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Your Name: LexThetaSigma
Preference Order: 2, 1
Cub's Name: Acaph
Meaning: Hebrew for collector or gatherer

Personality: Acaph adores his mother's teachings and takes every word she says to heart thus he has become very superstitious. He believes in karma and do everything he can to say on the right side and not have his karma turn bad. This has led to him collecting many things, such as hare's feet, for good luck. He does his best to make necklaces out of them with whatever he can find and tries to make his siblings and his mother all wear hare's feet necklaces. He also has her values when it comes to weakness and will try to prove himself the strongest; he will go out and hunt the hares himself for his trinkets, and do his best to bring the biggest ones back to his mother so she can see what a good and strong hunter he is.

Prompt #: 1
Prompt Response: Acaph huffed; he didn't know what in the world that other lion had been talking about! His mother was NOT crazy! There was something out there that was messing with their fate, he knew there was! His mother wouldn't tell him about karma and fate and Gods messing with them if it wasn't true. Would she?

Then again, he looked over at his baby brother, if karma caused bad and good things to happen to others because of what they do, why was Alocer so little and why couldn't he hear? What had he done that had caused his karma to be horrible enough to cause him not to hear their momma or their siblings or anything? He was just a cub, same as Acaph, he hadn't had the chance to do anything that would give him bad luck or karma.

Was his mother wrong? Had everything he had been taught been wrong? He looked at his mother, surrounded by his siblings. Then he looked down at his hare's foot necklace. If she had bad karma, would she have had all of them, wouldn't they have all been like Alocer if she had bad karma? Would he have so much luck hunting if he didn't wear his necklace? It had to be true! It had to be!

Acaph huffed once again before joining the pile of cubs near his mother and did his best to get up by her head to nuzzle and lick at her cheek. After all if he was nice to her, she would be nice to him so not to change their fate. After all Momma knows best!

Plot Ideas: I'd like for him to grow up in full belief of all of his mother's ways and have to struggle with how she treats others because of it, particularly his baby brother. I'd like for him to loose his hare's necklace and it makes him think that his karma has changed because he's not hunting as well as he used to. I'd eventually like him, probably at adolescence, to meet someone that would challenge him and attempt to make him understand that he is the one who can change his fate, not karma, not superstition, or anything else except his decisions. This would be hard for him to accept, especially as he continued to live with his mother. He would bring this idea up to her to see what she would have to say about it, because he would still be fighting to believe as he had when he was a cub that she knows best. Eventually it will grow to be too much for him, late adolescence/early adulthood, and he will leave his mother to go off on his own, possibly to a pride.

Comments?: Everyone in the family looks amazing and if I win, I would adore plotting with you and all the siblings! Thank you for the opportunity to win one of the cubs.

Your Name: CaliWolfe
Preference Order: 1, 2
Cub's Name: Njabulo
Meaning: Zulu for Happy.
Personality: As his name implies, he is a happy child. Wants to make everyone else happy, and see everyone getting along. He also believes strongly in karma, which feeds more into his quest of everyone treating each other equally. Other then that he is soothed by the sound of music and finds himself drawn near it. Or anything that creates a nice sound.
Prompt #: 3
Prompt Response:

This was bad... Really, really bad. Mom was going to be so mad with him! Of all the times he had wandered away from home, all the times he had followed little sounds, and of all the sunny days when he could have seen better; he had to get lost today. When it was raining and he couldn't see properly. All he wanted to do was find where that sound was coming from. There was no harm in that, was there? Just follow a little sound and run back home. Usually that was all he did when he wandered away from home. But today, oh brilliant him decided he couldn't scurry off without finding the source of the sound. Which had led him farther and farther away from home until he gave up on finding the sound and started to wander back. Then it started raining, and all the scents of mom and his siblings had been washed away... He had unknowingly walked in circles for who knew how long... And now, he was lost. Really lost. So lost he wasn't sure if he'd ever be found!
"Mom?" He called out. A fruitless attempt to be rescued.

He knew it. Was he ever going to be found? Was he going to have to raise himself? Be a jungle boy who knew nothing about civilization and couldn't talk to anyone because he had forgotten how over the years? Someone who-
He rose his head sharply. Was that? A sound? He waited paitently for the sound to be heard again... Yes! He hadn't been hearing things!

