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 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:41 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:42 am
Pridal Name: Mwana-a'Lela (Children of Night)
Title Given by the Pride: The Coven
Ruling God/dess(s): Kiuaji-A'Uzuri (Deadly thing of Beauty) Goddess of Blood + Sadaka'umiza God of Torture
Story of the Pride:
Many moon's ago after the 'Greater God's' had been given their names of higher power.
A lesser Godess, the Godess of Blood grew incredibly jealous of the youngest of the 'Greatest' for creating her own pride.
Now this Godess was indeed beautiful, but was deadly, as true as her name and wished to create a pride of her own.
While yelling out in anger, a God of Torture watched on and heard her wish, bewitched by her beauty he stole a mortal lion cub from the land, who was the future King of a neighbouring pride and offered him as a token of his love for the Goddess.
The Goddess did not respond to his love, but took his gift with open paws and made the cub drink one drop of her blood, so that the immortal could both bless and curse this first child of the Blood Godess.
Because of the Torture God's loyalty to her, the Goddess, despite her lack of love for him, decided to make him a God for the pride and sit at her side as a second deity to her future people.
And soon after, the blessings and curses of the young cub began.
"Take comfort in my voice, First son of Blood, for I am your mother and ruler. You will be blessed with my fangs and my heart, as will the ones you shall turn to the clan likewise. You shall drink of their life fluid, but you cannot live on it...however you cannot live without it. Thus is your first of many blessings yet to come, First son of Blood. So go and take your name I bequeathe to you, the name of Drakul."
And true to her words, the Goddess visited the young male once every full moon another two times and blessed him another two times.
The first time was on the eve of the Drakul's life as a juvenille, she visited him in the night when he was alone.
"First son of Blood, this blessing I give to you. For your flesh will be the most beautiful in the world, as will your children and your children's children. So that other's will follow and adore you until you pass into the realm of shadows."
The second time she visited him, was the day he became an adolescent, taking the guise of a beautiful adolescent female and leading him astray into the jungle that surrounded his homelands.
Before turning into the Goddess once more.
"Hear this, First son of Blood, for this shall be your blessing. You shall feel the pain of the Torture God's realm, but it will burden you less then your feline brethren, for you are the first and your threshold will ensure that once you fight, no pain will be great enough to take hold of you however you shall feel pain in the light of the sun, for I am a Goddess of darkness and you are a child of one, so you will never be able to step into sunlight until you pass into our shadows!"
And so young Drakul grew, nurtured by his mortal mother, taught by his immortal one and once of age, grew a lust for the life's fluid.
In one night he slayed the young children of his mortal father's pride, drinking of their blood and taking a part of their souls into him.
His pride was an ancient one, in modern times now long time dead apart from his reign.
That gave him an ego to boost with his new gift's that the Goddess had given to him.
He grew handsome and taught, young female's of the pride taking in his flesh and following and adoring him like the Goddess had said.
He drank of their blood and made them part of his harem.
And only when his father passed to the realm of shadow's did he take control of the pride and cast aside his mortal name.
He called his new pride, The Coven.
The Coven grew in strength and number, living on the blood and flesh of the wildabeast and only 'changing' those they felt worthy of their God's and Godess's gift's.
For that is the way they live and that is the way they thought they always would have.
~~Several Moons Later~~
Recently a most tragic occurence has happened within the pride, with the King gone it had been up to the mateless Queen to run things and lead the pride in hunts where she had normally been left to look after the new cubs.
However, after taking several lions with her, the few members left in the pridal grounds had began to grow extremely worried.
So one night, a few of the members went out and searched for their comrades...only to find that they wished they hadn't.
What they found was nothing but their bodies, all with strange, bleeding holes in their body...and it seemed like they had dragged themselves very far before succumbing to their wounds.
Now the pride is without a King and Queen and if another male takes over before the heir can take full hold of the pride, then his rank might even be changed forever, along with maybe the entire feel of the pride.
((Thank Kittertau for the inspiration, input for the death of some of the members
THIS CAN BE EDITED AT ANY TIME))
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:43 am
Ceremonies:
Ceremonies play a crucial part in the Mwana-A'Lela's religion and every day life.
Here are just a few.
Weddings//: It is usualy the young prince's and princesses that ever get married (any other of the pride's children are allowed to be of non-married couples).
They are usualy betrothed at birth to a rogue female or male cub that none of the coven shall bite, for that is an honour only the intended lion/ess's future husband/wife is allowed to give upon them.
And afterwards both shall drink of each others blood, thus binding each other in heart, soul and blood.
