[MySpoons]

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Where this lion walks, they stir up old legends... or inspire new ones. What myth surrounds this strange-looking one? 500 words max and/or 1 art piece! ENDS on the 24rd of OCT at CS rollover!

Username: Firedancer77
Lion name: Kusafiri (Swahili for "travel")
Lion gender: Male / Lion
Pride: Isle of Roses
Pride status: Hunter

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[Firedancer77]

Username: Firedancer77
Lion name: Kusafiri (Swahili for "travel")
Lion gender: Male / Lion
Pride: Isle of Roses
Pride status: Hunter
Write a Myth
Kusafiri saw the devil and took his name, or so the legend goes.

Kusafiri was a trickster. No one knows his origins; the story always begins with him as an adult. He was notorious for his deals, always capturing others in his twisted web of words. No matter who tried to go up against him, Kusafiri always got what he wanted while finding a loophole on the other’s side.

Eventually, this caught the devil’s eye. Much of the controversy surrounding the legend stems from this. Some say that the devil was enraptured with him. Others insist that the devil was enraged that someone might be able to outwit him. Whatever the case, the story always has the devil taking mortal form to challenge Kusafiri to a deal.

No one knows what the deal was about. Some say it was about knowledge. Others say it was about strength. Still others say it was about willpower. Whatever the case, Kusafiri came back from the deal changed. He had the name Kusafiri, the name the devil carried, and no one - not even Kusafiri himself - could remember what his name had once been. His expression had hardened. When questioned, he refused to reveal anything about his deal with the devil.

In truth, no one knows for sure whether he won or he lost.

They say after that day, Kusafiri left his pride and set out on his own. From then on, he’d wander the night in search of lions so desperate for something that they would be willing to accept help from a mysterious stranger. However, it is said that Kusafiri’s deals had changed. There were consequences for making a deal with the one who held the devil’s name, and Kusafiri made sure the lions paid them. The price of Kusafiri’s deals was part of why only the most desperate of lions seemed to find him; only they would be willing to make the deal with them.

It is said that anyone who did came to regret it. In the end, they got what they wanted, but it came at much too high a cost.

No one knows the truth about Kusafiri. Some say he is the lion of the legend, arguing that he has lived for long as a consequence of his deal with the devil. Others argue that he just resembles the appearance some stories have given Kusafiri, and that there is no way to know that that was indeed the appearance the original Kusafiri had (if indeed there even was an original Kusafiri). Still others claimed that he was of the same bloodline, often citing him to be a descendent of the original Kusafiri and the devil, and so may or may not have some of the same power lingering on him.

Kusafiri does nothing to clear the matter up, but if you look closely enough when someone is discussing the story, you can see him smile. Whether that is due to pride or amusement may never be known.

(500 / 500 words)

[Midnightkitkat]

Username: Midnightkitkat
Lion name: Soma
Lion gender: Male
Pride: To be Made
Pride status: Founder
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Moved for my founders story


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[hawkfire102]

Username: hawkfire102
Lion name: Rashid
Lion gender: Male
Pride: The Howling Crags Pride
Pride status: Middle Territory Guard
Write a Myth creativity is, as usual, my fav c:

The legends of Rashid are always shrouded in mystery. They say he walks at night but is only visible when the moon is full. Even in the dark, you'll feel him before you see him. The grass around him will wilt and die as he passes through it but once the morning light comes, different flowers will bloom. This always attracts prey to the area.

However, there is a legend of seeing him on the New Moon. The moonless night brings horror when he walks. If you see him during this time and aren't pure of heart, you will be consumed by brambles. The process is slow, the brambles following you where ever you go. There is no escaping them. They will find you one way or another.

If you see him on a full moon, he will grace your clan with bountiful hungry for the next fall. There will always be prey for you when the cold season comes.

[Meekins12345]

Username: Meekins12345
Lion name: Matoskah - "Born of Murky Waters"
Lion gender: Lion/Male
Pride: The Pride of Wikimak
Pride status: Makisa of the Kwahu - Leader of the hunters
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Legends speaks of a lion born within the murky waters of the swamp lands, far beyond the prairies, plains and mountainous regions. His mother had abandoned him because of his grotesque appearance. His pelt's dirty green color was permanent, always remaining the color of the waters he had been born in, and the scent of cattails and minnows always seemed to waft from his fur.

