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December 13, 2024 After winning the challenge for Wolfbron Bluffs and becoming the fourth Dieudonné to hold the crown, Lazare releases all the members and ends the longest standing pride's reign over the island. After seven years of the Bluffs being held by the same family, it now sits empty, waiting for the next chapter of it's leadership.

December 6, 2024 Death came to a witch hunter after she called for the death of Karsa, with Kvare answering it causing Miaran to fall. Lazare Dieudonné challenges Louve Dieudonné for Wolfbron Bluffs. Snow seems to be falling in the middle of the summer as strange animals show up and offer a tempting meal for those brave enough to jump in.

November 8, 2024 Scorpius has gone missing and in his place Zaahir steps up to take the throne of Andal Oasis. How this change of leadership will shake things up in the lands, only time will tell.

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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Awoke Young and Wild
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She's seen the world grow and morph. The band has changed, who lives there, how big or small they are. They all come and go day but day. Sometimes meals come home, sometimes herbs are passed around to cure minor ailments. There's stories of things that are going on, meetings, conversations, fights. It's interesting but Thistle cannot imagine how true any are, they seem the same as stories told over bedtime. But, they pick at Thistle's curiosity bit by bit. Fanciful wonderings, a mind wandering.

Like many of her siblings and the band in general Thistle has grown. She's got freedom to move around the jungle and have independence. Today with a mind full of thoughts she finds herself near the western edges of the jungle, peering through thinning forest and blooming grasslands. There's a couple of horned shadows on the horizon's hill eating the grass there bit by bit. Thistle's attention is caught and she just slightly hunches over to try and be less obvious while observation commensed.

@Andraesa
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And now she has her prey in her sights. The target: her little sister. Young. Inexperienced. She is... unversed in the world, and unaware of her ambushing assailant, her older sister, returned home to torture her unassuming little siblings.

Stealthily does Andraesa tuck herself away into the darker recesses of the underbrush, stalking her prey with a playful tail twitch. It was not often that she found herself itching for fun, but her recent wanderings had left her exhilarated, elated almost. Excited enough, perhaps, for a tussle...

Her tail sweeps over a leaf and it swishes back against her, making just enough sound to possibly alert the target. Andraesa holds her breath, her lilac eyes fixed on @Thistle's turned back. Did she hear that?
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She feels the build up of quiet anticipation. She's watching beyond, like she's looking through a window to the outside world. Her toes curl up in eagerness. She does not know what will happen but the stillness of the earth tells her soul that there should be something. The energy is building up somewhere ..

the soft crunch of a leaf

If not for the tension already building then Thistle might not have reacted much. But as it was, all of that energy exploded and she leapt a few feet straight up. Landing back down with a soft thud she whips her head around to the jungle with a scared "Hello?" Sputtered out.

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      |   #4
Damn. Caught again. She watches with faint amusement as her sister nearly leaps out of her skin, all eighteen claws extended in quiet fear. Oh, dear.

I am not going to hurt you, flower. Andraesa lets out a sigh as she reveals herself, taking her time to shake off the bits of leaf and grass that clung to her sleek pelt so that her sister could settle into her presence.

A small smile decorates her cream-and-white muzzle as she surveys the younger lioness, all soft features and big eyes still. Are you trying to hunt today? She gestures lazily to the figures in the distance, their heads dipping into the grass without a care in the world, most likely completely unaware they were being watched. I can help you, if you want. If you need the practice.

@Thistle
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I am not going to hurt you, flower. The reassurance comes partnered with the revealed form of @Andraesa. Like ripples in a pond after a stone is thrown in does the relief move through Thistle. Muscles uncoil, claws retreat back into her paws, and her curled ears sway over in the direction of her sister. In the place of that fear comes embarrassment - she was sure that she had looked ridiculous just now. And she was practically an adult, she should not be getting so scared over nothing anymore...

"Maybe, I really just wanted to watch them. The more we see, the close we get to spring." Animals moved around at the change of the seasons and the promise of warm weather meant many advantageous creatures heading out in search of plentiful food and to do what creatures do in the spring. "Were you trying to practice sneaking around? You're getting really good you know."
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I was. Andraesa admitted, raising one claw to pick delicately at something between her teeth. It is one of the skills I find most useful when scouting out in the world. It is hard to gain insight on pride goings-on if you can not get into the pride.

The flaxen lioness tilted her head, taking in the younger lion with narrow lilac eyes. Come spring, you will be old enough to take on your own tasks. I do not think you would be much of a fighter but maybe... maybe something softer. Have you put any thought into it yet?

She knew - or at least, she had suspected - that their mother was keeping her eye out to give more specialized ranks to her other children, hoping they would make their own path in the band as she did. As Etain did in the Brook. Last she had seen of her smallest siblings, they were still mewling beans at Sybil's belly, but now... now Andraesa wondered if her youngest family members would be the first of her scouting parties. Thistle didn't exactly fall in line with that litter, but something told her that her jumpy little sister wouldn't do well under the tutelage of the more barbaric of their Band.

@Thistle
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Wait... Wait. Her eyes narrow with suspicion and then go wide with a gasping inhale. "You're sneaking into pride lands??" Didn't she know how dangerous that was? "Do Moms know?" One, that's very very badass. Two, that's so dangerous and scary. Thistle did have the backbone for such things- with or without their parents permission and back up if things went poorly.

But somehow that all is less scary than thinking about her future and how she fit into the world. Andraesa was right, Thistle was no fighter. "I don't know, I'm not sure what I'd be good at."
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I am our mothers' eyes. I will do whatever is necessary to achieve their goals. Our goals. She would not admit to herself that she had taken the freedom given to her by her mother to further her own ends rather than the Basin's. Kireena wished for the Verdant Basin to be a safe-haven while Andraesa leveraged her mother's good name in the hopes of gaining allies.

The more lions she had in her corner, the closer she would be to securing the surrounding jungles to keep her family safe.

Thistle considers her words and Andraesa watches carefully as the cogs turn in her sister's head. Well... I have met many types of lions in my travels. I know some whose entire purpose is to make their pride laugh. They are funny and sweet, just like you. Or maybe... maybe, you would like to care for cubs and mothers - once you come of age, of course.

@Thistle
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      |   #9
She smiles, appreciative of her sister trying to find something that would suit her. "I can do that." Making others laugh sounded quite easy, not nearly as important as what her sister did for their good but Thistle would rather take up the small task than do nothing. Or do something that terrified her. "What if... If you gotta stay really sneaky, I can pass information for you too." She's not brave enough to go prowling in the shadows of pride lands but if all she has to do was talk to someone in the open? That might be more her speed. And it's more helpful than just a laugh.

"The eyes, the mouth." She gestures first to her sister then to her own chest. Unless it involved public speaking then oh hell no...
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You are getting to be so smart in your old age, Andraesa teased as she flopped down onto her side, her smile tugging a little wider at her blackened maw. Yes, I think a relay would do us nicely. I am sure you would be more palpable than myself in certain cases. I think some lions find me... off-putting... to say the least.

She thought back to the large, icy man she had met in the bowels of the labyrinth, all swathed in danger and dim light. Fear had crept down her spine then: fear and the sense of sheer dumb LUCK clanking against her own pride. If she were any less careful, she was sure to have been eaten instead of pardoned with a dismissive flick of a tail.

Here is a sneaky secret then: I snuck into the Lorien Plains and met their queen, and then I watched her win a challenge, all while being just as small as you right now. I think she would be a valuable ally, even if she is very silly. What do you think?

@Thistle
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