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Tu'la Wordbuilding Tigers vs Lions

In my world building I have Tu'la seperated into two kingdoms, North and South Tu'la, with each being represented by there own specific big cat. North Tu'la is represented by Tigers and Sout Tu'la is represented by Lions, with both kingdoms adopting features from the cats.

I am going into a long post so a keep reading is in place for ease

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North Tu'la - The Toraichi Empire - Tigers

Tigers are strong, solitary, and patient creatures, which is reflected well by the Toraichi Empire. It is a large and domineering kingdom with a very strong class structure. Everyone has a place and the royals are above everyone for the strong devour the weak. It is a very tense hierarchal dictatorship with almost no interaction between people of different classes as they each keep to their specific group. A very solitary existence which encourages loyalty to the crown while keeping the people separate enough as to not start rebellions. Loyalty through the guise of power and protection. Everything has its place, and they stick to it.

The Toraichi royal family are the epitome of tigers, the type of beasts who will wait in the tall grass and strike when their opponent is the most vulnerable. They are cold and distant, and much like how tigers will only come together to mate, love is a rather "foreign" concept in the family. The only beneficial marriages are political and children are tools to be used and left to rot if shown to be useless. There is no family only rivals to the crown. It creates strong leaders and broken people, where killing your family members is more of a right of passage than a crime, though the best leaders are the ones who can get the crown without spilling a drop of blood.... by their own hands at least.

TLDR: Cold, Ruthless, Isolated, but Powerful and Domineering.

South Tu'la - Kingdom of Sa'Haresha - Lions

Lions are loud, cooperative, and playful animals, creatures that more often than not, are friendly as long as they don't view something as a threat, the Kingdom of Sa'Haresha is much the same way. While having a royal family, the Kingdom of Sa'Haresha is more like a massive collection of villages across a wide grassland-desert. Like several prides all following the lead of one main pride. It is full of strong warriors but has no central military and no goals of expansion, everyone focuses on keeping their families safe and healthy. Type of people who have never met a stranger, for better and for worse.

The South Tu'la royal family is much the same way, as while royal and living in a castle of sorts, more often then not they are public servants. No different than a mayor's office where the castle doors are always open and you can talk to them directly. Though, that does not mean that they aren't territorial, they are lions and know their power. The royals help whoever they can and are always open for alliances as long as it doesn't involve giving up territory. They share, they don't give. Though, due to this nature from the royal family, of brute strength and acceptance, they are often vulnerable and can be misguided. Very much the brawn kingdom whereas North Tu'la is the brain kingdom.

(One difference though from lions is that they are matriarchal, female lions do all the work and I think it makes more sense for the MCD universe to have them have a matriarch. )

TLDR: Friendly, Warm, Familial but Vulnerable and Trusting.

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I love Tu'la in my rewrite, all of the plants and forests are orange pink and red. The sands are peach and white. The wood of the trees are red and various shades of purple. The water is clear and almost looks glittery. It's covered in purple flowers.

Sun Beach, or "Love~Love Paradise" is the only beach with yellow sand.

The region of Menphia is basically a big lesbian flag

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I MADE A MAP OF TU'LA

This is entirely based off of my own headcannons with essentially no knowledge

These maps are what Tu'la looked like before the King of Toraichi took over

Biomes Maps - Green = Different temperature Jungles. Browns = Deserts and Savanna White = Ice

States. Red = The Kingdom of Toraichi, Yellow = Desert (Mostly uninhabited with nomadic tribes), Stripes = Main Menphia Tribes. They were found all over the desert but their main areas are the stripe

A mix of both in a different forms

All of these were made using Azgaar's fantasy map generator! Let me know if y'all make any maps for MCD, please tag me!

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MCD KAI LORE TIME!

(I am a firm believer of giving Meif'wa facial hair/stubble. They're cats. FURRRR! Give them body hair) Please give me your thoughts on the lore and stuff! I am starved for attention, validation, and discourse!

Kai is the nephew of the current king of Tu'la. Their family comes from an offshoot of the main branch family of the Northern Tu'la kingdom who didn't get the big cat tiger gene, or "blessing," but rather are normal domestic meif'wa. This meant that they wouldn't be viable for the throne since it has to go to a tiger, but when the main family got sick and died, a miracle happened when Kai's uncle received the tiger's blessing in their wake. A fortunate miracle, for while it was incredibly rare for the branch family to get the blessing, it had happened before.

