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March 19, 2024 A momentary lull has overtaken the lands of Amaryllis as its inhabitants attempt to find their footing and rebuild after a string of challenges. How long it will last, however, nobody can be quite sure.

February 11, 2024 The Mire has fallen from the Stärke family and is now held by Luther Rike. The change has stirred but the fighting nature of those on the island. The Brook finds a new leader with Icefang and Isla takes over the Lagoon after a storm pushes out the old leader. Reti finds himself the leader of the Hollows after Alexander is hurt. The Oasis finds a new leader in Léonie who is soon tested by Harou.

January 8, 2024 The snow has finally begun to melt anew, which means that the world is slowly returning to the much-anticipated summer season. With the various holiday activities and the other jests put on by Nafasi also coming to a close, it is safe to say that winter is finally over.

December 5th, 2023 Nafasi had pulled a cruel trick and has sent Amaryllis back into a renewed winter season! But it's not all bad, because the lands will also see a handful of holiday-themed events popping up as a result. To make things more interesting, a wayward trio of travlers have also arrived and are facilitating a mass competition between the prides, bands, and rogues -- formally dubbed the Amaryllis Winter Games.

December 2nd, 2023 The spring air brings forth a number of pride challenges. A familiar challenger for the Cove and the Oasis arrive to try to earn what they want. The new leader of the Lagoon is tested in battle as well. What changes will come from the challenges? Who will remain standing and who will find their world turned upside down?

November 27th, 2023 In a challenge between mother and daughter, the leadership of Wolfbron Bluff changes for the first time in 5 IC years.

November 22nd, 2023 Two death matches, one resurrection, and an almost-war later, the lands find themselves in a constant state of turmoil and calamity. Families have been torn apart and endless blood has been spilt; but how is it all going to end?

November 3rd, 2023 The lands stir violently as a death match rages on between Aeistrios Saxe and Morrigan Greyflood. Observers spill into the pit in droves to witness what will no doubt be a historic battle -- and it is clear that this familial fued is far from over, no matter who wins and who dies.

October 12th, 2023 With winter comes the surge of more pride challenges; Ludivine challenges Ryker for Firnen Rainforest and is victorious in her endeavors, meanwhile an outcropping of maims breaks out on the sidelines. In a shocking turn of events Luther returns to challenge Bruno for Ecrosia Mire, will the former heir prove victorious or has Bruno got what it takes to keep his brother's ambitions at bay? This has undoubtedly shaken things up as Bruno declares war against Andal Oasis and Allies in the process!

September 26th, 2023 A series of pride challenges spark up across the peninsula, while warring families face-off as tensions reach their boiling points. Anthonius Savante barely manages to escape the clutches of Apollinaire Dieudonne with his life, while death looms over the broken truce between the Valour-Greyflood and Saxe families.

September 4th, 2023 After Tinúviel collapsed at the Wolfbron Bluff's challenge, she was unable to make it back to the Lagoon to take up her leadership position again and the pride disbands. Diomedeidae & Cirilla fight for the pride.

August 28th, 2023 Both Amara and Morrigan keep their prides. Lachesis doesn't show to defend the Brook and Renfri takes over. The Wolfbron Bluffs challenge seems to be setting off fireworks already.

August 15th, 2023 The two longest standing female leaders are both fighting for their prides once again. Anthonius challenges Amara for the Bluffs. Amaroq challenges Morrigan for the Summit. A new leader faces his first challenge as Renfri challenges Lachesis for the Brook. Did anyone think that peace was something the island was able to have?

August 1st, 2023 Conflict, drama, love, and loss - the lands are never free from any of it for more than a fleeting moment. As the summer months wane on and the season nears its end, there is no telling what is coming next upon the horizon.

June 19th, 2023 With the rains leaving and spring upon the island, things are heating up among the lions. Bruno seeks to unseat his father in the Mire. Helah looks to dethrone Scorpius in the Oasis and keep the fire between the Bluffs and the Oasis alive. The Plains have raided the Brook and allies on both sides showed up to help.

May 23rd, 2023 All is fair in love and war - moments of chaos and peace lull in a cyclical nature across the lands of Amaryllis, though most are wise enough to know that the quiet never lasts quite long enough.

