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Cubs born!

The cubs were born!! A mutual of mine told me that they use an extensive method, and I used the part about only breeding to 10 or more marked studs!

And! They turned out pretty!! To me, at least!! I’m so happy- I never get cubs like this!

Here they are as adults!

Ganua’s cubs!

AAAA!! BABIES!!!

Jeia’s cubs:

ABSOLUTE DARLINGS!!

And Kindle’s cub!

He’s a hot mess of markings, but I’m keeping him because Kindle and Kaina deserve to raise a cub together 💙

BUT OH GOSH I now have 11 pregnant lionesses on my main and 9 on my side, all bred to ten marked studs! (On my side, a few were bred to my side’s king and some eight marked kings) BUT OH MY GOSH I HOPE I GET SOME GOOD BEANS...

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I got these two adorable sisters (yep, they’re actually sisters!) from the Tree yesterday!! I nabbed one on my main and one on my side. They’re both in the Atma Pride now and are as close as they can be! The darker one is Yena, and other cutie is Yeta! Everyone predicts they’ll do everything together.

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Shamana, an adolescent who had collapsed exhausted, starving, and dehydrated on the Atma Pride’s hunting grounds, and had been rescued and taken in by the pride, has been staying with them for a few months- and now she has reached adulthood! She is in much better shape, and is rather rebellious and reckless. Hopefully adulthood will bring to her the common sense not to start fights with whole packs of angry hyenas...

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The Atma Pride

The Atma Pride is a pride of friendly, empathetic lions that lives in a thick forested area. The territory is immensely large, filled with many areas to bask in the sunlight shining in through the trees, hunt, and even swim in the small bodies of water scattered about. The territory is rich in flowers and other lush vegetation, and many small animals roam about. The pride’s camp is a large clearing beneath a canopy of trees. There’s a cliff side against it, and in the side there are dug out dens.

The lions all care for each other and hardly get involved in drama. They’re not violent, but when they have to protect themselves against enemies they can fight wonderfully. They are, overall, very kind lions, and will gladly take in a traveler for the night.

Aging within the pride

When cubs are born, the mother stays with by their sides until they open their eyes and ears and begin to stumble around. As does the father, if they are in the pride. Then, the mother goes off on her hunting duties while the Broodmothers step in. They act as secondary parents, and after the mother’s daily duties are fulfilled, she returns back to her cubs and lets the Broodmothers rest. The whole pride cares for the cubs, and do everything in their power to keep them safe. Most cubs stay in the pride, but some are handed off to other prides who promise to take care of them when space is limited. It’s always sad when a pride member or cub leaves, but the pride knows they’ll be safe and cared for.

When cubs reach adolescence, they begin to train to be a proper lion. They begin to learn how to hunt, to fight, and to care for the lions around them, even if they’re more snarky or blunt. They go out into the territory without supervision once they hit this time of their lives, and they often goof around at this time. They learn to patrol on the side, and begin to identify scents and sounds. Most heirs to the throne are chosen at adolescence as well- but in some cases, an heir isn’t chosen until adulthood.

When adolescents mature into adults, a ceremony is held. Flowers are brought into the camp and scattered on the adult and ground, and the females go on their first hunt alone. Males go on their first patrol alone. The pride spends the day gathering as much food as possible for the feast at night, and most adults destroy their old nests as a symbol of them moving on to a different place in life. A new nest is threaded with feathers and ferns, and they all move into the main pride’s den at that time. It’s a very joyful time!

When pride members hit the age of thirteen, they begin to falter and struggle to continue in their pride duties. The king and the pride thanks them for their service and time, and moves them to the elder den. Kindle, the young lioness who cares for the elders, helps make them a new nest and comforts them during their first night as an official elder.

Death Ceremonies

Death happens within the Atma Pride, even when they don’t want it to. Old age or unlucky circumstances still hit these peaceful individuals.

When a cub dies, it’s a very heart-wrenching experience. While it doesn’t happen often, it has happened in the past, despite the best efforts of the pride. When a cub dies, the mother, father (If in the pride), and Broodmothers surround the cub in feathers and petals, grooming their fur one last time. After the grief filled vigil, the mother (same thing for the father) and Broodmothers go to bury the cub. The mother is excused from her duties while she grieves.

When an adolescent dies, which has only happened a few times, the pride honors a potential hunter or king’s life. If the parents are in the pride, they cover their child’s body in moss and soft fur tufts from their baby’s favorite prey. The pride sits vigil and the parents or qualified pride members go to bury the adolescent. Flowers and fur are tucked beside them in the grave.

When adults or elders die, the pride holds a vigil while the Healer and king scatters flowers on their body and wishes them happiness among the stars. Qualified pride members or able elders bury the lost pride member. A day of vigorous hunting and patrolling follows in their honor.

When a king dies, the whole pride takes their individual part in the ceremony. Each lion will lick the deceased male’s cheek or shoulder in respect, and each lion will bring a flower to settle over his body. The heir to the throne will sit beside the body, and give a speech to the pride about how he will lead them, and how much the pride will miss their wonderful ruler. Any other lion is welcome to give a speech as well. The whole pride goes off to bury the king (cubs are brought along, too, but stand away from the burial with their guardian(s)), and when they all return to camp the heir is crowned king.

