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October 11, 2024 Something is happening in the Scorched Wilds. There is a battle raging between a familiar force and an unfamiliar one. What will you do? Help or hinder?

October 1, 2024 Spooky things are happening as the afterlife start walking among the living once again.

September 30, 2024 Louve Dieudonné manages to keep Wolfbron Bluffs in the family. What will happen between the Bluffs and the otherwise peaceful pride of Lorien Plains?

September 20, 2024 Ilarion Rurik challenges for Wolfbron, will the Dieudonné lead pride fall?

September 8, 2024War broke out once again in the Lagoon when a wedding had some uninvited guest arrive. The war results in the most death matches the island has seen at once. The Summit was challenged by Brighid with Talisa answering the call. After many years of the Summit have the same two leaders, the Summit changes hands. What will this mean for the balance of Amaryllis? A witch hunt has started by Luther and Miaran which seems to be turning things on an island that is full of magic.

August 25, 2024 War broke out in the challenge for the Lagoon after Cassius tries to take the Lagoon from Isla. The Cove remains with Miaran. The leadership of the Mire switches from Sigrún hold to Rike when Luther comes back to take his birthland back. Elephants push into the Rainforest and push out the lions there. Soon after Lucifer lays claim to his birthland and takes over the Rainforest.

June 27, 2024 Conflict and tensions rise as prides come head-to-head with one another across Amaryllis - just as Pyrrha and Cassius take the leap to try and claim (or reclaim) their own thrones.

May 24, 2024 Rulers continue to shift, family strife ensues, and, per usual, tensions seems taunt and always lingering on the horizon.

April 24, 2024 Things are rocky within Amaryllis as the Dieudonne clash result in three deaths and forces a shift in the rulership of Firnen Rainforest. With Caladan Cove freshly overturned as well, what will the consequenecss of these events be?

March 30, 2024 The lull has ended as a long standing family, the Dieudonné, launch death matches against their own. The Plains sees a challenge from a new comer, Aphrodite, and the quite pride is pushed into the spotlight.

March 19, 2024 A momentary lull has overtaken the lands of Amaryllis as its inhabitants attempt to find their footing and rebuild after a string of challenges. How long it will last, however, nobody can be quite sure.

February 11, 2024 The Mire has fallen from the Stärke family and is now held by Luther Rike. The change has stirred but the fighting nature of those on the island. The Brook finds a new leader with Icefang and Isla takes over the Lagoon after a storm pushes out the old leader. Reti finds himself the leader of the Hollows after Alexander is hurt. The Oasis finds a new leader in Léonie who is soon tested by Harou.

January 8, 2024 The snow has finally begun to melt anew, which means that the world is slowly returning to the much-anticipated summer season. With the various holiday activities and the other jests put on by Nafasi also coming to a close, it is safe to say that winter is finally over.

December 5th, 2023 Nafasi had pulled a cruel trick and has sent Amaryllis back into a renewed winter season! But it's not all bad, because the lands will also see a handful of holiday-themed events popping up as a result. To make things more interesting, a wayward trio of travlers have also arrived and are facilitating a mass competition between the prides, bands, and rogues -- formally dubbed the Amaryllis Winter Games.

December 2nd, 2023 The spring air brings forth a number of pride challenges. A familiar challenger for the Cove and the Oasis arrive to try to earn what they want. The new leader of the Lagoon is tested in battle as well. What changes will come from the challenges? Who will remain standing and who will find their world turned upside down?

November 27th, 2023 In a challenge between mother and daughter, the leadership of Wolfbron Bluff changes for the first time in 5 IC years.

November 22nd, 2023 Two death matches, one resurrection, and an almost-war later, the lands find themselves in a constant state of turmoil and calamity. Families have been torn apart and endless blood has been spilt; but how is it all going to end?

November 3rd, 2023 The lands stir violently as a death match rages on between Aeistrios Saxe and Morrigan Greyflood. Observers spill into the pit in droves to witness what will no doubt be a historic battle -- and it is clear that this familial fued is far from over, no matter who wins and who dies.

October 12th, 2023 With winter comes the surge of more pride challenges; Ludivine challenges Ryker for Firnen Rainforest and is victorious in her endeavors, meanwhile an outcropping of maims breaks out on the sidelines. In a shocking turn of events Luther returns to challenge Bruno for Ecrosia Mire, will the former heir prove victorious or has Bruno got what it takes to keep his brother's ambitions at bay? This has undoubtedly shaken things up as Bruno declares war against Andal Oasis and Allies in the process!

