[OOC] Mirilli'tavari Information

[Mirilli tavari Pride]

Mirilli'tavari

Roughly translates to Quartz Spirit

Species

Lions only - Familiars may only join when attaching to a lion

Alpaca Chobi | Pandorus Sphinx

 

[Mirilli tavari Pride]

Origin

The God of Innocence had left the mists and gone out into the world, leaving a sibling duo quite confused. The youngsters went out of the mists to go seek the missing god, only to come back fruitless. They had seen a lot more of the world outside of the mists and told those who would listen of it. This time they left with a larger group in search of the god but filled with more curiosity than anything.

The group was amazed by the beauty the world had to offer, yet fell on a bit of hardships. Strangers took advantage of the group thinning their resources and their trust in others. Despite the worlds beauty, the group felt that they could not stay out in the open for long. They missed the mists dearly, but having turned their backs on their pride meant they should never go back.

Ironically there was a stranger named Nilak that had found the group and took them in. At first the group was suspicious of Nilak's help due their past hardships, but over time this strangers kindness won them over and the group traveled with him. Nilak told the lions of a place by the shore where it would be safe for the group to set up their lives. This place was fabled to have caverns by the sea, filled with different kinds of crystals and gems, good for healing the soul. Its beaches were lined with silver sand, much different from your standard gold. It was also protected by the high tides of the ocean, usually making the rock formations that barricaded the beaches slick and hard to maneuver. Luckily, most of the traveling group had come from a pride that was engulfed in mists and fogs and were all to familiar with navigating such slick settings.

All of the fables ended up being more than true. The lions had found themselves in a safe haven. For now, things were looking up.

 

[Mirilli tavari Pride]

Territory

A very isolated silver sanded beach that is surrounded by tall slick rocks and rough waters, making it very hard to get to the heart of the prides lands. Within the heart of those lands are several caverns that are rich with crystals and gems, rumored to have healing powers. These caverns are ideal quiet places for scribes to practice their craft on the many walls and protect their even more precious hide scrolls from the many elements of the outside.

The majority of the food gathered is actually fished out of the waters as there are plenty of fish and crustaceans. They do journey more inland to go hunting during seasonal and pre-organized hunting trips. These hunting trips inland only happen once or twice a year, depending on how badly the pride is in need of animal hides. If they have a greatly successful hunt and are able to get a lot of fresh hides out of the endeavor, then another hunt may not be needed. Likewise, if they're running low on hides and foresee themselves needing more before the next scheduled hunt, they will arrange a small hunt before the larger one, so as to gather the hides they need for their scrolls.

 

[Mirilli tavari Pride]

Culture

Gods | Gods are among the only outsiders celebrated and welcomed warmly. The pride has not yet picked a god or gods to honor so they are opened to all.

Outsiders | The pride is leery of outsiders and pretty closed off. Outsiders will usually be turned away or misdirected away from the pride.

Naming | Elvish names are standard. However, it is okay for joining rogues to have non-Elvish names.
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Breeding | No rogue breeding. Period. While it is preferred that a pair be mated, it is also understood that sometimes members of the pride may engage in breeding without being mates.

Marriage | A bonding of a pair is a special event for the pride. The ceremony consists of the couple placing two crystals next to each other and breaking the crystals into shards, representing the twos legacy carrying on together instead of separate.

Divorce | While the pride is very lenient and lax about most things relationship-wise, they are pretty harsh about divorce. Marriage is a thing the pride believes is a bonding of the souls so to break this is very taboo. While it is a possibility to get a divorce, it does add a social stigma to your character(s). Members may be kicked out entirely if they get multiple divorces as their soul may be seen as shattered.

Cubs With Wrong Coloration | This is a heart breaking event for any family as cubs with the wrong coloration are deemed a possible danger to the pride and thus not allowed to stay as adults. They are deemed as Shattered and escorted out of the pride once they are of adult age.
xxxxxxxx→ OOC this means that any cub born with wrong coloration will be in the pride until adolescent and then considered a rogue once they become an adult, unless they've managed to find somewhere else to go before certing takes place.

Fishing and Hunting | Everyone takes part in this as the pride is still small and developing. Even scribes are expected to get their claws dirty and help provide food from time to time. As a general rule, each and every single lion is expected to know the basics of AT LEAST fishing. For the organized inland hunting parties, all lions are expected to participate or at least voice their interest, as inland prey is much more tricky and powerful than ocean prey and requires team efforts. The only exceptions to the hunting parties are newborns, elderly, sick, badly injured, and nursing mothers.

