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Splitting Iceberg (129-133 days in)

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Voidwalker and Snowchaser's little debate is busted by a short nicheling. They decide to let it be.

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Thornbush sits atop the highest point on the mountain. She feels like cold wind against her fur is going to freeze her, so she creates a temporary nest and curls up in it.

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Quartz looks over the clearing. Voidwalker and Snowchaser were talking with Pine about the old Rockfalls; it had been Quartz's idea, so Pine could hear about new battle moves and hunting strategies. Quartz was growing older, and would likely be unable to lead the tribe. Therefore, she would be succeeded by Pine, who was becoming a strong and powerful nicheling.

 

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The short nichelings began to climb up the slope. Voidwalker and Snowchaser watched suspiciously; Voidwalker remembered a certain event that every Rockfall had to do; he had heard Snowchaser talk about as a juvenile; every Rockfall juvenile had to take on a pack of ramfoxes with 3-4 others to prove their strength. Snowchaser had failed due to his lack of claws, and the Rockfalls followed him to where Voidwalker was hiding. The brave nicheling defended Voidwalker, and was banished for it, earning him a torn ear in the process.

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Quartz had ended up next to Wikku. She considered killing the elephant nicheling, but Kira and Hare were nearby, and who knows how cold it was going to be tonight. She spared the once-annoying nicheling.

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Sakura had decided she didn't want to sleep with the commoners and snuggled against a wall. Sakura was also suspicious of Snowchaser and Voidwalker; they had been discussing Rockfalls and they might be Rockfalls. How could they, those barbarians.

 

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Then, a walking spike-ball walked up and mated with Pine. She screeched and lashed out at him, but the spikes on his body caught on her fur and he got away. Pine wondered what Quartz would do when discovering that Pine was expecting a child. Quartz was the only one who had accepted her, and had strictly said Pine can't have children. Would Quartz leave her now? Reminds me of WoF Scarlet and Peril, 'I'm your only friend' manipulation

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Pine kept an eye on Moose and brought the child to Sakura. She would hide at the back of the tribe and leave the child. That would be the best solution, wouldn't it?

 

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Sakura, meanwhile, was confronting Snowchaser and Voidwalker. Kira had came over after hearing about the Rockfalls and Snowfalls argument. Snowchaser and Voidwalker insisted they weren't Rockfalls, while Sakura and Kira were accusing them.

Sn: "Listen! We were banished because I failed my test for my name and Voidwalker had a twisted paw!"

V: "Hare too! He was banished for his twisted snout!"

S: "How many of you rats are there!? You barbarians!"

K: "You two must leave!"

Sn: "We're going in the same direction of you all! Just let us travel with you guys, okay?"

S: "No! You are hereby banished from the tribe!"

V: "Who made you leader?"

S: "I'm daughter of King Iceberg and Queen Strawberry! I'm their only child here, therefore I'm the leader!"

V: "Are you really so encapsulated with old tradition? This is a new tribe! Nobody cares about your history!"

K: "We care!"

Kira leaped at Voidwalker. Snowchaser surged forwards to shove her away, and Sakura lashed out at Voidwalker, who leaped backwards and whacked her paw away. A civil war was beginning, and the iceberg holding the tribe together was splitting.

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1 hour ago, Nightfire said:

Kira leaped at Voidwalker. Snowchaser surged forwards to shove her away, and Sakura lashed out at Voidwalker

Oh wow! Two new names for my hit list! How perfect!

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There is something seriously wrong with Quartz, and there has been from the beggining. Poor Pine to be manipulated by her! And I definately feel sorry for her child and hope Pine doesn't succeed in leaving it to die and that it'll survive. Also, although I hate Quartz she is Brownie's only child....so really she should have a child of her own so Brownie's genes continue into the future. Maybe she discovers Pine's child and feels Pine has failed and is too weak and not a good leader pick. So she decides to have a child of her own to train from a newborn to be "strong" and that has her strong rouge blood-line.

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The First Cracks (133-137 days in)

There's a lot of screenshots for days 133-141, so I'll do a second part tomorrow. There's 14 screenshots in this post alone, and that's only half of them.

