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Your SN: The Captain Britain
Are you willing to work with the pride leaders during and following the metaplot? Yes
Please let us know when you will be most active: I am off for the summer and am active most of the time. Once school starts up in late August, however, I will be active mostly in the afternoon, evenings, and all day on weekends. My AIM is always open.
Brief Personality blurb: Truly a King amongst peasants, Besnki grew up the harsh life of a slave in his old pride. Born into work and labour, he grew up cursing the world and its hardships. Word of the muses brought the chance of an escape, a way to elevate oneself beyond the cruelty of the mortal realm and to glimpse into the God’s Haven itself. Besnik escaped from his pride, leaving his family behind as he searched for the muses.
And when he found them, when they wrapped him up in a sense of security and peace that nothing on earth had ever given him before, Besnik knew that he had found his purpose in life. For he had attained enlightenment. The realm of the Gods had opened up to him personally and bathed him in glorious purpose. He was now the chosen one who was to spread the gift that the Mother of Muses, warm and inviting, had bestowed upon him, a gift to bring peace to troubled minds across the savannah.
But not all took to his cause. Many scorned him as crazy, laughing at his preaching. He was beginning to lose faith when the darkness of the caves gave him a new message from the Mother: not all were worthy of the gift of Muses.
Besnik began calling others to his cause in a new way, assuring them that if they could hear the muses, then they were greater, superior, more divine than those who sneered at the gift the Mother of Muses could provide. The muses would purify them, let them escape evil and corruption. They would be the chosen children, a family who would bring a new age of light to a dark and cruel world.
And so they came to him, rejects and exiles, lost souls and troubled minds, searching for peace and acceptance. They too were scorned by the real world, and they too found peace with the muses.
A new vision came to Besnik one night as he called upon his muse: to take back homeland of the muses, the land upon which they had originated. Besnik called his followers to their divine pilgrimage, and the search for the Kizingo’Zaa began.
Besnik now knows that in order to fufill the Mother of Muses’ will to spread her gift, he needs more than dark caves and sweet air. He hungers for the very power that the Mother possesses, and believes that the key to obtaining it, and calling forth the Mother back to the mortal realm, is in the Kizingo’Zaa. Having experience so much evil in the world, Besnik believe that the only chance for true peace and salvation is through the muses. He will do anything to achieve his cause, and protect the sanctity of the muses. Everything that he does, no matter how evil or conniving, Besnik believes it to be justified by the will of the Mother of Muses. Recently he has started viewing non-believers more as threats rather than lost souls, those capable of and willing to putting a stop to his mission due to their corruption from the mortal realm.
Charismatic with a skill for inspiring speeches, Besnik is a natural leader who comes off as very trustworthy. However, his religious attitude has begun to totter towards the side of extremist. He has taken to manipulating others in order to protect the muses, formulating elaborate plans that will help unlock the key to the Mother of Muses. He is a patient male, one that has waited very long to reach the birthplace of muses, and who has no trouble waiting a while longer to find the Mother if it means assured victory. His muse is slowly twisting him from his original role of kindly priest to that of a crusader, one that has no trouble getting his claws dirty for the protection of his religion.

Future plans: Besnik will be disturbed and disgusted when not everyone in the pride comes rushing back to reclaim their muses. He will believe that those who don’t want their muses back didn’t deserve them in the first place. The fact that a leader of the pride is so actively against muses will cause Besnik to see all the non-believers of the pride as threats. There is potential for a lot of conflict between Besnik and Shandor. I feel that the most likely outcome from their cold war will be Besnik blaming Shandor for his corruption of the pride and turning them to non-believers, and even the loss of the curse in the first place altogether. Shandor will become a problem that Besnik may hope to take care of one way or another. And if Besnik can get his claws on Li Wei in order to exact revenge for the Mother of Muses, even better. For who is to say whether or not Li Wei will throw the muses out again?

After seeing the opposition against him from some of the pride members, Besnik will make sure he has a foothold of believers in all aspects of the pride. He will try and convert patrons, alchemists, mummers, and even nobility if he can get his paws around one or two of them. This will ensure that the dreamers and their muses will stay safe from any possibility of being thrown out. This will include convincing others to leave their posts to live with the dreamers, and for others to keep their muses a secret and stay with the main pride, spies for Besnik to keep up-to-date with the events and whisperings of the main pride. All to protect the Dreamers’ caves, of course.

He will be sweet-talking Fireheart and her family, trying to gain at least their sympathy if not a convert or two. If things between him and Shandor heat up too much, Besnik will try and turn Fireheart against the Gypsy King, creating unease and civil war within the pride, one that will provide an opening for him to give troubled pride members the sweet relief of his religion, an inner peace that transcends the squabbles of pride politics.
Speaking of spies, I think it would be awesome for some spies to work their way into the Dreamer’s court as well. It would take a lot to win Besnik’s trust and become a confident, but there’s a lot of flexibility to be had here.

