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History of the Pines : Pack Timeline [DNP]

Posted 2021-03-01 15:40:20 (edited)
year five: winter
moon of falling snow
- Oscunau takes a bad fall chasing a boar, though is largely unharmed and heals quickly.
- Argamiwou's daughter leaves the Pines to join another pack.
- A moon into their pregnancies, Toad’s scheme is discovered; much of the pack is furious, and worried about how they will support new pups in a winter already proving harsh. Some call for the participants to be exiled. The refusal from Hryhoolou and the krihuhosar to do so brings accusations of nepotism, though Hryhoolou maintains that she would not drive out any member of the pack to raise young pups alone in winter.
moon of the ilerrou
- The four conspirators have their pups. Rocky Mountain Toad is the only one to have a litter of four; the rest have three pups each.
- Three older dispersals wander into the Pines' territory, and attempt to claim an area for themselves. They are easily driven out, but it transpires that at least one was sickly, as disease spreads from the patrol originally sent out to the rest of the pack.
- Ruhad catches the disease, and is forced to spend some time recovering.
- Rocky Mountain Toad catches fleas.
- Mokhoni's littermate Tewakra and a pup from Rogaku's litter badly catch the dispersals' sickness, a form of pox. Within the next half-moon, both are dead.
moon of lightening skies
- Two of Leir-barru's pups wander down to the riverbank, where a young alligator tries to hunt them. One is bitten, while the other hurts their paw on a rock trying to flee; luckily, a denminder rescues both before they can be more badly wounded.
- Siherral becomes pregnant with Twisting Roots' litter.
- The Pines are struggling to feed themselves, let alone the winter-born pups, who grow increasingly skinny and weak each passing day. After much deliberation, it is decided that the pups will be abandoned so that the Pines can focus on feeding themselves.
- A fight breaks out between Hryhoolou's pups when Fleabite threatens Huckleberry, arguing that if his pups are being killed then Aulosac's daughter should be too. Aulosac and Rulahou attack Fleabite, who is in turn backed up by Toad while the pack watches in horror. The fight is broken up by a furious and embarrassed Hryhoolou.
- Hryhoolou takes the pups out alone; she blames herself for the mess, as a result of her children thinking their bloodline gives them privileges the others do not have. She abandons the pups in the burrow beneath an aspen tree, unable to bring herself to directly cull them. On her return to the Pines, she vows that she will never have another pup.
- Rogaku sits out most of the drama in Nisemolso's den, struck by a bad bout of influenza.
- Irhakrou grows sick and dies, leaving Argamiwou alone. Regretful that she did not retire to spend more time with her mate, Argamiwou becomes listless, only interested in hunting to make sure the Pines are fed.
- Hucanighrac becomes pregnant with Sintetus' litter.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: none.
LITTERS: Four pups are born to Rocky Mountain Toad and Fleabite. Three pups are born to Leir-barru. Three pups are born to Guseghun. Three pups are born to Rogaku.
RANK CHANGES: none.
LOSSES: A trainee leaves to join another pack. Sastilanor's son Tewakra dies of pox. One pup is lost. Twelve pups are abandoned.
OTHER: Rocky Mountain Toad, Leir-barru, Guseghun, and Rogaku each have a litter of pups, despite it being winter and none of them being permitted to do so. The pack fears that they will all go hungry trying to feed the pups and themselves, and as the pups grow weaker and the pack continues failing to find food, it is eventually decided that the pups will be abandoned for the sake of the others. Hryhoolou herself takes them from the camp, leaving them in the burrow beneath a young aspen tree.
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Weaselheart
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Posted 2021-03-01 15:40:25 (edited)
year six: spring
moon of the first howl
- Argamiwou dies of grief.
- Urwain’ghrac joins the Blue Hunt after they lose Argamiwou. She proves most suited to chasing, so Hwemalrusu becomes their new finisher.
- In her first hunt, Urwain’ghrac drives a feral pig over a short cliff and accidentally falls after it. She manages to kill it while it is stunned, although she injures her leg and is forced to rest for some days.
- A young lone pup is found on the edge of the Pines’ territory. He introduces himself as Granit, noted as a strange coincidence since he also has fur patterning very similar to Ruhad’s. After meeting Ruhad for himself, the pair bond closely. The new pup soon picks up the nickname Suhad, little granite.