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Snowchaser and Voidwalker jumped back. Kira stood in front of Sakura, but fell asleep before she could strike.

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Meanwhile, Thornbush, Quartz, Hare and Wikku all continued to travel. Quartz was wondering where her warrior was, while Thornbush prepared for her second child.

 

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Snowchaser turned and bolted down the hill, Sakura in pursuit.

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Meanwhile, Voidwalker and Kira faced off in hotsprings. Very uneventful for a fight scene.

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Sakura realized how cold it was. She barreled into Snowchaser, but she had no strength and her attempt was feeble. Snowchaser tried to shove her away, but her powerful armored body was too strong. They awkwardly stared at eachother.

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Thornbush made her nest. These four had no clue what was happening down below.

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Q: "Pine! Where are you!"

Pine slipped behind a large rock. Moose was now a juvenile.

P: "I'm coming! Don't worry!"

Q: "Well hurry up!"

 

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Snow began to fall.

P: "Don't worry! There's just a bunch of rabbits over here!"

Pine did her best impression of a dying rabbit, but made herself sound like a choking blue bird. Quartz decided to not ask any questions.

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Snowchaser stared down Sakura.

Sn: "Listen; you call off your attack, and I'll call off mine."

S: "Get out of the hotsprings you commoner!"

Sn: "Or you can freeze."

Sakura sat down and puffed angrily.

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Meanwhile, Kira sliced her claws across Voidwalker's face; or atleast tried to. He held his paw up to block her blow, and rammed into her chest with his horns. They snarled and hissed viciously as they fought.

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As Kira lashed out again, Voidwalker dodged and bolted up the slope. A rabbit obligingly leaped up, and he patted its head.

V: "Is this all you've got?"

 

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Meanwhile, Thornbush had her second child, Forest. (Stats above. Sabertooth fangs are more dominant then digging trunk, so now they've been revived. Spotless Truffle and Brownie.)

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Sn: "Stop fighting! We're going to go back to the others. I think Pine went over here."

K: "Who made you in charge?"

S: "He's right- come on. Let's head back to Hare."

K: "Hare is a Rockfall too!"

S: "Well- we're gonna freeze otherwise."

Kira snorted, but said nothing.

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The Final Cracks (138-141 days in)

Just as we thought it was getting better (this isn't the end for the tribe dw)

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Quartz, partially satisfied at Pine's response, began to bring Moose to the rest of the tribe. This child was, frankly, not annoying, so she sort of taught him how to fight, too. Moose was now also loyal to Quartz, and also quite powerful in battle.

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Pine came up towards Quartz, carefully hiding her stomach with the snow. A ramfox came over and sniffed at her, but Pine gave no response. It let out a low growl at something in the snow.

 

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It was a blue-gray nicheling, stuck in the snow.

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Snowchaser and Voidwalker invited her into the tribe. She seemed.. distraught.

Sn: "Hello! What's your name?"

?: "Listen! These ramfoxes are dangerous! We need to get ou-"

 

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The ramfoxes lunged for her. Sakura shrieked and jumped out of their reach. Voidwalker jumped forwards to grab Snowchaser back. Snowchaser tried to pull the female out from under the ramfoxes' flaring claws and charging horns, but it was no use.

 

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The ramfoxes had slain the female, and had turned their attention to Snowchaser.

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Snowchaser was suddenly shoved out of the way by a powerful force. Two more bone piles were on the ground, and were unrecognizable. Hare and Moose leaped forwards incase the ramfoxes tried to advance towards Thornbush and Forest.

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Snowchaser jumped forwards and killed both the ramfoxes.

Sn: "Voidwalker! Kira! Where are you two? The ramfoxes are dangerous! We need to head back to th-"

Snowchaser stopped, and looked down in horror.

Voidwalker and Kira had saved Snowchaser and Sakura, at the cost of their lives. WHY RAMFOXES WHYYY

Sakura too had realized what had happened, and she looked down at the bones. She felt ashamed of herself, feeling guilt for those whose sworn duty was to protect her. But she was no longer royalty, and she was now an equal.

