🌠 Lion Design Contest 🌠

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THIS IS OPEN ONCE MORE !

Hello everyone ! I am in search of two rather complex designs. The reason I call them complex is because there is no lion to base the designs off, only descriptions.

The reason why I am in need of these two designs is because I'm going to be starting off a breeding project on my side account. However, the twist is that I'll only be abiding by Hard Mode's rules.

In order to start out in Hard Mode, you must come up with a goal. Mine is to crown a Sunset based lion with Mottled Rosette who's related to my rolled king (will be replaced to have no heritage though). That's my first design. I know that I want to crown a Sunset based with Mottled Rosette but I don't exactly have a vision on how I want them to look fully. This is where y'all come into play. :)

Now, the thing about Hard Mode is that you must start off with a rolled king. You can customize said rolled king in the Oasis or with applicators which is what I shall be doing. That's my second design. I'd want you to customize my starting male.

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1st Place: 9 + 1 Refunded Studding

2nd Place: 6 + 1 Refunded Studding

3rd Place: 3 + 1 Refunded Studding

Participation: 1 Refunded Breeding

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Lore:
Everything has lore, including these designs. All lore is made up by me and if it resembles any other writings then it's a coincidence.

It is rumored that lions with any of the Celestial bases (Celestial, Dawn, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, Stratosphere, Sunrise, or Sunset) inhabit small powers. They all belonged to one pride and were united under one eternal and good spirit who would lead them and was called Eldeah. This eternal spirit would possess a vessel, a lion with one of the Celestial bases and who was marked with the blessing of the leopards (Mottled Rosette). Only with those specific requirements would Eldeah be able to access the body and take over, making said vessel the pride ruler. Eldeah needed these vessels in order to be able to interact with the lions or else she'd be like a ghost. A vessel would come, be trained by the current ruler, pass away, and the other vessel would take over it's place. Although, Eldeah would never truly take over and control the ruler's every move. Eldeah only truly served as an all powerful advisor, offering words of wisdom alongside the Godly powers needed for the selected ruler to protect their pride. All vessels had their own unique personality (think Avatar) and morals but what they all shared in common was that they had been chosen by Eldeah.

However, there would be no good without any evil. Enter the evil eternal spirit, Mahlah. Mahlah was a cruel spirit that took enjoyment of other beings suffering, including the lions that he was meant to protect alongside Eldeah. Mahlah, loving the feeling of utter agony, began to form a plan on how to cause the biggest suffering of all to Eldeah. Only thing that came in mind was to make the Celestial lions extinct. With incredible patience and astonishing intelligence, Mahlah waited to infect the next vessel that would be born. A small parasite that typically wouldn't sicken any of these Celestial lions. However newborns were too frail to defend them off. So, Mahlah kept watch of the next couple of cubs that were born until the next vessel was born. It was hard to miss them, they were marked boldly by rosettes as soon as they came into the world.

Mahlah found the spotted cub. A little runt by the name of Lucius. The evil spirit immediately released the parasite. Almost immediately, the small cub stopped breathing. The enchanted herbalists were all in fear of losing the next ruler and did everything in their power to save the little cub. The enchanted herbalists were triplets, three lionesses that looked exactly alike. No one in the pride was able to tell them apart until this day. They successfully healed the vessel but at the cost of one sister's right eye, one sister's left eye, and the third sister's nose (including her sense of smell).

However, it already proved to late. The parasite had already gotten the vessel. The parasite's job was to slowly consume the cub's heart, making it evil just like Mahlah. It would get to a point where Mahlah would be able to take over as well. Everyone took notice of the cub's odd demeanor. Sudden mood swings, bashfulness, he was a loner. It was all so very different from the rulers before them although the pride didn't worry, they knew every new vessel had it's distinctive personality. As Lucius grew older however, there seemed to be a certain darkness to him. It was went unseen by Eldeah and the former ruler.

Until one day, Mahlah finally took over Lucius. It is said that Lucius grew into a primal like beast (primal ferus) as soon as Mahlah took over. The bright sunset base of his grew dark and cold. Lucius wasted no time in killing the last ruler, watching as Eldeah slipped out and panicked around. The good spirit tried to warn the other Celestial lions to no avail. She was a mere ghost now. Lucius began to cause havoc. He chased all the lionesses out, set their home to flames, and supposedly vanished.

This is a common legend. It is said that those massive muscular lions known as Primals have descended from Lucius. It is said that as soon as Eldeah became a ghost, that the Celestial lions lost their powers and were no longer capable of defending themselves. Even if it seemed like a simple cub's tale, my rolled king had been obsessed with the story since he had been born. His pride consisted of redish and pinkish lions, a pride said to have descended directly from those celestial beings, more specifically those Sunset lions. With that on his mind, my rolled male decided to depart from his former pride in hopes of bringing back Eldeah by creating a perfect vessel for her. It is rumored that Lucius is still out there and is the one causing misery (natural disasters, floods, dry season, etc). Eldeah is needed back.

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So yeah that's the lore I came up with ! Essentially, my rolled male is going to try to breed a Sunset Mottled Rosette with certain breed only traits that I like so that he can hopefully save his people. Now, I'll go into detail about the designs. :)

Requirements for Design One:

Requirements for Design Two:

Design One (the breeding project goal) must consist of the following:
- Sunset Base

- Mottled Rosette Marking In Slot 6

- Dawn, Dove, Cosmic, or Draconid Eyes

- Pale, Clouded, Greige, or Peach Skin.

- Royal Mane

- Mane Color that fits with design

- Good Markings (Breed Only, Applicator, Piety, etc)

- Mutations: Any variant of Primal, any variant of Piebald, any variant of Patches.

- Minimum of 10 markings.

- Theme: Celestial, God Like

- Decor is not required but will definitely help you win.

- Everything must fit well ! I can tell when you hit the Randomizer button.

- This is how Lucius looked like. Just in case you wanted your design to resemble him or if you wanted your design to look nothing like him. :)

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Design Two (the rolled king) must consist of the following:
- Rhubarb, Brimstone, Chaos, Hibiscus, or Inferno base. No other ones allowed.

- Barbary, Hellraiser, Sideburn, Thick, or Tufted Mane.

- Mane color that fits design.

- Markings that can be added with normal or event applicators.

- Eye Color that can be added with normal or event applicators.

- Skin Color that can be applied.

- Theme: Either go red, go pink, or a nice balance of the two.

- Basically, no breed only traits. Only things that can be added with applicators. :)

- I'd prefer if more markings could be added with the normal Marking Applicator from Oasis and the rest from event applicators, etc. :)

- Minimum of 10 markings.

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