Some of the pride member's are allowed to marry aswell, like the Necrostat and the Head Hunter/ess.
The ceremony is held at night and is seen over by the shaman/ancient female of the coven.
Funerals//: These are very sad times, every part of the coven is cherished and praised. So when one dies, the coven will often mourn for several days straight.
The shaman/ancient female will be in charge of the Ceremony, as she asks each member of the coven to place a few drops of blood onto the body and a flower next to it.
This will often be held under a tree or near a river before the body is left and shall not be ever looked upon again.
However, as a symbol of respect, they will smear black mud or even blood on their faces or fur as a mark that one of their family has died.
For that is the way of the pride.
Cub Presentations//: Like in the noble Prideland's, cub presentation's are very important.
Especially if it is for the new heir.
Their forhead is smothered in blood that has been bled from the recent King or Queen or the cubs parents, by the Shaman/Ancient Female and is then placed on his/her back or is carried by the ruff of it's neck before parading the cub infront of the other's so that all the coven may see the newest member of their family.
If any cub is still born funeral rights go the same, although the mourning may last longer than an adult funeral.
Adulthood Initiation/First Hunt Ceremony:
An important time for blossoming young adolescents that have just become the age where they are both sexually active and able to hunt with the pride.
Young male's and female's are often blessed by the Shaman/Ancient Female right after sunset by placing the blood of a kill made by the young adolescent's mother or father to wish them luck on their first hunt.
If the lion/ess has been succesful on their first hunt, they are said to be allowed a blessing from the Godess herself.
If they fail, they are given one scratch for every failed hunt, as are all of the pride.
But in cases of EXTREME severity, hunter/esses that do not and have not ever caught a kill (which is rare because most of the pride are extremely well trained and efficient hunters), they will sadly be banished and treated like he/she has died or passed away.
This is another sad time for the pride so the banished youngster will be told to leave and none other but the shaman must watch him/her leaving the pride.
The Ceremony of the Blood Sun:
The Ceremony of the Blood Sun is a special one day even that happens every year and very rarely, twice when all the members of the pride are allowed to step into the sunlight without fear of being hurt.
As preperation, the shaman/wise female will gather all the pride together and paint their pelts and faces with white clay, as further protection from the sun.
They will sleep with the clay on their bodies and in the morning they take the pelts of all their victims and prey, that has been smothered in special herbs by the shaman/wise female and place it on their own forms, they believe in doing this they borrow the strength of their prey who could face the sun without fear.
For the rest of the day they will hunt in broad daylight before returning home and feast in the light of the sunset's red glow.
This is where the Ceremony gets it's name.
It is exceptionally good luck for lions to be married/mated on this day or for a female to give birth to a litter of cubs.
As they believe the cub will be resilliant to the sunlight and be an asset to the hunters or warriors when they're older.
FUN FACT: In this Pride, Adolescent pregnancy is not only not looked down upon, it is encouraged by parents for their son's and daughter's to find a mate as soon as they can.
Especially if they are born with 'blessed' pelts or markings to pass on their beauty and increase the pride's numbers.
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((More to come))
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:44 am
Members:
Reigning Goddess:
Kiuaji-A'Uzuri The Godess of Blood (Player is Lightning Shadow X) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR
Reigning God:
Sadako'umixa The God of Torture (Player is fuKurohane) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR
Pride Members:
King: Moses (Player is Lightning Shadow X)
Queen: Afritti'Dogo (Player is Syrius Lionwing)
Harem Females:
Shaitani (Player is Bluefire Dragonz)
Afriti (Player is Neokitsune) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR
Mzuka (Player is Lim3_gr33n_Sh4rp) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR
Heir/ess: Giza'waridi
Betrothed:
Prince/esses:
King'Ora (Player is Lightning Shadow X)
Mahwibidu (Player is Amy D)
Asanbosam (Player is Syrius Lionwing)
Mwafu (Player is Mila Farrel)
Amaranthe (Player is Laefe)
Necrostat: Monon-Konmlan (Player is Teinei Senshi) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR
Warrior/esses:
Hunter/esses:
Nanny:
Shaman/Ancient Female: Mwako Kifokando Damuheri(M) (Player is Baneful)
Coven Youth's:
Yeye'sisimka (Player is Ayoshai)
Morwa'Shetani (Player is Mandal)
Savitri'Li (Player is Natsube)
Blood Letters*:
Ukoo (Player is Split Personality)
Mauko (M) (Player is Kittertau) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR (Unranked Yet)
Igazi'Phusa (Player is Dr Jelly) CURRENTLY BEING QUESTED FOR (Unranked Yet)
Tanwen (Player is Kolina / Unranked Yet)
People Interested in Joining Pride:
Kolina (please state if still interested)
*Inspired by something Split Personality said XD <3
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Pride Ranks and Ranking System:
Drakun = King/Patriarch
The King is obviously the male leader of the pride and the lion with the most dominance in the coven.