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As Snowchaser and Sakura mourned, Pine created her nest. This was a great distraction for her to have her child.

 

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And sadly, her child was ill. She named him Silent, for he would be left here with himself and his silence.

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Sakura and Snowchaser continued to mourn. Although both were from rival tribes, some traditions stayed the same; for example, the mourning, where one will sit on their comrade's bones for 3 days.

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But as Thornbush went over to see what was happening, she didn't realize she had left a killer with her two most valuable. And as Quartz looked at Wikku, her eyes didn't stare with sadness, but a fiery rage that no snow could stop. A war was breaking loose, and the iceberg had split.

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38 minutes ago, Nightfire said:

This went from 'wholesome couple decide to make a nicheling saving group where they rescue wanderers' to 'ramfox massacre and rebellion' real quick

Yup, but of course there has been tragedies since the beginning. They got through them before and can again.

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It would be cool if they split up into two different tribes and then we see which survives longest and prospers most. It would be better than them just killing eachother. There is a sort-of way to have your nichelings fight eachother where you banish nicheling 2 with nicheling one, and ten nicheling 1 attacks them and reinvites them or another nicheling on nicheling twos side reinvites them and they do the same to nicheling one but that wastes alot of moves and is complicated so you could just say they had a fight story-wise like you do here.

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A bit of backstory to the twin starters, Truffle and Brownie, and the Rockfall-Snowfall rivalry.

Truffle and Brownie were actually from another tribe I had. Basically, they were the twin daughters of an elderly queen of another snow mountain tribe I made. After the tribe got scattered in a giant blizzard (inspiration for the blizzard that scattered the Rockfalls and Snowfalls), they got separated from the rest of the tribe. They survived by hopping from hotspring to hotspring and fighting balance bears, single-handedly saving the tribe from starvation. It was a great concept and I got really attached to them, so I decided to copy all their genes and make the playthrough.

Also, the Rockfall-Snowfall concept was from the original tribe (and a bit of explanation to why they hate eachother). Basically, the Rockfalls were separated into 2 groups; the warriors and the weak. The Rockfall queen, Serpent, left the weak to die out and gave the warriors more privileges. The weak plotted to overthrow Serpent and have the entire tribe as equals. Instead, the rebellion failed and the weak ran away from the Rockfalls, who hunted them down. Serpent got more strict about who should stay in the tribe, and banished all who were 'unworthy'; twisted snouts, no-paws, anyone who had less than 2 strength.

The weak rebels renamed their group to the Snowfalls, and grew their forces. Along the way, a new monarchy arose, with king Iceberg. The tribe was unequal and uneven and quite literally became the very thing they swore to destroy. Iceberg had 3 children with his mate, Strawberry; Aster, Frostbite, and Sakura. Shortly after, Truffle and Brownie were born into the Rockfalls portion and the blizzard hit.

Will the original Truffle and Brownie tribe become relevant to the current storyline? I don't know. Will the Snowfalls and Rockfalls reform in the current events? I don't know. But there's some prequels that literally nobody asked for.

Although it's not relevant to the plot, these are the exact genes of Truffle and Brownie. Quartz and Thornbush have atleast one of these in each category. Blind genes is on, so I can't see exact genes for other nichelings.

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14 hours ago, Nightfire said:

A bit of backstory to the twin starters, Truffle and Brownie, and the Rockfall-Snowfall rivalry.

Truffle and Brownie were actually from another tribe I had. Basically, they were the twin daughters of an elderly queen of another snow mountain tribe I made. After the tribe got scattered in a giant blizzard (inspiration for the blizzard that scattered the Rockfalls and Snowfalls), they got separated from the rest of the tribe. They survived by hopping from hotspring to hotspring and fighting balance bears, single-handedly saving the tribe from starvation. It was a great concept and I got really attached to them, so I decided to copy all their genes and make the playthrough.

