs, which are tending to the sick and injured members of the pride and communicating with Goddesses and deceased pridemembers in order to decipher prophecies. In order to become a herbalist, a lioness has to not only be experienced with plants, but needs to have a strong connection with their dead ancestors. There can only be one herbalist at a time.

CUBMOTHER ❀
If a lioness is not fit for or does not want the rank of a huntress, then she can also choose to become a cubmother. Cubmothers live out their lives in the place they were born in; the Nursery. They spend most of their time cubsitting young cubs and playing with older ones. They are allowed to go outside the Nursery if the cubs are done with cubsitting for the day or if there aren't any litters during the season. A cubmother needs to have extreme patience, especially during times where there are way too many litters to keep up with.

APPRENTICE🎓
Every lion who is officialy 1 year or older may be considered an apprentice. Apprentices still reside inside the Nursery, but differently from cubs, they don't need to be cubsitted and can leave the Nursery whenever they want to; without needing permission or a Cubmother accompanying them. Apprentices accompany submales on patrol, huntresses in hunts and may join some extra activities if invited by the king or queen. They must be trained enough to take a full-fledged rank at 2 years old.

CUB 🍼
Every lion that was born to a pride receives the title of a cub. Atleast until they are 12 months old, they are considered cubs. They are born and raised inside the pride's Nursery, and cannot leave the place without being accompanied by a Cubmother. They can't stay unsupervised.

Notes to Self

Ways to get ENERGY
• Bone Marrow (20 energy per day, 80 SB each on monkey business)
• Difficult Gorilla Enclave Quests (60 energy)
• Fermented Marula Fruit (can give or drain up to 15 energy – it's a gamble!)
• Energy Boost (makes energy automatically go to 100%, 2 GB each in oasis)
• Meat Pie (it's an energy boost but with 5 uses. Get one for free on your bday or buy one in TC)
• Red Bull/Roasted Lamb (makes your energy recover 20% faster)