March 18, 2023
→ Project has officially started. Lionesses with short lineages were purchased in order to maintain the shortest heritage possible.

→ Since the Project was started during the March Event, I’d have stacked up on enough “One With The Giant” applicators to apply on lionesses freely. These applicators apply the Ivory base which have Cream Light Countershaded Special genetics, the same genetics (apart from rarity) that the Cameo base has. I’d also be purchasing Ethereal Bodies since they’re cheap and the genetics are the same.

March 20, 2023
→ Benvolio was finally crowned on March 20, 2023. He had a Savage Mane and 1/6 of the breed-only markings, that being Slot 6: Cream Margay. He was heritage replaced soon after. Lioness with Slot 8: Cream Inverted Zebra was IBF’d in hopes of getting a Savage Maned, Slot 6: Cream Margay & Slot 8: Cream Inverted Zebra cub to no avail, resulting in only a Slot 6: Cream Margay cub.

March 23, 2023
→ The first Benvolio continued to produce cubs the following days with no notable cubs until a Savage Maned, Slot 1: Clay Points & Slot 6: Cream Margay cub was born in the wave of new cubs. Along with two cubs with both the Slot 3: Clay Brindle & Slot 6: Cream Margay markings.

→ Benvolio was quickly retired by the Savage Maned, Slot 1: Clay Points & Slot 6: Cream Margay cub and replaced with Benvolio II.

March 24, 2023
→ Benvolio II was finally heritage replaced. R.I.P. my and the lionesses are beginning to birth cubs that have multiple traits that I need on them. Oh, I also had a random mutie born!

March 25, 2023
→ More cubs have been born! Nothing too notable but I did get another random mutie be born!

March 30, 2023
→ Progress has been slow for the past few days due to breeding cooldowns and such. Only one cub was born within the span of the past five days. However, luck finally got on my side! After giving one of the Slot 9: Bone Underfelt lionesses an IBF, Benvolio II and her produced an amazing cub! The cub had 4/8 of the breed-only traits, having a Savage Mane, Slot 1: Clay Points, Slot 6: Cream Margay, and finally Slot 9: Bone Underfelt! Also, she had been born with a Buff base funnily enough. Unexpected but sure!

→ While I was hesitant on what to do with the cub, I decided to make her the next Benvolio in the bloodline. Not only would I get more breedings and more chances to pass on the breed-only traits, but I could heritage replace so that she's no longer G3. After all, the shorter/cleaner the bloodline, the better. So, Benvolio II was replaced by Benvolio III!

April 1, 2023
→ At first, I had several groupies stashed up from the prior May event. However, with how much I've been heritage replacing, I no longer have groupies stashed up. I searched for another groupie in the Trading Center but they're all hella expensive. :( The audacity when the May event is literally in a month.. I'm not too mad though, just salty! Eventually though, I did find a groupie for the price of 8 . Made sense as he had incredibly low stats.

→ Benvolio III was finally heritage replaced after a day and a half of searching for a good priced groupie. Going to have to start stashing up again once the May event starts.

→ Right after Benvolio III was heritage replaced, I bred him with one of the G1 Slot 5: Vitiligo 4 ladies who was old enough to where I would only get one breeding from her. I was incredibly worried that I wouldn't get the marking to pass on but luckily, I did! Only one cub was born but she has 4/8 of the Breed-Only traits I need. Slot 1: Clay Points, Slot 5: Vitiligo 4, Slot: Cream Margay, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt. She would have been kinged immediately but she lacks the savage mane unfortunately. She was born with a Cocoa base funnily enough! So, she'll be used for breeding purposes.

April 9, 2023
→ Cooldowns are finally starting to finish up. Bred the only Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra girl I have and fed my stud a Grain of Paradise. Two cubs were born. While not complete failures, they're not complete successes either. One cub was born with a Buff Base, Savage Mane, Slot 1: Clay Points, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt. The second cub was more successful and was born with a Savage Mane, Slot 6: Cream Margay, Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt. Unfortunately, she's lacking Slot 1: Clay Points or else I would have definitely kinged her. She's not a bad idea for an heir but I'll hold off on it since I don't want to waste too much at the moment.

April 26, 2023
→ Breeding cooldowns have been killing the process of this project, as per usual. I finally had Benvolio III start breeding with the offspring of the past Benvolio's. Finally been getting multiple cubs with multiple of the breed-only traits I need put together all in one. Two days ago, I had a cub born with five of the breed-only traits I need, leaving me with needing three more breed-only traits on one lion to finally finish off the breed-only traits. Then, I can start working on breeding the base.

