•ℝ𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕚 ☂ #𝟚𝟙𝟛𝟙𝟛𝟛•

•ℕ𝕪𝕩•
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A lioness with a large white mane steps into The Depths. The surviving sunlight seemed to latch onto her pelt until the darkness of the labyrinth suffocated it. She padded down the tunnel and the blue flickering lights danced across her pelt, briskly highlighting the unnatural colors on her pelt, before it disappears quickly.

She spots the dark lion and her tail sweeps across the ground, a small dust cloud forming at her paws,

"I am looking for a single cub. A cub that promises strength."

She watches The Warden, studying the powerful lion before nodding her head,

"I do have eyes for a specific cub. One that matches your pelt almost perfectly. But I do not know the cub myself. In my pride only the strongest lions live. If one falls behind they are left or killed."

She sits down, her tail resting at her paws,

"But if he does survive. He will be honored and treated like a god amongst the other lions."


•𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟•
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The Warden stares passively at her, pale eyes contrasting harshly against her pelt. She gave a small nod, a small smirk revealing long, glittering fangs. With only a flick of her head, she turned and retreated further into the large cavern. Without even a word, a young, russet male slunk from the shadows, his head bowed, not looking at either of the two queens. "Atsu, this lovely lady here is interested in...someone special," she hesitated briefly, though it was unsure if the hesitation was merely her choosing how to word her sentence or something deeper. The young male briskly retreated down on of the tunnels, quickly disappearing into shadow once more.

"You are looking for a cub that promises strength. One like myself," she said calmly, sitting down neatly in the middle of the cavern, unconcerned about her back being turned to a new- comer. She knew immediately who it would be. He was a damned fine cub despite being a bastard. "You are about to meet the best I can offer. He is strong, of my own blood, and he is fierce. I have overseen his training myself, in fact, and had he not been adopted I might've made him a member of my royal guard," a tint of pride colored her voice.

Right on cue, the young male returned, carrying a large male cub in his jaws, The cub stared keenly at the newcomer, a near perfect mirror of the Warden save for the ice imprisoning her. His pale eyes were piercing and cruel despite his youth, and The Warden smirked proudly, her icy fangs glittering in time. "Atsu, you are dismissed," she flicked her ear, barely glancing at him as he disappeared into the shadows.

"I would advise caution with him around your own young..much like you, I do not care for weakness," she lifted her chin, nudging the cub forward with a claw. "He has not earned himself a name yet, but I'm sure he'll be a valuable asset to your pride. No kin of mine harbors weakness, and if they do, well, they are no longer considered mine." Her tone darkened at that, as if remembering something-or someone-in particular.

•ℝ𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 ♡ 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕠 ♡ #𝟛𝟟𝟘𝟝𝟛𝟘•

•ℕ𝕪𝕩•
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The moonlight shown down as the lioness stepped into The Prophets Den. The light seeming to hold onto her fur as long as it could before the shadows of the cave took its place. The lioness had a pelt fill with stars and different hues that reminded The Prophet of the night sky. She shook her massive mane before gingerly walking around, looking at all the cubs before she stopped in her tracks.

She glanced at the entrance before looking back at the small cub, She quietly nodded to herself and approached Anthea with her head slightly lowered to show she meant no harm,

"Hello.. My name is Nyx. I run a pride and we're looking for a prophet to help guide us closer to our goddess. My goddess led me here. And I was hoping that little one is looking for a home because she showed me its her my pride is looking for"

She once again nods to the small cub, Anthea's only daughter. Nyx sits down near the entrance, giving her time and space to make her decision.

•𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕒•
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Anthea crawled from the looming darkness of the cave, her head lowered to the ground as the star pelted queen approached her. Anthea's eyes were a deep green and held a remarkable resemblance to that of a snake.

As the lioness in front of her pointed out Anthea's beloved daughter, a gleam of mischief - practically unnoticeable - flickered across her features before being quickly replaced with a large and almost too wide of a grin.

"Ah yes, I always knew my daughter would follow in my footsteps" She beamed, her large paw pushing the cub towards the lioness in front of her. "She would be perfect for your pride" She spoke, her eyes flickering once more with an unsettling look as her grin turned into more of a sly and mischievous grin.

•ℝ𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪•
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The sky was dark and clouds covered the moon in a thin blanket. Rain was gently falling down against the trees and thunder occasionally roared.

Darkness had fallen and left the Breakwood Canopy surrounded in the nighttime shadows. Most of the pride there was asleep, the nice noise of the rain giving them pleasant dreams. But the Accursed could not sleep. The lightning jolted them awake and every noise of the rain hitting the ground kept her anxious. She soon grew tired of laying around and forced herself to her feet and began walking throughout the woods.

Rain plattered against her and soon her wings dripped with water. Her fur and feathers were drenched in water and as she stepped her claws got more and more covered in slimy dirt. Just as she was about to turn back to smell caught her attention. Meat.

She snapped her head in that direction, her tongue swiping across her sharp beak. That smell had to be an okapi. A very dead okapi. And that was enough motivation.

She moved through the woods almost gracefully, her legs swiftly moving and her wings half opened for balance against the rough terrian. It was close enough she didnt have to fly and that was a good thing because there was no way she could fly. The rain started to come down harder the farther she went and began snuffing out the scent. She was forced to stop. She couldnt smell the okapi anymore and she got frustrated.

