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 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:35 am
 A pride based on natural lion social structure, run by Kaelyndra- Changing Information: Weather/Prompts/Herd Movements
(Updated February/09/2014) Current Weather/Location
The winter movement is complete. Days are getting warmer, and rain wanders in and wanders out. A sprinkle dots the landscape around once a week. The pride may see one more monsoonal downpour before the season of water is over. The remnants of this season lay scattered over the land in hundreds of seasonal lakes and streams; the sediment has begun to settle and water is crystal clear. Mud is often a problem, but it is not the persistent, thick mush that has been most of the plainsland this season. There are plenty of drying patches to be found. The Firekin outpost is close by and the rumbles of sparring and interaction can be heard echoing over the gentle plain.
Herd Status
Herds are beginning to settle and spread. The marshlands have started to dry, leaving lush green grass in their wake. As a result, large protein-fat herds have begun to form into small pockets of prey, each considering one patch of grass greener than another. For the Bonelands, this means hunting is at its prime. Herds are just divided enough that a botched attack does not mean the entire plains scatters, but still close enough that a new hunt can be invigorated constantly. It is also, unfortunately, the most dangerous time for hunters. Prey-mothers are also having calves, and they are more agressive than ever. Calves are easy prey when caught, but also put a lioness at the most risk. This is the time when the most hunting injuries occur from kicks, charges, or flat out maulings. In the past, careless or unlucky lionesses have died.
Important Character Movements
- Lengi, the traveling ambassador, is still away on ambassadorial duties and continues to be ICly absent.
- The pride is currently stationed adjacent to the Firekin outpost, and is between a five minute to an hour walk of training on any given day.
Prompts
While prompts are organized based on age, both include current events in the pride. You may utilize information from both. Remember, these prompts are here for fun and to help inspire you to RP; they don't have to be followed strictly.Current Prompt, Adults/Adolescents Humor is often good medicine against the gruesome and stressful. As a result, many of the experienced lionesses joke and tell stories about their past hunts. Do you have a story to tell about how you got a certain scar? Or that moment your life flashed before your eyes? Maybe you’re one of the adolescents, or more serious hunters who can’t hold back their fear. How do you cope with knowing you have to hunt against aggressive prey? If you’re preparing for your first hunt, are you debating putting off your right of passage for a safer time? Or are you ready to tackle the task head on? Current Prompt, Cubs/Juveniles Behemoth lions ahoy. You’ve known some larger lionesses exist—Boneland’s lions come in all shapes and sizes, a mix of surviving rogue blood. Red pelts aren’t entirely strange, and many cubs have likely caught a glimpse of ‘Su’ or overheard Surtak saying something derogatory about “red pelts”. But talk won’t prepare you for the sea of red, white, and black at the Firekin outpost, with lions whose paws seem as big as ten of yours combined! Do you beg your parents for a field trip? Stay completely clear of the outpost altogether? Can you sleep in a new environment, or do you lay awake, excited, listening to the distant chatter of lions. Maybe you try to sneak your way there in the night, only to be caught by one of the pride members, or maybe even one of the Firekin themselves. 
The Boneland's pride is nomadic. They occupy a large region of space and travel in it based on resources available (herd movements) and time of year.
Ithambo’hlabathi is a mostly flat, dry plain with its easternmost corner giving way to greater, geological mountainous formations. The western boundary is desert, and steep plateau edges. South, and directly east, the plains stretch outwards, and are filled with lands claimed by other prides.
The pride has moved northwards, away from the river it previously occupied. During summer, they drink from a large, regional lake which does not dry like many of the surrounding sources. Crocodiles, elephants, hippopotamus, and other animals also frequent this site. Drinking can often be dangerous. During the months of the rainy-season, lions can spread out to isolated pockets of small ponds and newly formed rivers. Often times, they will pick a water source with little interaction with other animals to avoid the danger to their cubs. Lions move most during this time, because of their freedom to spread, and hunt where game is the thickest.
Sleeping and Birthing Locations
There are a great deal of rock formations and scattered African trees that provide both shade, protection, and a location to sleep. Females usually find an area protected from the wind by rocks, and relatively protected by rain with a tree or two. Only the females know where their birthing spot of choice is located. The presence of caves are extremely rare, and if one is found, it is usually completely left alone. Boneland's pridal members feel trapped in the small one-entrance areas and are fairly easy prey for agressive hyenas. Sleeping locations are usually areas of greater protection from the elements and may be as simple as one rock which is leaning against another. Otherwise, lions generally huddle together and hide under trees or select bushes to keep out of elements like rain.
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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:09 am
The Ithambo’hlabathi pride used to be a migratory pride of a few related females, following herds across the plains lands. In recent decades, however, weather in their current location has stabilized to a point that they were allowed to stay. They are still nomadic but travel following migrational patterns on a smaller scale; they no longer wander through half of Africa.
