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Alpha Helix: Elementals Concept Contest

Hello everyone. Welcome to my Elementals Concept Contest. Look around, have fun, and most importantly, don't ask me something without reading the whole thing. Enjoy. (:

The purpose of this contest is to create another pack in Alpha Helix, seeing as we seem to be lacking in active ones. The theme, if you couldn't tell by now, is elementals. The winner of this contest will win one Alpha for this pack of elementals. Please scroll down below for more information.

Starts: Now (Wednesday July 15, 2009)
Ends: Sunday July 19, 2009 at 12pm GST | 4pm PST | 5pm MST | 6pm CST | 7pm EST

Rules:
• One entry per person.
• Read everything before asking questions.
• You may post questions here if you wish to do so. I'll reply to any and all questions posted here, in the main thread, or event thread ASAP if it applies to this particular contest.
• Remember, if you own an Alpha, you're required to pop into the main thread at least once a month, so if you don't plan to hang around, I suggest you don't apply.
• You may edit your post as often as you wish until closing time. However, I can't say for certain whether I'll notice an edit or not, so please mention it if you edit your post (and specify what you edited).

Judge(s):
• Myself.
• Anyone else I may choose to help me.

Judging On:
• Concept and creativity. Many of us know how a basic pack works, but tell me, how does the pack you wish to create stand out? (Besides the fact that the members are elementals. xD)
• Roleplay Abilities. This includes:
• • Grammar. I won't be too harsh on this. I just need to know you have the ability to communicate fluently in the English language. xD
• • How well your story can fit into the world of Alpha Helix.
• • Your use of vocabulary.
• • Length. If you give me one sentence and leave it at that, it's an automatic loss.
• Neatness. Remember, if you win this, you'll have a whole pack. I'll want to know if you have the skills to keep things organized. This is why the form is... small. I'll leave it up to you to organize the required information as you see fit. You're less likely to have a chance at winning if I have a hard time finding the information required (see below for more information regarding this).

Required Information:
Please make sure you stick this information somewhere on your form. The way it's organized is up to you.
• Name of the pack.
• Name, gender, and element of the Alpha of said pack. (The one you're keeping.)
• Element and owner of your Alpha's mate. (Not required if your Alpha dosen't have a mate. If you'd like to give out your Alpha's mate via Roleplay Contest, just state so, and if you win, we'll go into deeper discussion about the contest.)
• What type of members the pack has. (Ex: Does this pack allow Omegas?)
• The elements of certain ranks. (Ex: Gamma(s): Fire, water, earth, air. Please note that I take what you list as suggestions. This the final decision is mine, not yours. I'll be sure to take all of your suggestions seriously, though.)
• History. You own the Alpha and members are going to be given out throughout the event, meaning that by the end of the event, the pack will already be established. So obviously, there's going to be a history. Tell me how the members met and decided to make a pack and whatnot.
• Pack Information. What's everyday pack life like? Which territory do they live in and what's it like? Do they honor a certain god or goddess? Do they hold sacrifices every night or have a certain festival? What? You tell me.
• Plans. What are you hoping for with this pack? (Some sort of plot, I hope.)
• Additional notes. If you have any, plop them in your post.

Additional Information:
• [ Main Thread ] | [ Guild ] | If you're new, I'll leave it up to you to find out more about Alpha Helix instead of having me point out every important thing to you. This will prove to me that you're determined enough to go for a pack. (:
• Winged helixes are only allowed in the East so... if you'd like any winged helixes, I suggest you go there. (Keep in mind, though, that I suck with wings.)
• I would prefer it if you didn't choose "metal" as an element, seeing as I'm bad with those kinds of edits. However, you're still allowed to pick it if you want.
• Any element can be made into a helix, but only one of each element is allowed. (Ex: You can't have to fire helixes running around.)
• Please, keep the world of Alpha Helix in mind. You can not say these helixes were god/desses and fell or something of the sort. If you're unsure on what is acceptable, just ask.
• If you need ideas on elements, have a simple list: fire, earth, water, air, lightning, ice, light, dark, sound, etc.
• This is not a custom for an Alpha. You pick an element and the appearance of the helix is up to me. I will allow minimal changes if some parts displease you but, again, this is not a custom.
• By winning this contest, you are allowed to keep the elemental Alpha you have chosen. His or her mate (rules state that the mate must be of opposite gender; please don't complain to me about it, I don't pick the rules) can be given away to a friend or a Roleplay contest will be held for it. Your Alpha can have no mate at all if you'd like.
• If you decided not to give your Alpha a mate, then you may choose another rank (such as Beta) with any element (besides the element of your Alpha) and give it away/host a Roleplay Contest for it. (If you choose this option, please specify it in your post.)
• Although they are elementals, they have no powers they can control at will. For example, a fire elemental may have fire wrapping around its leg but the helix can not destroy the fire, let it grow, choose what it affects and what it doesn't, etc. No control over the element, period.
• The rest of the pack members will be given away in the event through Raffles, Games, etc.
• By winning the contest, you are allowed some freedom on what kind of helixes I decide to offer up in the event. For example, if you'd prefer it if there were only one Beta, then I'll only release one Beta in the event. You may also help judge any Roleplay contests held for the other members. Everything else is up to me.
• I'm only allowed to give out a maximum of thirteen pets for this section of the event (twelve, if you take out your Alpha) so make sure to keep that in mind!
• I've also recently decided that the winner does not necessarily have to take an Alpha, although it is highly suggested. If the winner doesn't take the Alpha(s), a Roleplay contest will be held for it/them until someone acceptable wins.
• While I'm glad there's interest in new territories, I highly doubt they're available, as the owner is too busy to take the time to work on them. It's suggested that you remain with the first five territories: Neutral, North, South, East, and West.
• All ranks except these are available: God/desses, Tumba Rochs, Sprites/Familiars, and Seers.
• [NEW] Unfortunately, it seems that for now, the only active god/desses are Vernon (Time) and Verity (Truth) in the Neutral Territory, seeing as the other staff are having computer problems, RL problems, or just don't pop by anymore. :c It won't affect your entry if an unactive god/dess is involved. Just don't expect the god/dess you choose (excluding Vernon and Verity) to pop by anytime soon. >>;

