Lore Update for Profile 8.31.22

There isn't much know about the Pride of Shattered Memories. Every lion that comes through carries a past they they're trying to escape from. Every lion that joins is coming with a hope for a new life. Whether its for a short term stay or a lifelong residence, everyone leaves happy by the end of it.

At least, that's how the rumor goes.

The pride's current leader, Wyn, rules with silent indifference. While kind to all that approach him, he is a king of few words. All that is know about the king himself is that he rose to power quickly after the death of the pride's founding king, Myrin, left without naming an heir.

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Founding

The Pride of Shattered Memories truly came about during the Championships where Myrin met Nym. Myrin, along with his age mate Pyria, decided to compete this year in hopes of gathering interest of other rogues after a few years of wandering on their own. While the duo were able to make ends meet with just the two of them, they had begun to miss the community that came with the company of a pride. The Championships offered the perfect opportunity for the two to meet and advertise their skills to new lions.

Of the few lions that they collected was Nym, who was a lioness competing on behalf of her pride. She was a Championships lioness born and raised in a clan that valued martial prowess over all. At first, she had little interest in the pride the duo were trying to start up. She was comfortable in the position she held in her own and wasn't planning on leaving. However, she found a kind of charm in Myrin, something that wasn't present in most others in her clan. Unlike her prideful, arrogant, and stern clanmates, Myrin was carefree and laughed easy. In the end, she parted ways from her clan to travel with the little band Myrin and Pyria has put together at the end of the month.

It didn't take them long to settle a territory and for the pride to come together. However, as it settled in, it was clear that some of the members were having some trouble laying down roots. A lot of the lions that they had recruited were young and restless, some even down right antagonistic towards other adolescents who came from groups that had feuded with their old prides in the past. For a moment, it looked like the pride was about to fall apart just a few scant months after it's founding.

Luckily though, between Myrin, Pyria and Nym, the trio was able to mediate the conflicts before things got too out of had. The tree of them had come up with a few principles to help guide the pride along. The most important one amongst these principles is the emphasis on second chances. Pride mates are not obligated to disclose past conflicts or strife if they don't want to.

But, to keep that policy from being exploited, Nym proposed the creation of a secret hunt, an organization that worth from within the pride that is loyal to the King and the kind alone. This Hidden Hunt will be primarily focused on keeping the pride safe from within by shadowing new pride mates for amount of time after their arrival to ensure that they will assimilate smoothly into the pride.

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The Hidden Hunt

The Hidden Hunt are the secret sector of the pride that handle specialized hunts from the king and the king alone. Shadows go on these hunts with discretion, trained to be more obscure than even the shadows that lurk in the night.

Nothing is know about them, they don't exist outside of their Shadow roles.

While initially created as a safety net for the pride's 'No questions asked' policy, they eventually grew into a spy network that will occasionally take work outside of the pride. While it's an open secret to those in the pride, many new joiners don't find out about this hunt until after their probation period. That is, if they find out at all.

Recruitment for this hunt start young and it isn't uncommon for titles to be passed down from parents to cubs.

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About Myrin

Myrin, a young adolescent who used to live with a small nomadic pride in the dry savannah. He left during a the wet season, using it as an opportunity to explore and look for a territory to patrol as his own. With him came his pride mate, Pyria, a lioness so close to him she might as well have been his litter mate rather than just a year mate.

During his time as king, he ruled over the pride with kindness. Though, those who took advantage of this kindness were quickly put in their place. He had little to no tolerance for infighting within the pride. The irony in this is that the end of Myrin's rule was shrouded in mystery. He ruled for nearly two decades before tragedy struck. One day he had left for patrol and he never came back, leaving behind his beloved queen Nym and dearest friend Pyria to deal with the power vacuumed his disappearance caused.

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