- Returning to the hunt for the first time since her injury, Urwain’ghrac helps the Blue Hunt to kill another pig. This time, she succeeds without injury.
- Siherral and Twisting Roots’ son reaches his first year of age and disperses.
- Oscunau becomes pregnant.
moon of running elk
- Suhad reaches six months of age and becomes Nisemolso’s trainee, intending to succeed her as the Pines’ herbalist.
- Siherral and Twisting Roots have a litter of four pups.
- While patrolling the territory, Sintetus discovers a donkey half-submerged in some boggy land; though muddy, it seems fresh and perfectly edible. He drags it back to camp, where it is cleaned and eaten by the Pines.
- One of Irhakrou’s pups leaves to join another pack.
- Three pups are born to Hucanighrac and Sintetus.
- The Moonlit Hunt is out pursuing a boar when Aulosac’s leg is badly injured. Nisemolso and Suhad tend him as best they can, but Nisemolso warns his huntmates that he is unlikely to be able to hunt again when he recovers.
- Eradeiro becomes pregnant with Tenokit’s litter.
- Thaulka and Lumatesn reach their first year of age, and begin hunting as a pair.
- Irhakrou’s remaining pups reach their first year of age and disperse from the pack.
moon of new blossoms
- Oscunau’s pups reach their first year of age, as does Sastilanor and Wutoul’s surviving son Mokhoni. Oscunau’s litter disperses, while Mokhoni remains, joining the Moonlit Hunt as a chaser.
- Tohumok’yol returns from one of her late-night misadventures with a sore throat and signs of influenza. She is hastily quarantined by Nisemolso and Suhad, permitted to return only once they are both satisfied that she has fully recovered. Luckily, no others seem to catch the sickness from her.
- Returning to the wolf who sired Sinolsu and her littermates, Ichinu becomes pregnant with what will likely be her final litter.
- Oscunau has a litter of four pups.
- Aulosac’s leg heals badly, and he is left unable to run as fast as he once could, meaning that he can no longer keep up with prey. He retires to help guard the camp and teach older pups and trainees the basics of hunting.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: Suhad.
LITTERS: Four pups born to Siherral and Twisting Roots. Three pups born to Hucanighrac and Sintetus. Four pups born to Oscunau.
RANK CHANGES: Hwemalrusu becomes the finisher of the Blue Hunt. Urwain’ghrac becomes a chaser of the Blue Hunt. Suhad becomes the trainee herbalist. Aulosac retires from hunting due to his injury to become a denminder and tutor. Thaulka and Lumatesn become paired hunters. Mokhoni becomes a chaser of the Moonlit Hunt.
LOSSES: Argamiwou dies. Four yearlings disperse. A trainee leaves to join another pack.
OTHER: Aulosac’s leg is broken after a bad fall during a hunt. The wound heals badly, leaving him unable to keep up with prey, and he retires from hunting.
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Weaselheart
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Posted 2021-03-01 15:40:30 (edited)
year six: summer
moon of sunlit grasses
- Feyef and Sinolsu eat some prey that turns out to be rotten, and both become badly ill. Sinolsu survives the food poisoning and recovers, but Feyef grows so sick that he dies overnight.
- Eradeiro and Tenokit have three pups.
- Argamiwou's remaining son and Ichinu's daughter, Sinolsu, both reach adulthood. Sinolsu remains to join the Icemelt Hunt as a chaser, while Argamiwou's son disperses.
moon of blazing heat
- Ichinu has a litter of two pups.
- Lumatesn catches pox.
- One moonlit night, four strange adolescents arrive at the camp. It is soon realised that they are four of the pups abandoned last winter; they claim to have been saved and raised by the Pines’ patron goddess, the Sister of the Same Face, and that they are the only ones to have survived. Much of the pack is suspicious and confused until Hryhoolou and Uruhouou step forth, saying that they have met the Sister themselves and believe the adolescents’ tale.
- The four adolescents rejoin the Pines as the acolytes, the living link between the mortal wolves and the spiritual world. Though some were swayed by Hryhoolou’s support, others believe it to have been a trick to install her descendants into powerful positions while still claiming it to not be nepotism. Khosrhac is one such wolf, driven to such disgust that he abandons the pack entirely.