A group of four male rogues traded protection for certain rights, and the pride grew much stronger with more diverse genetics and opinions. The pride has since gone through four generations of offspring and one other, single leader.
It remains a waypoint for travelling rogue females and lions with strong family ties on the journey of life. Because it is a maternal oriented society (based on who a lion’s mother is), it is unlikely that the pride itself will “die out”, though it may split into factions and migrate in years to come.
See the member’s list for current pridal leaders.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:28 pm
22nd August 2011: Metaplot Week 1 Pridewide sickness! The cubs and elderly have fallen ill. One cub has already been reported to have died. Most adults are not showing sickness, and if they contract signs, they are only ill a day or two. Of IC note, it is known that none of Biti’s children have shown any signs of having sickness.
There is a pride-wide meeting on whether or not to move or stay located here.
For reference, a guide to meta-plot characters in the Boneland’s pride can be found here
29th August 2011 The Bonelands pride has voted to move! The pride’s youth was inexperienced in moving, and the going northwards was slow. One of the eldery lionesses passed away on their journey. Pôntàn’s condition is considered much better, though this is now cause for the most worry, as those sick seem to make an almost full recovery before the sickness takes their life. During one of the day stops to rest, Tunda went missing from the group. The fear is that she is dead. Searches were done, but after the pride remained for two days without finding the cub, Biti’s family was told they had to move on.
In light of the water crisis, and the recent breaking of a vulture’s wing by Umoya and Nikonkoni, two new ranks have been added and will be available to lions! For more information, and to try for a rank-change for your lioness, please visit this thread.
The movement was a relative success! Though the drought is still ongoing, the northwards proximity has left hope for rain. The lands here have not been in a period of drought for as long, and there is enough food for the prey and therefore also for the lions. Water can be found in small, selective pools, which are scattered through the pridal territory; the small river to the east is completely dry.
Lastly, the loss of so many cubs and the lack of births of others have caused the Abholi to act accordingly. A period Rogue Swap has been instated. This has caused conflict among the pride, both towards the Abholi (it is rumoured Matifu was the main decider), and amongst fellow members with differing views. Some new-age members are beginning to form two and three lion groups in search of healthy rogues. You are welcome to OOCly breed your Bonelands characters to rogues during this time. Keep in mind, traditional lions are still traditional and will be against this. Stay IC!
13th September 2011 The period of Rogue Swap is still in action. You are welcome to OOCly breed your Bonelands characters to rogues during this time. Keep in mind, traditional lions are still traditional and will be against this. Stay IC! Conflict has finally begun to divide groups. Division has begun to push to two main groups, and the rise of new Umama is just around the corner. Let your lion have their say in who they follow here.
Two rogue lions have been seen close, both day in night by several members of the pride. [ X and X ] The Abholi have pushed them off a few times, but the two males are becoming increasingly more daring.
Good news and bad! The whereabouts of Biti’s child has been determined. A pack of hyenas is rumoured to have the cub, and two separate search parties have been sent out. Amara’s cub, Pôntàn has succumbed to the sickness; he is the last known victim of the brief, but alarming travel of disease.
There is rumour, and talk, that perhaps it is Biti’s fault. Umoya and Quba have returned from their search for rogues, though Quba is severely injured and is currently under heavy care. All lion’s are tasked with taking care of her in shifts, and any leftover food is brought to her. With the two young females comes another. Talk in the pride claims she is a seer, and she brings prophecy with her. The way the vision is seen, it is Biti that has brought forth the pride’s ill-health. Some believe this, and some do not. An argument has broken out over what to do with her, and it seems Biti’s future depends on what the pride decides.
October 4th, 2011 First rains. The first few days bring just the smell, and by the third, it is a torrential downpour. There is no risk of flooding for the pride, but anyone stupid enough to be near the river bed is likely to be pulled in and drown.
By extremely strong vote in her favour, Biti has been allowed to stay. It seems, however, that despite the pride's banding behind their bretheren the seer was not all wrong . . .
The two males that were spotted on pridal borders have been testing the boundaries, and are now inside. In general, the females do not mess with them physically, though they may catcall, or send jeers. Three of the Abaholi are away, leaving Matifu and Kamal to take care of the pride.
There will be conflict, and the females in the pride should be prepared for the possibility of new males leading the pride in their in the future.
23 October 2011 Please see the OOC announcements thread for the end of the meta information!
27 February 2012 A metaplot is currently going on. Please see this thread for update meta IC information.
26 April 2012 IC and OOC Updates have been moved to this thread. Please check the title for most recently updated dates. The old OOC Update thread can be found here
5 May 2012 The thread has undergone some condensing. Things should be much easier to find. There are new banners, and a new rank! Information on the treaty with the Firekin is up.
