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 Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:24 pm
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 The Elephant Graveyard hasn't always been as teeming with hyenas as it is at the current, in fact, it wasn't teeming with anything. It was a barren wasteland. Animals came there to die, to complete the last leg of that long journey called life. Dusty, drab, and dead, not many species of animal chose to live there.
But, as lion prides grew, the graveyard became a place of exile. Unwanted lions were sent there to die, but predominantly, it was where the hyenas were eventually chased off to. They were expected to die, but being natural born scavengers, the Graveyard was a haven to them. Scraps of perfectly fine meat littered the place, it gave them peace from the lions, a place to call their own.
It was at around this time that conflict hit the Pridelanders, a lion pride bordering the graveyard. Two brother eligible for the throne, a position that one, Mufasa, obtained. Taka, or Scar, as he was dubbed by the not too intelligent hyenas, left the pride for good, eventually coming across the Elephant Graveyard.
There he discovered a hyena pack led by Shenzi, a cunning female and two of her loyal followers, Banzai and Ed. The hyenas accepted Scar, and followed him dutifully, even into war with his old pride. But, Taka was defeated, even his own hyenas turning on him. His reign had come to an end. Eventually, Taka was lost to the plague that would also take many hyena lives.
The hyenas were fine on their own, running their own disorganized form of a pack, running amuck around the graveyard and doing as they pleased. Many left the graveyard eventually and what was worse, many also fell ill and died of the same plague that was taking the lives of so many lions. Taka also died of this plague. Now, the land was barren once more, with only a few lone pups left.
Here, Mafa, one of the lone pups that tagged around with the hyenas from the old pack enters. Cold hearted and angry from past events, Mafa carried with her a hatred for the whole lion species. After a short leave from the pack lands, Mafa returned, disheartened that all her own companions where nowhere to be seen. Not long after, Mafa stumbled across Tukutu, a hyena she had known since she was young. With Mafa as alpha, and Tukutu as a close consort, the two decided to revive the pack.
Mafa had been rounding up hyenas to rally for her cause: extermination of the lion kind. And, to her extreme dislike, a small pride of lions has assituated itself within the outer borders of the graveyard. Led by Kikausha, a lion Mafa considers the worst of them all, the Maziko lions had not been accepted by the hyenas in the center of the graveyard at all. With their numbers and spirits growing, the hyenas hoped to banish the lions once and for all.
In fact, the Maziko dwindled in numbers until they vanished. Mafa considered this a triumph against lions, but it also gave little much for the other hyenas to do. Who would dare try their had against the Pridelands? Those were lands not to be touched, as hyenas were easily outnumbered ten to one. Instead, the pack grew quiet. More hyenas left than those that came in, and the pack grew complacent.
Then, Mafa vanished. No one knew where she had gone, but all were worried about it. What would they do if she returned? Rumors swirled that she would return to kill all of those that weren't still completely faithful to her. Tukutu had given up on her, however he did not want to see her legacy die. He mated to the hyena named Baki, bringing in a new generation of hyenas. Ones that would still continue to defend themselves against lions, and beckon all hyenas who wished to join to come. Strengthen their numbers. Grow the control of their land.
They were the Mava'Bunda, the cemetary guards.
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:25 pm
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Alpha: The leader of the Mava'Bunda. Always a female.
Consort: The mate to the Alpha. Not always the only mate to the Alpha, but the one that should be listened to. Currently unavailable.
Head Scout: The one in charge of the Scouts. Either gender. Currently unavailable.
Head Guard: The one in charge of the Guards. Either gender. Currently unavailable.
Head Hunter: The one in charge of the Hunters, and determines the hunting grounds. Either gender. Currently unavailable.
Scout: They scout for the pack, either by looking for more land to gain, keeping an eye on the thin water supply, and making sure no pesky lions get in, or that slaves get out.
Guard: While the scouts keep an eye on the outside, the guards are the weight behind the strength of the pack, the warriors.
Hunter: Those that keep the pride alive. They scavenge as well as hunt. This is the default rank for an adol/adult.
Bone Collector: In charge of keeping all the junk in check, as some of it can be traded for other things (with others/rogues) or used for miscellaneous reasons.
Bone Setter: The healers of the pack, as there are many risks in living in a place with so much death.
Bone Reader: The shaman(s) for the pack. They read the cracks in bones to determine the weather, good hunting times, prediction of births, ect. Currently unavailable.
Youth: All hyena cubs and juves are this rank.
Slaves: Slaves are usually used as punching bags, or they may be taken along in hunts to help, or helping the healers, ect. They rarely are without someone watching them. Any species other than hyenas. Please note that running away is possible, but please work out some sort of plot with other memebers and/or me, Safaia.
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