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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:07 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:08 am
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Frequently Asked Questions
This is a very good place to post for in-pride plots and that sort of thing, whether you are looking for general RP or something specific to fill part of a plot, here is a good place to post. This is also a good place to arrange for joining RPs, challenge RPs, and just to discuss things about the pride. It's basically our own little OOC thread.
If you have a question about the pride, this is also a good place to ask it.
The OOC Discussion thread from the previous guild can be found here.
Example Q: Why is the sky blue? A: Something about reflection.
Questions/Concerns
Q: Do we post males that have been previously posted in the Fathers Day breeding or CC breeding thread? A: Nope! Posting and approval is for going forward only. Please post from now on, but there is no need to post past requests again.
Q: What does the hierarchy look like for the pride now that it includes the Valkyries and the Shield Maidens? A: Please click the link to see a small diagram, females are ranked much lower than males, but still hold a place among the men. Often times they will be sent out to hunt, deal with small issues or tasked with guarding the camp. On the odd occasion the females will also fight along side them, but perhaps not as frequently as they had before.
Q: What is prowling in the woods? A: The woods are filled with a number of things, most pleasant and used to fill our bellies, but we assume what you're asking about are the Skadi. These creatures are outsiders of their own home, cast aside to live in an impoverished life style. They won't soon be seen as allies, but shouldn't be killed on sight. They aren't to be taken lightly as they're quick, and clever. Leave them alone with your goods or turn your back and you may find yourself missing an item or two.
Q: Family claims - how do these work or do they? A: With the recent changes to the hierarchy and strict rules surrounding who may be born freeborn, etc. Family claims may no longer happen. To become Stormborn they must be captured or duel their way into the pride. There is no other way for them to join at this time.
Q: Females - RE: cubs ranks? A: Please see below list of possible scenarios and their outcomes. - Thrall? The female, unmarried, and has cubs then those cubs will be thralls. - Freeborn? The female, unmarried, and has cubs then those cubs will be freeborn. - Priestess? The female, unmarried, and has cubs then those cubs will be freeborn. - High Priestess? The female, unmarried, and has cubs then those cubs will be freeborn. - Shield Maiden? The female, unmarried, and has cubs then those cubs will be freeborn. - Valkyrie? The female, unmarried, and has cubs then those cubs will be freeborn. - Married? The females cubs will take on the rank of freeborn. The reason behind this is that her husband will claim any cubs she produces whether he is the father or not.
Q: Females - RE: rank requirements? A: Please see below for possible scenarios. - Requirements met for Reaver/certed as Reaver before the update? If you had met the requirements for the rank AND posted prior to the rules coming into effect then you are able to apply for Shield Maiden when the thread is created to do so. Posting in this thread will allow the owner to post for recerting. - Requirements NOT met for Reaver? If your lioness is currently completing a viking, but did not have it completed by the time of the ORP then she will not be eligible to immediately move into the position of Shield Maiden. Once that RP is completed she will be required to accompany two more vikings to apply for the position. - Requirements met for Captain/certed as Captain before the update? If you had met the requirements for the rank AND posted prior to the rules coming into effect then you are able to apply for Valkyrie when the thread is created to do so. Posting in this thread will allow the owner to post for recerting. - Requirements NOT met for Captain? If your Reaver was in the process of becoming eligible for Captaincy, but did not meet the requirements before the ORP then they will be required to complete the full extent of a Valkyrie's requirements.
Q: Familiars - RE: rank of thrall? A: Familiars have been and will always be Thralls. The Myrsky Syntynyt is a lion pride and any other species will hold the rank of Thrall. [Just to make matters perfectly clear.]
Q: Gods - RE: joining the pride? A: If a God wants to call the Myrsky Syntynyt home they are expected to abide by the prides rules. If they plan to hang out and just putter around mortals than there isn't much they can or would do. The Famine has taught them that God, although powerful, are not almighty.
Q: Capture - RE: can family capture family as a thrall? A: Want to capture your mother? Sure. Your father? Sure. That distant god relative, give it your best shot! The pride does not discriminate against the capturing of anyone. If you choose to capture your mother and make her do those chores you hated to do growing up? Not a soul will stop you.
Q: Females - RE: thralls, having them specifically? A: Yes! A female is absolutely entitled to receiving and keeping thralls. In fact thralls can be given as a gift by the Reavers. This act happens more often when a Reaver is courting a potential wife to be. Wives families would also offer a thrall to a Reaver as a form of dowry along side some of their own bounty.
Q: Marriage - RE: I now pronounce you thrall and thrall? A: The purpose of marriage is to gain status in the pride. To marry two thralls would be purposeless in a pride that isn't about love. Two thralls are welcome to love one another, breed with one another, and (with permission from their masters) live with one another in a nearly traditional lifestyle, but won't likely be married by a lawspeaker or the first speaker.