Form:

I edited so that my Pack was in a territory that wasn't new. <3

Elementals Pack Concept Contest Entry

Username: Velveteen Angel

Pack Name:Angry Women UniteThe Raining Moon Pack

//Alpha Details//

Name: Kahi
Meaning: Hawaiian /form of Kakahi/ means unique, outstanding and solitary
Gender: Female
Element: Air
Mate: No mate.
Personality:
Kahi is very dominate and dislikes other people questioning her control, which is why she rarely interacts with other dominate helixes, preferring to be around more submissives . Despite her dislike of dominance, she hates seeing submissive females and tends to try and encourage dominance in females, just not too much. Kahi is very contradictory in her believes, leaving her confused and often isolated from others. While her views towards dominant males are harsh, she has nothing against males in generally, especially those who know their place in a pack, which is, in her mind, in positions of less or, if they absolutely must, equal power with females.

//Member Details//

The pack accepts all ranks but there are no high-ranking male helixes. Male pups, adolescents, omegas and some male gammas are accepted, however, male Beta's and Alpha's are shunned from the pack and are not allowed contact with the females of the pack.

Beta: Element Fire ( female) // Strong female. One of the originals who left Kahi's pack with her when she first became Alpha. Doesn't necessarily always agree with Kahi's leadership but still will follow her. Is respected as much as the Alpha but is always only second-in-command. Takes over when Alpha is busy hunting with the Gammas and/or adolescents.

Gammas: Elements Water, Earth (2 females, 1 male) // One of the females came from the original pack. Other female and male are newcomers (relationship between the pair is undecided and would be up to owners. i.e. Mates, siblings, ect. ).

Omega/s: Elements: earth, water, fire (1 male) // He was brought into the pack by one of the female Gammas, Kahi tolerates him because he will not challenge her. Often tends to the adolescents or pups.

Adolescents: Elements light, dark, fire (2 female, 1 male) // They adolescents are the results of past pup-snatching and now spend the majority of their time learning from the Beta/Alpha so that they may become dominant, although not all of their personalities are very dominant.

Pups: Elements fire, air, dark (3 females) // All three pups were taken from their families along the way and now are under the guidance of the Omega and Kahi.

//Pack Details//

Territory: The South.
One of the broken temples deep within the jungle is their main base. The temple is decaying, little more then a ruin, but it supplies ample protection from the elements and give them wide range surrounding the temple for their hunting territories. The temple is located in one of the elevated areas of the southern area, near to a waterfall. Statues litter the temple, making it obvious that it had been previously used as a shrine for a human water goddess, though these are mostly just used as play toys for the pups.

Beliefs:
The pack has little to no spiritual connections to any specific god or goddess. They have little to no ceremonies beyond small ceremonies for important events, such as the blessing of a newborn pup or acceptance ceremonies of new members which both involve giving thanks to all gods for guiding them to the pack. Kahi leads these ceremonies and it is required that the pack join in, if only to bless the newcomers.

History:
Kahi was born into a small pack to an Alpha father and an omega mother. The pack had two male beta's as well, as the female beta had passed away young, her eldest son rising in rank to take her place. The highest ranking female was a gamma, the mate of one of the Beta's. As Kahi grew, she became more resentful towards her father who she saw as a bully, as his dominance over their pack often seemed harsh, especially to Kahi's mother who lived only to be submissive. Seeing her father's actions as cruel, Kahi often tried to convince her mother that they could leave together and that her mother would learn to be more dominant if she was away from her tyrant mate. Her mother always refused and Kahi became angry. Even as an adolescent, Kahi challenged her father in every decisions of the pack, rallying the other female adolescents together so they could protest something which was, in all honesty, something that was usually best for the pack. Unfortunately, Kahi never saw it that way. When she finally grew to an adult, her Alpha status was already obvious. Instead of taking over her father's pack, which had already become scattered and broken because of the unrest within, Kahi took two of the female adolescence and the four female pups, leaving only her father, mother and a few older helixes left in the pack she grew up in.
Kahi and the few female helixes she claimed as her pack drifted from pack to pack, taking with them other female helixes which Kahi dubbed worthy of her pack. These were often young adolescents or pups who did not know better then to leave their packs and families. Packs in the area, or even family groups, grew wise to Kahi and warned their pups away from her. This didn't stop them still going with her but it was all the parents could do.
There were few male youths who Kahi took with her as well, but these were never dominant males as Kahi believed that dominant males would suppress 'her females' into submissives only.
Not all of Kahi's females agreed with her about dominant males but there were none so open about defying her. Sneaking around behind her back was easy, as Kahi was often in charge of hunting and away for long periods of time.


