| Basic Leveling Prompts |#A1 [100 exp] -
Submitted toward level 2Create a map of your pride’s territory. You may draw one, use a website/builder, describe one, or code/collage one together. 
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#A2 [150 exp] -
Submitted toward level 2Explain where your pride calls home/rests within their territory. 200 words or 1 art piece minimumThe focal point, and the very place where all of the pride members consider it home among their territory, is the cave shrine and connecting cave system. It is where the divine energy is the strongest and, thus, it is within their best interests to reside there as much as possible, not only to soak up said energy, but so that they may be protected by it. Aside from that, the cave, itself, provides shelter from the elements and a safe place to hide away from any potential threats.
The stone carved steps lead from the outside all the way up to the mouth of the cave, leading into the cave shrine. Such area is considered the common area and meeting room, where all of the pride members come to mingle, relax, and discuss important matters. Essentially, where they spend time together outside of hunts and other ventures. The rest of the cave system branches off from there, leading in two opposing directions, which then splits even further, and eventually, circles around. There are many separate caves connected to these cave paths, seemingly intentionally carved out, to be separate rooms. As such, each pride member has their own private quarters, as well.Words: 202---
#A5 [50 exp] -
Submitted toward level 4Where did your pride’s name come from? 50 word minimum The name is a simple one, it's meaning almost painfully obvious to anyone that hears it. Pride of Oddity, or just Oddity Pride, is just what it is. The Founder of the pride, and likely the majority of the members of the pride, find themselves odd or strange in some way or another. Of course, it is also their general belief that everyone is odd in some way, though it is likely different from the oddness of anyone else. Still, it is best to embrace these oddities, and accept one another for them. So, they are odd, and they are proud to be.Words: 103---
#A6 [100 exp] -
Submitted toward level 2What sort of faith does your pride have? Do they have gods? 150 word minimumMore than anything else, members of the pride believe in themselves, one another, and the world that is all around them. That is, rather than there being a very specific god, they rationalize that anyone can rise to such a status and gain miraculous abilities. They believe that the land, the world, and everything beyond it, has its own life and energies. Some are places of divinity, while others are tainted and sinister. A combination of ones behavior and deeds within the world, as well as where they choose to live and if they respect not only the world, but life, itself, is what decides on what sort of abilities they may gain and status they hold, if any. If they pray to anything, it is to the universe and life, itself, rather than a specific figure or figures. Though, should one think, "Save me," the name they likely utter would belong to the Founder, herself, holding the strong belief that she will always come to their aid they need it.Words: 171---
#A9 [150 exp] -
Submitted toward level 2What is your pride’s biggest threat? 200 words or 1 art piece minimumAlthough there are potential enemies that lie within their territory in the form of buffalo, hippos, crocodiles, and even more, their biggest animal related threat is Nero's former pride. The majority of said former pride members are violent, mean cold hearted and cold blooded, and Nero would even describe them as evil or monstrous. They came to be called demons by others that heard of them for their vicious behavior, killing not to eat, but just to kill, including one another and any other lions that crossed paths with them.
Given that the former Demon King abandoned her title and left said pride behind, the pride members are filled with even more pure hatred and resentment for her than they ever had before. Though it is not their top priority, at least according to her belief, should they ever find her, there is no doubt that they would wage a full out war in an attempt to destroy her and any that she has allied herself with.
Primarily, she suspects that anyone that actually wishes to claim leadership in said pride would want to find her, as it was their tradition that the only way to take the title of King was to not only to defeat, but to kill, the current king.Words: 213----
#A14 [100 exp] -
Submitted toward level 4What does your pride expect of their cubs? Do they expect them to grow up quickly? Become warriors? 150 word minimumFirst and foremost, overall, the adults of the pride want the cubs to truly enjoy the experience of being a cub, before it is too late. Though they do begin to teach them important lessons about how the pride and world works, including expectations they may have for them later, they protect the cubs' right to enjoy not having too many responsibilities yet. They want them to have fun, make mistakes, and grow at their own pace.
