Amaryllis is a place for a wide range of people to come together, mainly because of our shared interest in roleplaying lions and our love for the community. Each of us have a different reason for being here — and so we want to ask everyone to keep this in mind, and to respect everyone’s style of roleplaying, no matter what that may be, given that it falls within the rules of the site.

Every member is looking for, wants, and enjoys different things, and that’s okay! Just remember to be kind, respect others, and know your own boundaries. If you are upset, bothered, or concerned, do not be afraid to speak up; we encourage all of our members to talk to each other, as this helps build good communication and understanding. However, if you are uncomfortable reaching out to another member on your own, please reach out to a Sr. Staff member and we will happily help you work through it.

The Spirit of the Game
We also want to touch on the spirit of the site that we are trying to build, as well as the spirit of the roleplaying community.

First, always remember that behind every character is a person. A human with feelings, thoughts, and their own struggles. If someone seems to be struggling, reach out and offer help — or, bring it to a Staff member if you are worried. The reason that we always emphasize communication is because we truly believe that it helps everyone be heard, and that a lot of things can be solved just by talking it through.

We also want to acknowledge the fact that we have a lot of rules, and while we have tried to cover as much as possible without it becoming overwhelming, things always get missed. Please do not try to use loopholes for your own gain — if you notice a gap in the rules, be a team player and notify Staff. In the same breath, please know that it is impossible for us to have a rule for everything — instead of using this for your own benefit, we ask that you keep in mind the spirit of the game. This means: do what you think is best for the community and not just you/your character. Amaryllis is a place to foster community, fun, and creativity, and so all that we ask is for everyone (Staff, members, and Admins included) to be thoughtful.

OOC-to-IC and IC-to-OOC
We have noticed a bit of a spike in OOC-to-IC issues, and wanted to take some time to expand on the guidelines that we have in place for these rules. We understand that, sometimes, mistakes happen — we are all human, after all! All we ask is that you keep the following guidance in mind when you write, act in good faith, and respect other members and their characters.

OOC-to-IC is taking any information that your character has not learned ICly and/or that you have learned OOCly, and using it to your character’s advantage without permission. This can include taking information from:

• Things you have seen spoken or said in the Discord;
• The unspoken narrative or internal monologue of a character’s post;
• Or anything else that you, as the writer, may have seen or heard OOC that your character would not know.

Using any information aside from the actual actions or speech of a character is considered OOC-to-IC. Targeting a character based on who their player is is also OOC-to-IC, and is not tolerated on Amaryllis.

Please also remember that IC actions should not be viewed as a reflection of the member, or as an OOC attack. It is okay to be upset by things that happen IC, but it is not okay to express your feelings in a disrespectful way, to cause gossip and drama, or to hurt others. If you feel as though you are being treated unfairly, please bring it to Staff first.

Some examples
Example 1: Bob and John meet for the first time and start talking. John tells Bob his name, but Bob doesn't tell John his name back.

• John can't know Bob's name until he is (A) later told by Bob himself, or (B) is told Bob’s name by another character who knows him and has learned it.
• Names, ranks, and other personal information about characters need to be learned ICly — otherwise, this information cannot be known.

Example 2: Fred is talking to Susie. Fred’s internal monologue and the narrative of his post contains more details on his thoughts and feelings, irrespective if they are good or bad. Outwardly, he is acting or speaking a different way than what he is thinking.

• Susie MUST behave based on Fred’s actions, and not based on what you, as the member, have read in the narrative.

After gathering input from the community, we have opted to make a change on how claiming works on-site. Ranked, adult lionesses may now claim rogue female lionesses/yearlings, on-top of their previous ability to claim rogue cubs.

• They still need permission to leave a pride, or they can try to escape.
• They cannot claim male adults or yearlings.
• Pride leaders can still dictate rules about claiming in their pride laws.

We would like to provide some clarity on theft challenge. Theft challenges are defined as trying to steal a cub or lioness from another pride.

After some discussion, we would like to clarify that female High Sovereigns are exempt from being stolen.

• This means that you cannot try and steal a female High Sovereign from her own pride.
• Female sovereigns and heiresses can be stolen without restrictions.

Leaders are already faced with more responsibilities than the average character, and we believe it would be unfair to steal a female High Sovereign, as this could also potentially cause the pride to disband. In general, this puts female-run prides at a significant disadvantage and heightened risk.

Staff did an 'oopsie' thinking that our site’s art rules and studio guidelines had been published — as it turns out, they weren’t! We apologize for any confusion on this!

Please take time to review Amaryllis’ Art Rules, as well as our Art Studio Guidelines! Thank you ~

In case you haven’t noticed, our Plant Guide in the Guidebook is complete! The amazing @ПΛVΛЯЯΣ custom made all of the images for this page, so please check them out here if you haven’t already!

We always feel blessed when we get donations from you all, and we feel that you should know where your money has been going — so, we have decided to add a spending log to our Guidebook! This will be updated as we pay for things, and you can see all that here!

Surprise — Dusk has donated a brand new theme to Amaryllis! You'll see this theme labeled as 'Ancient' (in the skin names) in the drop-down menu!

This theme was a gift, and so @Dusk had free reign with the design, set-up, and layout of the theme. We hope that you all enjoy the ability to pick and enjoy the theme that you like the most (or maybe use both)! Please note that we will not be making any changes to the layout on the ‘Ancient’ theme. But, if you notice any bugs, please let us know.

A few things to point out with the new theme:

• Character banners (that show at the top of their profile and on the top of their posts) are 1200px x 160px.
• The icons under the site name are hover-based.
• The Who's Online list and challenges are at the bottom of the theme!
• The post-bits (mini profiles) on both themes are now different for OOC and IC accounts. OOC accounts only show OOC info, and IC accounts only show IC info.

We also want to give a HUGE thank you to Nav for the ‘Eternal’ themes that she gave us to get the site started. We wouldn't have been able to open when we did without her being there for us, and helping build the skins — we owe Nav so, so much.

At this time, however, we have decided to close out use from ‘Eternal’ themes. This was not an easy decision, but it was made in order to ease maintenance on Staff and so that the design elements of the site flow together for everyone.


Thank you all!
- Amaryllis Staff