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October 11, 2024 An important message to our members please take a moment to read it over. We are also launching our Mini-BWP! Echoes in the Ash

October 05, 2024 Check out our Fall update. There are a lot of changes and some fun new things!

October 01, 2024 Halloween has come to Amaryllis in the spring! Check out the Spooky Time Fun we have going on, complete with scavenger hunt and ghostly hauntings! There might even be something going on in the Scorched Wilds, for those brave enough to look.

July 15, 2024 We have released our official summer update/patch. It includes a lot of important information so make sure to read it through!

July 12, 2024 Our summer break is here! Learn more here! It will end on the 26th of July.

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May 23, 2024 The Guidebook has officially been updated with the new trade perks, as per the revamp. Please ensure that you are changing your trades or picking your perks from the pools (if applicable) in this thread.

April 19, 2024 We are entering the next phase of our trade perk revamp and testing with the launch of our soft opening, which includes the new perks going live and changes being able to be made to characters. Please read the thread in its entierty. Additionally, this is a reminder that you have until May 9th to exit your double exp threads!

April 01, 2024 Our Spring Update is a MASSIVE update! New trade perks are annouced, changes to leadership and prides, new ranks, and more! Be sure to read it over! After you are done, be sure to head to member testing to give the new trade perks a test drive!

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December 2, 2023 Fa la la la la, la la la la! It's finally December, and we all know what that means — holiday events, woohoo! We will also be having a site break December 22nd - Jan 5th.

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October 11, 2023 If you weren't aware, we have an ongoing Halloween Event! The IC event is live as of today, and both that and the scavenger hunt will run until the end of the month.

September 26, 2023 There is less than a week left of our site-wide double exp event, so get in there and earn what you can! Also stay tuned for some fall fun coming to the site in October.

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August 10th, 2023 It's World Lion Day! That means a free character for all of our active members! Check out the details here.

August 1st, 2023 Our site break has officially ended - we hope that everyone enjoyed the downtime and that you are looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. Please refer to the original announcement for timelines to get caught up!

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(This post was last modified: 11-24-2023, 01:01 PM by Basil.)
Basil had only needed to bask in the sunshine for a couple of minutes for his mind to become infatuated. It was warm on his striped fur and revealing, too. Every speck of dirt that clung to him was now clearly visible — which was as much of a blessing as it was a curse. The idea of having crud in his weirdly unkempt coat made him irrationally upset, and he’d not enjoyed being spun into a frenzy of panicked thoughts over what he knew was ultimately harmless. He’d rather endure such spells though than go without noticing. The only thing worse than finding dirt in his hair was thinking it’d been there for some extended length of time, and he’d only then discovered it. Nope — the sooner he found it, the better.

That day, he’d managed to thoroughly clean his fur. The sun had been bright then, and once he’d finished grooming himself, he’d readily fallen asleep in the warm glow. He distinctly remembered feeling toasty, so when he started to come back around only to find that it was much cooler, the young boy woke with a frown — one that trenched deeper across his muzzle when only a moment later, an unfamiliar voice called for his parents. Strangers, from the Outside …

Hmph.

He would’ve rolled over to try and sink back into his nap if not @Halimede walking by. @Aspen — or maybe Cheshire? Basil had missed catching any defining tail, or lack of — followed on her heels, which drew Basil onto his own. He might not have cared about what the visitor wanted, but now that one of his brothers was involved, the pale boy needed to be too. He would not be left out.

Huffing, Basil pressed through the grass as Aspen — there was a tail! — asked their mom what a bitch was. Yes, he wanted to know too, but more than that, he wanted to know who these dark-colored lions standing in THEIR grass was, stinking up THEIR air.

“Moooom, they STINK!” Basil complained from beside the lioness he bore more resemblance to. Disturbed by the old, moldy smell that wafted from these dirty-looking visitors, the pale son tried to wedge himself between Halimede’s wrists, as if she could protect him from their odor.

It was easier for him to look straight ahead than it was for him to break his neck trying to turn it up at the looming @Bruno ♔, so where he missed the way the nasty lion bore down on Halimede, he definitely noticed @Lyra reaching for what looked like a turd-ball that had been rolled through loose hair.