ICly: Two, large, healthy litters have been born. Both litters are from the current Umholi and things look well under Gakere's rein. The great drought months have hit. Some lakes remain, but the pride has stopped moving freely and is now relatively tied down by where water sources are. Prey is on the move and wary. This causes tension in the pride to be high, especially with the inward movement of the red-pelts on their north/north-western side.
19 September 2012 Pridal movement! The summer months have arrived, and cubs are old enough now that they can begin to travel longer distances. The entire pride is making its way towards the open plains. This means they'll be at least a few days walking distance from the Firekin outpost at all times. It also means they're likely to encounter rogue groups and other exciting things! Feel free to create your own interactions; there will definitely be some public ones to participate in.
As well, if you haven't already done so, you can sign up adult male lions for speical ranks here and there is an Ambassador rank open for a female.
18 December 2012 Gakere, the leading Umholi, and Baie'mooi have a very large litter of cubs to celebrate. This will be Gakere's first litter, and as such, they are extremely important new members to the pride. If your lion doesn't know about it yet, they'll know about it very shortly. Words spread like wildfire in the pride, and this is certain to be the first thing off everyone's tongues.
The fleas, too, seem to be nearly gone. They still cling to one or two lions in rebellion, but have mostly been cured.29 May 2013 New Prompts are up and changes have been made to weather/herd movements/location. Take note of the new section: Important Character Movement. These are one or two sentences notes on what important characters are doing and where they are, and how they may have changed from the last time. Just send a PM to the mule if you have an important character who has changed movements and you'd like it known. It is summer, so expect events to come filtering in!
9 February 2014 The hiatus pushed some timelines back a bit, but we are now ICly all caught up and have moved into the next season. Information on terms for Iselele is now entirely up to date, so you may keep an eye on that if you're interested in such a position in the future. In light of new litters, there will be an Inqina soon, so if you own a cub, keep an eye out for that! OOCly, posts from the options for males thread has been moved to the cultural hot topics thread which now has a directory to make information easier to find. Requirements for Umama have been reduced from 5 to 3, and now you only need 3 names as opposed to full-RPs to qualify. The member's list has been updated; please PM the mule if there is anything amiss/missing!
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:44 pm
Past Weather/Location, Herd, and Important Character Movement Information
May/29/2013
Weather/Location
This year has been a heavy rain year. The ground is riddled with lakes and rivers. In the softer sediment, sink-holes have started to develop. Cold winds continue to pull in from the east, and the weather could even be considered chilly. More rain appears to be on the horizon. The Ithambo'hlabathi have begun their march back to the Firekin outpost, lazily following herds as they do.
Herd Status
Food is everywhere, but unfortunately it is scattered throughout the plains lands. The gazelle and wildebeast are everywhere and anywhere they want to be in patches of relatively small herds. This means the hunt of one group may inadvertently startle another and botch the whole hunt. For those with great hunting skill, this is a time of plenty, but for those who have some work to do, they are spending many hard days and coming home with nothing to show for it.
Important Character Movements
- Nuguvu appears to be settling in very well as an Inselelo. He has yet to sire any offspring, but shows promise and has bested a few males to challenge his position. Surtak still dislikes him.
- Lengi, the traveling ambassador, is away to engage neighboring lion groups in discussions and is ICly absent.
- Gakere's offspring have all reached adulthood and males are being sent into the roguelands.
- Jasiri, a new Inselelo, has removed Kamal from the ranks and is available for harassment.
- The pride is heading back (and is within a half-days [5-6 hour] walk of) the Firekin outpost.
Past Prompts Adults/Adolescents
May/29/2013
With so much rain, and so much more likely to come, what are you doing to prepare? Cubs and juvenilles are at a high risk of drowning if caught in a fast river current. Even adolescents and adults may find their demise in the water if they are caught in the river during a heavy passing storm.
Scattered herds make food plentiful but hunting difficult. Are you one of the lucky hunters who is skilled and brings home food often, or are you plagued day after day with failed hunts? If you are a strong hunter, do you feel burdened by bringing in the majority of the food for the pride? If you are constantly failing, do you resent those better than you?
Past Prompts Juves/Cubs
May/29/2013
So much rain means the fall is going to be full of prey. For a juvenile and older cubs, this means their adolescence and the first hunt is close at hand! You've already done your exploration of terrain with the other cubs and adults as is tradition every season, but that is child's play! Nothing like a real hunt. Are you excited about what is to come? Nervous? Do you want to be a hunter at all?
Younger cubs are restricted to moving pridal boundaries and won't be getting their first hunt until much later. But, there's still plenty to do. This year, you've seen more frogs than ever before. They make great practice. But, the danger of drowning in the water is something to watch out for. You've never really had the chance to practice swimming before the wet season. Do you bother your parents to help you practice? Do you try on your own? Do you menacingly push in a sibling to find out what happens?
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