April 20th, 2023 Alexander manages to win the Hollows and Tiamat keeps the Lagoon. Vághan challenges Amara for the Bluffs but Amara is able to hold off another challenger and keeps the Bluffs. The Cove was hit by a storm that washed away it's leader leaving the lands open to be claimed by Nephthys and Keligan who both are attached to the land. Cirilla attempts to take the Oasis from Scorpius who seems driven to keep the land.

April 5th, 2023 It doesn't take long for the dust to kick up as the Hollows is challenged for by Alexander once again and the Lagoon is challenged for by Fernweh.

March 31st, 2023 As wars and challenges continue to break out across the lands, Amaryllis is certainly keeping up with its turbulent reputation. One can only hope that the dust will settle soon enough - for everyone's sake.

March 10th, 2023 The turbulance of the prides never ceases for very long, as a violent landslide forces the members of Firnen Rainforest to evacuate and disband. Who will step up for the throne this time around?

March 1st, 2023 While Gauthier manages to retain control of Caladan Cove, Lorien Plains' fate is not so simple. With Aeistrios overthrowing Violarum and taking the pride's throne, how will things unravel from here?

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♔ until lambs become lions
      |   #61
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2022, 05:21 PM by Valkravn.)
(1/2) +5 Observe a fight
(1/2) +5 Attend a spar or challenge to assess the wounds

The call for an ally’s home was what spring Valkravn into action. She had been doing a little bit of in-house cleaning with her medical corner when it bellowed out, and although it were faint she still caught wind of it and it caused for her move move at breakneck speed. They never seemed to cease nor take a break, that swamp pride, and she would be damned if they thought the ally’s of the Hollows pride would sit back and watch without taking action.

When Valkravn arrived she would already spot Aquila in his own fight, the Viking’s body slipping into a defensive posture as she stalked forward. Her ears would pin against her skull, tail hanging limp between rear legs and her shoulders rolling as she moved onward. She would note several Brook members, watching them carefully as she then spotted @Morrigan ♔ standing aside @Avaneira. “Ready for round two?” Tone of voice would be half bemused and half serious as she spoke to both of them, lavender gaze finally settling onto Roan and the one who fought. She was ready to spring into action to defend, and even if she lost again she would make damn sure whoever was on the receiving end of tooth and claw that they would have scars to remember her by.
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      |   #62
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2022, 02:34 PM by Jerrik.)
OUTLAW EXP
//+5 Leave a trail of confusing tracks
//+5 Witness drama between prides

Jerrik walked very close to her mothers, but in his mind he wanted to do something more than sitting down and boringly watch the fight. The cub walks into the pride lands, eyes of green lurking through the cavernous rooms, and into those who had come to watch. He spotted his mothers among a group of strangers, so he didnt want to be there. But as he eyes more lions he spots the cub he played with not long ago. @Leonie accompanied by no one.

Slowly he approaches, but without a straight forward trail. Leaving confusing trails, just for fun. He takes a seat by her side without asking for permission, he didnt need it.

"Hi." He greets shortly as he watches the drama between the prides. Specially Ecrosia Mire and The Hollows/The Brook.
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      |   #63
she is perhaps later than she'd initially liked, but she supposed arriving late was better than never actually arriving in the first place. gentle eyes scan the border to obsidian carefully as her paws slow down to a halt. her tail sways in the breeze behind her as a myriad of fights break out. the first she sees is between two lions, presumably the high sovereign of the pride and the man who wanted to take it away from him. the second fight she sees is more alarming as @Aquila is locked in battle with another lioness. her brows furrow as she descends and quietly takes a seat within the crowd. maua, protect aquila from harm. shine light upon him... she whispers, her ears flicking forward and backward as she waited with anticipation.
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      |   #64
The call came from a part of the land that she hadn’t really explored- hell she hadn’t even realized a pride lived here. The scent though, struck her as slightly familiar- the scent of the lioness who had attacked her during the war. Huh, so this pride had somehow been involved too? She made her way down to watch the fight unfold between the Mire male who had been at the fire. Idly, she stands behind the crowds, her tail flicking low at her heels as she watches before she would move to come take a seat in the crowd to watch and see what she could learn about this group- and to see who would emerge the victor.




      |   #65
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A second disagreement soon broke out on the sidelines and Tai, annoyed by the warmongering Mire lions, wrinkled his nose. The more and more he saw of the swamp pride, the more and more he wished to see them eradicated like the vermin they had proven to be. He was too young yet to do help, but maybe someday …

He noted movement in the corner of his eye, but the silhouette was dark and he assumed Bakarea had finally joined them. The voice, however, most certainly did not belong to his brother, and the realization of who was there, taunting him, caused him to snap his head around and bare his teeth at his rival: @Bruno.