But it didnt last long. She heard a branch nearby snap and her hackles rose. A being seemed to melt out of the darkness. A black gryphon stood a few feet away, its talons dug into the stone of a giant outcropping. The lightning in the sky flickering across its sleek drenched feathers. The griffons neck and chest were muscular and powerful, and its beak sharp and curved, covered in the blood of a fresh kill.

The gryphons eyes narrow, a deep rumbling growl echoing from its chest before it tosses over the carcass of a fresh okapi.


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The first thought in her head, though perhaps to her own detriment, wasn't that she was face-to-face with a trespasser, or even that she was face-to-face with the first she'd ever seen of her own kind that wasn't of herself - no, it was the enrapturing aroma of blood.

Her fangs sink in without a second thought, tearing away strips with a fervor one would only see from someone starved. It was only when the carcass was nigh emptied of its midsection that the cursed lioness finally opened her bloodied beak to speak instead of eat.

"I've half a mind to report you to my king," she says, her eyes dutifully locked on the stranger as her tongue glides over her bloodied fangs. "For this land belongs to a conquerer that does not take well to trespassers. But with this... boon," she tears away another strip from the carcass. "Well, you have my attention."

She continues to eat as she talks, though more mindfully. Her gaze land on the gryphon's black feathers, and her next words are softer.

"I hearken to Accursed. What would you have of me, stranger?"

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The storm began to pick up. Thick smoky clouds rolled in like boulders and the already dark shadows that had engulfed the forest seemed to grow darker, fully consuming any surviving light. The trees began to whip around as the winds got stronger. The rain pelted down harder, making it even more harder to see.

The gryphon, now just a figure in the rain, stepped closer. His wings spreading open,

"Your cubs grow quickly"

He began speaking, his voice hoarse but it cut though the sounds of the storm,

"Both of your blood they will fall to the same fate."

He drew closer, each movement muted by the sound of the rain,

"But they may have a chance to escape it if they come with me."


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I think I can work with that little one! Tbh the fodder babe might work for an idea too!


Keeper Baby would have mainly her fathers genetics. He would pass his white and gray fur and his horns. But from his mother the obvious gryphon/griffin mutation and to fit her proud personality she made a necklace similar to her mothers to show she was related to a strong warrior.


Fodder baby would have mainly her mothers genetics, getting a dark pelt and a dark personality to match. She grows horn like her father but thats the only resemblence between them. Her sister was saved from the cursed... but whether or not this one was saved is not known just yet. Shes always had a hunger. Pushing away pridemates from a carcass and snapping back when they tried to yank her off. Her mood grew worse and worse the more food there was. Unlike her sister she didnt care about what she looked like and never even groomed herself.




If she gets the curse- (depends on how her mother got it)


Soon her hunger became uncontrollable. She would scavenge the lands, ordered not to kill prey she turned to the monsters that nobody dared to touch. She killed them and devoured them as well. Her fur never cleaned soon turned permanetly blood stained.

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Blood from the half-eaten carcass trailed off as it mixed with the rainwater, meeting the paws of both the Accursed and the stranger.

"My blood..." She looks down as she slowly echoes his words. Her gaze is more contemplative and her tone is almost somber. Her eyes squeeze shut as an immediate, gnawing pain in her gut blooms. It was the same after every meal, no matter how much or little she ate.

If the Accursed didn't know any better, she would perhaps think this meeting wasn't by pure chance.

She lifts her head to look the dark gryphon in the eyes - his frame almost entirely concealed by the equally dark surroundings but for his striking gaze.

"You must swear by it. Swear by it and I will relinquish them."

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The gryphon nods his head, drawing closer to her

"If thats what you wish, then I'll swear it. I swear I'll do everything in my power to raise them and keep them from suffering the same fall as you. "

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Imma make the trade now for the valiant markings- Sorry it took a bit to respond lmao I got pretty busy

•ℝ𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪•
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A sleek black lioness with blue gems eroding from her skull, casting a faint blue across her face steps toward the space-painted Tanabi. The lioness bows her head, gesturing she is no threat before she speaks in a low voice,

"Tanabi I have great interest in one of your cubs."

She turns her head, nodding to a cub that was sprawled out under the moonlight alone after being rejected from cuddling.

"My Goddess guides me and she believes.. Tezuka.. will help our pride."

The lioness sounds uncertain with her Goddess but then nods and looks back at the king,

"I noticed you are wanting something for Tezuka. What do you wish for her?

The lioness seemed to be listening to her Goddess but her mind was somewhere out of the conversation. She slowly looked over at a different lioness. She sits down, her tail curling over her paws and she smiles to herself. Completely lost in thought while watching Enix. She then remembers why she was there and looks back at the starry king. A slight shade of pink touching her cheeks. She wanted to ask about Enix's price but she was obviously too nervous to. Odd.. arent lionesses supposed to be crushing over kings? Not other females?


•𝕊𝕚𝕕𝕖-ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖•
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Hi!!! I absolutely love your lions and would die if I could afford these two beauties lol

Tezuka - https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794204872928

Enix - https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794199296237

I actually have lore and a decor idea for Tezuka!





For Enix I have a vague idea and will keep working on it if you wanna know it but I'd rather just have an idea until I know I can afford her lol