Eyes bulging, Basil tried lunging through Halimede’s ankles — only to get his hips caught between them. “LYRA, SS- STOP!” he squealed in horror, a paw dramatically stretching out. She had no idea what that kid had obviously in rolling in and she was going to touch it?! He had to try and stop her!
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The childs confident mewls draw perked ears of impression, appreciating the well-trained discipline that came with her words and enthusiasm. His kids did not do that. Why not? They were more the whining and yelling and disorganised type. Violarum shrugs, entirely to his own thoughts, before he is soon taken by a rapid exchange of words and the arrival of two of his favourite women.

"Violarum," he says in response to @Tai, the resemblance and references flying straight over his blocky noggin. Broody @Bruno ♔'s proposition is one he assumes at first to be quite literally a gift. A new cub, as if they needed any more - and his nose almost thought to shake as if to say 'we have enough', reinforced by @Olive's words.

But a betrothal is uncharted territory for the King, who's wife would never have allowed such an arrangement, and his ears turn on his skull as if the Mire King has spoken a dirty word. @Lyra's proximity somewhere nearby @Clove encourages an easy reflex, seeking to rock back on his haunches just long enough to try and scoop them both in either paw and squash them together like a perfect best-friend recipe. He might have tossed the boys in the mix had they not been fussing; standoffish and princess-y like Anni had once been.

Yet the situation has become a literal whirlpool of social tension he did not understand, his crimson gaze shifting between @Halimede and Bruno with a growing pout of confusion. "Done what?" he asks, struggling to keep up, a spare forepaw would reach in an attempt to form some kind of half-hearted barrier between Hali and the suddenly-seething young leader.

Huh?
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The velvet furs of her neck scrunched as Clove peered up at the strange lion, soon joined by more foreigners in his wake. She tried to resist the urge to dive between Tai's shaggy legs as it seemed eyes were upon her: red ones and opalescent ones and then, those ones.

Clove blinked. Her gaze had drifted downward by that point, latched upon someone of almost equal height – slightly smaller in their infantile stature, like Silke's scrawny vessel. Those eyes were forged from the others, yet so markedly unique. Hints of sapphire and ruby glistened one in the same, bright with contagious eagerness seemingly pouring out with those simple words:

“My friend!”

Blooming heart knew it immediately. Her bobbed tail had begun wagging involuntarily, inky lips parting as if to offer confirmation when the young princess spotted something else.

"Your tail!" She shrieked, attempting to scamper closer to the other youth eagerly. She jutted out a single paw in accusation, gesturing toward that stubby relic so plain to see. "We match!" Just as Father had assured her that she and Vater and Silke did. Her new friend was just reaching out an ivory-clad paw when suddenly something wailed, sending her heart lurching and her paws tumbling uneasily backward with surprise. She whipped her head to the side in search of the source and knitted her brows together in bewilderment to find another cub wriggling between the forelegs of a similarly-striped lioness.

“LYRA, SS- STOP!”

Apart from him stood another male cub, wrapped in a similarly desaturated coat of gray though with dark shadows upon his face.

"You don' match," she judged flatly. She could see that pale appendage whipping about behind the squealing one, and one hanging lowly behind the darker boy, marking them apart from her and her new Lyra. Clove might have stuck out her tongue, or moved to poke him with a paw, if not for the sudden force against her back. She squeaked reflexively as something pushed her forward, finding herself resting upon the plush pawpad of that very same ruby-eyed man from before. It was not even a moment before she was sent smashing against her new friend so they melded quite literally into a single unit.

"Ooph," Clove grunted, squinting and squirming to try and free her limbs each crammed roughly against the other girl's sharp angles. Even the feeling of elbows bruising her flesh was not enough to silence her breathless laughter as she collapsed completely, helplessly in a pile.

"Let's go," she urged wistfully. She turned those mismatched green eyes upward in search of where Lyra had ended up, eager to be off from that diplomatic scene yet oblivious to what exactly they might do.