Also, the Rockfall-Snowfall concept was from the original tribe (and a bit of explanation to why they hate eachother). Basically, the Rockfalls were separated into 2 groups; the warriors and the weak. The Rockfall queen, Serpent, left the weak to die out and gave the warriors more privileges. The weak plotted to overthrow Serpent and have the entire tribe as equals. Instead, the rebellion failed and the weak ran away from the Rockfalls, who hunted them down. Serpent got more strict about who should stay in the tribe, and banished all who were 'unworthy'; twisted snouts, no-paws, anyone who had less than 2 strength.

The weak rebels renamed their group to the Snowfalls, and grew their forces. Along the way, a new monarchy arose, with king Iceberg. The tribe was unequal and uneven and quite literally became the very thing they swore to destroy. Iceberg had 3 children with his mate, Strawberry; Aster, Frostbite, and Sakura. Shortly after, Truffle and Brownie were born into the Rockfalls portion and the blizzard hit.

Will the original Truffle and Brownie tribe become relevant to the current storyline? I don't know. Will the Snowfalls and Rockfalls reform in the current events? I don't know. But there's some prequels that literally nobody asked for.

Although it's not relevant to the plot, these are the exact genes of Truffle and Brownie. Quartz and Thornbush have atleast one of these in each category. Blind genes is on, so I can't see exact genes for other nichelings.

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Wow, nice backstory :) Also it's cool that you took this you had on your own and decided to make a playthrough out of it for all of us to see! Hopefully the tribe lives up to it's original legacy and doesn't die.

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The First Battle (142-146 days in)

tons of character development for the fight :>

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Quartz took Forest away from Wikku.

W: "Where are you-"

Q: "Stay back."

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Wikku shoved Quartz away, but was pushed away himself shortly after, falling down the small slope.20210213141836_1.thumb.jpg.e087c7443012d5d4e273c8bbb01e831b.jpg

Meanwhile, Pine was staring down at her child.

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He could never be a true member of Quartz's renewed tribe. After all, he wouldn't even survive long enough for anyone but her to notice this pathetic- no, unlucky, creature. Pine knew she wasn't supposed to have children- or even like them- until Quartz could become queen. But then again, Silent was her child. And Pine knew leaving Silent was wrong.

Even though he would be a pile of bones before he could even pass on his genes. Even though he would be bird food in a matter of seconds.

Pine was torn. disobey the next monarch, or leave Silent here to die?

Eventually, she knew what she had to do. No matter how much pain it would cause. No matter how much she knew it was the wrong decision.

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Pine came forwards, leaving Silent, at the cries of shock. Quartz had attacked Forest, and was about to run in for another strike.20210213141932_1.thumb.jpg.770836d3e69c065859f8076237fced00.jpg

Nobody would notice a small, slumbering newborn, left in a nest, behind the rocky wall. Nobody would even notice if he died.

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Quartz was surrounded, but she puffed out her fur and stared angrily down at Forest. She would need Moose and Pine to help her hold off whatever storm was coming over the horizon. She noticed Pine and Moose in the fray. Were they traitors?

 

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As Quartz and Thornbush snarled at eachother (Hare holding Thornbush back so she wouldn't get hurt and lose her baby), Moose was also torn. Quartz hadn't mentioned that his sister and father would be threatened! What use would hurting a powerful child like Forest be? But then again, Quartz's future plans for the tribe sounded great. Surely, this would be worth it in the end.

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Quartz held Wikku down in a dip in the mountain. Forest looked at Quartz angrily and pulled on her tail, but to no avail. Although the marks her claw left on Quartz's tail stung.

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Pine jumped forwards to help Quartz as Wikku wiggled free. Moose walked along the back, so he wouldn't be directly associated with the other.. rebels? Quartz followers? Moose focused on the task ahead.

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Snowchaser turned to Sakura, as she backed up a little as if she was going to hide.

Sn: "You know, your fur and skin is powerful enough to withstand attack. Maybe even, balance bear attacks."

S: "Really? I'd rather be safe than sorry."

Sn: "Would you rather have every nicheling in the tribe turn out like Kira? Unnecessarily dying?"