“Get OUT— !” he hissed in warning, teeny claws coming out. Tai remembered the way Bruno had beaten him that day on the beach, and now he wanted to come and taunt him while his dad was dealing with an invader. It was too much for the young eagle, whose minty eyes misted over under the stress of it all. “Get out, or— or— or I’ll— !

Suddenly, he was moving. The mauve prince, with ears flattened and eyes narrowed in an angry glare, tried turning his body around so he could face the swamp rat head-on. He attempted to lift his right paw and, with claws unsheathed, tried to outright slap Bruno across his left cheek for even thinking he could show his stupid, UGLY face here at the Hollow.

@Tai vs. @Bruno
Dominance, again!
1/3
Hits:
Rolling 3d20: 2 + 19 + 5

Dodges:
Rolling 1d20: 12

Luck:
Rolling 5d20: 18 + 19 + 17 + 4 + 1
      |   #66
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2022, 04:45 PM by Heloise.)
+10 Cast a curse or blessing on a character/group

@Gareth soon came to join her, and she offered him a smile. Good to see ye, she said. Her baby boy also came with her (not that he was so much a baby anymore but hey, she would always think of him as such) and settled at her side. If ye have any questions, just ask. I be happy to tell ye... aaaand dere dey go, she commented as a fight broke out on the sidelines between Aquila and one of the lions from the Mire. So far it seemed like that was the only one, but she fully expected there would be more.

If I be pulled into dis, go sit with de white furred lady with the cubs over dere, Heloise said to @Ansel, gesturing to Faelyn with a paw. She knew she was of the Hollow and surely wouldn't mind having another child to keep an eye on. Though maybe she would considering one of her kids had just smacked another one. But I try not to get pulled in, she concluded.

She saw Ophelia watching the maim bout and whispering something, and guessed she might know what. Spirits, Maua, watch over Aquila and keep him safe. Lend him your strength as well. Bless him with the power to defend himself from his attacker, she said, adding her voice to the other woman's.
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What had the boy expected, really? Somehow he was surprised as Tai whipped around with pure rage written on his features when Bruno had only thought he would be met by words coated with a salty crisp. He straightened, startled, his eyes widening slightly as Tai commanded him to get out or else.

"Tail screwed on too t––" Before he could get out the taunt, Tai's clawed mitt came swinging in a proper smack across his left cheek. Bruno winced as he felt the slices there well with blood, stumbling backward slightly and instinctively spreading his limbs to carry him more sturdily. His eyes welled with a stinging sensation and he could not help but see a flash of his father's face in the back of his mind. No doubt he would be watching. This – whatever this was with Tai – would no longer be his private secret.

"I didn't do anything!" He retorted with bewilderment, flexing his own claws so they gripped against the flat stone below. Finally working up to twisting his own expression into a snarl, Bruno attempted to close the remaining space between them with his jaws parted to try and snap a bite squarely upon the bridge of Tai's muzzle. He lifted his left paw, attempting to wrap it around the back of his opponent's neck with his needle-claws pricked in a graceless embrace.


Bruno vs. @Tai
for dominance
Round 1 / 3
Hits:
Rolling 2d20: 9 + 1

Dodges:
Rolling 2d20: 2 + 17

Luck:
Rolling 5d20: 7 + 3 + 9 + 18 + 12
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      |   #68

She was quickly joined, Tobin settling himself not far away as a buffer between them and the strangers who came to watch. Not that all were strangers. She was pleased to see the members from the Brook who also came, knowing they were allies. @Jai also came over to her, and she attempted to brush her tail against him reassuringly.

Then Roan charged past her and her heart seized to have to watch him fight once more. It never got any easier.

Luckily, distraction came a moment later in the form of @Cassandra approaching her, and she forced a little smile on her features. Thank you, she said just as softly in return. I expect that is where Roan would want to go as well should he fall here. I am Faelyn Vandiir-Hodari, sovereign here. Roan's mate. And these are our children, Jai and Alvena, she concluded just as quietly, speaking solely to Cassandra though no doubt her little ones were close enough to hear as well.

I wish all the Mire lions weren't here, she said in more of a normal tone, though still quiet. She knew why they were, but tensions were already high without their whole pride coming to watch.

