hint: if you don't want to read all this, you can just check out the introduction section!
It doesn't have all the detail, but it will tell you the basics of what you need to know to start the rp.
If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!
_____An old grey wolf sat before a group of young pups, smiling at them as they bustled around. Their constant play and bickering was music to his old ears. But the pups all quieted, their ears and eyes coming to attention when the elder spoke. His voice was gruff, and overtime had become choppy, just like his coat, which had at one point been pure black. It was littered with specks of grey and white in his old age.
"How about I tell you a story, young ones...?" The pups all nodded in agreement, starting to settle down, manoeuvring so their bodies were no longer intertwined with one another's, and the old wolf began. "Just like any other story, this one starts off with Once upon a time...
_____"Generations ago, before we came to the Second Kingdom, there was a large pack of wolves. Wolves of all different colours, shapes, sizes, and personalities. These wolves lived in peace under the reign of their Alpha, Solomon. The Alpha - a simple grey wolf, who had a ragged coat but a frame underneath that screamed, 'don't mess with me' - was both kind and gracious, as well as fair. Ruling alongside him was his mate, Laurel, a pure white wolf. She was just as kind as he, and beautiful in every way a wolf might be. The pair, like any other, had pups of their own. Two sons, one a light brown wolf, and the other black as the stormy night he was born on.
_____"Rightfully, the black pelted son, Benton, would be the next ruler of the pack, older by age. But the lord and his lady would soon come to realise that their youngest son, Angus, was the better ruler of the two. Where Angus would stop and say hello to anyone he came across, a passionate and gentle young soul, Benton would tear apart anything in his path that kept him from his goal. Of course, Benton did not see his way as the 'wrong way', so he continued on his path, believing that everyone else was mistreating him, when truthfully it was he at fault. Even though many tried to tell him this, the most common culprit being his own brother, Benton did not see it. It was not his way, so he began to hate. His brother. His mother. His father as well.
_____"It was not until Solomon was on his death bed, that he finally made a decision, one that would ripple through the land, following his kins' footsteps, wherever their paths carried them; 'Angus, my son,' the old Alpha croaked, 'You will carry on in my footsteps. Lead them well.'
_____"This did not sit well with Benton, who was enraged and stinging with hurt. The older brother, rightful ruler in his own mind, lashed out at his brethren, and went off into the night. A few of the more loner-types of the pack, the ones who believed that he was indeed the rightful ruler and that his way was best, followed after him. This night would come to be known as the Great Divide."
_____The old wolf paused, looking around, letting his words sink in; the little pups didn't need to know about Angus and Benton's families, or the way that the packs were faring. He didn't want to give them nightmares. No, they were to be as innocent as they could, for as long as they could. So he paused, and thought about it quietly to himself.
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_____Three years passed, and life in the mountains was harder than any of the pack had ever experienced before. The land barren, the weather cold and wet, leaving little prey to escape winter's clutches. The pack, known as Luna, was thin and bedraggled, and they wanted things to change. Tired of the way they were living, missing the old pack and the abundant food, most wanted to go to war and reclaim their rightful home, while others, a select few, wanted to settle things peacefully.
_____King Benton had grown bitter and hateful over the years, his rage increased tenfold, and his hurt had turned into hate and bitterness. He wanted revenge, for being mistreated, for the lack of love, and for not being able to have what was rightfully his. He had a family of his own, if that is what one would call his mating agreement. A mate who loved him dearly, Bea, but whom Benton rarely paid any attention to. His daughter, Vida, was stubborn, headstrong, and very much like the Benton's younger brother. He also had a son, Orson, who lived and breathed his father's every word.
_____It is time. Time for a war, a battle to overtake what should rightfully be his.
_____The Solis pack were happy and healthy. The land was prospering and warm, producing plenty of prey for the many wolves. Here the canines were left to wonder what happened to their brethren and how they were. Sometimes they looked to the mountain tops, covered in snow and shrouded in mist, hoping to see their long lost family...
_____Alpha Angus was happy and had a family of his own that was bright and wondrous. Fallon, daughter by blood, and son, Kane, that he and his beautiful mate Kaira adopted when the pup found himself without his blood parents. Angus's son and daughter were both promising young individuals who were welcome to live any life they please, their parents having decided long ago that the pups would be able to choose their own paths in life.
_____Angus was weary of his brother, a black presence in his mind that rubbed away at his resolve every waking moment. He worried about the presence of spies, or assassins, unknown threats he could barely guard against. But, unlike Benton, he still kept his sanity.
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_____The Elder's thoughts were interrupted as one of the pups impatiently hurried him on, too entranced in the story to bother letting him have time to collect his thoughts, "Alright, alright... now where was I...? Ah, yes..."
_____"The King of the Mountain, as Benton preferred to be recalled, never got to launch his war plans into action, because before he got the chance, his own daughter, along with the pack's 'Slaves', began a rebellion. The Slave rank was the lowest of the low in the new ranking system in Luna, and they were brutally mistreated. Vida had never liked how things were run, how the lesser wolves were mistreated, so with everything they had, the little group of rebels fought away from the pack, and slipped away down the mountain, knowing that they could only ever find salvation in Alpha Angus's lands.
_____Old Angus, unnerved by the sudden change, was reluctant to accept this strange band of riffraff, not believing he could trust these wolves. But his son, Kane, took an interest in Vida, and stepped forward, and as the future Alpha of the pack, he persuaded his father.
_____Two years down the road, Solis' Alpha pair, Kane and the Rebellion Leader, Vida, were expecting, as well as many of the other pairs in the pack. But the same was happening high in the mountain tops where Vida's brother had taken over the Luna pack. Orson wanted to kill his sister, and watch her blood run red, to cause her the pain that her betrayal caused their parents. What way better to do this than to take a pup of her own, and raise it as his, to use as a weapon against her? With his mate Aurélie not knowing of the plans that were about to unfold, she went to her birthing den on the same night as Vida did hers. One of the old King's spies, who had been living out his days in the Solis pack, stole one of the Vida's pups, and took it to Orson, and the young King slipped the pup into his mate's birthing den. Aurélie, believing the pup was theirs, never blinked an eye at him.
_____King Orson now had a secret weapon, but then, so did the Alpha pair; the brother of the stolen pup, who, unbeknownst to his kin, would one day bring peace to the packs.
_____A year and a half down the line, Vida's pup, Aaron, was a happy, bouncy, and adventurous juvenile. One day, he meandered too close to the border, and was captured by his very own brother, Quinlan. Though neither of the teens knew that they were related at all, they felt like they knew each other. Soon they start to converse, and they realised that they had the same oddly shaped mark, a combination of a sun and a moon, on the pads of their opposing front feet. Together, they go and confront their true mother, Quinlan sneaking away from the border of the Luna territory, curiosity getting the better of him.
_____Vida knew instantly that the pup was her son, stolen from her long ago. She welcomed Quinlan into the pack with open arms, but Quinlan and Aaron decide they want to leave the lands that were tormented with the Great Divide, and with a group of younger wolves, all with their own personalities but the same mindsets, set out to find their own lands and fates. A happier place, where everyone can be together as one..."
_____The elder overlooked the young pups as they began to settle down, eyelids fluttering shut, and little mouths coming wide open in yawns to reveal little sharp teeth. He made a rumbling sound of content, settling his head down on his forepaws and looking up the hill he lay at the base of, and smiling at the sight of Quinlan speaking to his brother, just like old pals.
credit to @Duckheart for the above writing, with some revisions made by me.