Sakura flinched at Kira's mention. Snowchaser had a point; she could protect against danger. After all, that's why nobody challenged her parents for leadership. But then again, it would probably hurt a little. Or not work. And Sakura didn't want to figure out which. Well, maybe it would be worth it to find out.

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But Sakura ran forwards to protect Wikku anyways. After all, he had been the one to free her, risking his life doing so.

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Meanwhile, Snowchaser slipped around the back to grab Forest.

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Moose ran forwards to rip Snowchaser off Forest. He was about to hit him with a powerful blow, but Thornbush and Hare stopped him. Elderly Hare didn't want to see the tribe like this; ever since Truffle and Brownie's deaths, the tribe had become more separate and distant. He didn't understand how he was failing as leader; what else could he do?

Thornbush too was heartbroken. Her own son was trying to kill his sister and father. Maybe Thornbush had trusted Quartz with Moose too much. Maybe there was more to Quartz then she had realized.

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Quartz and Pine tried to stop Sakura as she pulled Forest to safety, but to no avail. Pine gave no dent, and Quartz had been struck back by recoil. Sakura herself couldn't fight, so she would just be a very tough meatshield.

 

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Forest had grown up. And, she was angry at her two captors. With 6 strength, she wanted justice.

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Forest jumped forwards as Quartz and Pine backed up. Her growing up put Quartz's plan in jeopardy.

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Hare confronted Moose in the meanwhile.

H: "What is wrong with you?"

M: "What's wrong with you!?"

H: "You're helping Quartz capture your sister and kill your father! Are you insane?"

M: "She's going to make the tribe better! Listen to her!"

H: "Quartz is tricking you!"

M: "No! You're trying to trick me!"

Hare was hurt by Moose's words, but continued to argue with his grandchild.

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Wikku, in the meanwhile, got into a hotsprings. Thornbush was going to have their third child soon.

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Moose raced down the slope as he grew into an adult. Hare stood between him and Forest, but Hare flexed his claw. He would hurt his own grandfather for Quartz's insane plan.

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Sakura jumped forwards and blocked the blow. It hurt a little, but not enough to concern her greatly.

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Thornbush made her nest besides the hotspring. Snowchaser stayed near the pair, in case Quartz, Pine or Moose went after them.

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As he went down the mountain, he could see Hare escorting Pine and Quartz. Snowchaser came over to help.

 

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Thornbush had her third child, who she named Almond. 

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3 hours ago, Nightfire said:

The First Battle (142-145 days in)

tons of character development for the fight :>

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Quartz took Forest away from Wikku.

W: "Where are you-"

Q: "Stay back."

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Wikku shoved Quartz away, but was pushed away himself shortly after, falling down the small slope.20210213141836_1.thumb.jpg.e087c7443012d5d4e273c8bbb01e831b.jpg

Meanwhile, Pine was staring down at her child.

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He could never be a true member of Quartz's renewed tribe. After all, he wouldn't even survive long enough for anyone but her to notice this pathetic- no, unlucky, creature. Pine knew she wasn't supposed to have children- or even like them- until Quartz could become queen. But then again, Silent was her child. And Pine knew leaving Silent was wrong.

Even though he would be a pile of bones before he could even pass on his genes. Even though he would be bird food in a matter of seconds.

Pine was torn. disobey the next monarch, or leave Silent here to die?

Eventually, she knew what she had to do. No matter how much pain it would cause. No matter how much she knew it was the wrong decision.

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Pine came forwards, leaving Silent, at the cries of shock. Quartz had attacked Forest, and was about to run in for another strike.20210213141932_1.thumb.jpg.770836d3e69c065859f8076237fced00.jpg

Nobody would notice a small, slumbering newborn, left in a nest, behind the rocky wall. Nobody would even notice if he died.

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Quartz was surrounded, but she puffed out her fur and stared angrily down at Forest. She would need Moose and Pine to help her hold off whatever storm was coming over the horizon. She noticed Pine and Moose in the fray. Were they traitors?