@Avana's presence was only at her side for a moment, and Faelyn was quick to know she wasn't the only one who wasn't pleased with their presence. The sovereign reached out with a paw and scooped Avana's bundle of herbs closer to her to keep them safe as the Lead Hunter went over to give one of the Mire lions a piece of her mind. She presumed he was the sovereign.

Hero, Olvir, and Tai joined Jai and then the only one of her children not present was Bakarea, which she confirmed with a quick glance around. Perhaps he had chosen to stay behind in the den, or perhaps he was just somewhere she couldn't quite see him. And then of course her attention was drawn by the fight erupting between Aquila and one of the lions from the Mire. Well, that was only a matter of time, she commented dryly. I think she bit off more than she can chew there. Aquila was far from an unskilled fighter, after all.

@Marja was there, the woman she had met in the labyrinth, and despite herself Faelyn couldn't help the amused smile that crossed her features. If Roan won this battle (when Roan won this battle) she decided she would ask the lioness if she wanted to live here.

A little voice piped up nearby and she turned to look in time to see @Tai and a cub from the Mire get into a tussle. She gasped in surprise, her tail lashing behind her in mild irritation. Children, stop that! she ordered. Good heavens, had all this chaos filtered down to their little ones as well? That hardly seemed necessary. She wasn't going to go stick a paw in there to try to split them up though. She sighed softly in resignation, realizing she probably ought to let them work it out between themselves. Who was she to tell them they shouldn't fight? It didn't look terribly serious, after all.

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      |   #69
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2022, 04:39 PM by Sláine.)
The blueberry amazonian arrived at the unfamiliar territory of the hollow. Finding her way to the throng of lions, Slaine had arrived to observe the match as she had many others. But the challenger is familiar to her and causes the warrior to pause in her step, casting her sapphire gaze across the crowd and seeing tension brewing between her pride and others. Who could blame them? She half thinks. Foolish men like Vaghan who care nothing for the mess they leave behind.
However as battle lines are threatened to be drawn, Slaine will always find herself on one particular side. The muscular woman weaved her way through the mass of gathered felines and found her place near to @Alaric. Pale chin lifted as the speckled woman offered him a nod of her continued allegiance. Ready to fight for him, as always.
Her tail lashes as she sees her golden comrade @Myra steeped in battle with the male that had broken her own leg in the war. Slaine cannot say that she disliked the man, even after all that. He had, after all, let her go to drag herself back to her cubs. But war left little room for too much sentiment, she found. Though as her gaze strayed back to her King, she wondered if her love for him would eventually kill her. A price she perhaps was not against paying.
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Weird. His paw made contact with Bruno’s dumb face with such force that the swamp rat stumbled back, yet the sense of accomplishment that Tai had expected to feel in that moment was nowhere to be found. He was not proud of what he’d done, only frustrated that Bruno had managed to provoke him. He absolutely hated him for it.

“I didn't do anything!” @Bruno argued, but Tai could do little more than huff at him, his eyes teary and his tail snapping low across the ground. Dumb Bruno. Did he really not realize everything he had done to him — the way he had cut his cheek and embarrassed him on the beach, how he had LITERALLY taunted him a moment ago while his dad took on the invader? The one that shared the same stink as him and the rest of the swamp rats?

It was only natural that when he pushed, Bruno shoved — so it came as no surprise when the Mire boy retaliated. He was answered with a snarl in return, one that deepened when his teeth snapped down on the top of his muzzle and punctured the thin skin that covered it. Tai hissed out and tried to yank his head back, yet the scratching claws on the back of his neck left him little room to retreat.

The tears in his eyes doubled as he glared down both their snouts to meet Bruno’s darker green gaze. He heard his mom yelling at them, but made no indication that her voice had ever reached him. Instead, he only shouted at Bruno, “I said GET OUT!” Tai then attempted to reach with his right paw, aiming to jam it into Bruno’s left armpit while the limb was outstretched, to try and push his rival back (and, of course, to scratch him in the process). In the same motion, he tried to curl his head forward and down, seeking to strike Bruno’s front teeth with his forehead.

@Tai vs. @Bruno
Dominance, again!
2/3
Hits:
Rolling 3d20: 17 + 7 + 12

Dodges:
Rolling 1d20: 1

Luck:
Rolling 5d20: 18 + 13 + 9 + 8 + 6
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