 

[Mirilli tavari Pride]

Coloration | Body Type

Colors

Ideal | Grays, silvers, muted blues, white, and black (At least 70% of body)

Acceptable | Cool/Muted variations of creams, blues, browns, greens, and purples

Unacceptable | Bright variations of yellows, oranges, reds, pinks, and rainbow vomit

Questionable Colors

Some colors, such as browns, yellows, greens, and purples can have quite some variants to them. Due to these variants, they are considered questionable colors. So long as these colors are on the cool side of the spectrum, they're acceptable! If they're on the warmer side of the spectrum though, they are not allowed. If ever unsure about an acceptable pride color, please feel free to PM Mirilli tavari Pride!

Here are some general examples:

Accent Colors

While your general bright colors such as reds, pinks, and rainbow vomit is unacceptable as a main pelt color, they are acceptable as an accent color. To be considered an accent color, it must only take up roughly 15% or less of the lions body.

Body Type

Because of a mostly seafood diet, these lions tend to be on the toned and leaner side.

 

[Mirilli tavari Pride]

Q/A

Q: So familiars can ONLY join if they're with a lion that joins initially?
xxxxxxxx→ No. A pride member can find a familiar and bring them in to the pride so long as the familiar is attached to the member. Familiars can not join solo though.

Q: Can familiars breed?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes, they can. However, since they NEED to be attached to a lion to remain in the pride, the babies would need to be given away to members of the pride. The most ideal case would be if two lions bred, have a litter, and then their two familiars bred and have their own litter. Said offspring of both litters would be paired up, all staying within the same family. Granted that ideal case is not likely to happen, so any familiar offspring would NEED to go lion members of the pride. Otherwise, said babies would be put out into the Rogue Lands.

Q: Do familiars need to be the cool and muted colors that the lions are?
xxxxxxxx→ Nope! Since familiars are not main members of the pride and are, for all intents and purposes, extensions of the lion they're with, their individual colors do not matter.

Q: Can my character Rogue Fling/Breed?
xxxxxxxx→ No. Unless there is an event that states that you may.

Q: Can a God character rogue Fling/Breed?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes with outside Gods no with outside mortals unless there is an event stating otherwise. This is still a fairly closed off pride to the outside world of mortals.

Q: Can my character Fling with in the pride?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes of course.

Q: Can same sex couples get married?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes.

Q: Can same sex couples have a surrogate?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes as long as all parties agree to it consensually.

Q: Can more than two lions get married?
xxxxxxxx→ No but that doesn't mean that poly relationships aren't a thing.

Q: My lion had a rogue fling that is posted for in the breeding thread before they joined. It is technically a rogue breeding but I had it posted before my lion joined. Is that okay?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes, that is fine if you had a plot before joining the pride and have it posted. If a male, the cubs will have no effect on the father. If a female, there may be IC whispers but they will assume one of the pride member males may be the father and that they may not be stepping up to claim their cubs.

Q: The rogue fling posted before joining was with a none lion species so can the cubs be born in the pride?
xxxxxxxx→ Yes but they will be shattered no matter what their coat color is. Members may look down on your character for having a hybrid litter and look down at the cubs.

Q: My lion already had a hybrid litter before joining and wants to join with their cubs. Can they?
xxxxxxxx→ No. That is up to the parent to decide if they would like to leave their cubs in favor of joining or raise the cubs and come back a different time.

Q: What kind of tools do scribes work with?
xxxxxxxx→ Since lions couldn't possibly use or make tools the same way that humans do, they are very primitive in their writing techniques. For the more advanced scribes, treated animal hides are their tablets. They use their claws and paws to press into the soft material to make a permanent indention, thus writing. For those just learning, there are caves solely for that purpose. The walls are perfect for the new shaky claw.

Q: How are the hides treated?
xxxxxxxx→ In order for a hide to become usable as a writing surface, it must first be fresh. We don't want day old, decaying hides! Once freshly killed, the hide itself needs to be cleaned of any flesh or fat. The then cleaned hide is taken to the ocean and dipped in and out of it. The larger the hide, the more salt treatment it needs. After a few dipping rounds, it is then taken up the river to where the fresh water runs, where it is then rinsed out thoroughly. Finally cleaned, salted, and rinsed, the sopping and heavy hide will then be placed upon a large rock or log, fur up, to dry out naturally. It is advised that the skins be stretched and pulled upon once placed! This is so they dry out larger and it helps get any little bits of flesh or fat off that may have been stubborn in the cleaning process. Now you have yourself a soft and rollable hide that is perfect for mobile writings!

Q: Who is in the charge of cleaning and creating the hide scrolls?
xxxxxxxx→ Why the scribes of course! If you wanna be a scribe, then you better learn how to make your own scrolls! It's all part of their training, don't worry.