Because his mother had abandoned him, he cried and wailed in the way cubs do, attracting not lions, but crocodiles and turtles to his aid. Instead of trying to eat him, a pair of crocodiles raised him along with their other little young. The snapping turtles became his extended family while the crocodiles were close family. The crocodiles taught him how to swim within the water and sneak up upon many a creature, and how to kill in their own, special way.

As he got older, his mane grew and grew. Since there was none to groom him, his mane became unnaturally long and scraggly, the fur reminiscent to the colors of the waters. Some say he was born that way, others believe the moment the cub touched the murky waters of the swamp did the color soak into his coat. His fur is said to be matted with burdock seeds, bone shards, and scales from, both, reptiles and fish.

Eventually he grew older but still lived with the crocodiles and snapping turtles of the swamp, but his intent grew more devious. He didn't just hunt the average prey, he went after his own kind, lions and lionesses that dared to wander into his swamp. With his colors, he could swim within the same colors of his pelt, easily camouflaging within the waters and even the areas around the swamp itself. The legend says his diet had ultimately become purely lion. Those that were to enter his swamp would be greeted by the sounds of a distressed cub, but those that searched for the source of the sound would be greeted with their untimely demise.

But, of course, that's just a myth... mostly.

Matoskah was born within the swamps, but he lived amongst a small and shy pride, one that didn't like to be seen. They were known to swim within the waters much like crocodiles and snapping turtles did, but they were more than happy to hunt these reptiles.

He himself doesn't exactly know what contributed to his odd coloration but he doesn't seem to mind it very much. In fact, he enjoys it. It makes it easier to hunt... Other prey, not lions. Unfortunately, that legend has gotten around and he has to clarify whenever he's questioned.

His pride was ultimately wiped out when a surplus of large crocodiles infested the swamp, eating every last one of them except him, who managed to escape from such creatures. He traveled far and wide until he came to the pride he now happily calls home.(490 wc)

[Lavellan]

Username: Lavellan
Lion name: Zier
Lion gender: Male
Pride: Flame Valley Pride
Pride status: East Mountain Lookout
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“Ignore the music of the bogs, little one. Those who do not, cannot leave.”

Far beyond the pride’s territory, over the Eastern Mountain, sits a bog, the low, wet, muddy area uninhabitable for any pride. Paws sink into the treacherous mud, the slimy frogs and thin voles barely rewarding but a mouthful to any hunter that attempts to brave them. They are an area of the surrounding territories that no guard dares to patrol, that no scout even attempts to enter, that no founder would even cross.
However, there are tales, whispers among the pride of a lion living out in no man’s land, a lion who once held an alliance with the Flame Valley Pride, that ventured to the bogs and never returned. Some say that the lion was banished for misdeeds, others that he fled due to the shame of a disfigurement, the long, shaggy mane hiding his monstrous face no longer enough to hide him from the pride’s wary eyes.
Elders in the pride will tell you that he is real. Cubs will tell you he’s a story.

And, just as with every other story, each year there is a group of adolescents who are willing to test it. The story says that if you go to the bog on the night of the first full moon of the autumn, you will be safe from the BogLion. All you have to do is travel alone, and remain within a sprint’s distance from the mountainside. And, most importantly, you have to ignore the BogLion’s songs.
His songs are beautiful, his voice rich and resonant, ethereal and haunting. The velvet words sing of love, or of its loss, of times of happiness and times of disaster. His songs seem to fill the air around the bogs, casting an eerie but beautiful atmosphere around the area. It is said that those who hear his voice are compelled to venture further, to enter the danger and eventually be lured to their ends.
Those who have ventured down the side of the East Mountain know that the legends have their truths. Carried on the winds, soft and beautiful, come the words of the BogLion.
The Elders say that he’s a lonely lion, secluded in his shyness and strange ways.
The Youth say that he’s a monster, eager to claim the souls of the pride as his own prizes.

There’s only one way to find out for sure, isn’t there?

407 words

[MySpoons]

Username: Firedancer77
Lion name: Kusafiri (Swahili for "travel")
Lion gender: Male / Lion
Pride: Isle of Roses
Pride status: Hunter
Write a Myth
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awesome job! He's yours! I love the idea of a lion taking the devil's name... and the ambiguity of whether he won or lost is perfect~

[Firedancer77]

eeee thank you so much!! so excited to have this boy, I love him ;-;