Besnik will spend his time trying to search for Mother of Muses. He thinks that she lead the Dreamers to the Kizingo’Zaa in order to return the insanity curse to the land fully, and even expand it lands beyond the border. He thinks her spirit lurks amongst the caves, and he means to find some way to either unlock her powers for himself or release her from wherever she is being held and return her to physical form.

Once Muhali reveals herself….oh boy. Because I’m not sure when and how that will happen, there are a lot of ways it could affect Besnik and how he runs the Dreamers’ court. He’ll probably take credit for her “return to power” (even though she’s just revealing herself), call for her to eradicate the non-believers, demand she give him her powers in return for doing her divine will, idk. Depending on how the revealing plot is going to go down, it might be interesting for her to totally scorn him, punish him, whatever, for being such a religious nut. Lots of possibilities.

He has no interest in finding love or producing children. Besnik believes that the right to lead should be determined by the great Mother herself, not through the means of physical, earthly ties like blood. However, the possibility is open for him to start a family in order to keep up appearances with the rest of the pride. But any children will likely become pawns in his religious game of chess, especially due to the fact that he would vehemently oppose his children being mentored by “sane” (corrupted, non-believing, unworthy) members of the pride. More fun drama there.

Future Muse: Manifest Destiny. It is the idea that one group and their institution has special virtues that make them superior to others, and that it is the group’s mission to redeem and remake the world in their image. Besnik’s muse is the very religion itself. He believes it his job, his purpose in life to spread this religion to others. In the caves, Besnik believes that he hears the voice of Muhali (though he calls her “Mother of Muses”) telling him how to achieve this goal, that he receives visions of the Mother’s divine will. Though it was really chance rumours and intelligence that lead him to the Kizingo’Zaa lands, Besnik believes that the Mother sent them his way and guided his paws in the right direction.

Any additional remarks? His gypsy name will be “Kingpin,” which is slang for a crime boss or mafia boss. They often have near-absolute control over their subordinates and have no problem using violence in order to spread their influence.

Any questions/concerns? I feel like I’ve set Besnik up for a lot of political drama, some of which (wanting to take care of Shandor, civil war between Gypsy Queen and King, etc) is rather extreme. I want to be clear that I am totally cool with cutting that back and just have him be a mild annoyance in case that’s not the direction the pride owners (OOC and IC) want the pride to go in. Essentially all of his future plans are totally flexible and up for re-working/compromise.

Your will be done!
Your SN: Depawsit
Name: Xipil -Nahuatl unisex name meaning "noble of the fire."
Future Gypsy Name: Phoenix
History: As a cub, Xipil was always looked down upon for a certain fixation she held dear ... fire. For some reason she has always felt drawn to it, going to some rather extreme lengths to be around it. Once when she was young, she became mesmerized by the flame's of a campfire and got a little too close. As a result her paws were severely burned, and as a result she now walks with a bit of a limp. Though her injury did little to deter her curiosity, in fact it fueled it! As a juvenile, she found herself studying the ashes of downed fires. As an adolescent she began to experiment with creating her own fires. As an adult, she left home in search of an area that was claimed to be ablaze with flames the size of the tallest trees! Though by the time she arrived, the flames had all but died. All that remained were the ashes, which she scooped up and hangs from a vial on her neck. As a result of her fixation with the flames, Xipil was always looked at as a little strange. Though she thought little of it, she never liked attention anyway. But then, something amazing happened! It was all by coincidence of course, but the result couldn't have left Xipil any happier. She had been watching some dancers perform all day, and when she returned to the den, she found herself dancing excitedly to the moves she'd seen performed earlier. As she danced, her eyes locked onto the fire in the corner and she felt a strange connection. She walked closer to the fire and began to change her moves to match the licks of the flames. Soon both Xipil and the fire were entertwined in a dance that can only be described is spectacular. From that point on, she chose to perfect her talent before taking it on the road. It was while in the rogue lands, performing her talent for some travelers that she was approached by the King of Dreams. He told her of his beliefs, and explained to her that he felt she had what he refered to as a 'muse'. Xipil was instantly sucked into his speech, and yearned to hear more about his beliefs. She made a split second decision to follow after him and hear all he had to say. As a result, she follows him closely - nearly at his heels! She is willing to dedicate her entire life to him, all for the chance to one day speak to the fire she holds so dear.
Brief Personality blurb: Xipil is definitely a follower and NOT a leader. She hates to make decisions for herself and much prefers to leave them up to someone else to decide for her. When confronted with a choice, her mind quickly establishes both a good and a bad scenario and she becomes frozen in fear. Nervous that her choice will leave her in the dimension inhabited by the worst case scenario. Xipil isn't much of a people person, she tends to stick to the back of crowds and keeps to herself. The only time she feels comfortable coming out of her shell is when she performs.
Future plans:

Well obivously I want her to obtain her muse. Though I want her to become an even better Fire Dancer as a result of obtaining her muse. So much better of a dancer that she finally gains the confidence to challenge Nema for the title of 'Lead Mummer'. Not that she wants the title ... she just wants to prove who is the better dancer. Another plot would revolve around what becomes of the Dream King. Depending on who wins him, and how his personality comes through, I want to see her either become more independent and eventually tell him off for leading her on all these years. Or I want her to become very clingy towards him, [ this will happen regardless, once she hears her muse ], and rely on him to care for her for the rest of her life. This can end a number of different ways ... all of which i'm open to :3 One day in the future Xipil will probably have a litter of cubs ... once they're born I want her to try and 'initiate' them into the fire. By trying to throw them into it. Her view will be that the fire won't burn them, if they're acceptable. I want another lion to come in and stop her, to which her cubs will likely be taken. She won't get them back until she's had a looooong talk with many Mother's about what being a Mother means. -- These are subject to change in the future, but at the moment these are my ideas --


Future Muse: Fire/Flames
Any additional remarks? She'll one day have edits - bandages on the front paws. And lots and lots of burnt fur xD
Any questions/concerns?

I have my doubts...
Your SN: Andranis
Name: Wanhoop (Despair... I just found that translation of it funny xd ; )
Future Gypsy Name: Caution-step
History: Wahoop was born to a pair of rogue parents, a tiny family trying to make it on their own. Things were going well so far - He had several older sisters from three previous litters that had stuck around with their parents, plus his sisters' mates, the nucleus of a new pride. But fate wouldn't work out how things were hoped to go, and their small territory was attacked when Wan was just a juvenile. His older sisters and their mates were chased out, while his parents and littermates were killed. By the luck of chance, his oldest sister, though heavy with her first litter, grabbed him and saved his little purple butt. After that, Wan took on a new name from his birth name and became wary, for a long time, of large groups of lions, sticking to small wandering groups if he ever joined any at all. When he met the King of Dreams, though, he found himself listening raptly to stories and fables he told.

Fate niggled at him, though, and some of the king's words have begun to sit badly with Wan. He's started to doubt what he says,
Brief Personality blurb: Wanhoop is as his Gypsy name suggests - He's cautious. He's not a lion who's fast to trust anyone, and is incredibly wary of new groups on the land he's currently occupying. He's found a way to try and appease strangers, though, in making trinkets and wearable objects for them. He's seen a bit of safety amid the gypsies, though, seeing how they look out for each other and beginning to yearn for that sort of protection.
Future plans: Wan'll join the regular pride as a Crafter, as a bid to try and keep his butt safe from the anger of lions like Aurora
Future Muse OR Future Rank: Crafter
Any additional remarks? I spent too long working on this with it half finished 8D;
Any questions/concerns? Nope :>

I'll follow you anywhere!
Your SN: mouselet
Name: Liesma (Latvian, flame)
Future Gypsy Name: Blue Fur
History: The cruelest word anyone ever called Liesma was "useless." And that awful word was thrown at her every day as a child. From her father, who resented the fact that his only offspring was a pathetic female, hardly pracitcal for carrying on his legacy. From her mother, who desperately wanted to please her father. From other adults who disdained her noninterest in hunting. No, it was stronger than that. Liesma did not enjoy killing in the least, even the insects were safe from her. And for her bloodless ways, she was called Useless and Pathetic and Coward and so many more cruel and sharp-edged words that were accompanied by kicks and claws and other forms of pain.

Despite all that, it never once occurred to the young lioness to run away. And, indeed, the motley crew of lions made the decision for her, as they always had. Liesma awoke one day to discover that her parents and their band had moved on while she slept, and left her behind. She was only an adolescent, and this abandonment cut every bit as deeply as all the hard words and blows. Worse, she still could not bring herself to take a life, not even to feed herself. The blue lioness became thin, and starved, and desperate.

Everything changed again when he came into her life. He fed her, cared for her, nursed her back to health. And all the while, he spoke to her. He was the one who told her about the voices, about the peace they could bring to her, as they had done for him. Liesma was so pathetically grateful for all he had done...how could she not believe what she was told? How could she not venture into the cave and see what the voices said?

When she did, she knew that he hadn't lied. Not one bit. And for the first time in her life, Liesma cried tears of joy, that hadn't a thing to do with physical or spiritual pain, for the first thing the voices told her was that she was not at all useless. Never again would they speak so clearly about her situation, but the lioness would always cling to the memory that they had once.
Brief Personality blurb: Even before encountering the muses, Liesma was always a bit odd. Always smiling, even when she was sad. Always gentle, and refusing to kill another creature - not to be confused with violence, for she has been known to lash out on rare occasions, mostly when the voices tell her to. She believes that Besnik is a harebringer of hope, a voice of the gods bringing (mental and spiritual) peace to all who are willing to listen to him. She will folllow him anywhere and everywhere.
Future plans: She is somewhat nervous about going to the Kizi, and will likely stay near the cave most of the time until she is more comfortable in the pride. Anything else depends on RP.
Future Muse: Insects, bugs, creepy crawlies.
Any additional remarks?
Any questions/concerns?

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