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Name: Makutu
Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Species: Lion, Rogue Old Updated.
Parents: N/A
Offspring: N/A
Description: All the colours are to be inspired by the colour reference below, her legs are to be black or a very deep blue in colour and work up to a lighter blue on her body. Rare flashes of purple should be added to the main part of her body. The black part of her legs should be marked with a design to look like the glow worms in the reference for leg markings below. One of her other key markings is a Maori themed tatto which is on her lower jaw and works down her throat, see ref below. The SW reference is another of my pets that is based on this concept/design.
Reference Image(s), if applicable: Maori chin tattoo, Colour reference, Leg markings, SW reference.

Name: Kijin
Stage: Adult
Gender: Male
Species: Lion - Rogue (Alternative), the ones that look like he's walking.
Parents: N/A
Offspring: N/A
Description:
Similar markings to Xenon as they're going to be old pride mates. He'll have a base coat of off-black with the markings being two of the complimentary colours provided in the swatch. Which of these colours you pick is entirely up to you, but I'd like them to look 'soft' rather than too glaring and harsh i.e. the splotches/patches are slightly cloudier.

He has bi-coloured eyes as well, with one being blue and the other silver (he's blind in the silver one). However, due to the pose of the alternative lines, I'd like to request that it be the silver one that's visible!

Mane colour is a much darker, 'pure' black.

Reference Image(s), if applicable:
Xenon (Marking Ref)
Colour Swatch

Pride: Bahari'mtoto
Plot Concept:
Kijin has always been a bit of a wanderer after the rather abrupt shift within his childhood pride. However, a chance encounters within the coastal regions will subject him to a blast from the past. Having bumped into his surrogate 'brother' within the Bahari'mtoto, Kijin begins to question how and why Xenon elected to stay within such a region...particularly when the older lion had made such a vocal declaration that he would never swear loyalty to another pride.

Alas, he soon begins to suspect that it has something to do with the pretty females and thoroughly distracted, Kijin seeks to pursue them and discover what secrets they might hold! A decided troublemaker, he fails to realise the strict stance the pride has upon rogues and as a consequence, he is subject to the constant interference of his older 'brother'. Determined to protect his new pride, Xenon will play a fundamental role in ensuring Kijin does not 'corrupt' any of the innocent females while Kijin will introduce a 'spark' of life and a playful element to this particular family unit.

The eventual idea is that through a continued presence, he will begin to develop a respect for the ways of this pride. In particular he will find that the relaxed stance and family orientated behaviour rather suits him. More importantly, he will find a purpose within the pride whereby his rather huge size will prove to be invaluable. Where guards and 'builders' are required, he is more than capable of playing the role of both. With that sense of purpose acting as a powerful calling, he elects to stay.

Under the tutelage of Xenon and the family he has stumbled into, he'll recondition himself to cope within the coastal regions and study the traditions and rituals of the pride.

Of course, he fully intends to pursue the pretty females while he's there, but it'd be best to keep that between you and me! Nor will we mention that he might very well manage to corrupt one and cause quite a bit of drama. =O

Name: Mnong'ono (Whisper)
Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Species: Lion - alternate
Parents: N/A
Description: Lion King-esque type markings/colors, but feel free to do something slightly different, basically just a simple pridelander type lioness. XD;
Two main coat colors: #CDB38B & #FFDEAD
Reference Image(s), if applicable: See description
Plots: I've always wanted a pridelander type lion, and I think it would be fun to have one to throw at the pride, not sure where I would go with plots, but definitely getting to know other lions and eventually finding a mate.

Name: Onani
Stage: Adult
Gender: Male
Species: Lion (You can pick the lines)
Parents: N/A
Description: I would love an SoA lion that is colored like an actual lion would look like in the wild. I want a naturally colored lion if that would be alright. <3 It would be nice if you could make him look beaten up. Maybe a few reasonable scars on his flank?
Reference Image(s), if applicable: Lion goes rawr !!!!!
Pride: Chokwe Lands
Plot: TBA

Name: Shaak Ti
Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Species: Lioness (newest, smooth-headed lines)
Parents: ?? x Amaret
Description: A cosplay based on the character Shaak-Ti. She'd have a red pelt with the white facial markings and stripes on her hip / elbow and shoulder (please see refs) She'd have grey-green eyes. Ref NUMBER 3 has the colours to use and the rough placement of markings etc. The blue markings on Shaak Ti's headtails should be grey so this lioness can fit in with the firekin.
Reference Image(s), if applicable:
Ref number 1
Ref number 2
Ref number 3
Ref number 4

Pride: Firekin
Plot Concept: Shaak Ti's early days are nothing out of the ordinary (if you don't count her mother being the goddess Amaret). She grew up without a fixed home, wandering the unclaimed lands seeking some greater purpose amongst her own kind. As an adolescent she came across a small but noble pride of lions called the Hongshan and their easy acceptance of her came as a surprise to her. She dedicated her life to the pride and became a noble and wise protector. However, one day, that life was turned to ruin by a travelling warrior pride known later as the Nergui. These Nergui slaughtered much of the Hongshan and only a few were spared - Shaak Ti among them.