 

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As Quartz and Thornbush snarled at eachother (Hare holding Thornbush back so she wouldn't get hurt and lose her baby), Moose was also torn. Quartz hadn't mentioned that his sister and father would be threatened! What use would hurting a powerful child like Forest be? But then again, Quartz's future plans for the tribe sounded great. Surely, this would be worth it in the end.

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Quartz held Wikku down in a dip in the mountain. Forest looked at Quartz angrily and pulled on her tail, but to no avail. Although the marks her claw left on Quartz's tail stung.

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Pine jumped forwards to help Quartz as Wikku wiggled free. Moose walked along the back, so he wouldn't be directly associated with the other.. rebels? Quartz followers? Moose focused on the task ahead.

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Snowchaser turned to Sakura, as she backed up a little as if she was going to hide.

Sn: "You know, your fur and skin is powerful enough to withstand attack. Maybe even, balance bear attacks."

S: "Really? I'd rather be safe than sorry."

Sn: "Would you rather have every nicheling in the tribe turn out like Kira? Unnecessarily dying?"

Sakura flinched at Kira's mention. Snowchaser had a point; she could protect against danger. After all, that's why nobody challenged her parents for leadership. But then again, it would probably hurt a little. Or not work. And Sakura didn't want to figure out which. Well, maybe it would be worth it to find out.

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But Sakura ran forwards to protect Wikku anyways. After all, he had been the one to free her, risking his life doing so.

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Meanwhile, Snowchaser slipped around the back to grab Forest.

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Moose ran forwards to rip Snowchaser off Forest. He was about to hit him with a powerful blow, but Thornbush and Hare stopped him. Elderly Hare didn't want to see the tribe like this; ever since Truffle and Brownie's deaths, the tribe had become more separate and distant. He didn't understand how he was failing as leader; what else could he do?

Thornbush too was heartbroken. Her own son was trying to kill his sister and father. Maybe Thornbush had trusted Quartz with Moose too much. Maybe there was more to Quartz then she had realized.

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Quartz and Pine tried to stop Sakura as she pulled Forest to safety, but to no avail. Pine gave no dent, and Quartz had been struck back by recoil. Sakura herself couldn't fight, so she would just be a very tough meatshield.

 

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Forest had grown up. And, she was angry at her two captors. With 6 strength, she wanted justice.

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Forest jumped forwards as Quartz and Pine backed up. Her growing up put Quartz's plan in jeopardy.

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Hare confronted Moose in the meanwhile.

H: "What is wrong with you?"

M: "What's wrong with you!?"

H: "You're helping Quartz capture your sister and kill your father! Are you insane?"

M: "She's going to make the tribe better! Listen to her!"

H: "Quartz is tricking you!"

M: "No! You're trying to trick me!"

Hare was hurt by Moose's words, but continued to argue with his grandchild.

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Wikku, in the meanwhile, got into a hotsprings. Thornbush was going to have their third child soon.

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Moose raced down the slope as he grew into an adult. Hare stood between him and Forest, but Hare flexed his claw. He would hurt his own grandfather for Quartz's insane plan.

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Sakura jumped forwards and blocked the blow. It hurt a little, but not enough to concern her greatly.

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Thornbush made her nest besides the hotspring. Snowchaser stayed near the pair, in case Quartz, Pine or Moose went after them.

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As he went down the mountain, he could see Hare escorting Pine and Quartz. Snowchaser came over to help.

 

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Hare had her third child, who she named Almond. 

Oh no the tribe is in peril :( And poor silent. BTW you said Hare accidentally in a couple of spots

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20 hours ago, Nightfire said:

1k views! Thank you all for reading my little playthrough, I didn't expect it to get so much attention!

I love the story :) And also there's so far no niche gods or anything which appeals to my sense of realism and makes it not against my beliefs either. It's just an amazing story with good characters that I can keep up with.

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The Aftermath (147-149 days in)

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Thornbush quickly began expecting a new child. Hopefully they had another child with the gift of fangs.