- One of Siherral’s pups vanishes in the night. There is a small uproar and suggestions that the acolytes took the pup as revenge for their own abandonment, but the pup’s trail is followed out to its end in the bogs, and no proof is found of the acolytes being involved. Siherral herself defends the acolytes fiercely.
- While the drama of the missing pup goes on, Twisting Roots is killed in a tragic hunting accident. The Moonlit Hunt was stalking a herd of deer when they were suddenly startled, and Roots, too slowed by age to outrun them, was fatally trampled. Rogaku is assigned as the Moonlit Hunt’s leader in his place.
- Huckleberry reaches her first year of age, joining Lumatesn and Thaulka in their unofficial hunting team.
moon of raging storms
- Urwain’ghrac catches influenza, and soon afterwards, it passes to Guseghun.
- Eradeiro discovers a nearly-whole bison carcass not far outside of their territory. She gathers some assistants, and together they spend the day bringing home as much as they can. The pack eats heartily that night.
- One morning, the male pup of Ichinu’s litter fails to wake, although he is still breathing and his heart still beats. Nisemolso checks him over and finds nothing obviously wrong. Later that day, the acolytes visit Ichinu’s burrow and offer their help; Ichinu agrees, and they leave with a tuft of the pup’s fur. They disappear for some time, and just when Ichinu is beginning to worry, they return and her son wakes up. He claims that one of the acolytes, Arhur, guided him out of the place where he had been lost. Arhur tells Ichinu that her son is gifted with spiritual abilities, and suggests that she trains him to use them safely.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: Saukha, Leiusc, Wounak, Arhur.
LITTERS: Three pups born to Eradeiro and Tenokit. Two pups born to Ichinu.
RANK CHANGES: Saukha, Leiusc, Wounka, and Arhur become the Pines’ first acolytes. Rogaku becomes the leader of the Moonlit Hunt.
LOSSES: Feyef dies of food poisoning. One yearling disperses. A pup goes missing in the bog. Twisting Roots is trampled to death by frightened deer.
OTHER: Four of the abandoned pups return, joining the Pines as their first acolytes - a link between the mortal and spiritual worlds. Ichinu’s son later shows signs of supernatural abilities.
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Weaselheart
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Posted 2021-03-01 15:40:37 (edited)
year six: autumn
moon of the chilled air
- Eradeiro and Tenokit’s litter is weaned.
- There is a brief infestation of ticks in the camp, and the pack moves rendezvous sites to help prevent the spread.
- A late storm hits the Pines’ territory, and the new camp is flooded by the rain, forcing them to move again. In the chaos, two of Eradeiro and Tenokit’s pups go missing; subsequent searches find no sign of either pup.
- Hicursei is injured during the evacuation, when Siherral’s son Haklanor is trapped on a floating log. She jumps across to throw him to safety, but the log gives way and she is forced to jump again early, landing awkwardly and spraining her leg. Both escape without further injury and rejoin the rest of the Pines.
- Some days afterwards, Wutoul’s family notices he has been absent for unusually long; worried that he was affected by the flood, his daughter Tohumok’yol goes out in search of him. Later that day, she discovers his body, from which it is clear he was attacked by something and died of his injuries. She returns to warn the pack and share the news with her family.
- Ichinu’s two pups are weaned.
moon of falling leaves
- Siherral and Twisting Roots’ three remaining pups become trainees.
- Suhad reaches his first year of age, becoming a herbalist alongside Nisemolso.
- After nearly a moon of regular patrols and much of the pack confined to camp, Wutoul's killer is finally discovered: a wandering panther seeking to expand its territory. A patrol of four is sent to kill it, Sastilanor insisting on her inclusion so that she can take revenge. She is accompanied by Hwemalrusu, Siherral, and Ruhad. In the fight, all present are variously wounded and Sastilanor, though she deals a blow that slows the cougar enough for her packmates to take it down, is in turn injured badly enough that it is clear she'll die before they can reach help. The rest of the patrol carry her to the site of Wutoul's body, where she perishes at his side.
- Siherral and Ruhad recover soon enough from their wounds, but Hwemalrusu's injury worsens to the point of a serious infection. Urwain'ghrac, Tenokit and Uruhouou all refuse to go out hunting, fearing his death while they are gone.
- The Icemelt Hunt manages to catch and kill a feral pig.
moon of wandering souls
- After intensive treatment from the herbalists, Hwemalrusu's infection wanes and the potential threat to his life passes. He is soon afterwards cleared for hunting duties.
