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Name: Ukuucha'Wafalme
Means: Pride of Kings
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Basic Description:
First and foremost, this is NOT an all-male pride. They do not publicly condone male-male couples though are of the opinion that what happens within one's home away from the eyes of others is for the male himself to choose. Females are considered the weakest of all species and are treated with varying levels in that regard.
A Female is...
- To be subservient to the male that is in charge of her
- To serve the male in charge of her, in any way he asks
- To be beaten into submission if necessary

Location: On the south-west side of Lake Tanganyika


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History:
Long ago deep in the desert lived four small prides, each pride had the most stubborn and haughty males, and beautiful and clever females. The four prides shared water, hunting territory, and often came together in celebrating rains or to unite in the mating season. Each female boasted she was the most loyal to her mate, yet also the most desired by other males. Soon the females began to play at a dangerous sport, they seduced males for fun, they left off their hunting duties, and caused jealous fights to break out among the males.

Slowly the males began to war against one another, with food and water so scarce in the desert all four prides found their numbers quickly decimated. Many females were left without their mates and terrified of what would happen to them with the males so furious.

Finally one of the pride leaders stepped forth and called the other males to him. He explained that they could not continue in this fashion unless they all wished to perish in the desert. He promised to lead them all to better lands if they embraced the idea of one united pride. Explaining that the females were the cause of the problems and clearly inferior he persuaded the other males to see that the females had to be kept in place. Each male would claim females as his own and ensure they were kept from trouble of any kind.

The newly proclaimed Sultan agreed to have the other three pride leaders as his Vizier’s; they would serve as his confidants and aids. The males were quick to agree to the new plan tired of bickering with their brothers. They turned on the females and allowed those willing to swear loyalty, those unwilling were quickly slain. There was no room in the desert caravan for traitors and rebels.

When the pride arrived in the rich forest they settled and learned to live near the lake in a peaceful Utopia. Rules were set down so that no male would ever be lower then any female and no female would ever be higher then any male. The males agreed that to prevent any of the past problems they would not touch one another’s harems. The females would be expected to hunt and serve the males or suffer retribution.

After a time the position of the Kajira was formed, this status was created for those females who refused to accept their place. The kajira became the prides currency; the males traded and gave kajira as gifts keeping any jealousy or animosity from forming. Once a kajira accepted her place she would sometimes be allowed to join a harem.

The generations passed on in peace and isolation, raids became a more and more frequent occurrence as the males gained more footing and power over their harems and expanded them. Males of every kind had harems in the pride some kind and others cruel, yet the males did not turn on one another. They stood instead as brothers unwilling to ever again be driven to acts of foolishness over females…

Recent Events:
Sultan Qasim was a powerful ruler with one flaw, though none would point at it. He only bore two sons in his lifetime, the first by a banu who he named Faiz. He trained Faiz as his Emir until the Sultana finally bore him Aali. Qasim died just as Aali reached adulthood, leaving the pride in the paws of an Emir with very few females within his harem.

Now Aali finds himself faced with the duty of the pride, yet needing to leave to collect a female for his coming of age ceremony. He arranged for a raid, and led the males out into the rogue lands, there he captured a female for himself and returned to the pride with a victory and a Kajira. Unlike his father, who had given his mother the title of Sultana as a title alone, he allowed his Sultana to rule the females while he and the males left to raid. The power was a small one, but it was a small amount of power and much greater then that which former Sultan's had given their Sultanas. Now Aali seeks to appoint his Viziers and lead the pride onward in prosperity while concerning himself over his lack of a proper heir.

Ranks:
Males
Sultan (1)
He is the King of the pride, he makes all final decisions in the matters of the pride. He usually has the largest harem and it is tradition for any male petitioning him to offer him a female. He chooses the Sultana and is in charge of settling disputes between males over females. He also either appoints or is himself the executioner in more serious matters.