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Meanwhile, Snowchaser came down to help Hare escort the rebels. Suddenly-

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A new rogue had waltzed out of the snowbanks and Pine began expecting her second child. Why does Pine attract all the rogues

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She slapped him away quickly, but Snowchaser already had an idea on how her child could be used to punish her.

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Meanwhile, Moose had been contained by his sister and Sakura. He tried to reason with Forest, but in the teen's eyes, he was dead to her; just another foolish rebel. She didn't want to be related to Moose if he was willing to hurt his their grandfather, who was inching closer to his demise.

 

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Quartz was shoved into a hotspring. 

The other screenshot I had for this day vanished, but it was just Snowchaser escorting Pine some more. He's planning to use a Rockfall punishment for her child (will be seen when she does have her child).

 

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Suddenly, the tribe's greatest nightmare creature loomed over Quartz. Dammit

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At the same time, a ranfox lunged towards Hare and Snowchaser. It took them about three seconds to decide what they wanted to do.

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Snowchaser wanted to destroy all the ramfoxes on this island and then some. For Voidwalker- and for Kira, although they had their differences. Well. Mostly Voidwalker. Kira had always been a bit cold, but a great contributor to the tribe. As much as he wanted to leave behind the Rockfall ways, he found it hard to not seek revenge. Or punish Pine like how the Rockfalls would. More specifically, the legendary-ancient queen of the Rockfalls, Serpent. 

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As the tribe fled from the balance bear, someone forgot to keep an eye on two of the local rebels.

Sn: "Is everyone here?"

S: "Yes."

Sn: "What about Quartz and Moose?"

Forest and Sakura exchanged an oh-crap look. But it was already too late.

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Moose and Quartz were already fleeing down the mountain. Quartz took this as a sign that even the balance bears that inhabited the mountain chose her over Hare as a leader, and had let the pair escape.

 

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Meanwhile, more ramfoxes began to attack the tribe. Although they were easily fought off, nobody felt that safe anymore; Wikku stayed closer to Almond. Sakura realized how powerful her fur was, and shielded elderly Hare from the rain of ramfoxes. Snowchaser kept an extra-close eye on Pine. Forest stayed beside Hare, who was halfway to death's doorstep, incase the balance bear tried to attack him. But all knew one thing; Pine couldn't hurt them while expecting a child and under strict surveillance.

Pine herself felt her hope begin to falter; Quartz and Moose would surely come back for her, right? They might've escaped at her expense, but they're probably forming a plan to rescue her, right? They wouldn't leave her and her child to die at the hands of the Frozen Empire..? They wouldn't betray her.. after she fought alongside them.. After she had protected Quartz.. After she had left Silent for them.. Right?

 

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The Near Finale (150-154 days in)

Only 2 nichelings in the tribe remember Truffle and Brownie.. and one is halfway to death's doorstep

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Hare was growing old. In 7 days time, he would join his mate in the afterlife.

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Wikku, the only other nicheling who had been alive during the life of Truffle and Brownie, was still around the middle of his lifespan. But both still had the spark of a young nicheling. It felt like just yesterday, that Wikku had been a teen. 

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Snowchaser led Pine towards a permanent nest on the outskirts of the camp. If they were far away, she wouldn't threaten Hare's position. Just like the Rockfall Queen's guards would do for punishments..

He realized that he still was more Rockfall than anything else. After all, he still had a Rockfall name, used Rockfall fighting techniques, and had Rockfall-like lifestyle.

Snowchaser considered changing his name to not be so Rockfall-y. He then remembered Voidwalker, who had been banished yet kept his Rockfall name till the bloody end. No, he wouldn't be weak and change it.

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Meanwhile, Quartz sat in a hotspring long enough to begin healing and long enough to realize more than just the Frozen Empire nichelings were chasing them.

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Quartz and Moose decided to become mates. (Ignore the fact that they're related, I want Quartz children) Pine was likely dead, a lost cause. The only way to finish the rebellion was to grow their forces.