- During a chase, Tenokit is kicked in the flank by a deer. He is given a few days of rest to make sure he is not internally wounded.
- Two of the new trainees leave the Pines to join a nearby burgeoning pack.
- Oscunau’s pups reach six months of age and become trainees.
- Ichinu’s daughter goes missing.
- Urwain’ghrac takes a bad fall while hunting and one of her eyes is scratched; it heals without infection or much effect on her sight.
- It transpires that the ticks have followed the Pines to their new camp, when Hucanighrac is found to have caught them. She sleeps away from camp for the next few days, and after treatment by the herbalists, returns with no more cases appearing in her absence.
- The Howling Hunt returns after catching a deer. Their first day back, on the night of a full moon, Holursa hears a strange singing that keeps her awake. She continues to hear the song for the next few nights.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: none.
LITTERS: none.
RANK CHANGES: Siherral and Twisting Roots’ pups become trainees. Suhad becomes the secondary herbalist. Oscunau’s pups become trainees.
LOSSES: Three pups are lost. Wutoul is killed in a fight with a panther. Sastilanor dies taking revenge on the panther that attacked Wutoul. Two trainees leave to join another pack.
OTHER: none.
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Weaselheart
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Posted 2021-03-01 15:40:41 (edited)
year six: winter
moon of falling snow
- Holursa finally goes out at night with Tohumok’yol to find the source of the song preventing her sleep. After a long trek, they discover two dispersal wolves out in the drylands, Sihrain’kau and Urwalou; discovering that they have killed a lone bull elk, Holursa eagerly invites them to join the Pines. On their return, Hryhoolou and the krihuhosar accept the newcomers into the Pines due to their hunting skills.
- A small pack of wolves arrives on the Pines’ border: the Greymanes, or at least what remains of them. After the death of their last leader Lusoli, neighbouring packs took advantage of the change in leaders to drive them from their home. Their new leader Merollet, Lusoli’s daughter, and her mate decided to seek help from the Pines, remembering that three of the Greymanes’ dispersals - Olsac, Oroulepac, and Ichinu - had joined them, and would be obligated to help their natal pack.
- Hryhoolou agrees that the Greymanes may stay over winter and spring to recover, offering them one of the Pines’ currently disused camps.
- A few sicknesses break out in camp over the course of a half-moon. Sinolsu develops mange, while a cough that begins with Hwemalrusu spreads to a few other packmates. Ruhad, Siherral and Ichinu in particular catch it badly and are forced to take leave from hunting.
- Some days after becoming ill, Ichinu dies of her sickness.
- Eradeiro and Tenokit’s remaining pup reaches six months of age, and becomes a trainee.
moon of the ilerrou
- Eventually, Siherral also dies from illness. Ruhad recovers at around the same time and returns to hunting, grieving the loss of her two companions.
- Sihrain’kau joins the Icemelt Hunt as their new stalker. She proves to be notably skilled at the task for a young dispersal.
- Hucanighrac replaces her mother Siherral as the leader of the Icemelt Hunt.
- Nisemolso becomes pregnant with Kaufolac’s pups.
- Ichinu’s young son, now named Louheuro, reaches six months of age and begins his training.
- Urwain’ghrac and one of Merollet’s sons, Loam, become mates. Urwain’ghrac becomes pregnant with his litter.
- Urwalou becomes pregnant with a Greymane wolf’s litter.
moon of lightening skies
- Eradeiro catches a slight chill, but recovers quickly.
- Thaulka marks the beginning of the yearly thaw by immediately catching fleas. She sleeps away from camp for the next few nights.
- Hucanighrac becomes pregnant with Sintetus’ pups.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: Sihrain’kau, Urwalou.
LITTERS: none.
RANK CHANGES: Sihrain’kau becomes a stalker of the Icemelt Hunt. Hucanighrac becomes the leader of the Icemelt Hunt. Louheuro becomes a trainee.
LOSSES: Ichinu and Siherral die of a severe cough.
OTHER: Holursa and Sihrain’kau become mates. The natal pack of Olsac, Oroulepac and Ichinu, the Greymanes, arrive and request the Pines’ help; Hryhoolou agrees to lend them one of the Pines’ disused camps, and allow them to recover in their territory. Urwain’ghrac and Loam Greymane become mates.
