[Sixbane]

To adopt this lion, you must either:
1. Have a founder, be at least level 1, and have enough space to accommodate this lion.
2. Or, you can adopt this one as your founder!

This is the end of event raffle! This special adopt is ONE of the prizes- but there are multiple design prizes, along with item prizes and rewards. AMOUNT will fluctuate dependent on the number of entries, (To ratio it as fairly as possible) but there are some special limited items.

The raffle will end 11/18 @ 8pm EST

Edits:
-Medium mane
-Medium glow
-Medium mimic head (event limited)
-Medium tail edit (longer, wispier)
-Large shadow element
-Large shadow tendrils

Tickets were earned through the event: but you can earn extra tickets in these ways
A. Post the form below
B. You can earn extra tickets by drawing gift art for others in the lion community (up to 3) Must be at least a recognizable flat colored headshot sketch (This can be on a base you make ONLY if the base is fullbody, to make it fair to the minimum)
C. You can earn additional tickets by writing about the effects of the event/alien visitors on your pride (Up to 4 tickets, you earn 1 ticket for every 200 words)

I will not add tickets until the end, so if adding extra tickets just edit your forms.

*PLEASE DO NOT note your tickets from the geodes/store/ect, those are already listed in the raffle sheet in extra tickets!
They just make it more confusing when im going through adding things.

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[Sunlitsecrets]

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[Clementine Cloud]

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[Firedancer77]

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At a surface level, there didn't appear to be much difference in the Mortal Church after they encountered the alien impostors. This was due to the fact that most of the congregation was completely unaware of the events that had unfolded. The only thing they knew was that something had crashed down from the sky. When it first happened, they were told it was a message from the gods that had yet to descend to the mortal plane (if they ever intended to do so). They were not informed what kind of message it was, but the gods went to go see what they were being told by their immortal companions, promising they'd return with news. None of the congregation was allowed to go with them, the explanation being that seeing whatever the gods might have sent from the heavenly realms above could blind the mortals (if not straight up kill them) because it was so divine. It was for that same reason that the gods that walked among them had relinquished their divine forms, at least for now; if they were to take those forms, it would be too much for the congregation to handle. With all of that in mind, no one really questioned the decision for the gods to go alone, or, if they did, no one dared say anything on the matter. Anyone who did have qualms against their leaders knew better than to raise those concerns vocally, especially in large gatherings with so many loyal followers to the deities.

When the gods returned, there was some initial confusion. They did not immediately tell the congregation what they had seen, saying that they would need to commune with their fellow gods if they wished to fully understand what was being said. In order to avoid misinterpreting anything, they would have to keep the Mortal Church largely in the dark, and once again everyone listened and stayed quiet, docile, and compliant, even though many desperately wanted to know what was going on. The gods had seemed somber, far more serious than they normally were, which had raised some concerns within the pride. There was unease as everyone had gone into their homes, and though many were relieved when Pride returned (having taken longer than any of the other gods to return, even going so far as to do so alone when basically every other member of the pantheon returned together), there still seemed to be something off.

The gods would not speak with anyone about matters; no one was even allowed to go in to speak with them, being warded off by Lust and Wrath if they tried to approach the meeting chambers. Eventually, the gods left again, this time with essentially no explanation. That threw the pride into turmoil as the members of the Mortal Church grew nervous, wondering if something was wrong, and debating whether or not they needed to be prepared for the worst.

Thankfully, the gods returned, though it took longer this time than it had before. It was shortly after another streak of light had gone up into the sky, stirring up speculative muttering among the congregation as they discussed just what might happen. When their leaders did return, the pride was anxiously awaiting an explanation for all the bizarre events that had unfolded that night. Thankfully, Pride had answers, and they came in the form of the other lion they'd brought back with them: Peace.