The branch family was then moved into the palace and took the positions of the deceased members, and the new Young King took the throne. Four years into his rule, Kai was born and was then labeled a possible inheritor of the throne after his older siblings. He grew up with an amazing education while learning how to navigate the politics of Northern Tu'la. His uncle, both seeing and fearing of Kai's talents, sent him to Southern Tu'la to stay with their royal family as a way to… tie the two nations together when he was 15.

Kai thrived in this environment and became an advisor by the age of 17 (Kinda Zane Coded). He eventually became rather beloved by the Southern Tu'lanian community and became a staple in the southern capital of Solspear. Unfortunately, his intentions did not stay kind as he started feeding his uncle information, becoming the king's favorite and further securing his chance of being next in line for the throne. The kindness he was shone was overshadowed by the thrill of power.

When he was 20, he aided in the invasion of Southern Tu'la by the North. He poisoned the royal family with something he only thought would have made them so sick that they would have had to surrender peacefully, but his uncle was not that kind. Kai watched what was said to be a quick and peaceful overpowering turn into a massacre as both Northern Tu'la soldiers and the recently aligned O'kasis soldiers slaughtered the people of which he considered his. The last look of his host family's eyes was utter betrayal as every orifice of their body leaked blood, trying to escape the boiling temperatures.

He, who was once a beloved child advisor, became a symbol of betrayal and hurt, earning the nickname "Scorpion" by the remaining southern Tu'la people. His uncle was incredibly proud of him but was fearful of his ambition, so for the first two years of his reign, he sent Kai around Southern Tu'la to burn down any temples of Menphia left and gather up all of the warriors and remaining soldiers to send to the newly formed Gladiator Pits. A distraction so Kai wouldn't interfere with him overtaking O'khasis after he killed the O'khasis soldiers that helped in his overtaking of Tu'la.

Kai did his job and shoved all emotions deep down, choosing to display aloof behavior to cope with his actions. Realization came crashing down when he returned from his expedition to see children no older than 12 fighting in the pits for entertainment. Orphans convicted of the crime of stealing bread because he burned down the temples housing them. (One of these kids was in fact Liochant, or Lais at the time.) He then decided to help free the gladiators by playing into the game. (Age 22)

He created a new sort of playboy persona, one where he found a love of gambling and a penchant for the underdog gladiators. His uncle took notice of his disinterest in the throne and encouraged Kai's new behavior, allowing him to have almost unlimited money and access to trades. Kai then started buying gladiators who were on their last legs due to injury or were no longer viewed as entertaining and either turning them into his servants or revamping them, though it wasn't uncommon to see people go missing under his care. As most benefactors of gladiators, he had no qualms of disposing them how he saw fit, though unlike others, his disposal method required a lot less blood but a ship out of the country.

When he was 31, he acquired Liochant, or Lais Ravanah Havilah, aka Lais Seshadri, the Pit Viper of Solspear. Liochant, who was 20 and a half years old, had been practically given to him by one of the crueler benefactors after Liochant had refused to kill a child shadow knight in the pit. Kai pitied him and wanted to… disappear him as fast as possible, but at the time he had no gladiator, so he used Lio. He helped heal Liochant from his previous treatment while still having him fight for him and be arm candy for whenever Kai needed for the galas. When Liochant was 22, he managed to get a newer gladiator on his hands, and suddenly, his little Lais broke a family heirloom and had to disappear one night. Liochant then woke up one morning on a trade ship with 2 trunks full of clothes, his khopesh, and enough coin to last a few months.

Kai's operation continued until he was sent to watch over the troops in O'khasis after the prisoner and former Lady of O'khasis, Zianna, escaped.

I essentially made Kai a sort of foil to Zane. Both characters manipulated into doing horrible things for their father figures for power and favor, except one regretted it and the other did not.

(FYI - Liochant hated him and still hates him. Kai's helpful actions did not get rid of his previous actions and the ways he still used Liochant for gain/cover. If it came down to it, Kai still would have put his life before Liochant's. Also he is the reason why Liochant still has so many of his clothes because he didn't think about sending him with food or books to learn about the culture, just clothing and a sword.... Rich people.)