→ The cub born has five of the breed-only traits, as stated before. With the increase of five breed-only traits from Benvolio III (who only has three, excluding his base color since I don't need it at the moment), I decided to pass on the torch to her. The cub has a Savage Mane, Slot 1: Clay Points, Slot 3: Clay Brindle, Slot 6: Cream Margay, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt. Meaning, I only need to get Slot 5: Vitiligo 4 and Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra alongside the other markings on one lion. Then I can work on the base color. Super excited for this progress!

April 29, 2023
→ Even more good news! Another cub was born with five out of the eight breed-only traits I need. The cub was born with a Savage Mane, Slot 1: Clay Points (40%), Slot 5: Vitiligo 4 (16%), Slot 6: Cream Margay (47%), and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt (46%). I have decided to king this cub and make him the next Benvolio rather than the other cub. I decided on that because the Clay Brindle marking is more abundant in my pride rather than the Vitiligo. I also prefer the look of the Pearl mane rather than the Clay one that the other cub has (which is kind of irrelevant considering that the groupie I'm going to use is maneless. ).

→ Tomorrow once I'm finally paid the from my 3300 Easter Egg auction, Benvolio III will finally be retired and Benvolio IV will take over. I'm rather attached to Benvolio III, he's been king of my pride for a full month but it's time to say goodbye and let his son take over. I'm excited to see what Benvolio IV has to bring to the table!

→ A few days ago, I also decided on making two versions of this RL Recreation. One which will be modified with BO traits and the other which will have all the traits that the original RL had. That way once I finally recreate the raffle lioness, users will have two different versions to pick from. One who's more BO heavy and one who's almost entirely accurate to the RL lady (apart from heritage, stats, so on). The way I'm going to pursue this is by cloning the recreating lady and once she clones, I'll either make the OG recreated lioness the exact copy of the raffle lioness or have her daughter become the exact copy. We'll see!

→ So now, I'll be adding a BO skin (Bunting) alongside a BO eye color (Grape) to the mix. That way, there will be two copies of the Recreation lady. One who's more BO heavy and the other who's the exact copy of the raffle lioness. I feel like that'll have users be more freedom in what they want!

April 30, 2023
→ Bad news. Unfortunately, I was being really dumb and ended up retiring Benvolio IV so I could replace him with a maneless groupie. However instead of keeping Benvolio IV's appearance, I ended up keeping the maneless groupie. This makes me incredibly frustrated and honestly, has unmotivated me intensely. I don't have anymore to spare since I decided to use the other part of my to purchase a triple rosette. Then I RMA'd her until she gave me some decent markings. I then hoped to recover most of my by attempting to clone her (while deciding to also purchase a Buffy alongside the Crunchy) only to no avail. So now, I'm practically broke.

→ The good thing is that the original cub that I was going to crown is still an option to king. The bad news is that the other cub's appearance was lost. The whole point of me waiting was so that I wouldn't have to spend so much trying to replace Benvolio III but now, I'm going to have to spend even more than that.

→ Honestly really disappointing and it made me very angry but at least RMA'ing my new triple rosette made me feel better. There's something so satisfying about RMA'ing markings until you get some good ones. However, now I've got to make lots of and fast in order to not fall behind on my lionesses' heats. I'm trying to get funds by selling my dirty double rosette (she's literally up for sale for 175 ) but no one seems interested in purchasing her. :(

→ Oh well, just gotta keep going. One bad thing can't take me down. We'll get there eventually. I'll try to never make that mistake again. 💪💪

May 1, 2023
→ Managed to get 25 to replace the male groupie who I've affectionately named "Imposter Benvolio IV". I didn't actually change his name but that's what I'm going to be referring to him as. That way, I can at least laugh about my little mishap rather than feel bad about it. Meet the new and improved Benvolio IV. We'll see what he brings to the table!

→ Debating on whether or not I should breed my (in heat) lionesses now or not. I want to completely wipe his heritage as the idea of inbreeding kinda irks me in this project. I don't have a problem with it but I've gone this far without inbreeding and I'd rather keep it that way. Makes it more challenging! And expensive. Might as well continue doing so! I'll try to haggle around the Trading Center to see what I can sell off for more . Things are looking good and I'm feeling a lot better!

May 6, 2023
→ After thinking long and hard, I decided to quit the whole clean process. I'll be inbreeding to quit using so many resources/funds. However, the final lioness won't be dirty. She'll be clean. This way, I can finish this project faster without having to spend so much . I don't have an income for or actual money so it makes it a lot harder trying to get . I think I'm at peace with this, so I can keep my sanity..