The one lesson they all have to take seriously, though, even as cubs, is the ability to fight and defend themselves. By no means do they expect the cubs all to become strong warriors in their adulthood, but the Founder, Nero, puts a strong importance on all members of the pride being able to, at the very least, defend themselves, should they ever need to. At least in knowing how to respond to potential threats, and how to hold on until someone that is more able and capable can come and protect them.
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#A22 [100 exp] -
Submitted toward level 17Are there any illnesses common or native to your pride’s area? Seasonal flus? A historical ‘plague’, chills that come with winter? 150 word minimum
Incompatible Cultivation
An ailment that effects those that were formally members of the Demon Clan, including the leader and founder, Nero, and the First Commander, Makuvu. Being initially born and raised within a land filled with malevolent, dark energy, they originally cultivated such to become more powerful, as did all members of the Demon Clan. Now, however, as they live within the land of divine energy, they cultivate said divine energy instead. However, these two energies often conflict within the body, causing the lion with the two different energies severe pain, and, occasionally, weakness or other signs of illness, when the two energies clash. The ill side effects do not occur all the time, rather, it seems to happen randomly, without much warning, or when they strain themselves by calling on too much of their cultivation in combat or for other means.
Thus far, the only theory in how to prevent incompatible cultivation is for the lion to surrender one of their specific cultivations, that of their former pride, but both Nero and Makuvu press forward without doing so, unwillingly to lose their years of cultivation and become too weak, in the process. They fear the possibility of not being able to protect the rest of the pride should they lose a large portion of their strength.
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#A29 [100 exp] -
Submitted toward level 17What does a lion’s roar mean to your pride, culturally? A sign of intimidation, victory, mourning? 150 word minimum
Though it does not particularly have a very specific meaning to the Oddity Pride, it is most common that the members of the pride roar for one of two reasons. The first is to announce their presence to others around them, drawing attention to themselves. This can be something like a call to order when there is meeting of the entire pride, when Nero or whomever is leading the meeting comes onto the scene and the meeting, thus, begins, or when they are demanding the attention of a potential enemy. Nero, in particular, uses her roar to draw enemy attention to her, and away from someone else, given that she is especially protective of her pride mates. Secondly, a roar may be used as a form of intimidation. When confronted with an enemy, or even a potential danger, they may roar in order to intimidate the threat, should they be trying to avoid an unnecessary fight.
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#A31 [200 exp] -
Submitted toward level 17Is magic present/available to your pride; if so what are the restrictions, what is it capable of, or what role does it play in your story/world? 300 word minimumThe Oddity Pride, as a whole, accepts that forms of magic is perfectly common. However, at the same time, those that lack any form of magic are equally as common. It comes in many, many forms, over all. However, the three major means are inborn magic, gifted magic, and cultivated magic.
Innate magic, powers or abilities are those that the lions have from birth or latently develop as they age. Something that they naturally possess.
Magic that is gifted is given to a lion by some means, usually from another that posses magic or abilities, themselves, and gift them for some reason or another. It is especially common practice for members of the Oddity Pride to share fragments of their souls with their lovers when they choose to be a lifemated pair, for the reason that they will pass on minor abilities to their partners. Namely, their limited immortality, so that they may live out their extended lifespans with their partners. Technically, magic caused by a curse may fall into this category, as well.
Cultivated magic is, possibly, the most common within the pride, overall. Ones cultivation is equal to ones power and anyone is capable of cultivating either demonic energy or divine energy, even lions that are otherwise mortal and ordinary. Cultivating said energy long enough turns the individual into an immortal and they often gain varying abilities, ranging from incredible physical strength, the ability to manipulate an element or object, and even stranger abilities, still. Magical cultivation comes from lingering in places with said energy and slowly absorbing it over time simply from being in its presence, from practicing ones abilities, from meditating, and being granted cultivation either from another individual or another object, such as consuming a food that posses demonic or divine energy.
As the Oddity Pride has made their home in a land teeming with divine energy, each member of the pride has, or will soon, reached a level of immortality, and each eventually posses unnatural abilities, if they were not already born with them. Some few individuals have both demonic and divine cultivation, which makes them even more formidable, but also leaves them with a horrible ailment that they cannot always keep under wraps, as the two conflicting energies may leave them weak and sickly.
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