The survivors soon found themselves enslaved by this new tribe of foreign lions and, with no understanding of their culture or their language, could not even begin to understand why they had so mercilessly destroyed their pride. Some slaves escaped. Others tried and failed - only to be dragged back. Shaak Ti was one of these and, shortly after her hope of freedom began to fail, her seer powers made themselves known and she begins to wonder if, perhaps, the Nergui know of this gift and whether it is the reason she was kept alive.

In the future, Shaak Ti will refuse to be broken and intimidated by her slavers and will suffer greatly at their hands. Her visions will show her glimpses of the Firekin lands - where some of her kin escaped to. Then, when she realises it is those very lands the Nergui seek, she will attempt to escape again to warn them. However, whether this escape attempt will be successful or not waits to be seen...all that is known is that she will have an important part to play in the events that are to come.

This one is intended for the K'A (the disease pride).

Name: TBD
Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Species: Leopard, new female version
Description: This is a remake that draws inspiration from a Noctua character, but it's not going to be a carbon copy of it. All the colours and some of the markings are in the two first reference images. The last ref is to give you an idea where I want the colours and markings. The description might be detailed, but feel free to use whatever artistic licence you need to make her pretty!

Eyes: Green like ref.
Outer ear: same dark grey colour as ear tuft in references. Inner ear: Light pink like the inside of the fledglings beak.
Nose: Dark grey like the beak.
Toes: Tip of toes on back feet same dark grey as beak.

Main pelt colour: Same grey as top of wings in adult ref.

Face markings: Main pelt colour on top of head. A pale mask similar to the one in the adult ref starting just above her eyes, same off white colour for the rest of the face/mussle. I would love if you could also include the white spots/freckles above her eyes.

I would really like the face disc stripes included on her cheeks somehow. I tried to draw this on the last ref to give you an idea of where I want the markings.They will probably need to sit lower on her face than on the bird ref, but that’s ok.

Chest tuft: The tuft between her front legs should be white.

Belly and front legs: Same white/grey as the chest in the ref (the colour is easier to see in the fledgling ref). See last ref for where I want the edge between main colour and belly/leg colour to be. White freckles along the line of this edge, just as the freckles along the wing edge in the adult ref.

Tail: main pelt colour for the upper part, but from the height of her “heel” and down it should be coloured like the outermost part of the tailfeathers in the ref. Dark grey with 5-6 thin lighter grey stripes near the end of the tail.

Rump markings: A few pale freckles on her rump (similar to the spots on the “shoulder” of her wing in the adult ref)

Messy front legs: The bottom part (about 1/3 of the leg) of her front legs + paws should have messy spots as if she’s crushed up a bunch of strange herbs and berries. Similar to the red/yellow/green/orange spots on the paws and belly in the adult ref. You don't have to use those exact colours.


Reference images:
Fledgling ref
Adult ref

Marking placement ref (feel free to make her prettier...)

Permission to custom pet in other shops

Pride: K'A
Plot concept: I want her to become an apothecary in the pride. She broke a leg falling from a tree when she was little and was nursed back to health by the skilled healers of the K'A pride. She's found a real home there, and she has no desire to go back and live the solitary life of a leopard. She's afraid of heights, but that's her own little secret.

Name: tbd
Stage: Adult (new lines, but not newest)
Gender: Male
Species: Lion
Description: CC I s'pose, so long as his colors/markings complement my one lioness girly below.
Reference Image(s), if applicable: click

Pride: I haven't decided on one yet, but I'll figure it out as the plot moves along~
Plot: I'm trying for him because it's kinda hard to look for a very specific personality to fill in the little patch of her plot that needs.. filling in. lol I'll summarize her backstory for you.

- Born with light-sensitive eyes to a nomadic family, eventually abandoned when she was still a cub
- Has basically been alone since then, her only friends being the shadows on her wall at night and the one she made up for herself
- One day met a lion (the one I'm trying for) who took up residence at the mouth of her den
- He told her to "take the darkness with her" to get her to leave so he can live there
- She does and purposely blinds herself, then scampers away to live her life out in the open roguelands

So! I was hoping I could find someone with a lion to fit this role, but unfortunately I haven't been able to (granted I disappeared for a bit but even before that I had trouble finding someone). That being said, I don't wanna wait too much longer so I figured I could fill the role myself. >o>b

I wanted her to run into him again at some point. He'd be the one to recognize her since she's blind, and when he realizes that she followed his "advice" he'll be a bit guilt-ridden 'cause she went and blinded herself because of him. He'll want to make it up to her somehow, like maybe hunt for her and spend time with her and stuff.

Maybe they'll become a couple, maybe not. I haven't actually decided yet. If they do end up together it'll be coming more from his side than hers. She doesn't know what "love" is considering her family abandoned her and she grew up all on her own, barely surviving on rats and other unlucky critters that wandered into her den.

If he does fall for her, he wouldn't be verbal about it. He'd probably just insist on staying by her side to make up for basically telling her to go and blind herself (considering her mental state). She'll let him so she can eat properly and actually have someone around besides her imaginary friend. He really won't be comfortable when she does start talking to the aforementioned friend, by the way.

If he doesn't, after he feels he's paid his debt to her he'll probably help her find a pride to stay with so she doesn't end up starving to death before going on his merry way. I imagine at that point I'll have him search for, and find, a pride of his own to join.