He has the right to banish pride members, allow rogues into the pride, others can come to him for advise and can be challenged for dominance over the pride by other males like every other pride in Africa.
Even though he has dominance, he can easily be manipulated by his Queen like some other great men in history.
However in the coven, it's basicly what he say's goes.
Valile = Queen/Matriach
The Queen is the King's female right paw, when the King is away or busy attending to other members of the pride, she would be in charge indeffinately.
She's usually the most beautiful or intelligent lioness because she's been picked by the King himself to be his Queen, or because she has been picked at birth to be next in line.
Darikun = Heir (if female 'Varikun')
The heir is the next in line for the throne, it can either be male or female and are hand picked by their father and mother.
They can be tested to see if they're heir material, but it's usually the one cub that shows the most viable qualities to be the next King or Queen.
Drakol = Prince/Lord
One of the King and Queen's sons, either of Royal Blood or even adopted into the litter.
However adopted cubs being called princes are very rare.
Valkol = Princess/Lady
One of the King and Queen's daughters, either of Royal Blood or even adopted into the litter.
However adopted cubs being called princesses are very rare.
Lillutha = Harem Females
Ladies chosen by the King or Princes to, ahem, 'do the business with' if their brides are infertile and can't produce cubs....or just for the fun of it, they act also as the Queen and Princesses ladies in waiting, to help with births or to acompany the royal ladies in selecting their mates if they even have that choice.
Necrostat = General (Male and Female)
The General of the Coven's warriors, usually the strongest lion or lioness that has been through many fights and proved him or herself worthy to be General.
The General picks the future Necros or Necras alongside with the Shaman/Wisewoman out of the pridal litters and will usually train them alongside the prides spiritual consultant aswell.
Future Generals are usually picked from the current General's litter and is expected to live up to their mother or father's name.
Necros = Male Warrior
Male cubs picked from their litters to become fighters and protectors of the pride.
Necras = Female Warrior
Female cubs picked from their litters to become fighters and protectors of the pride.
Verlos = Hunter
A male whom hunts food or new Blood Binders down for the pride.
Verlas = Huntress
A female whom hunts food or new Blood Binders down for the pride.
Vampile = Pride Member (Male and Female)
A regular pride member, usually too old or invalid to hunt or fight, or even one who has been banished from fighting or hunting because of their mistakes.
They're treated with a small ammounts of respect and are still cared for by the rest of the pride.
Bloodling = Youth
The future of the pride and little bundles of joy, the little fluffballs of the pride who are spoilt by their mothers and told stories by the Shaman or Ancient Female of the pride.
Necroling = Warrior/ess in Training
A cub that has been picked by the General and Shaman or Ancient Female to become a warrior or warrioress.
Nosferatae/Vervartae = Shaman/Ancient Female
The spiritual bond of the pride, said to be picked by the Godess herself and usually a seer or someone with a unique connection to the spirits.
He or she is in charge of the rituals and celebrations that hold the prides religion together, such as funerals and marriages.
They are also the ones who help pick out future warriors and even future heirs in some rare circumstances.
The Shaman or Ancient Female is the most powerful lion in the Pride under the King and Queen, even the Generals are afraid of them because they're said to place curses on those who displease them...or so they say.
Blood Binders = Blood Letters
Blood Binders are almost like the unmarried mates or b*****d cubs of the pride, they're usually rogues or ex-pride members from other prides brought into the Coven to feed blood to the lion or lioness who brought them in.
They're treated by the pride like lower pride members until they're accepted over a period of time because of some talent or if they contribute enough to the coven.
But if they are harmed or threatened in any way, they'd still be protected, after all, they're still apart of the pride.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:46 am
Land Description:
The Mwana-a'Lela live in the deepest part of the Jungle, where the sunlight never reaches and is abundant in small animals and water.
It is a place where they hide easily with their dark pelt's.
They have dubbed their land's 'The Death's Cradle', for it a wonderful place to rear their cub's and is keeping with their Mother Godesses warning's to stay away from light.
However when the the sun rises or sets, it always gives an eery blood red glow to the surrounding plants.
The pride believes it is the mother Godess shielding them from the rays of the setting and rising sun and in doing so making the jungle shine the same colour as her coat.
