In a far away land, four prides with extraordinary powers live. They all live according to their territory...

The Bevrore Pride:


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In the towering, icy mountains right beside the Briesie territory is where the pride of snow resides. The Bevrore Pride is full of lions who have mastered the art of Ice summoning and controlling. These felines reside inside a frozen cave sistem that lays inside a giant mountain, which has been baptized Labiritt. They often use their abilities for hunting, or den shaping. They can create spikes of ice, freeze their surroundings in thick layers of ice depending on the time given to do so, and be able to summon blizzards while being in large groups.

Pride Customs And Other Facts:

When a cub is born, their pelts are completely white and their eyes pinkish. As they grow, their fur starts to gain blue markings. However, there are a very few number of lions whose pelts never shift. They remain white like snow, and these are the ones who become Shamans. Bevrore lions believe their white pelts symbolize a strong bond between the living world and their Ancestors, and that these lions were chosen by them to be the ones who pass on their messages and advice to the pride members.

When a cub is born, the King, Queen, and mother of said cub take the cub to a special place at the very top of the frozen mountains, where the Shamans of the Bevrore reside. There, a ritual takes place, in which the Shaman/s call upon the whispering souls nof their ancestors to reveal the traits of the cub. A name of a few, given by the ancestors, is choosen by the mother, and the Shaman tells the king any trait told to him by the whispers that may help the cub on their future job, and are assigned a possible rank by the king from birth. When the ritual happens, Shamans see parts of the future life of the cub flash upon their eyes. But they are prohibited to tell anyone who they would become, even if it's something truly horrible.

After a cub, who does not be chosen as a Shaman grows until they are a year and eleven months old, they are assigned as apprentices to either Breeders, Huntresses and or Fighters. (In male cases, Fighter is the only option unless they are chosen as Shamans). Their training goes on until they are two years old, or enter their first heat. (Female cases)

It is said that the reason their territory remains icy cold and forever snowy is thanks to the whispering souls of the Bevrore ancestors and deceased members; And that when a lion perishes, the sadness brought upon the pride summons a truly mighty blizzard that howls throughout the mountain's surroundings.

When a lion dies, they are mourned for two days. The cold of the mountains prevents the body from decomposing too quickly. But when the second day comes, the close familiars of the lion have to take them up to the top of the mountain, where the Shamans will do a ritual, in which the lion is frozen over completely, exept for the head, and crushed under the Shaman's paws. The body of the lion becomes a powder, which drifts into the sky by a small, chilky breeze summoned by the shaman, and the top of the skull is harvested by the shaman, and put on the walls of anywhere inside the tunnels of the mountain.

These Lions have the following features:

-Pale blue eyes
-Blueish fur and markings
-Cold body temperature

Most of the animals in the area have unusual white fur, and are mostly deemed as freaks by the lions outside the pride.

The Briesie Pride:
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Territory:

Beside the chilled land of the Ice Kingdom, is a land of cliffs and mountains. A pride of lions, the Briesie Pride inhabits those lands. They feel at home with the wind in their fur, living literally on the edge.

Around the middle of the territory, the vast expanse of mountains and cliffs carved into the land mellows down into rocky hills. Even deeper, it almost completely flattens out into a regular-looking savanna. A waterfall feeds into a watering hole that has a small, lush acacia forest around it.

Customs:

The Briesie lions have a strong connection to the wind. The Queen and King of the pride are able to use the wind at will often times controlling weather patterns, though only used in minor. Shamans have a different connection with the wind and use it for their spiritual bonds with ancestors. Huntress use the wind as an increase in speed when hunting game on the open savanna. Warriors use their abilities to fight off intruders, by creating gust of wind powerful enough to knock one off their paws. They can also create small vortexes that block paths.

Most cubs male or female stay within the pride. The females hold higher ranks than males, and usually become huntress, while males become warriors. When cubs reach the age of 1 they begin their training with older experienced lions. Their training continues until they reach the age of 3.

When it comes to choosing a mate, breeding, and the birth of the cubs, it is tradition to have a blessing from the Queen. As it is looked upon as good luck, and that each lion will prosper.

Cubs are essential to the life of a pride as they are the next generation. With each birth in the pride a ceremony is held to bless the cubs, and name the official announcing of names for the cubs. A Shaman will bless each cub and ask for the ancestors to watch over them.

Even in death none are forgotten. With each member that passes, there is a 4 day mourning period. On the first day each member pays their respects. On the second day the body is adorned with pelts and memebers gather feathers. On the third day the body is buried in a respectable place. On the forth members gather at the highest point, and at sundown they release feathers into the wind in rememberance.

The Vuur Pride:

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Territory: The Vuur Pride lives on the edge of an extremely active volcano, which should be enough to deter any enemies that dare step foot near this place. However, if even that is not enough, being the Fire Pride, they have the power to make it erupt as they wish, and they also have a constant brushfire that lines the border of their territory. You might think that it would be terribly difficult for them to have any prey of any sort, but how wrong would that be. The ash from the volcano after every eruption makes the soil extremely fertile for plants to sprout, attracting many prey animals despite of the danger. The lions themselves live in caves that are bored into the edge of the volcano, which are created as the side is indeed made of solidified magma, so all they have to do is to melt them into molten lava, and there's their cave.

Customs: All male cubs are chased out at the age of one by the king to avoid competition most of the time, and if they were to refuse, they would be brutally injured or even murdered by their own father. Females are usually kept in the pride, such that his bloodline would be able to continue.

Every 3 months, there is a ritual that occurs, where the shaman, along with the king, queen and the other pride members will cause the volcano to erupt, such that the volcanic ash on the earth can be increased, allowing more plant life to grow. They are kept safe, as the lions make the lava flow beside them, in an area. Along with that, they will cause a few parts of their savanna to be burnt, so the ground will grow even more fertile.

If a lion was to pass away, they will do a great ceremony, mourning the loss of that lion for 3 days, before the corpse of the lion is dropped into the magma in the crater of the volcano, returning to the element they were born in. This is also why the shaman's den is the nearest to the crater, so that he/she will be able to connect with them easier, asking for advice from the past ancestors.

The Aarde Pride:

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Territory:
The Aarde pride's territory is (to the untrained eye) a regular savanna. Large acacia trees prosper there, and the grass is a lush green. It is no ordinary savanna. The lions who inhabit it can shape the very forces of nature around them - plants. The lionesses there tend to a great wall of thorns outside of their camp, keeping the predators out. Inside of the lush green meadow they call home is a small pond and several lion-grown gardens. Inside of their dens, they grow pitcher and other carnivorous plants to keep the flies away.
Their territory is much less diverse and lush then their camp, since the lions don't tend to it as meticulously. It attracts lots of grass-eaters for the lions there to eat.

Customs:
The king and the queen of the pride usually grow a bromeliad in their fur, symbolizing the connecting with nature that they have. Lead plant-tenders also have this. When a lion turns one year old, their training begins with plants. They have to grow some sort of succulent in their own garden and raise it to full height. This marks adulthood, when completed.

The gardens of the pride are watered when needed and are cared for constantly. It puts the powers of the lions there to good use. Due to some unknown reason, the lionesses of the Aarde pride very rarely give birth. King Jata trades herbs and other things to the Vuur pride in exchange for "unwanted cubs" to diversify the blood in the pride.

On special ceremonies (such as the birth of royalty or a meeting with another pride), the lions of the pride adorn themselves with the flowers and stems of vines that grow along their dens.