Peace was a demigod, hence why he had some signs of a divine form still (an explanation for his odd appearance and much shorter stature that satisfied most, although most members of the church were still put off by his four, bright, red eyes and pitch black fur on his head). The gods still in the Heavenly realm had sent him down as a test, both for the gods who had taken mortal forms as well as for the demigod himself. They had faced a trial, one they were not allowed to speak to the congregation about, but they promised that the reason for Peace being sent to them was now resolved. The newest Paw of the Gods had proven himself to be dedicated to helping protect them, and, when faced with the choice of returning back to their brethren in the heavens and perhaps even attain godhood, he chose instead to remain with them so that he could continue to protect and serve the Mortal Church. Peace himself seemed a bit odd, having some difficulty adjusting to the new way of life he had within the pride. Most everyone accepted him, though there were a few who (quietly, away from the masses where their confusion might be discovered) questioned if he really was what the gods claimed. Still, perhaps things simply operated differently in the godly realm, and he was a demigod, so most of those who dissented decided they had no room to talk without knowing more about the godly realm and divine beings in general, allowing Peace to find his place while serving beneath Wrath (and though many were sure he would end up moving to work beneath a different god due to Wrath's temper and general impatience with others, Peace stayed consistent under him, seemingly one of the only church members that did not seem too put off by Wrath's temper tantrums).

[SilentMelody]

Username: SilentMelody
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[Mercuré]

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Pride link: The Pantheon
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Gift art for SunlitSecrets
Gift art for Runnersback
Gift art for Snapshot

War was near. Revolution was rising as much as Kualii had tried to stop it and Time’s Solace was prepared to intervene. The gods had become interested as the stakes rose, this no longer affected just Haulani’s Pride but rather a large chunk of the mortal realm, possibly all of it.

And so the gods intervened, each for their own sake. Dozens of light blue glowing rocks hurled from the sky. Their movement seemed chaotic but each location had been carefully selected to turn the tides or assist one side versus the other. Each rock contained a single lion that had been altered in some way. Well except for rock 12...

Rock 12 had been the last to fall from the sky. It was unique for two main reasons. 1: It was made not by a major god but rather a minor one and 2: that minor god was in the rock. Some of the other gods protested that this was too much divine intervention but it was eventually allowed. The minor god was allowed to descend because they were only a minor god and because they had no side, they were not there to turn the tides of war. They were there for chaos and mischief without a care who dealt with the effects.

And so the rock tumbled and picked up speed to land within the view of a pride of lions performing a religious ritual. The lions instinctually dove back as they watched the bright rock crash into the earth leaving only a crater and smoke in their view.

“Do we investigate?” a young hunter asked the pride leader.

“I don’t believe we have a choice, I am going to assemble a search party immediately.”

And they did with a young but skilled lioness by the name of Cyrene leading the way. She was the first to greet the minor god. All the lions eyed the small lion suspiciously with its four eyes and black horned head that resembled the cosmos. Calamity ensued as the god began to switch forms and embodied the lions around causing much confusion.

Eventually they managed to convince the strange lion to return to meet their leader.

“O tiny yet mighty lion, what is your name?”

The god of course had his actual name but was not sure if he wished to disclose his identity. Besides it was so much more fun to choose a name!

“Hmmm....” he began, “Steve!”

The queen looked shocked and then confused. “Steve?”

“Short for Stéphein”

“So we shall call you Stéphein since it commands respect” the Queen nodded.

“No Steve!” Steve exclaimed.

“...Are you sure?”

The small minor god nodded.

“Fine, Steve it is.”

Steve stayed at the pride for some time and was regarded with interest. It was quickly understood how mischievous he could be. Steve began pulling pranks and in general they were well received or at least tolerated. However Steve craved more chaos. He began growing unsatisfied with simple tricks and wanted to cause something bigger. He had been talking with Cyrene when it dawned on him. She had spoken of other blue streaks of light that night. Of course! The other lions! Sure they were no where near his level in power but they had been touched by the divine. And so with a promise for returning Steve set off.. after jumpscaring a few lions quickly.

As Steve set off other lions had been grappling with their new discoveries. Some gods had been more straightforward dropping heavy fighters right by a pride but others had been more crafty or indirect. A lion dropped here to intercept this one traveler and give them news, a lion waking up one morning with a spade tail opposed to a normal one. There was a general state of confusion and wonder at these new lions (or in some cases altered limbs) and a curiosity of what was to come.