→ Anyway, a cub with a Savage Mane, Slot 1: Clay Points, Slot 3: Clay Brindle, Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt was born. I think I'll be kinging him to easily spread the Slot 8 marking. It's not very abundant in my pride, nor is it very abundant in the game in general. So, wish me luck! Have several ladies in heat and have a lot of on hand due to my pon selling for pure ! Super happy. Can't wait to see what comes of the cubs! I think I'll IBF the pregnant lionesses.

May 6, 2023
→ The cubs of the Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra lady that I IBF'd all had multiple traits that I needed. One stood out though. A cub with the Savage Mane, Slot 5: Vitiligo 4, Slot 6: Cream Margay, Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt. Almost all of the breed-only traits I need, only missing the Slot 1: Clay Points and Slot 3: Clay Brindle markings I need. That should be pretty easy to get though, considering those are NCL markings and I should be able to mass breed those easily.

→ So essentially, Phase 1 is almost over. How do I feel? Relieved and excited! So much money has been spent and I'm perfectly okay with that! I've decided to king that newly born cub. Say hello to Benvolio VI! I'll be mass breeding in heat NCL's with those markings until I (hopefully) get a cub with all the traits I need. May take a while and I'm okay with playing the long game! After that, Phase 2 will commence where I'll gather a bunch of NCL's and breed them until I get most of the breed-only traits/markings on several lions, apply the Ivory bases, and hope for the best!

May 9, 2023
→ After kinging Benvolio VI, I got several in heat NCL's with the Slot 1: Clay Points marking and the Slot 3: Clay Brindle marking. I bred them with Benvolio VI and IBF'd the lionesses with 2+ cubs. Mostly duds, some with multiple breed-only traits, but the most outstanding cub was received from a two cub litter. She had a Savage Mane, Slot 1: Clay Points, Slot 5: Vitiligo 4, Slot 6: Cream Margay, Slot 8: Shell Inverted Zebra, and Slot 9: Bone Underfelt. One more marking left to go!

→ I'll be kinging that cub, making her the next Benvolio. She'll be known as Benvolio VII. Benvolio VII will breed to lionesses with the Slot 3: Clay Brindle marking until a cub hopefully pops out with all the traits I need. Then, I can king them, heritage replace them, and breed them to a bunch of NCL's to hopefully breed all the breed-only traits (alongside the base) onto one lion.

December 27, 2023
→ Been on hiatus for months, mostly because getting on Lioden felt like a chore and a grind after a while. Only thing I really enjoyed was this project alongside my own personal RMA project (which I found I was spending too many funds on anyway). Regardless, I think I'm coming back to the game (as I usually do around this time of year anyway) in hopes of finishing up this project which has become so dear to me.

→ I've chased out most of my project lions, only really leaving room for lions with 4+ of the traits that I need (whether it be mane type, markings, etc). The only exception are lions that have Slot 3: Clay Brindle considering Benvolio VII doesn't have that marking and I need it to pass on eventually. After all markings and mane type get passed on, then Phase 2 will start but for now, we need a little more time.

April 9, 2025
→ Hello again peoples, I have returned to the lion king. For good? Probably not but I always come back to Lioden around this time of year anyway. We got very far with this project, let's try to complete it.

→ After taking a good look at my logs and re-reading on everything, I think I'm ready to put this to an end. I have a job which means income which in turn means I'm able to buy . Yippee! (But not really..) I'm only missing Slot 3: Clay Brindle on my king and then I can finally turn to Phase 2 of the project.

→ Bred Benvolio VII to a lady with Slot 3: Clay Brindle and Slot 6: Cream Margay to get me started. Purchased a Zebra Heart and an IBF only to end with two duds, only one of the cubs getting the marking but not getting any other markings from Benvolio VII except two. Well, that's just how things go sometimes! Let's keep pushing for more.

→ I have went ahead and sex changed two male adolescents, one with five breed-only traits and the other with four. I also aged them up with an aging crystal alongside four other adolescents for tomorrow. Hopefully they'll be in heat when they grow up tomorrow but likely not. If that's the case, I can just buy more zebra hearts for them. I believe that's all I'll be doing today and hopefully tomorrow, I'll get a cub with all of the breed-only traits I need except for base.

April 10, 2025
→ Back again with an update. All six lions grew after rolling the account. Fed them all Zebra Hearts alongside IBFs, leaving eleven cubs to look through. Only to end up with all duds. Cubs all differed from two to four breed-only traits but nothing exceeding that and nothing worthwhile. Disappointing but nothing surprising, that's just how these things go sometimes haha.