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Pridal Den Description:
Bluefire Dragonz - If people agree, I kinda imagined a place deep in the jungle where everything is so overgrown that only one of the coven knows how to traverse it without getting lost. The trees are thicker around than four lions, nose to tail, circling it, and twisted in and around each other, which makes for nice perches and places to sleep. They've kept the ground pretty clear in the middle of these 'nests' to serve as living space, and there is a small stream that passes either nearby or actually through the living space.
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The Lions:
The body of a Coven member is the same as a normal lion, but their is something so strange and beautiful about them.
If any, the only edit to a rogue would be a pair of prominant canine fangs and a suggestive twinkle in their eye.
If you catch my drift. wink
The Males:
Protectors, leaders, fathers and lovers.
The males are the more dominant of the pride, much more strong and charming in a gentlemanly way.
Their aura spurts charm and dignity wherever they may wander.
And they are great lovers.
However, beneathe their handsome exterior, is a wild, passionate night time killer.
Not afraid to hunt his own meal and not afraid to kill anyone that goes against him.
They are VERY protective fathers and mates and will defend their family to the death if need be, however that usualy isn't the case for nobody dares to challenge them and the males are much stronger then your average lion.
The Females:
Temptresses, hunters, passion seekers, loving mothers.
As in the film Dracula, these females are the temptresses of the night and use that often in scouting for more males for the group if they should ever be dwindling in number's.
They use their seductive ways on cubs aswell, like a mothering way, but they shall NEVER harm any cub.
Despite their lustful and flirtatious manners, they are passionate hunters and take great joy in making their families happy.
They adore their children and are thrilled when one is chosen as heir (if the King has none) or a Necroling.
But like the males, are equally as dangerous if not more so.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:47 am
Beliefs:
~ The lions believe in the Blood Goddess above anything else.
And anyone that say's anything against her is on their immediate death list.
Cub's are taught at a young age by the Shaman/Ancient Female about the Godess and the belief's of their tribe.
~ Any cub born with black or red fur, or has the sign of blood droplets under their eye's or the sign of 'The Claw of Death' (Scythe).
Is a sign that he/she has been blessed by the God's of the coven and is instantly given to inspection from the shaman/ancient female for it's health before being trained to be a future Necros or Necras.
~ Lions of other colours (gold, blue-gray etc) are allowed into the pride, however their pelt colours are often frowned upon because they do not represent the Godess.
So mostly, rogues of grays, blacks, reds and whites are let in more often.
((If you have any ideas for your own belief's the pride might have, please put them down =) ))
Jewelry:
You've heard the phrase, 'skin and bone's' well, to the Coven, it is not a cry of hunger, it's a fashion statement.
The Coven take's no greater pride than wearing the skin or bones of their first kills and flaunting them like this years trend.
Even cubs are sometimes given to wear skulls of animals as protection or to show their mother's pride in their strength.
And yes, the royal family have been seen wearing their kills, however, they are a tad more showy then the other's.
However the Shaman/Ancient Female has the most sacred of all jewelry.
A skull from that of the Godess herself after she died before reincarnating once more, only to bestow it onto the first Shaman/Ancient Female of the pride.
It is adorned with other bones and feathers and fur, as is custom to keep the look of the wisest of the pride also look the fiercest to the cub's.
Because the pride believes it will make the younger generation listen more carefully.
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Allowing Other Species Into the Pride:
This is very rare for most lion prides.
However, the Coven decided long ago, that everyone should know the power and curse they held was not limited to their species.
So other creatures of other species where allowed to enter, as long as they knew the rules of the pride and obeyed them.
And as long as they did as they where told.
They where not treated as slaves, but they where treated a little lower down on the social structure.
However, if ever one is sick or hurt or unable to defend themselves, they are still treated as one of the pride and looks after.
Besides, it's all for one and one for all in there. cool
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:47 am
Please Help out with any Critique you want.
And if you'd like your lion to join the pride we'll talk about it in the thread. *faints* gonk
If you want a lion already in the pride you can custom them to whatever ideas you have inside your creative little brains heart
Please be considerate to others, do not guilt trip or try to screw up other peoples chances at getting a place in the pride.
All are welcome <3
HAVE FUN!!!
heart heart heart
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:08 pm
Yay for the new thread! <33
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:23 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:00 pm
 Mwako's pic. Still to get him his items. ^^
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:40 am
Baneful Mwako's pic. Still to get him his items. ^^
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:25 pm
I want Ukoo to stolen to be a blood letter if that'd be cool. . :3 She is a seer to BTW. :3
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:50 am
Split Personality
I want Ukoo to stolen to be a blood letter if that'd be cool. . :3 She is a seer to BTW. :3
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:03 am
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:46 pm
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