#its hmm ill be the matriarch in this life?

[hopeheartfilia]

thr mahwa ive been reading doesnt have any more chapthers out so ive started on the novel its adapting... and its on wattpad so that brings some memories back.. so many things change everytime i open it

[dmcheatsheet]

Throne of Bones Lore

(Carriage ride there) "Im delivering some booze to the town of bones. with the minotaurs? big arena?

its ths fans that will be chanting shots-shots-shots before u pass out, theyll be the reason u stand up in the arena when u should stay down. the loose of their attention, the desperation to get it back, thats what sends gladiators back into the arena when the should be resting, that's what kills them."

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-The legend (arena founded & 'show' / whitebull)

"You want to know why i fight? u need to know the legand of the first king of bulls. The arena of bone was founded by a tribe who wanted to end deadly conflict between people. they lured, dueled and killed wild bulls, to prove themselves, settle arguments, win lovers. it became a sport and as 'the matador' became the first champion, he was the first true leader of the tribe, they and others settled. The Matador was the founder of this city, he killed a hundred bulls, and grew confident. He faced a rare bull for his hundred and first, an albino, small and weak with horn broken off by 'bumping a wall'... But the white bull won! the matador died, his young son swore revenge. the white bull lived a life of a rich man then, the village kept him for the coming reckoning. but when the young son had reached his eighteenth birthday, dressed in his fathers finery, taller than his father ever was, and with justice carved into his blade, he kissed his lover for the last time and faced the white bull, who himself had grown bigger, stronger, faster and now bared steel horns, silver tipped. The new Matador's flesh was pulled from his bones by those horns, his bones were crushed into the dust by the white bull's hooves, and his blood splattered the face of his pregnant LOVE- AH! (grins) for the next twenty years that bull lived as a king! all bulls in the west descend from him and his thousand females. by the time the third matador rose to the challenge he was an old animal and could barly lift his steel horns. But today his legand is carved on every wall of this town, the 'war upon three generations'. He was my forfather, and i intend to surpass him! I need only kill three, you have a daughter yes? (snorts into a descending laugh)".

"My daughter runs a bar. i thought id hang ur skull there, but im thinking that's cliché and too good for u. but ill turn it around, and upside down, ur skull could be the right shape for a urinal."

"Hmm i can never threaten desecration u see, when im done with a matador, and my hooves have ground their body into the dirt, there's just nothing left"

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The village expanded to a full town in the last 100 years. Ounce the arenas were introduced. The last hundred years have seen 20 kings of the throne of bones, most minotaur's.

50 years ago a ruler conquered the Thrown of Horns over an argument with their name, and ever since the satyrs have lived in the town, generally enjoying the settled life, espetially the alchohol, having established the famous 'bar at the end of your life' which is satyr owned and run, independant and cherished. There have been satyr kings of the town, such as the one who discovered the silver dragon posing as a mortal gladiator, (see silver dragon) he rallied the town's champions against it, and drove the monster out!

10 years ago the 'Ivory Throne', a mobile 'litter' used by the mammoth matriarch had been driven from the city of Ice after being unwillingly teleported there. The great mother died without passing on her spirit and the next leader was her young son, who claimed her blessing and convinced the tribe to try and conqure land in this new region. The Throne of Bones was called upon by smaller tribes to end the mammoths brutal conquest, and they soundly defeated them after 4 tough battles accross the mountains. These locations are known as the elephant graveyards (see the Throne Of Ivory). The mammoths and their elephant-like children are a diverse group in terms of philosophy. they have to be treasted like individuals in everything, unlike the Minotaurs and Satyrs for whom u can make cultural assumptions. Some seek to join the welcoming town as just another tribe. Others want nothing more than to kill the current king, take the ivory palanquin from off his throne of bones, and lead their people back to the harsh north which forged the culture they are now loosing.

The current King:

The Black-Bull, Tusk-breaker, Prince slayer(-of ivory), Mammoth capped (skinned him), revenant killer (each day rekills this one revenant/loser, in the arena), Wyvern Eater (yep, he did), mage-slayer (attempted mind control), shark-lover (fun fact, sharks have TWO penises, it was a fun fact for him. Now thats a king), bone-blade (his ass-bone blade (wyvern) breaks bones on contact / he uses a blossom fighting style that only a trained blossom could predict and counter.) has ruled for ten years. He will still accept a kingship dual to the death with any champion of 100 arena matches (with the last ten in a row) but the custom hasn't happened in five years since a minotaur woman has been going after and breaking anyone's streak of 10 wins, if they get to the nineties. He is an older man, 45 now, and has built up this mystique about his strange fighting style that people barley remember and has been so embellished in the stories. He has been perfect at bringing individual loxodon into the fold, and tking the wind out of the sails of their sepratist factions. He has recently taxed the Satyrs' bar, which has started a smuggling ring for alchohol outside the town. he personally lead a punitive expedition against a centaur clan 8 years ago. He reinforced the ban on magic to the whole town (beyonf the arena) after a mage tried to seduce him and mind control him, big rivalry with ard-carman over this (gaurds will look the other way IF a crowd is witnessing the magic, and its not showing off 'magicness' specifically, eg. anything ur hiding = bad, magic tricks for people = bad. but healing and smaller crafting done casually and openly, will be overlooked.).He banned death knights and felknights until the recent Skeleton heckler and devil fox thief.

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(unblooded) 'tourist' /derogatory

haven't defeated ten in an arena, treated as a childlike fan.

treated like a child/ fan boy, a tourist/ derogatory

no one will recognise u, most will forget you

(blooded) contender

defeated ten other fighters in arena fights.

treated as an adult, only higher ranks will act tough and mock

people who u fought and talked too for a while, will remember u

these fighters are desperate to get their numbers up, keep gaining fans quickly and loosing it all immediate. they reek of desperation and crave acknowledgement.

(master) gladiator

defeated forty other fighters, in recognized arenas.

known by any knowledgeable fans and fighters would know u

these guys are used to it, more business minded, less anxious and possessive, if they weren't, then they would have been broken before reaching this rank. the masters look at each fight as a buisness deal, they have a team and manager or are their own manager and have a steady core fan base, who are their for their character and broader story not just the immediate gratification of wins, like with a 'blodded's fickle fanbase.

Princes Olympian / celebrity everywhere

defeated 70 gladiators.

known by all fans of the sport and fighters in any region

They have a steady and large fan base, with an organization, efficient team/ party, and a large villa in whatever arena they work at.

Kings LEGANDS

gladiator kings, defeated 100 others, can claim or start arenas

known by anyone with basic history, and their famous wins

these are the leaders of villages if they wanted, heroes of renown worldwide. instant nobility anywhere if they cared to settle. The leaders of the Thorne of Bones, and the City of Flesh, and any arena in a city.

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absorbed Throne of Ivory (see City of Ice Lore and Northern Wastes tribes)