He knew the sound too. It was the voice of one of his siblings who always talked louder than the rest. So even though 'bulo couldn't see well, he still headed off in the direction of the sound. Avoiding tree's as they happened to pop up and block his path. Was he really that blind? Appearently so. Ignoring that and worrying about it later, he continued tromping through mud puddle after mud puddle until he was able to sniff out scents that reminded him of home. Following after them until they became powerful, all the while listening to the voices of his family.

Mom was probably so mad right now. Ready to yell at him for the next three days about how he had gotten lost stupidly. Even so, he didn't care. He was much to happy to care. Because he had found home by himself. Nobody had to come rescue him, he had done it all on his own. Knowing that, he happily rushed over to the den. Even the most horrid punishment mom could deal him wouldn't ruin his mood for the day.

Plot Ideas: He'll wander away from the den a lot, just to follow little noises that he finds soothing and wonderful. Eventually, one day he'll come back with a little bell that he'll find and proudly wear for the rest of his life. At that point he'll be more cautious of adventuering and feel more compelled to stay at home and try to smooth things out between Alocer and his mom. Though it will mostly be failed attempts and him just trying to please both of them without getting on either of their bad sides.
It's also a possiblity that he'll go blind in the future. Not completely, but enough that all he can see is blurry shapes moving around. This will cause him to have expert hearing so he can make up for the lack of sight. His desire to hear music will increase at that point and he'll start adventuring again. Only to get horribly lost while trying to find his way back home.
Comments?: Thank you for holding this awesome contest!

(Just as a heads up, I used both Alocer and Iva in my prompt response. Alocer because the prompt revolves around him, and Iva because she has no personality listed yet, so I felt a little more comfortable writing her a tiny bit. Of course they are basically just filler and have no bearing on the actual characters, seeing as they aren't mine and I don't know them!)

Your Name: Ruskea Koira
Preference Order: 1, 2
Cub's Name: Balozi
Meaning: Ambassador
Personality: Balozi is... cold. That is the most accurate way to describe him. He does not betray much emotion and indeed it is difficult to tell if he even feels any. As he grows older he will learn to act and manipulate others, to forge "relationships", although they will only ever be for his own personal benefit. The single exception to this is Katavi, who is his personal god (although obviously he would never phrase it as such.) Her sometimes cold treatment does not faze him in the least. He idolizes her and follows in her footsteps. The only way he does not emulate her is his lack of belief in karma. Balozi believes only in the here and now; if something benefits him, even if it hurts another, then it is worth it.
Prompt #: 2
Prompt Response: "Alocer," the cub said sharply, without thinking. He reprimanded himself silently when it elicited no response from his brother, who had his back turned, lightly prodding at something on the ground. Balozi growled to himself, lashing his tail. He found trying to communicate with his brother immensely frustrating; he could not always be in front of him to gain his attention. With another low grumble under his breath he moved closer, flicking his tail against Alocer's back. The other cub startled slightly, but swung to look at him with a tentative smile.

"Look," he said with that strange inflection with which he spoke, lifting his paw to point at the ground in front of him. Balozi leaned forward to see. In front of the dark, speckled cub was a frog, resting placidly with not a care in the world. "He's nice," Alocer continued, flicking an ear nervously. He and Balozi had never exactly seen eye to eye; if anything, Balozi was something of a bully because Alocer was such an easy target. "Want to play with us?"

Balozi opened his mouth to reply, but before he could get anything out, he heard his sister's voice ring out. "Play with him? Really, Balozi? Is that what you're stooping to?"

He spun around to face Iva, bristling slightly. Why would she make that assumption? He'd only just stumbled upon Alocer and his stupid frog. It wasn't as though she had found him actively engaging in a game. "Of course not," he growled at her, narrowing his eyes. "He was acting weird so I came to check it out, that's all."

Iva smirked at him tauntingly. "Oh yeah? Prove it. Leave your best friend behind and come play with me and Waliovaa'Nafsi instead. She found a nest of mice and we're going to practice our hunting skills. Or would you rather stick around and kiss frogs?"

Balozi's fur fluffed up with irritation at his sister's taunt, but he had to admit she had a point. He had nothing to gain by spending time with Alocer, but with his sisters he could sharpen his youthful hunting skills and perhaps win some favor with them, which might prove useful later in life. His cast a brief glance at his brother, whose ears had drooped and was looking away, already aware of what his answer would be, before looking back at Iva.

"Of course." He padded after her, leaving Alocer alone, again.

Plot Ideas: No idea, but you know me, I'm open to plotting!
Comments?: Katavi cubs! >w< I'm so excited you got them!