@Tai @Olive @Halimede @Bruno ♔ @Lyra @Aspen @Basil @Violarum
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he were a portrait of regality and practiced stoicism, and her pupils linger curiously upon his steeled countenance — even long after he’d seek to dismiss her with a broken, sweeping gaze. such blatant disregard of her presence were unfamiliar enough to elicit a degree of self-conscious tact, and her brows knit in slight while she considers his reasoning. but as @Bruno ♔ moves to address her question to the king stood beside her, so does a propensity to misread the room spur flawed revelations that bring faint color to her cheeks.

oh

the starke king were almost certainly sweet on her, wasn’t he? it were the only rational explanation for the secret glimpses, the inability to hold conversation, the lack of present wife and mother-of-child. how endearing.

the mere notion were flattering enough to bring forth the touch of a knowing grin and the feminine flutter of lashes, and olive near neglects the topic of conversation as she fixates upon body language to further prove her point. at some point, does the mire king seem to sway in her direction – deepening the smirk laden on her features with the reassurance subconsciously proffered. the body does not lie, after all; and her own quivers at the abrupt brushing of shoulders as @Halimede encroaches upon the scene. withdrawing from the mind games of subtle flirtation, the pixie flashes a toothy grin to her weary tabby before mystic accusations snuff all amusement from her features. once more, her gaze traces a line between the mire trio upon their threshold — and she frowns.

hali had a point: the relation between @Tai and this darling, curly infant were too conspicuous to ignore. and yet, still, the queen were not wont to believe this hearsay despite the condemnatory evidence compiled in @Clove ‘s genetic code. it would only refute that which she’d only just convinced herself: that bruno were infatuated with her. and that – as olive understands – were too sacred a truth to deny.

bruno’s scornful words, however, do shift her focus back upon the witch in question with a bewildered expression. @Aspen and his misheard question, on the other hand, garners a hearty laugh that easily shears through mounting tension. “hali!” she gasps between giggles, shooting daggers that don’t quite match the warmth she exudes in that moment. “all these years… how could you not tell me you’re a bitch?” she rebukes — flippant with the lilt of residual laughter. it were a roundabout way of denying her new lover’s allegations, and her gaze travels in an attempt to snag his own with pointed intent.
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Most things ended pleasantly, perfectly. Halimede's uncouth and loud mouth seldom got her into any trouble she couldn't scramble her way out of, but there were times where she'd well bitten off more than she could chew, and the seriousness with which @Bruno ♔ carried himself was akin to the frightening demeanor of Magnus all those years ago, when Halimede had run headfirst into the Hollow in desperation to escape the troublesome past she had left behind. Now, a sudden and splintering accusation seemed far more manageable when she were not haunted by visions of distant dreams, hands reaching out to grasp at her.

So you are the witch who has done this, he accuses, just as she is about to regale them of her ideas on a betrothal. Halimede had no qualm against forcing their kids into awkward situations, but when one is making deals of such nature, being called a witch is a little unfair. Hey—hey, she stammers, furrowing her brows. I wish I had the skill to manifest cubs from nothing. I'd be the richest lion in this place. And Halimede was not good or kind enough to not fully reap the benefits of such magicks. Mercifully for them all, she were only as powerful as any other mortal. Also, witch is derogatory, she lied, a cunning and near-goofy grin unfurling upon her lips, I prefer sorcerer.

His accusations would not go completely unscathed, however, and it were both a blessing and a curse that their cubs were too young to understand the deeper meaning of his words. @Lyra bursts from beneath @Violarum and @Aspen is hot on her heels, both keen on greeting supposed new playmates (that is, unless Halimede royally fucked up the entire thing), but not without a few vilifying words are flung into the wind. Mama, what's a bitch? Aspen asks, and Halimede's tail curls. All these years… how could you not tell me you’re a bitch? came Olive's next, the amused frill of her tone tickling Halimede pink.

I thought it was common knowledge! she drawled dramatically in return, allowing her frame to slump, her arm to press across her forehead with oh-so-much exasperation. Then, she leans down toward her son, sparing a playful glance toward @Basil before attempting to grab Aspen on either side of his face, paws firmly planted on his cheeks so she could focus his gaze entirely on her. Repeat after me— she begins with utmost seriousness, enunciating each word loudly enough for all in attendance to hear, and hopefully ruffle some more of Bruno's feathers. Momma is a bitch, not a witch. And a bitch she certainly was, for in all the accusation and clamor she had completely forgotten to give the Ecrosian King an actual answer.

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