For Prometheus it was a friendship. A particular one. Dropped from the skies by the god of peace he had been created to stop the war or at least take away Kualii’s secret weapon, Makanui. Kualii was not particularly powerful on his own but having a lion that could turn any lion that made eye contact with them to stone commanded respect. Makanui had been taken in by Kualii when no one else would because she was a “mosnter.” That fear and anger towards other lions had been harnessed by Kualii and he had planned to use it to take over land as far as the eye could see. Makanui wore a mask to prevent turning lions to statues but all it would take is a flick of a paw and it’d be off, on top of her warrior skills she couldn’t be overpowered. At least not physically.

That’s why Prometheus had been created. Makanui has felt so alone which led her to joining Kualii’s side so the god of peace created a lion that could befriend her. Hopefully once she realized the good of lions she would change her mind. Of course it wasn’t going to be easy but he had to try. Prometheus was going to be the best friend the world had ever seen!

All across that same world lions had begun to realize their tasks. Besides their unusual powers and features they were about to change the realm drastically, for better or worst. The gods had intervened after all, big things were about to happen. [912 words]

[Kitten-Girl-500]

Username: Kitten-Girl-500
Pride link: Summitfall Pride
I'd like to enter!
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Writing
"And then, I pounced on the creature, trapping it beneath my paws!" Dyani demonstrated for the younger cubs, scuffling in the dirt with her imaginary opponent. "I had to hold it the whole time while Ara ran for help. Every second we waited, the Uuk'oks struggled beneath my strong paws."

Ara watched Dyani from a distance, letting her tell her own version of the story. Ever since they'd returned from their quest, Ara had figured that the attention wasn't all that worth it. It just made it harder for him to slip away to meet their newest guest.

Speaking of...

Slowly rising to his paws, Ara sidled away, trying to look casual as he headed for Ikaika's entrance. It wasn't hard to convince the guard to let him by, not when he told her that he was being sent to gather moss. When she let him by, he made a mental note to pick up some moss on the way back into camp, so he wouldn't seem suspicious.

A few minutes later, he was ducking into a small cave that was tucked into the side of a hill. It was just big enough for a full-grown lion to squeeze inside, but a cub could fit just fine.

"Thessia?" Ara called into the shadows. "Thessia, are you there?"

Two red eyes glowed from the darkness of the rear of the cave. Two smaller eyes blinked open as the creature they belonged to stepped into the half-light.

"A-ra," she said in her unusual cadence. "You ca-me."

"Of course." He smiled at her. "I wanted to check on you."

"I am fi-ne," she insisted, as per usual. "No-t hu-ng-ry."

It was just then that Ara smelled something.

"Thessia? Are you injured?"

"No!" Thessia bared her teeth when he came closer. "I am fi-ne."

But there it was: a bleeding scrape on her shoulder.

"Thessia... You need to come and get that looked at," Ara insisted. "I know you don't like the others, but--"

"Do-n't li-ke? Ha-te," Thessia declared. "Ste-al The-ss-ia's fr-ie-nd. Ta-ke Xe-no far aw-ay."

"I know, but..." He let out a sigh. "Tell you what: If you come with me and let one of our healers treat you, I promise I'll take you to see Xeno. Alright?"

Thessia straightened up. "S-ee fr-ie-nd?"

"Yes," Ara said, though his stomach was churning. He wasn't sure how he was going to get Thessia to Ayandar, given that it was in the middle of an ocean...

Well, maybe this was an excuse to pay a visit to the pirates.

"Come on," Ara said, flicking his tail as he started out of the cave. As he padded away, he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Thessia's following pawsteps.

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"Ara," Bei growled from her position at the gate. "What. Is. That?"

"My friend," he said breezily. "She needs medical attention, so I'm taking her to see Mariana."

"I think you two should go see Queen Yin first," Bei insisted.