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Weaselheart
#17081

Posted 2021-04-11 08:16:50 (edited)
year seven: spring
moon of the first howl
- Nisemolso and Kaufolac have a litter of four pups.
- Hucanighrac and Sintetus’ nearly-grown pup leaves to join another pack.
- Urwain’ghrac and Loam Greymane have two pups.
- Urwalou has a litter of four pups.
- Oscunau and Ruhad both become pregnant with the litters of the same wolf, Merollet’s brother Amberad Greymane.
- There is an outbreak of pox among the nursery burrows, spreading to Sintetus and two of Urwalou’s pups. Sintetus recovers, but both pups die.
- Sihrain’kau develops mild mange.
moon of running elk
- Haklanor reaches his first year of age and becomes a scout.
- One of the trainees catches pox.
- Uruhouou and Hwemalrusu go out to find sires for their last litters, and return expecting pups. They take the opportunity to retire from active hunting.
- Urwain’ghrac becomes the stalker and leader of the Blue Hunt, and Hicursei the finisher. Huckleberry joins the Blue Hunt as a chaser, as does Mokhoni, who leaves the Moonlit Hunt to do so. Lumatesn replaces Mokhoni as a Moonlit Hunt chaser.
- Rulahou becomes pregnant with an outsider’s litter.
- A trainee disappears in the night. Their denmates admit that they saw them go out, but don’t know where they went, and their scent is lost in the bogs.
- Sinolsu catches pox, but recovers within a few days.
- Hucanighrac and Sintetus have a litter of four pups.
- One of Urwalou’s pups tries to chase an opossum, and ends up scratched by it.
- A pup goes rolling in some fox rughn and gets bitten by a dung beetle. She returns smelling awful and bleeding slightly.
- The cases of mange grow slightly, Hicursei affected the worst. All of the afflicted are cured by the end of the moon.
- In pursuit of a deer, the Moonlit Hunt encounter a strange wolf, who claims to be looking for her half-remembered past. After some discussion, she and Fleabite conclude that they were siblings originally of the same pack. The stranger gives her name as Burning Blue, and joins the Pines as a new scout.
- Eradeiro becomes pregnant with Tenokit’s litter.
- Hucanighrac catches ear mites.
moon of new blossoms
- Holursa becomes pregnant with Sihrain’kau’s litter.
- The Greymanes begin preparing to leave, having recovered enough to try and take back their lands. Some of the Greymane-sired Pines pups go with them to make up for their inability to have their own pups this year, including Urwain’ghrac and Loam’s two sons.
- Hicursei becomes pregnant with a Greymane’s litter shortly before they leave.
- Sequoia Lit by Sunlight develops mild influenza.
- Oscunau’s last litter reaches their first year of age, and all disperse.
- A few days later, Oscunau has a litter of four pups.
- Ruhad has a litter of five pups.
- Nisemolso’s litter is fully weaned.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: none.
LITTERS: Two pups born to Urwain’ghrac and Loam Greymane. Four pups born to Urwalou and a Greymane wolf. Four pups born to Oscunau and Amberad Greymane. Five pups born to Ruhad and Amberad Greymane.
RANK CHANGES: Uruhouou and Hwemalrusu retire from active hunting. Urwain’ghrac becomes the stalker and leader of the Blue Hunt. Hicursei becomes the finisher of the Blue Hunt. Huckleberry and Mokhoni become chasers of the Blue Hunt. Lumatesn takes Mokhoni’s place as a chaser of the Moonlit Hunt.
LOSSES: A trainee leaves to join another pack. Two pups die of pox.
OTHER: none.
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Weaselheart
#17081

Posted 2021-04-11 08:16:55 (edited)
year seven: summer
moon of sunlit grasses
- Uruhouou has two pups, and Hwemalrusu one.
- Rulahou has a litter of three daughters.
- Urwain’ghrac and Urwalou’s litters are fully weaned.
- The Greymanes leave to retake their mountain territory, with the blessings of the Pines. Urwain’ghrac’s two sons, one of Urwalou’s pups, and a pup of Nisemolso’s all go with them.
- Amberad and Loam remain in the area, having decided to leave the pack and live as lone wolves.
- Eradeiro and Tenokit have a litter of four pups.