→ Went through and took a look at all my Slot 3: Clay Brindle cubs with extra breed-only traits. Aged them with Aging Crystals and Aging Stones so that tomorrow, they're breedable. Sex changed two. Ended up with six lions to try out and breed tomorrow to hopefully end Phase 1. Sent them to my side account where my main lion is a 'Dreamboat'. Hopefully they'll be in heat at next rollover and I won't have to feed them zebra hearts and that I'll just be able to IBF them.

April 11, 2025
→ Two out of the six lions were in heat and so the rest were given a Zebra Heart. If I thought the last set of lions were a failure, these were even more so. Nothing noteworthy and have run out of funds for this week. So, I will be leaving it at that. Next Wednesday I will be purchasing more which will help the project advance some more but for now, I will let the heats and aging come naturally.

→ Aged up one lioness with four of the eight traits I need to breed her tomorrow in hopes of getting something good.

April 12, 2025
→ Nothing worthwhile occurred with the breeding of said lion.

April 14, 2025
→ Got some and decided on aging four lions, three that have four out of the eight traits I need and the other with five. Aging stones and aging crystals were used. Will be sending them to my side account in hopes of at least one of them going into heat without the need of Zebra Hearts but who knows if that'll work out at all.

April 15, 2025
→ None of the ladies went into heat so I brought them back to my main and fed the 5/8 girl a Zebra Heart and IBF'd her. One cub with 5/8 traits but no mane type or Slot 3: Clay Brindle. So a dud. We'll see if I end up giving the other girls a Zebra Heart and an IBF.

→ I decided to go ahead and give the three other ladies Zebra Hearts and IBFs. At first I thought it was nothing but duds but then a cub with all the markings I need was born! Including Slot 2: Dark Brown Panther which has remained a key marking in this project for some reason. While it's not necessary to the project, it is a breed-only marking which I wouldn't mind swapping out with the Tier 1 marking that the initial design has. Problem is the cub is lacking the Savage mane I need.

→ I'll have to decide on whether or not to keep Benvolio VII as king or king the new cub with all the markings. I'll have to ask around and see what's best. Otherwise, great progress so far!

April 16, 2025
→ Aged the lioness with all the markings but no mane type and fed her Zebra Heart alongside a Buffalo Scrotum and an Ochre Powder in hopes she'd pass all her markings and Benvolio VII doing the work of passing his mane type. There were four cubs born and...

SUCCESS!

→ After years of working on this project, FINALLY a cub with all markings and that mane type was born! In fact, three of those four cubs had all the traits I needed! Kinged the first one I saw and here comes Benvolio VIII.

→ Benvolio VIII was heritage replaced and all of my project lions so far will be retired and moved to my Sale Den. Either they will be sold or killed off. This marks the end of Phase 1.

April 16, 2025
→ With Benvolio VIII being heritage replaced and all my inbred Project lions being useless at this point of the project, they will be moved to my Sales Den where they will either be sold or killed. Don't want the spread of the markings anymore than they already are without this recreation RL being completed.

→ At this point of playing the game, I have decided that it's important to me that the end result has breed-only eyes and skin. The actual Raffle Lioness doesn't but I'd like for the recreation to. Skin color and eye color don't really matter to me as long as the end results are the cloned lionesses having these traits. Since Benvolio VIII doesn't have any breed only eyes or skin, I'll be purchasing Chased or NCL's with breed only eyes and skin and using an Opal Saltlick and Rock Salt respectively on them.

→ Purchased about fifteen lionesses that fit that standard. Will be following Quil's guide on using G1 Lionesses with my G1 Benvolio to get G2 cubs with lots of traits. Then replacing Benvolio VIII's heritage again and breeding them to his 'daughters' to strive for clean breeding and for more possibilities of those traits passing down, making the result G3 and clean.

→ Several cubs were born to those batch of lionesses but only cubs with at least four breed only traits (alongside their respective eye and skin tone) were kept. Used lots of in removing selective markings in marking slots that I need to pass on and in IBF'ng them but I was too excited haha. The most notable cub is a G2 Cub with Galaxy Eyes and an Echo Skin who has a Savage Mane, Slot 1, Slot 3, Slot 5, Slot 6, and Slot 8. Only missing on Slot 9 and Slot 2: Dark Brown Panther which I have decided to incoporate in the final design as it is a breed-only marking that's been on almost all my Benvolios since I started the project.

→ In these folowing days, will keep an eye on in heat lionesses with no heritage and breed ony eyes and skin to breed with.