"Legends tell of a time when lions first grew manes, and of a terrible magical battle between brothers of black and white that left scars upon the world itself. The final battle between the pair turned the land around them to sand and wastes, and all animals who stood upon it, both lion and not, were horribly twisted.
A huge section of earth was destroyed, doomed never to come back.
They say that the dead walk there, that all those killed in that battle are trapped there for all of time. They may be nothing but corpses, yet still they walk – forced to be guardians against any of the black lion's forces who would try to come there from outside, and to keep those in the white lion’s home from going out to the rest of the world.
Thus was the vast continent of Afriik sealed off from evil. The cost of so great and terrible a working was the white lion's life itself, but he left a part of himself behind: children to rule and care for the peoples in his stead. But while the white lions of his lineage ruled wisely and justly for many, many centuries, the absolute power they wielded corrupted them absolutely at the last.
Now, all of that land trembles as the white lions set out to eradicate all lions who they consider 'tainted'. Only those with coats of lighter hues are spared, but they are expected to join the whites in their campaign of slaughter. Submit or die is the only choice. The first casualty of their war is the land of the Red Queens – the line of lionesses who control and contain the destructive forces of the ColdFyre. With the power of ColdFyre in their paws and the magical army of Hounds they have enslaved with cruel magics bent to their wills, no one seems able to challenged the murderous rule of the white lions, nor stem the tide of blood they leave in their wake.
It is a time of darkness and despair.
But among the remaining free lions of Afriik, there is one final trickle of hope – the line of the Red Queens is not completely gone, but lives on in one pride, within three last lionesses. Uhuru is one of those three, the final bastion of light against the growing darkness, and her journey to free all of liondom from the wicked white lions will span the whole wide world itself, from the only place she ever called home to the steep black mountains of the white lions' keep to the foreign shores of an empire of lions of darkness, all the way to the wastelands of the great Waste itself and back. Across oceans, through deserts, and facing enemies untold, she will search for a way to defeat an undefeatable enemy.
She will take up the mantle of the Red Queen, and she will have her revenge."
Hey everyone, it's been a while! But I'm not back without good cause. My Friend, a rather well-know ex-TLK artist on dA, has decided to strike out on her own and create a lion book of her own. She is a fantastic writer, as you can see from above, and a lot of hard work has been put into her first book.
Teaser: http://iron-lyons.deviantart.com/art/The-Forges-of-Dawn-Sneak-Peek-Chapter-467288330
Character Sheets: http://iron-lyons.deviantart.com/gallery/50250652/Character-Sheets
Empires of Sands: http://iron-lyons.deviantart.com/gallery/49589102/Empires-of-Sand-Graphic-Novel
The Genius Herself: http://iron-lyons.deviantart.com/
Group Fanclub: http://ironlyonsfanart.deviantart.com/
The book is not out yet, but after a few more touch ups to the draft, it will be pretty soon. If it interests you, Reblog this and spread the word. Even if it doesn't, I'd highly appreciate it if you put this on your blog to get the news out!
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