Future Plans:
Personally, I would really love to see a dominant male Alpha challenge Kahi and her leadership, or to see a clash with a more male-oriented or a mixed gender pack. Smaller plot points like some of her females falling for dominant males or having male pups which are more dominant, which may cause problems because Kahi would insist that they leave the pack (the male pups) or become more submissive in nature. I would like to see the pack grow in size but not too many as Kahi will only accept strong helixes.
Kahi was also well known for 'pup snatching' from families who hadn't taught their females what she believes is the 'right way' to behave. Kahi will continue to try and remove female pups from 'unfit' families, which may lead to some pretty angry mama and papa helixes.

Elementals Pack Concept Contest Entry

Username: CrimsonCutie666

Alpha's
Evinal/Ice/Male
Light/Female *given away via Rp contest*

Beta's
Dark/Male
Lightning/Female

Gamma's
Water/Male
Heat/Female

Omega's
Air/Female
Spirit/Female

Adolescents
Earth/Female

Pups
Fire/Male
Sound/Male



History:
Abandoned, hurt, and in need of a home, that's how Evinal started his life in the cold North. As he grew, Evinal came to accept the cruel punishment that Destiny had handed him and started growing into a fine strong and commanding Alpha who understood life's flow.

Deciding to travel to become well rounded Evinal met his mate Hiana, a most beautiful helix, who had been attacked, and left to die out in the harsh Southern sun. Staying to help heal her and make her well the two fell in love and between them decided they wished to give other helixes, like themselves, a home, should they need one.
Setting out to travel the territories they ran into many helixes who had no place to call home, and took them in.

After many members had joined Evinal held a pack meeting to set down the rules all pack members must follow to make the pack successful. If a member should go against the rules, he stated, they would be taken to the territory of their choice and left there to fend for themselves.

The rules:
-Respect for all ranks,
-Omegas jobs are to tend to the young and the hurt
-Follow the feeding order (Offering to the God/Goddess of that territory, Pups, Injured, Elders, Adolescents, Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Omegas)
-What the Alphas say, goes
-We travel with the seasons (Winter in North, Spring in East, Summer in South, Fall in West, Neutral during the equinoxes)
-Only the helix with the element closest resembling that territory may have pups there
Ice, Water-North
Air, Lightning, Spirit-East
Light, Heat, Fire-South
Sound, Dark, Earth-west
-Mates can be of any rank or sex to one another
-All helixes are welcome to the pack




Pack Life:
Being a member of the Harsh Elements has it's draw backs. They travel to the territory with the harshest weather for each season, each member can't have pups whenever they wish, part of each meal is wasted on a God or Goddess instead of going into the bellies of the pack, but life is good. Every member is treated with respect, even the lowly omegas. The Gods and Goddesses look down favorably on the pack for the honor bestowed upon them.
Since the pack doesn't live in one particular territory the members can choose to live whichever territory they wish. No matter the helix, they are welcomed into the pack, even if its only for the time being. Finally the members can mate with the helix of their choosing, be that helix an omega, alpha, male or female. Peace, love, healing and acceptance run this pack, along with the seasons and the needs of the pups.

During each equinox the pack travels to the center of the territories, the Neutral territory, and holds a gathering for all helixes to attend. Each helix adorns him or herself with the nature surrounding them and call on the Gods to come celebrate the circle of life and death with them. This is the time when most helixes of the pack choose their mate and together they declare their love before all to see by howling to the sky.

Life is well when bellies are full and the Great Goddess shines her light on you but something lurks within the packs very core that may destroy all that keeps them together.



Plans:
For the Harsh Elements I'm hoping for some inner turmoil. What I'm thinking of is that Evinal, a moral and just leader, is seduced and poisoned by a member of the pack. He cheats on his mate, who I'm hoping will either have had or is having his pups, with this seductress and his mate catches him in the act.

With the poison effecting his mind he becomes a ruthless tyrant bossing around the helixes in his pack, abusing his mate and children and maybe even using the pups for his own entertainment (This is up for discussion) until the pack comes to a breaking point. During all this members will continue joining and take sides, most who are on Evinals side will be poisoned by the seductress as well, until two different packs are formed.

These two packs will become rivals and will battle each other until only one is standing. I've yet to decide how the ending of this rivalry will come about but that will come in time.



Additional Notes:
The names and genders I use in my post and for information can be changed by the owner or Ryuu as they see fit. Also if there are too many in the pack and Ryuu doesn't want to make that many then please cut down on whatever you wish.

Edits will be in dark blue for easy reading.