Q: Sexuality? A: *Copied from the Pride Information* This is a pride of fierce fighting lions. Everyone wants to be on top, as it were. The prevailing attitude is that of derision toward lions and lionesses who are same-sex oriented, but this can turn to violent derision if the lion in question is not well-liked. If a lion is homosexual, it is safest to pretend otherwise, or else be very, very discreet. If a lion is discovered to be homosexual, he or she will not actually be driven from the pride, but their quality of life will almost certainly decrease. So if you want to put a homosexual lion in for plot purposes, go ahead, but know there may be IC difficulties ranging from mockery to beatings. That said, a male lion buggering another male just to show dominance is considered the height of manliness. The lion in the submissive position in that situation may as well castrate himself, because no one will ever take him seriously again.
Currently: The above is still in effect, but has long since been neglected. Homosexuality is not a plague, but it also provides a purposeless relationship. Again, the relationship is entirely up to the two characters and OOCly the owners, but will likely not be recognized by marriage. If the concern lies with having cubs the rank of the mother will prevail.
Freeborn and higher will produce freeborns. Thralls will produce thralls.
Q: Will there be a position for seers? Or like mystics/oracles? A: They would hold no special rank. Theyre just special people with special talents. Though they'd make great priestesses if they're female, since their sacrifices (and foretellings) would probably be more effective than a non-seer's would be. Priestesses do perform a certain number of predictive rituals, as well as providing talismans and charms for protection.
Q: How much ceremony there is to Stormborn marriages? A: The groom gives a plait of his mane to the bride so that if he dies while viking she may give some part of his body to the gods in a proper ceremony. The bride also give the groom a plait of her fur so that she, too, may be properly given to the gods should she die in battle or in birthing. Following the formal exchange of gifts, the couple exchanges personal gifts. Then the couple drinks water mixed with honey together to signify that they are bound to each other, as with honey, and a priest speaks words over them to that effect while a Lawspeaker records their marriage. Finally there is a sacrifice for good luck and then feasting. Wedding celebrations often last all week.
Q: Does coat color/pattern matter at all? A: It makes no difference. It's just fur, as far as the Stormborn are concerned. What's important is the warrior spirit beneath the fur.
Q: Would a lion hybrid be able to join as a Reaver? A: Nope. The Stormborn are lions. Anything else is fit only to be a Thrall, no matter how talented they are, or if they're born into the pride. Any hybrid who tried to challenge in would be laughed away at the gate.
Q: Can a cub automatically rise to Captain? A: Not without doing the requisite RPs. No viking band would elect an inexperienced adolescent as a Captain, even if there was a death. However, you can let it be known that you intend to aim for making your cub a Captain one day. In other words, there are virtually no adolescent Captains.
Q: I know a hybrid or non-lion is considered a thrall, but do the Stormborn frown on creating a hybrid via breeding to a non-lion? Since the offspring can only ever be thralls. A: They don't frown on it as long as the dad's a lion. For a female Stormborn to lower herself by being impregnated by a non-lion would be kind of horrifying for them. For a guy, though, it's really whatever. The pride understands that a man has needs and that sometimes there're no lionesses around to satisfy them.
Q: Would a Freeborn be allowed to keep a personal Thrall let alone capture one? A: Freeborn are absolutely allowed to keep personal thralls, though as has been stated elsewhere they are not encouraged to leave the pride to capture them. Most of the time if they have specific requests, they have to be made to whatever reavers are going viking.
Q: Do Thralls HAVE to be captured on a Viking, or can they be caught in other circumstances (Like a lion accidentally crossing into the territory and meeting the wrong Reaver)? A: This can and often does happen.
Q: Can a Captain who is currently home for it be the one to do a joining duel, or does it have to be a Reaver? A: Absolutely.
Q: To go on a viking/become a reaver, do you need to arrange OOCly with an actual captain about a viking? Have them "officially" join a band? Or can you just say that your character (freeborn) went on a viking with random-McRandomface captain (who doesn't exist or isn't specified/NPC) and have some out-of-pride RPs? (With a completely NPC band?) A: Latter is true, yes. You can make up NPC bands and captains for your viking RPs if you need to.
Q: Can a lioness who wouldn't ordinarily be allowed to leave the pride still have cubs with a god? A: Yes. Gods do what they want and are above mortal rules. Though it's up to that lioness to explain IC how they got knocked up, and accept that people will probably be skeptical if she claims a god did it.
Q: Are thralls able to be taken on vikings? As assistants or, essentially, pack mules? A: Thralls can certainly be taken along on vikings as assistants and pack mules and suchlike. Reavers don't carry their own stuff if they don't have to, after all. Or do their own hunting, for that matter.
Q: A Reaver, Freeborn, and a Shield-Maiden go-av-viking... A: Let me stop you there (even if it's a good line up for a joke, there is no punch line). If a Reaver or Freeborn (male) go out a-viking then an NPC Captain can be used for the purposes of completing the RP requirements for rank updates. However, the Shield-Maiden is stuck, she must have a Captain (actually player controlled character or PC) to accompany her out for a viking. The purposes of this is to have that same (or other) Captain vouch for her when she chooses to become a Valkyrie.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:08 am
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