- Sinolsu is charged by a boar and scraped badly along her shoulder.
moon of blazing heat
- Visiting the herbalists for a regular check of her health, Uruhouou is told that she has a lump in her belly, a sign that she has a sickness which is highly likely to kill her. Nisemolso tells her to return at the end of the next month to see if the sickness has progressed.
- Louheuro reaches his first year of age and remains in the Pines as a scout.
- Hicursei has a litter of four pups.
- Holursa and Sihrain’kau have a litter of four pups.
moon of raging storms
- Ruhad and Oscunau’s litters are weaned.
- One of Ruhad’s pups is lost moving between camps.
- Rulahou, Uruhouou, and Hwemalrusu’s litters are fully weaned.
- When Uruhouou goes to be checked by the herbalists again, the lumps have spread throughout her body without her noticing. Nisemolso tells her that she is likely to die within the next few moons.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: none.
LITTERS: Combined three pups born to Uruhouou and Hwemalrusu. Four pups born to Eradeiro and Tenokit. Three pups born to Rulahou. Four pups born to Hicursei. Four pups born to Holursa and Sihrain’kau.
RANK CHANGES: Louheuro becomes a scout.
LOSSES: Urwain’ghrac and Loam’s two sons, one of Nisemolso’s pups, and one of Urwalou’s pups leave with the Greymane pack. Two pups are lost.
OTHER: Uruhouou discovers she is dying of a rare and severe disease.
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Weaselheart
#17081

Posted 2021-04-11 08:17:00 (edited)
year seven: autumn
moon of the chilled air
- A pup of Eradeiro’s fails to thrive, passing away at around two months old. The rest appear fine and go on to be weaned without issue.
- One morning, Uruhouou will not wake up despite otherwise seeming perfectly fine. Nisemolso and Hwemalrusu realise that she has gone to the same place Louheuro became lost in as a pup, abandoning her dying body to seek a new life in the world beyond. Hwemalrusu promises that he will join her there once their last pups are old enough to survive alone. Uruhouou’s body weakens and eventually dies over the next half-moon.
- Nisemolso and Kaufolac’s remaining three pups reach six moons of age, and become trainees.
- Lumatesn develops mange.
- Hicursei and Holursa’s litters are weaned.
- Urwalou’s remaining pup reaches six months of age and becomes a trainee.
- During an expedition with the pups, one of Holursa’s daughters goes missing.
moon of falling leaves
- The Moonlit Hunt is attacked by a black bear, attempting to take the boar carcass they brought down. After Guseghun’s face is badly swiped, the hunters are forced to retreat.
- Another fierce storm hits the pack, forcing everyone to retreat into makeshift shelters and burrows. When the storm breaks in the morning, it is discovered that one of the trainees - Nisemolso and Kaufolac’s son - and four pups went missing in the confusion. A few search patrols are sent out, but any scent trails are lost in the rain and general wetness of the swamp.
- Hucanighrac and Sintetus’ pups become trainees.
- Tenokit catches ear mites.
- Hicursei’s pup goes exploring unsupervised and is killed by the bear that attacked the Moonlit Hunt.
moon of wandering souls
- Three trainees out walking together go missing, with strong bear-scent around where their own scent trail ends. There is no sign of a fight or any blood, but the trainees do not return after several days. Later, two pups also go missing under similar circumstances.
- Hryhoolou herself decides to lead a patrol consisting of Sintetus, Torsec, Oscunau, Eradeiro, and Urwain’ghrac to drive out the black bear. The fight is fierce, and each of them are variously wounded, but eventually the bear is killed. Victorious, the patrol returns to camp.
- After several days, Hryhoolou does not recover from her wounds, and infection begins to set in. Nisemolso and Suhad do all they can to save her, but by the end of the half-moon she is dead.
- The krihuhosar and the oolaursa Hwemalrusu convene to lead by council while a new leader is chosen. The Pines’ first change in leader proceeds.
- Eradeiro and Sintetus are both put forwards by their respective sects, but it is the third wolf, Urwain’ghrac, who is chosen as the Pines’ new leader.
- Urwain’ghrac promotes Hicursei, her strongest supporter, to the new lead hunter.
- Oscunau and Ruhad’s litters reach six moons of age and become trainees.
- One of the young trainees leaves to join another pack.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: none.
LITTERS: none.
RANK CHANGES: Twelve pups become trainees. Urwain’ghrac becomes the second leader of the Pines. Hicursei replaces Uruhouou as the lead hunter.
