Post by Hooligans on Apr 6, 2015 9:34:45 GMT -5
After a long and hard battle between Nyumbani and their old rival pride, and with more than half of their pride wiped out, Iedael led her pride far away from their old home within the Eros plains, and began searching for a new, safe place for her pride to thrive.
The Nyumbani lions traveled day and night, stopping every once and a while to eat, but kept walking on otherwise, looking for a new safe haven. They lost lions along the way due to injuries taking their lives while treadding the dangerous path to find a new home.
After about a month of traveling, the exhausted Nyumbani comes across a large, almost impossible land. With excited members, they travelled deeper into this land and find a possible new place to call home; it was a very large land known as Hadithi ya Kale, a group of territories including the Savanna, highlands, jungle, wetlands and even deadlands. A fantasy for most of the lions within Nyumbani. Iedael immediately takes up the opportunity to make their home in Hadithi ya Kale, and claims this new land as her own, not yet realizing the consequences.
Four groups live within Hadithi ya Kale's lands; Upinzani, a lion pride taking refuge in the deadlands - Wawindaji, a ruthless hyena Clan sharing the same territory with Upinzani, and now Nyumbani. The newcomer lions had no idea what they had gotten themselves into by moving into Hadithi ya Kale's strongest lands, and soon learn that this land has a lot more to offer than just shelter.
For a month or so all three groups lived in harmony, Nyumbani was able to heal themselves up enough to be able to begin hunting and defending once more, and they begun to map out each and every territory within Hadithi ya Kale, devising a plan in case either Wawindaji or Upinzani decided to put any plans they had to action.
Though what was odd to Iedael was that she wasn't sure if either group had a plan devised to wipe out Nyumbani, as they were a bit.. quiet. They hadn't had any intrusions within their territory, or any unfriendly visits.
Though, those confusing behaviors soon went away as three hyenas wound up deep within their territory, harrassing a group of hunting Nyumbani lionesses'. Once Nyumbani was informed of the intrusion, a trio of Sentinels were sent to capture the hyenas as prisoners, holding them captive until they spill the reason they were in Nyumbani territory in the first place. They explain that they were "scoping things out", which sends the already cautious pride into a riot of terrified cubs. Iedael, surprisingly, was very composed, and managed to calm her pride down. They released the trio of hyenas back to their territory and began to set up extra guard posts and patrols, making sure that they were ready in case of an invasion.
The invasion never really happened, in fact, the level of activity coming from Wawindaji had become completely silent, and it was if they weren't even there in the first place.
About a month later, Iedael became very ill, and had been put to rest until further notice. Though the stubborn lioness never listened to anyone, which is why when she had insisted on going out for a walk, she had passed out and ended up dying of heat stroke, seeing as she was so weak in the first place and her heart couldn't really take any stress. It was in the high 90s on the afternoon that she died, which was way too hot for her ill body to handle at that time.
Iedael's son, Madalitso, took over the pride from there. Though he was young, he was the only one for the job, as it was family tradition to take the pride once your parents had passed on.
Madalitso took this new position as King with pride, leading the pride as best as he could. Though his leadership didn't exactly last long. About two or three months into his leadership, Madalitso, whilst fighting off a rogue, slipped and fell into the gorge that sits far into their territory.
With this, the pride didn't exactly know who would be the new leader of the pride, until a familiar face showed up at the pride's pawsteps. A dirty, weak and hungry lioness limped into camp with no hesitation, walking past the pride's lions and up into the main den to rest.
The lioness's name was Ayodele, the princess of Nyumbani, Iedael's daughter and Madalitso's younger sister. The newest leader of Nyumbani. She had been left behind during the war between the two prides from many months ago, only just now arriving after fending and hunting for herself, following scent trails until she finally arrived in Hadithi ya Kale. She never mentioned her journey to anyone, and if someone would ask, she'd catch an attitude and chase them off.
After learning of her mother and brother's fates, she quickly took the position as Nyumbani's newest queen with pride.
