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After MUCH debating over AIM we finally picked the winners for our couple. It was a very hard decision to make as all the entries were so interesting! >.<

Congrats Ameh and Jungle!



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Painted Moose- me as well as Tana grant you permission to try for your cub in upcoming customs if you so choose<3

Applying for: Sahrna x Icarus
Name of SoA: Kaliehl
Meaning: na
Gender: Male
Appearance: See image ... gotta love those throwbacks XD
Visual reference:
Personality: He a pretty sweet cub who loves his family and is very happy to just be. He often sticks by his mother or Bay's side watching them and enjoying their company. He doesn't think much about being the child of a god and is none to fond of the visions that come with that especially since he can't do much with them. He tends to ignore them if he can.
Any additional requirements that the family has: No random, no talking about being the son of a god, no leaving the pride.

Applying for: Icarus & Sarhna
Name of SoA: Naaga
Meaning: Sanskrit name for a snake deity
Gender: male
Appearance: see ref :3
Visual reference:
Personality: Rebellious. He doesn't like doing what he's told unless he's given a darn good reason why, and he kind of resents the fact that he's supposed to keep quiet about his real daddy being a god. Always questioning authority, though he obeys quick enough if threatened with any sort of punishment.
Any additional requirements that the family has: Must stay in pride at least until adulthood, must stay quiet outside their immediate family about having been sired by a god


ALL THESE AMAZING COUPLES! I couldn't resist trying for them all. >o< heart

Name and image of Father: Rogue
Name and image of Mother:

Number of cubs currently in litter: 2
Number of cubs you're allowing to custom in: 1 (though there is the possibility of 2)
Pride/pack/etc they will live in: Nergui (see Firekin metaplot for more info)
Any Requirements: These babies are to be involved in the Firekin metaplot as part of the mysterious Nergui pride, as such I'd prefer that only people who are interested in taking part in this plot and are willing to RP apply for a custom.
List of all Throwbacks:
The siblings of the litter: Cub 1, Cub 2
Mchawi's brothers: xxx, xxx
Do you allow randoms into your litter: As the father is a rogue, random markings etc are fun. However, I will show preference of those with more natural/darker colours as these will be Nergui babies.
A bit of history about the family: Mchawi has lived a drama-filled life which now sees her as an esteemed member of the Nergui pride. Her name means 'witch' and it suits her well. She takes delight in creating fear and panic, especially if that fear is directed towards her. She is a schemer and a manipulator who would go to any length to achieve her goals. Her sharp mind and instincts are what has kept her alive all of this time. Cold and uncaring towards everyone but a select few. These 'few' include her one surviving brother, Msiba, her niece and these cubs. She will not be the loving, gentle mother many cubs have, but she will teach them what they need to survive and ensure they gain the upper-hand over their enemies. She prefers to use smarts over brawn so the cubs will learn to fight, mostly, from the other Nergui members.
Extra: Being Nergui, these cubs have the potential to be bilingual, using both the common tongue and the Nergui tongue. Mchawi currently does not speak the Nergui garble, though she is picking it up a little at a time. Mchawi is also a seer so I'm happy with these cubs being rolled to see if they also have this trait. Again I must stress that I'm more likely to pick someone who will RP than someone who will not. Mchawi is very, very dear to me.

Closing Time: Cubs received on: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:33 am PST

Certainly! heart

Closed!
I have chosen this concept!
Please send the trade to Lith, and post the form in Lith's thread. :3