Your Name: L1m3_gr33n_sh4rp13
Preference Order: 2, 1
Cub's Name: Cynebeald
Meaning: Anglo-Saxon name meaning, "Royal Brave"
Personality: Cyne is calm and seems very polite and kindly to others. He takes after his mom a bit in being very manipulatively sweet and kind to others. He is genuinly kind and affectionate toward his siblings though and will always try to be a protector to his siblings, no matter his age or the situation.
To strangers, he is deceptively kind and sweet. He uses his charm to lull them into a sense of security and while he never purposefully brings harm upon another, he will use a random person for whatever he can and then promptly disappear without a trace.
He has some slight issues, the first being he is very persistent in trying to get mothers attention and wants to be her favorite. In the event he doesn't get a seer roll, I think it would be fun to have him try to fake being a seer, especially if one of his siblings actually wins their roll. He loves his mother more than anyone else and wants to have her approval for everything, so even when he becomes an adult, he will still not likely ever be too far from her and will always come to her for advice and to help fix his problems.
Prompt #: 4
Prompt Response:
Even though he hated her for being the favorite, at the moment anyway, Cyne still loved his sister Iva. She was the eldest and she was his blood. But there was a part of him that boiled with rage, no matter how unobservable the rage was, every time mother seemed to play favorites with Iva and treat her differently. His coat looked almost identical to mothers and in a big way Cyne envied her. It was almost irritating how much more attention Iva got.

Cyne just anted to be mother's favorite. While he loved all his siblings, even Mkali who was a bully and way too into herself, he thought he was the best of the best. Just because he did not look like mother did not mean he was unworthy of the title of favorite. And her being first born? Hah! She was just lucky to have been born first. But that was all it was, luck. There was no wit or cunning involved, or else Cyne would have made himself the first born. Then her coat, that was pure chance. Pure chance that she was born to look just like mom. But then what about Walioova? She was basically a spitting image of mother, only with slight variations in color. But she wasn't a favorite.

It wasn't really fair, but then again, the world was not fair. This must have been the Gods doing Cyne decided. Punishing him for something or maybe they were just being unfair and cruel. Maybe they say his potential for greatness and feared it, so they were trying to force him down, make him lose confidence. Gods were evil and unjust, unrightfully given amazing powers and size. Mother was a good lioness, yet she was not a God.

Then a thought hit him. Was Iva maybe a seer? Had mother realized perhaps one of them had the ability? This made the young cub twitch in irritation at the thought. It should be him! He told himself quietly. He should be the one with the sight, so for all time he could stay with mother and tell her her fortune, her future. How amazing would it be to be her favorite for all of time? And if he had managed to be a seer perhaps then his future cubs might also be seers, that would make mother even happier.

But he was not a seer, or at least he did not think he was... He had to know if Iva was. If she was a seer he had to make her see if he would ever get the ability himself. If not, then he would have to find a way to make Iva less favored or make himself even better than silly Iva in mothers eyes.

That was when he decided. He would wander off a bit and find some mud and maybe berries or bright plants and make himself look like mother. Blue colored plants and berried couldn't be too hard to find and he remembered seeing black mud sometime back down the path they came. So for now he would try this method, making himself look like mother and Iva, and later he would figure out a way to make himself a seer, or perhaps pretend to be one to make himself more favored than Iva...

Plot Ideas: I think it might be fun to have him become a manipulative manwhore as an adult, always trying to knock up willing ladies. While he won't stick around to raise them, he will reappear once they are born and look for signs of any seer cubs, and if he finds them, he will likely bring them back to Katavi as an attempt to become her favorite even though he is no longer a cub. And maybe perhaps he could attempt to woo a Goddess in mortal form, not realizing it's a goddess and then be all like "oh snap jackpot. Seer cubs everywhere" and then bring them back to momma and be so proud of himself.
Comments?: Congratz on the cubs Spotted, Katavi is an awesome character with such interesting quirks and depth and if I am so lucky as to win one of her sons, you can bet I will pester you, and all the siblings, for rp to help me develop the cubs personality and beliefs.

Your Name: tuesdayscat
Preference Order: 1, 2
Cub's Name: Sinzuri
Meaning: "not nice" in Swahili
Personality:
Sin is not nice, which is generally a nice way of putting it. As a cub he is rather overtly unkind, using brute strength and childish means of bullying for manipulation or mere enjoyment. He takes pleasure in being mean, in short, which is a terrible way for a cub to be. Though his mother's opinion means very highly to him, he is not fazed by his sister's exalted position within the litter. It is how it is, at least so far as their cubhood is concerned. His cruel nature is not exclusive to outsiders and, unfortunately, Alocer tends to get the brunt of his mean-spiritedness. Bugs, birds and small prey items are used willy nilly to serve his every whim, and though he seems to be headed towards a diagnosis of psychopath, his cruelty will eventually level out.