The story lifts off with Ayodele's first steps into Queenship, and her not-so-friendly introduction to Upinzani's queen, Melisizwe.
The Nyumbani lions traveled day and night, stopping every once and a while to eat, but kept walking on otherwise, looking for a new safe haven. They lost lions along the way due to injuries taking their lives while treadding the dangerous path to find a new home.
After about a month of traveling, the exhausted Nyumbani comes across a large, almost impossible land. With excited members, they travelled deeper into this land and find a possible new place to call home; it was a very large land known as Hadithi ya Kale, a group of territories including the Savanna, highlands, jungle, wetlands and even deadlands. A fantasy for most of the lions within Nyumbani. Iedael immediately takes up the opportunity to make their home in Hadithi ya Kale, and claims this new land as her own, not yet realizing the consequences.
Four groups live within Hadithi ya Kale's lands; Upinzani, a lion pride taking refuge in the deadlands - Wawindaji, a ruthless hyena Clan sharing the same territory with Upinzani, and now Nyumbani. The newcomer lions had no idea what they had gotten themselves into by moving into Hadithi ya Kale's strongest lands, and soon learn that this land has a lot more to offer than just shelter.
For a month or so all three groups lived in harmony, Nyumbani was able to heal themselves up enough to be able to begin hunting and defending once more, and they begun to map out each and every territory within Hadithi ya Kale, devising a plan in case either Wawindaji or Upinzani decided to put any plans they had to action.
Though what was odd to Iedael was that she wasn't sure if either group had a plan devised to wipe out Nyumbani, as they were a bit.. quiet. They hadn't had any intrusions within their territory, or any unfriendly visits.
Though, those confusing behaviors soon went away as three hyenas wound up deep within their territory, harrassing a group of hunting Nyumbani lionesses'. Once Nyumbani was informed of the intrusion, a trio of Sentinels were sent to capture the hyenas as prisoners, holding them captive until they spill the reason they were in Nyumbani territory in the first place. They explain that they were "scoping things out", which sends the already cautious pride into a riot of terrified cubs. Iedael, surprisingly, was very composed, and managed to calm her pride down. They released the trio of hyenas back to their territory and began to set up extra guard posts and patrols, making sure that they were ready in case of an invasion.
The invasion never really happened, in fact, the level of activity coming from Wawindaji had become completely silent, and it was if they weren't even there in the first place.
About a month later, Iedael became very ill, and had been put to rest until further notice. Though the stubborn lioness never listened to anyone, which is why when she had insisted on going out for a walk, she had passed out and ended up dying of heat stroke, seeing as she was so weak in the first place and her heart couldn't really take any stress. It was in the high 90s on the afternoon that she died, which was way too hot for her ill body to handle at that time.
Iedael's son, Madalitso, took over the pride from there. Though he was young, he was the only one for the job, as it was family tradition to take the pride once your parents had passed on.
Madalitso took this new position as King with pride, leading the pride as best as he could. Though his leadership didn't exactly last long. About two or three months into his leadership, Madalitso, whilst fighting off a rogue, slipped and fell into the gorge that sits far into their territory.
With this, the pride didn't exactly know who would be the new leader of the pride, until a familiar face showed up at the pride's pawsteps. A dirty, weak and hungry lioness limped into camp with no hesitation, walking past the pride's lions and up into the main den to rest.
The lioness's name was Ayodele, the princess of Nyumbani, Iedael's daughter and Madalitso's younger sister. The newest leader of Nyumbani. She had been left behind during the war between the two prides from many months ago, only just now arriving after fending and hunting for herself, following scent trails until she finally arrived in Hadithi ya Kale. She never mentioned her journey to anyone, and if someone would ask, she'd catch an attitude and chase them off.
After learning of her mother and brother's fates, she quickly took the position as Nyumbani's newest queen with pride.
The story lifts off with Ayodele's first steps into Queenship, and her not-so-friendly introduction to Upinzani's queen, Melisizwe.