LOSSES: Uruhouou dies of her sickness. Eight pups are lost. A trainee goes missing in a storm. Three trainees are driven away by a black bear. Hryhoolou dies of bloodloss and infection after killing a black bear plaguing the Pines. A young trainee leaves to join another pack.
OTHER: none.
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Weaselheart
#17081

Posted 2021-04-11 08:17:04 (edited)
year seven: winter
moon of falling snow
- Rulahou’s daughters, Uruhouou’s remaining pup Runuslari, and Eradeiro’s litter reach six months of age and become trainees.
- One of the trainees sneaks out, hoping to find his friend who went missing the moon before. He does not return.
- Hucanighrac is badly bitten by a beaver she is hunting, and spends a few days under the herbalists’ watch.
- Kaufolac catches influenza.
moon of the ilerrou
- Sequoia Lit by Sunlight catches influenza from Kaufolac, and both are confined to the herbalists’ den. Kaufolac grows steadily worse until eventually dying.
- Urwain’ghrac becomes pregnant with a second litter by Loam, whom she has continued to court since he stayed as a lone wolf.
- Sihrain’kau and Holursa’s pups reach their sixth moon, and begin their training.
- A new trainee goes out to gather herbs and doesn’t return.
- Sinolsu becomes pregnant with Mokhoni’s litter.
moon of lightening skies
- The influenza spreads to Arhur, Kuniloha, and another of the trainees.
- The trainee, one of Oscunau’s daughters, dies of her sickness.
- After eating some bad meat, Eradeiro develops a bad case of food poisoning.
- Five more wolves fall ill: Sintetus, Saukha, Lumatesn, Sinolsu, and Louheuro. Lumatesn in particular worsens quickly.
- Sintetus and Louheuro are not badly affected, and quickly recover within a few days.
- Kuniloha becomes severely ill, leaving her confined to the herbalists’ den and unable to train.
- Lumatesn dies of influenza.
- Suhad and one of the hunters, Urwalou, begin interacting more as the hunters bring most of their catches to the herbalists’ den and go out to gather herbs for them to use. By the end of the moon, they decide to become mates.
- Increasingly overwhelmed by the plague spreading through the Pines, Urwain’ghrac breaks off her relationship with Loam. Loam leaves the area entirely, no longer having a reason to stay.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: none.
LITTERS: none.
RANK CHANGES: Four litters of pups become trainees. Eradeiro replaces Kaufolac as the lead scout.
LOSSES: A trainee sneaks out of camp and does not return. Kaufolac, Lumatesn, and a trainee die of influenza.
OTHER: A plague of influenza begins. Suhad and Urwalou become mates. Urwain’ghrac and Loam Greymane break up, and Loam leaves the area for good.
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Posted 2021-05-26 07:38:37 (edited)
year eight: spring
moon of the first howl
- Several more wolves catch influenza: Aulosac, Louheuro, Ruhad, Hucanighrac, Hwemalrusu, Runuslari, and some of the trainees.
- Kuniloha reaches her first year of age.
- In his old age, Hwemalrusu struggles to fight off the disease. One morning he does not wake; Nisemolso and Suhad guess that he has gone to join Uruhouou in the dreamlands. His body dies a few days afterwards.
- Aulosac and one of the trainees die from influenza, and Hucanighrac barely clings to life.
- Arhur, Kuniloha, Runuslari, and Sinolsu recover from their sickness. Kuniloha returns to her training.
- Urwalou becomes pregnant with Suhad's litter. Soon afterwards she shows signs of sickness, from visiting her trainee daughter in the herbalists' den, and she is put under close watch to make sure she and her pups are safe.
- One of the trainees disappears from the pack, assumed to have fled from the plague.
- Influenza spreads to Leiusc, Rogaku, Haklanor, and Huckleberry. Huckleberry and Leiusc worsen quickly despite their relative youth.
- Two pups are born to Urwain'ghrac and Loam. Soon after their birth, the entire family becomes ill.
- A litter is born to Sinolsu and Mokhoni.
- Ruhad recovers from influenza.
- Haklanor becomes badly ill.
- Saukha draws near to death, only just pulling through at the last moment. Arhur believes that the Sister is protecting him.
- Once Ruhad has fully recovered her strength and energy from her sickness, she is promoted to an oolaursa.