Ara let out a drawn-out sigh. It was all Queen Yin this, Queen Yin that ever since Yang's eldest daughter had been crowned queen of Ikaika. Hadn't anyone heard of personal business around here?

"I think this might be serious," he shot back. "I'm taking her to the healers, and afterward I promise we'll pay a visit to Queen Yin, alright?"

"Fine. But you're going straight to the healers and straight to the Grand Hall, understood?"

Ara sidestepped Bei. "Sure, sure. We'll do that."

He broke into a trot as the duo entered Ikaika. He really didn't want to be slowed down by any more--

"Is that an Uuk'oks?"

"Another one?"

"Get it!"

Suddenly a mob of young cubs swarmed Thessia. To Ara's relief, Thessia didn't attack any of the cubs. She simply flopped over, letting them pounce all over her and nibble at her ears and paws.

"A-ra. Wh-at is th-is?" she asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

"Cubs, get off of her," Ara commanded. "She's not an Uuk'oks, and she's hurt. She needs to get to the healers."

Immediately the cubs switched from attacking soldiers to tour guides.

"You're here to stay? Well, then, you'll want to hang out with me, not Losai over there."

"Over there you can see beautiful trees. All around. No end to the trees."

"If the Uuk'oks comes back, you'll help protect us, right?"

Ara was pretty sure the last question had come from an over-anxious cub who was the youngest of her litter.

"Come on, give Thessia space," Ara said, gently pushing them away. "Come on, Thessia," he murmured to her, heading off in the direction of the healers' den.

"Ara."

"Ugh, what now?!" Ara moaned, turning around. He immediately wished he could take the words back when he found himself face to face with Queen Yin.

"Who is this?" she asked, her multi-colored gaze calculating as she looked Thessia over.

"This is Thessia. She's from... where did you say it was, again?"

"The-re is no wo-rd f-or it in Li-on, b-ut it me-ans so-me-th-ing li-ke ho-pe," Thessia said.

"Well, then. Welcome to Ikaika." Yin shot a look at Ara that said that he was nowhere near the end of this.

Ara swallowed. "Yep. Welcome."

[867 words

[Matreats]

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[Runnersback]

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Pride link: Realms of L’Oasis Lo
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1.Gift art for Firedancer77/Dagger77
2.Gift art for ~wild~/wildly-unaware
3.Gift art for python/thatonepython

C.[4 tickets (1149/800)]

A hop skip and jump away in the La lluna Sanctuary...
Safiri and Fuli were standing tall next to Taa safi, they had watched everything that had gone on from the cloudy sanctuary above.But Safiri was tired especially from watching the spectacle for the last forty eight hours.

Fuli softly cleared her throat,“I can’t believe that there are other entities out there that could cause such... Such monstrosities like this! I mean look at it, the birds of the air are multicolored beasts with primordial tusks!” She said with a flick of her worried tail, maybe she was overwhelmed by the tapes Safiri told of what was happening on the mortal plane but she had every right to be.

Taa rumbled out a hearty laugh,“Ah, Queen Fuli you never cease to bring joy to my heart. But there is nothing to worry despite the lions of the pride of Valhalla having a unique religion they still have the same circle of life as us. And surely they will be protected if the harmless multicolored beasts turn array. As for the other entities it is much like the Trinity tree... They have come from another universe. And I can assure you it won’t harm us.” She said softly to the worried lioness.

Fuli nodded her sentiments as her mate swiftly woke up from his power nap,“I think it’s time to get Safiri home... I’ll send a new guard for you.” She said as she bowed to Taa before playfully picking up her mate by the scruff and dragging him to their den so he could rest.

Pro tem six feet under in El Korongo....
It was a dark cool meeting place the Daeva’s had decided to meet in. Or maybe it was the spine tingling, bone chilling, teeth grinding gossip one had to offer as they had visited the mortal plane recently.

Ares swished his tail as he lounged across some rocks oozing out steam occasionally,“So if I’m getting this right, their is planet eaters in the shape of small lion cubs that can travel through dimensional rifts and aliens?” He asked quizzically finding the news hard to believe.