As an adult, Sin will be disappointed to find that his large size as a cub does not extend to his adulthood. He is smaller than average, but his brain has compensated the loss. He is manipulative and cunning, with only vague concern for others outside family loyalty. As he grows, his devotion to his mother and her ways will solidify. She is his rock and her gods are his sky – which of course means a renewed relationship with his siblings, including Alocer. Sin is the type of lion who, if found in a tribal hierarchal setting, would rise ruthlessly through the ranks and take his family with him. Consider the Borgias and other influential families in the Renaissance: once power is obtained, weave a web of it through your relatives. Out in the roguelands, that translates to finding meat when none can be brought down or cheating travelers out of pretty trinkets to appease his sisters and mother. Sin is too full of himself to ever feel useless, though he is occasionally and briefly put down when and if his mother ignores his efforts or puts him down. Like a blade of grass bending beneath the rock as it rolls, he can hardly help himself.

Its rather doubtful, thusly, that Sin will ever leave his family by choice and he will look very poorly upon any siblings who do otherwise. Particularly without mother's permission.
Prompt #: 2
Prompt Response:
The stupid cub had wandered off, or left behind –which Sinzuri supposed would not be entirely his fault, but honestly, how stupid could you be not to notice your entire family had moved on and left you? The dark cub was not even entirely sure why he cared at all, but he knew mother would be cross and a mother cross was no good for anybody. Except Iva, maybe, but Iva was immune to all the changing storms of their maternal guardian's temperament save sunny days and gentle rains, so that was a moot point. All Sin knew was an unhappy Katavi meant he might not have more for dinner than what he could catch himself, or she would generally be in such a snippy mood that he might not want to stick around for the provided meal anyway.

Calling out for Alocer was useless, of course, since his ears were the most pointless point of his anatomy. Sin was not a hundred percent sure when deafness became an excuse for lameness, or idiocy, but that was that. There was no explaining the situation, not to a satisfying end. Alocer was deaf, and that included some idiocy along the way – they all just had to grin, bear it, and clean up after him. That including hunting him down when he wandered off – or was left, but that was such an excuse it annoyed Sin. Wandering off at least implied his brother had some means of mobility and gumption, whereas being left behind was such a pathetic scenario that not even he could lay that at his mother's paws by way of explanation. No, no; better to say his brother wandered off on his own witless whim than emphasize his weakness. The things he did for family…

Sin plunged through the brush, keeping a sharp bright eye out for any flash of his brother's dark hide. The shadows were the most difficult to penetrate visually, but he managed. It took some time of padding his way over the dirt to follow along the trail they had made, but he did eventually lay eyes on a flash of black pelt and teal markings. He was coming up from behind his brother so had yet to make actual eye contact, but he recognized his sibling enough that as he came up to him he swiped out with a heavy paw and retracted claw to knock the smaller cub off his feet with a swift push to the rump. Once Alocer's attention was secured, Sin leered over him with a lip pulled back in a vicious snarl – or at least so far as viciousness went on a cub's muzzle, "Stop wandering off, you waste of space. Let's go before mother notices." And that was that; Sin veritably chased his brother back down the path to where their family rested, baring tooth and claw and no sympathy for the garbled protests of his sibling about something or another he had seen back down the way. Honestly, it all gave Sin such a headache.
Plot Ideas: I think I laid it out pretty well in his personality, but his plot ideas follow his mother's whims. I could see him possibly bringing home a girl and maybe Mom doesn't approve, but he keeps the girl around as a sort of personal valet or slave or something to make himself feel better about the rejection – though he would blame the female anyway. Honestly, why couldn't she just be everything he and his mother ever wanted? I could also see some strange contemptuous love-snark fests between Sinzuri and Alocer. Or, well, Sinzuri and the air around Alocer since his brother wouldn't hear any of it. Alocer would probably end up becoming Sin's personal receptor of rants whether he liked it or not. "SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO ME"
Comments?: I HAVE NOOOOONNNEEE

Oh no! I totally forgot to submit the entry I'd been planning out! stressed Best of luck to all of the contestants!!