- Almost dead, Rogaku spends several days entirely asleep. The herbalists fear she has fallen into a coma or gone beyond as her mother and Hwemalrusu did, but she eventually stirs, though remains severely ill.
- Another trainee abandons the pack.
- Ruhad and Oscunau both become pregnant by Amberad.
moon of running elk
- Louheuro recovers from his sickness.
- Kuniloha completes her training and joins the scouts.
- The plague spreads wildly: Arhur and Wounak join their fellow acolytes in the herbalists' den, as do the siblings Mokhoni and Holursa with Holursa's daughter Deyin'krat. Tenokit and Oscunau also fall ill.
- One of the trainees fleetingly falls ill, though recovers quickly and with no apparent lasting effect.
- Saukha, Tenokit, and Wounak grow more badly ill.
- Eradeiro recovers from her food poisoning.
- Leiusc's sickness becomes sharply and significantly worse; he dies in the middle of a quiet evening. However, both Saukha and Wounak improve somewhat, and Arhur recovers entirely over the next few days.
- Hucanighrac comes close to death again, but still does not die. Meanwhile, Leir-barru and Urwalou begin to recover.
- One of Urwain'ghrac's pups dies of influenza. Urwain'ghrac herself and her remaining pup start to improve, although the surviving pup continues to be weak.
- Hucanighrac and Sintetus' son Gakasar reaches his first year of age, becoming a denminder.
- Tohumok'yol and Sihrain'kau join their family in their sickness. Sinolsu catches influenza again, as does one of her pups. Disease also passes to Thaulka, Guseghun, Sequoia Lit by Sunlight, and Rocky Mountain Toad.
- Though Guseghun does not appear badly affected, and even shows signs of recovery soon after she falls ill, she suddenly and inexplicably dies. Rogaku recovers the next day.
- Wounak, Thaulka, Sihrain'kau, and Holursa recover within a quarter-moon of one another.
- Thaulka, frightened by how close she came to dying and still grieving the loss of her brother Lumatesn, leaves the Pines to find a safer home.
- One of Sinolsu's pups dies of influenza.
- Hucanighrac and Tenokit recover.
- Eradeiro becomes pregnant with Tenokit's litter.
- After going out to find a mate for her last litter, Rulahou returns expecting pups.
moon of new blossoms
- A strange wolf, Red Beetle, arrives and requests to join the pack. He explains that he is from the Cyclone Pack, coming to help after Thaulka found them and explained what was happening.
- Gakasar, Torsec, and another of Sinolsu's pups catch influenza.
- Rulahou visits the herbalists on suspicion of having influenza, but finds she has caught distemper instead. She is quickly set up in a new area away from the other sick wolves.
- Huckleberry has her litter of pups.
- Urwalou and Suhad have a litter of pups.
- Torsec dies of her illness.
- Deyin'krat's sickness worsens.
- The plague appears to be letting up, as many wolves recover: Tohumok'yol, Saukha, Mokhoni, Haklanor, Sequoia Lit by Sunlight, Sinolsu, and Huckleberry.
- Oscuhas, her brother, and Ruhad's children all reach their first year of age. Oscuhas is the only one to remain in the Pines.
- The Blue Hunt pursues a deer for an extended time attempting to catch it, though they fail in the end. They return exhausted and overworked, Hicursei in particular suffering from fatigue for some time.
- Louheuro and Abeishou fall ill.
- Abeishou is not badly ill and soon returns to training. Rocky Mountain Toad, Oscunau, and Deyin'krat also recover.
- At the same time, Louheuro, Gakasar, and one of Sinolsu's pups become more badly ill.
- Oscunau has a litter of pups. Ruhad bears her litter a few days later.
summary
NEW MEMBERS: Red Beetle.
LITTERS: Litter born to Urwain'ghrac and Loam Greymane. Litter born to Sinolsu and Mokhoni. Litter born to Huckleberry. Litter born to Urwalou and Suhad. Litter born to Oscunau and Amberad Greymane. Litter born to Ruhad and Amberad Greymane.
RANK CHANGES: Gakasar becomes a denminder.
LOSSES: Hwemalrusu, Aulosac, and Torsec die of influenza. A trainee and two pups die of influenza. Two trainees leave. Thaulka abandons the pack. Five yearlings disperse.
OTHER: none.
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