Applying for: Catfish x Liraz
Name of SoA: Jaala
Meaning: Little Doe
Gender: Female
Appearance: Based off Zhevra Charger. Stripes should continue onto the tail, but tail tuft is the same color as mane. I would like her adult stage to be on old updated lines, if possible. <3
Visual reference: [x]
Personality: In a litter as big as hers one voice can be easily lost under the shouts of the group. As a result Jaala learned at an early age that she'd have to be even louder than her siblings in order to be heard. A persistent and demanding little cublet, Jaala will bother her papa, siblings and anyone else in the pride until she's blue in the face--or gets exactly what she's after. Beyond being a little impatient to have her needs met this cub is surprisingly self sufficient. With an powerful imagination and a penchant for dress up (in the skins of other animals) Jaala has always been perfectly competent at keeping herself occupied when there's no one else around. Her enjoyment for playing the prey role in the typical hunting games young cubs play, however, would certainly suggest that her future might be leading toward an unbeaten path. She has an eye for detail to the point of being almost painstakingly analytical and can often lose herself in a task thanks in part to her single minded devotion. While good natured, this doesn't mean that she won't stand up for what she believes in and she can be surprisingly protective of the things and people who are important to her.

Quick Overview: Jaala will grow up to be a nerdy, scientist type, socially awkward towards her own kind, but showing a surprisingly intimate understanding of the prey animals that she studies and who have accepted her as one of their own. Kind of the Jane Goodall of the lion world except.. with antelope and gazelles as opposed to chimps. XD

There's a lot of plot stuff that goes along with this girl. I want you to know about it beforehand so you guys can decide whether or not it would be okay for the family. So here's a list of stuff:

+The Curious Cubbin: It doesn't take long for innocent play to become an obsession when Jaala starts eating, sleeping and playing in her pelts. Realizing that she can get closer to the herds of prey animals in these skins, she continues to test her luck, observing them at length from a safe distance at first before creeping closer and closer. Perhaps this fascination with prey animals is first triggered when she finds an fawn that has lost its mother and decides to help it find its way back to her.
+Swallowed by the Herd: Following the prey beasts she spends more and more time with them and less time with her family, having managed to convincingly act like one of the herd so that she can travel amongst them. She understands them, their body language, habits and social structure and is awed by the creatures her kind never gives much thought to behind sating a rumbling belly. The point of no turning back occurs when the little, juvenile lioness is mistaken for a antelope (or wildebeest or whatever herd she ends up joining, I haven't decided yet) and is attacked and much to her surprise is shielded and defended by one of the bulls of the herd. Feeling for the first time truly accepted by them Jaala loses herself to her prey persona. Following the herd as they migrate and living as one of them, forgetting her family and who and what she really is.
+Reality Check: Basically being raised by a herd of antelope (or whatever herd she ends up with) the young lioness isn't exactly in the best shape, but she she gets by. Singled out as a sickly member of the herd, in this part of her plotting she's captured by a lion who discovers that what they thought was a antelope is actually a very thin lion girl convinced that she was indeed NOT a very thin lion girl, but a young antelope girl! Perplexed by Jaala this stranger attempts to help set her straight, trying to explain to her that she's a lion and that she could never really be accepted by the prey beasts that they hunt for being herself. That they aren't to be treated with honor and respect but to be regarded simply as dumb, meant only for consumption by those above them. As a test to their words this older lion dares Jaala to try walking among her "family" without the guise of her antelope pelt--the results are, much to her heart breaking surprise, rather disastrous.
+Lost and Confused: Having grown up an antelope all this time, Jaala truly has no idea how to really be a lion or how to interact with others of her own kind. Feeling out of place and between the worlds of predator and prey she decides to seek out her family. To apologize to her parents for disappearing and request their wisdom, hoping that they might have the answers for her.
+Second Life: My ultimate goal is for her to accept that she is a lion, but that it doesn't have to stop her from being able to gain the trust of and be able to live with the prey animals so that she can study them at her leisure. Basically to come into her own and find some kind of balance. She'll always be slightly awkward around other lions as she just seems to relate better to the prey animals. It'll be interesting to see how this affects her relationships with other lions, potential mates (I would like her to have a mate, but he would have to be understanding of Jaala's rather curious personality) and future cubs that she has.

Any additional requirements that the family has: No mean cubs. No heavy throwbacks. Preferred the cub stay in the pride!

Going to try and draw a reference before this closes, but entering now in case I don't get it done in time.