Okros nodded his head,“I saw what I saw.... The purple seer named scanty? I think grows black tendrils and was trying to fight the beast to protect the brazen Viking lions. The only reason why I know about that pride/clan/tribe or whatever they want to call themselves is that they tried to domesticate bears as pets.” The brown furred male said with a shake of his mane before he turned his attention to Hannibal who found the whole situation hilarious.

But soon Ares and Okros was over done with the obnoxious cackling which resorted in them splashing water on Hannibal.

Hannibal truly couldn’t help himself as he rolled over the cool rocks cackling with soaking wet fur as he responded,“You guys- Do you know how dumb you both sound? Chuki would have told us about creatures like this since we’re his demigods. Duh...”

Ares rolled his eyes,“Or it’s all simply above our pay grade.” He said with a snort before screeching at the rainbow zebra who landed in front of them.

The Daeva’s weren’t laughing anymore when dead rainbow colored creatures with more mutations then the trio could count went falling into El Korongo.

By the murky waters of the Edrenje’s...
As Caspian stared harshly at the water her turned back on the dandy shores and made his way across the beach to a lioness standing on the rocks. He was about to move on but the two simply started to circle each other. Before the lioness bodied Caspian down to the ground.

Lanitra sighed and simply shook her head,“I know you miss her...But Kereenyaga put the travel ban down for a good reason. He is just trying to protect us... You will see her again and you will sail again, trust me my son.” She said softly.

Caspian grunted and got up shaking out his mane, his adoptive mother was right. No who was he kidding she was always right... So he gave her a soft hearty grumble and nuzzled her worn cheek.

Lanitra smiled tiredly as she nuzzled her son back before walking on,“Now your going to tell me what you saw out there or are you just going to leave me clueless as usual?”

Caspian chuckled,“Well remember the meteor I spoke of roughly seven nights back? I’ve been seeing things. Odd colorful things in the water and I don’t think it’s colorful kelpie lions either.” He said as the two walked the beaten path back to their pride homes.

In the Grassland plains of Safiri’s Oasis...
Pango simply grumbled as his daughter Cleopatra awoke him for morning duty... Morning duty more like duty when the stars were still shining with hours of sleep to go. He loved his daughter dearly but he was not looking forward to walking the beat with Diablo ever since his daughter decided to run off and leave the pride for life. It’s not like Diablo didn’t have a son in the pride still anyways.

But what startled him most was when his daughter shrieked. He was more than confused until he looked at his glowing paw pads,“Cleopatra if you don’t hush your going to wake up the whole pride. I expected more of you since your grown.” Pango hissed at her before trying to figure out the oddity that was his multicolored neon paws.

Cleopatra clamped her jaws shut and nodded,“Sorry father... Do you want me to wake Lochlan and the healers?”

Pango gruffly chuffed at his daughter,“No dear it will be ok.I’ll figure this out after duty now go to sleep and make sure to not wake Grimm or Esmerelda or Eustacia....” He said waving her off with his tail.

Meanwhile at the Bokmals of Valhalla...
As Skarde woke, she woke to the scent of freshly hunted fish toasting over a crackling fire. She was alone and well no one was allowed in her den unless she gave permission or they wanted to meet her. But she had a feeling her favorite teacher had stopped by to pay a sweet visit and to make sure she had food heating over her fire.

The lioness couldn’t help but smile as she got off her warm pelt while doing some stretches. The fish smelled absolutely delicious and as she turned to pull it off it’s spite she shrieked at its rainbow scales. Her first spiked up in horror as the fateful memories and scent of fire raged war in her mind. Everyone heard the poor Seer’s shrieks but no one could move their grounded paws to enter in her tent. They simply just gawked with belligerence.

But Ubbe came sprinting and barreled into her den to calm the shrieking lioness down with cuddles as he tossed the fish out the door.“Your fine Skarde... Uuk’oks Isn’t here it’s just the aftermath left in its wake. I’m here... I’m here...” He said softly.

Skarde nodded as she buried herself into his elegant mane. She was safe now and all that was left was colorful creatures...