However, when a king steps down and becomes the Grandpaw, the ceremony is much different, for the king is not dead. A celebration of thanks for the former king’s rule is held, with the typical flowers and feast. The king himself crowns his heir king, which is an emotional time. When the Grandpaw dies, however, after many months of playing with cubs and watching his pride happily, the dead king ceremony takes place (minus the heir becoming king, since he’d already be king- he will still give a speech, however, as well as any other lion who wants to).

(The pride has never had a queen, but if they did, these ceremonies would play out the same way.)

In all these ceremonies, if the lion has a mate or mates with the pride, they will join in on the burials and, just like family, they and any cubs they may of had together can choose to take a grieving break from duties.

There is much more to this pride! Don’t be afraid to stop by. Visitors are welcome!

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As I’ve mentioned, I have a den full of elderly pride members from my first active days on Lioden (I joined in 2016 but never played and only logged back in and started playing in 2017), and so nearly every day one or two of them die. Manachi was the last elderly male of mine. He was a gift from a player in February of 2017 (he lived so long due to a few periods of time where I was inactive and didn’t log in for a few months or so), and he was a vvvv good boy.

As the Atma Pride does when a member of the pride dies, they covered his body in sweet scented flowers and held a vigil for him, before some of the elders who were close to him, along with Kindle, buried him. He walks among the stars now with the other deceased members of his pride.

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Two of my girls youngest girls are pregnant along with Kindle! I bred them both to ten or more marked studs instead of randomly breeding like I used to- so I’m hoping for some pretty cubs. I won’t be able to keep all of them though.

For some reason, instead of the stud I bred Jeia to there’s a # that leads to my king. I’m pretty sure that probably means the account was deleted/deactivated- never had that happen before. But she’s expecting four cubs, which was a pleasant surprise for me to find out!

Ganua is expecting two!

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Art of the pride’s precious lesbians that I’ve commissioned

I like to commission art on Lioden for gold beetles! Please check these two wonderful artists out!

By saltlordrabbit (#27538), the same person who drew my header of Taysha and Mariana!

By hellameme (#133750)! Please check them out, too!

I love both of these so so much 💙💙

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Nayama, Healer in Training

Nayama is a snarky yet caring adolescent that is being trained by Mariana. She likes to “chat” with other animals such as wolves and hyenas, and has a nasty habit of giving her food away to scavengers. But she shows promise as the pride’s next healer- she’s already successfully helped to deliver cubs and heal wounds from unexpected attacks.

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Kaina, Leopon

Kaina is the first and only leopon in the Atma Pride! She is quiet and reserved, but with her mate Kindle she is a lot more outspoken and affectionate. Although her arrival was shocking due to her being one of the elusive leopons, the pride treats her like any other lion, which she appreciates. She has had multiple surrogate litters, but none of them have survived. Kindle’s pregnancy especially worries the two due to this, and they hope no grief will encompass them this time around, and that they will finally be parents.

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Kindle, Elder Caretaker

Kindle is a young, cheerful lioness who’s main priority is to feed and care for the elders. She makes sure their last years are gentle and free of pain, and she loves to listen to their stories. When they lose some of their memories, she helps them finish their stories they’ve told her countless times. A lot of the oldest elders have been dying recently, leaving her in a terrible state of grief. She feels as if she could prevent their deaths, even though she really couldn’t have.

Kindle is mates with the leopon Kaina. And, recently, Kindle has fallen pregnant with her first litter, for a lion outside the pride was generous enough to act as a surrogate father for the two females. Kindle is expecting one cub, and she and Kaina are hoping the birth goes well.

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Abiki, Ree, and Ushimi, Broomothers

These three lionesses have the responsibility of looking after the pride’s cubs. They do not hunt, and even if there are no cubs they help around the pride’s camp. On the rare chance a cub dies, the Broodmothers have the devastating duty of burying them along with the cub’s parents if they are within the pride or still alive.

While they watch the cubs, that doesn’t mean the parents have no involvement.

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Mariana, healer

Mariana is the pride’s healer. She’s just a little younger than Taysha and acts as his adviser, comforting him through the dark times of the mass amounts of elders from the pride’s first generation passing on to the stars above. She makes sure the pride thrives and is caring yet stern. She heals injured lions with herbs for the most part, but sometimes their injuries are too dire and she has to hope that they’ll make it out okay. Luckily, that doesn’t often happen due to the peaceful nature of the pride.

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Heir to the throne, Deshan

Despite his intimidating looks, Deshan is actually a compassionate, goofy lion who loves to play around. He arrived to the pride as a cub with three female cubs who clung to him like burrs. Said females (Seta, Kallisto, Indiana) are close friends with the heir. Taysha chose him because, all though he’s not always serious, he knows how to handle situations when they need to be sorted out, and he cares immensely about the wellbeing of lions in and around the territory.

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Taysha, the Atma Pride King

Taysha is a kind, warm-hearted lion who took the throne at an older age. He became king around the age of eight years old, and so he’s not expected to rule as long as the previous king Slate, who left a strong legacy among the pride. Unlike Slate, he did not take a specific mate, and so the pride does not have a queen. He grew up in the pride, and never expected to rule, and he often feels anxious about how well he’s leading.