Emir (1)
He is the heir to the pride, the crown prince, if you will. He is either the eldest son born to the Sultan and Sultana, the eldest son of the Sultan (In the case of the Sultana not producing an heir), the closest male relative to the Sultan (In the case that the Sultan has not yet produced a male heir), or one of the Viziers chosen ahead of time by the Sultan (In the case of no male relatives).
His job is to learn from his father, how to rule and lead the lions into battle, how to make wise decisions and other similar tasks.

Vizier (3)
Three males of high ranking are known as Vizier. They have the largest harems in the pride, apart from the Sultan and Emir, and are chosen specifically by the Sultan to help him in making decisions. They are advisers as well as tactical leaders. Viziers are known for their intelligence and strength.

Sheikh (Unlimited)
A Sheikh is simply a brother to the Sultan or Emir. They generally have larger harems than Pads and are also more likely to have petitions for the Sultan recognized. It is easier to go through a Sheikh than straight to the Viziers or Sultan himself.

Pad (Unlimited)
A Pad is a normal male. He may have as many females in his harem as he wishes, though a Vizier may take offense over a Pad having more than him. They are in charge of their females as well as patrolling the lands while the females hunt.

Eunuch (Unlimited)
This is the name for a male hybrid. It is assumed at birth that hybrids are infertile, thus the title. They are, however, allowed to have at a maximum of 2 females in their harem. If they produce offspring, they are given the title of Pad (Or Sheikh, depending on his heritage) and is then allowed more females.
If a hybrid is caught using another male to make it appear that he is fertile, the hybrid is executed, as is his conspiring partner.

Pesar (Unlimited)
This is the term for cub and juvenile males. (Females do not have a term like this. They are either Banu or Kajira from birth)

Females
Sultana (1)
She is the Beybanu of the Sultan's harem. She is, essentially, the queen of the pride, though it is up to the Sultan whether or not she has any clout. No male is allowed to touch her beside the Sultan and any of her sons that are below adolescence.

Beybanu (1 per male)
She is the head of a male's harem, his preferred female. She is in charge of organizing hunts and raising the children of her Pad. No other male (Beside the Sultan and Emir) is allowed to touch her without her Pad's permission.

Banu (Unlimited)
She is a female in a male's harem. She answers to her Pad and Beybanu, hunts, bears her Pad's cubs, and helps to raise cubs if the Beybanu requests it. No other male (Beside the Sultan and Emir) is allowed to touch her without her Pad's permission.

Kajira (Unlimited)
These females do not belong to any one Pad, they are used as currency. Mostly unwilling they have yet to prove themselves as loyal enough to be protected by any one male. Kajira are often traded, and dealt with much more harshly then any Banu or Beybanu would be.

Kajira are welcome to be rebellious, but only to an extent. They can work towards getting into a harem, but the ones that get out of hand run a serious risk of being ICly killed to prevent rebellion from spreading. Keep in mind that ANY trouble females may be ICly killed.
OOCly, the owner of the sultan and the three vizier owners must unanimously agree that this needs to be done, and the situation will be brought up with the female's owner.

Peoples can post now. heart

Come the May custom madness I'm gonna be trying to get a bunch of pride members to contest off, so if anyone is interested stick around.

Don't have a character yet who'd fit, but interested for sure =)

*Giggles* Unless it's something major or whatnot, it's a don't ask, don't tell policy on where males get their girls. I think the only rules are a suggestion not to take from a specific list of prides (Which Roxy and I will sort out) and to never ever ever let someone follow you back to the pride lands.

We kinda figured that the most likely types of situations in this pride would be one of the following.
1) A male who loves one female in his harem most of all, but does the harem thing for status and possibly cause trouble among his females due to favoritism.
2) A male who likes having more than one female to his beck and call and who knows how to balance his time between them.
3) Or the type of "do as I say, or you'll be sorry" scenario.

Of course, those are generic, but those are the ideas that we thought pretty much personified the "picture" we had of the relationships of the pride.

Roxy's working on the other rank descriptions. Just letting ya'll know that Kajira is kind of a slave ranking. I'm not too sure, but I don't think those girls belong to specific Pads.
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Pad means Master. XD

Interesting, my male cheetah (in my sig) might be interested. :>