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Pine was alive, just in doubt. If Quartz and Moose weren't going to rescue her, she would rescue herself. And my terrible luck will help with that

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Meanwhile, strong-skinned Sakura and fierce-fighter Forest, polar opposites on the battle spectrum, were arguing.

S: "You can't go after them! What if another blizzard hits? What if they kill you instead? What if the balance bear kills you?"

F: "They're going to just show up again and kill all of us! Even if I die, isn't it worth a try?"

S: "We're not positive you'll live!"

Forest turned and raced away. Sakura wasn't strong enough to hold her back. Or brave enough to.

 

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Forest caught onto Quartz and Moose's scents quickly. They weren't far from here.

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Meanwhile, what did I freaking say. Whenever I try to do something, a balance bear leaps out of nowhere and beats us up.

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Pine and Snowchaser leaped back, but everyone was focused on the balance bear. They wouldn't notice if she ran away. Now, she could find Quartz and Moose herself. And then they'd respect her.

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The tribe began to group up. Hare, Snowchaser and Wikku prepared to fight the balance bear tooth and claw for their home. Sakura prepared to leap in and protect anyone. Thornbush held Almond close. She hoped that Wikku wouldn't die and not meet their third child (They don't consider Moose their child anymore) and be like Truffle to Thornbush. And worst of all, Forest, the most powerful nicheling yet, was nowhere to be found.

And wait.. where was Pine?

 

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And like the snows of a coming blizzard, the balance bear descended on Hare, Snowchaser, Wikku, and the fate of the tribe.

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On 3/1/2021 at 4:59 AM, Chiyanna said:

OOO, dramatic cliffhanger

100 % agreed.

Truffle and Brownie was the glue to this little tribe... well not so little anymore.

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On 12/7/2020 at 3:20 PM, Nightfire said:

The First Dangers (11-20 days in)

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Soon, Lula grows into a teen. She sticks her trunk into the snow, and pulls out a slightly-wet root.

T: "Woah! How'd you do that!?"

Truffle sniffs at the patch of dirt with curiosity.

L: "It's pretty easy. If you had a trunk like I do, I could show you. But you can also dig with your paws."

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Truffle hops back into the hotspring. The cold snow makes her paws tingle.

Meanwhile, Brownie feels uneasy as she gazes into the darkness. Is something going on out there?

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OH NO

Brownie hears a terrible fate over on the mountain. They had wandered into the territory of a great predator! A few short nichelings were currently fighting it, but the fat white bear looked hungry.

 

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B: "RUN. NOW."

Truffle was confused as her sister dragged them down the snowy slope. Then, she caught a whiff of the bear.

Lula found it hard to keep up with her frogfeet.

 

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Then, Lula spots something over the snow, and starts freaking out. Is that what they're running from? A chunk of horned, walking blubber?

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Or, the giant bear looming over them from its territory?

Probably the bear.

 

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The thick snow made it very hard to get down the mountain. And when the grim reaper is chasing you, that's all the more terrifying.

L: "How are we gonna get away from that thing!?"

B: "Just keep running! Don't ask questions!"

 

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Brownie and Truffle grew into adults, though not in the best of situations.

Meanwhile, the flesh-monster had made its way down to our party, and started sniffing at Lula, who flinched away.

L: "What is this thing?"

T: "I have no idea, but it might be hungry, too."

 

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As the weird deer left our heroes, they noticed the bear again, and continued our amazingly undetailed chase scene.

 

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OH NO

Seems like the blubber-deer had been running for a reason.

T: "We're surrounded! Where do we go!?"

B: "Just keep going! When the snow starts melting we can get away! hopefully."

Lula was frozen in fear for a minute before sprinting away from the gruesome beasts. She had never dealt with these monsters before!

 

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As Lula became an adult, two strange males also showed up. Too encapsulated in the threat at hand, our heroes paid little attention to them.

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One of them approached Truffle, and tried to become her mate.

T: "This is not the time to ask me to be your mate. Also those giant bears are super friendly go ask them instead."

B: "No they're not! Run away!"

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The male left.

 

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OH CRAP- OH NO OH C R A P I didn't even use increasespawn command what are the chances

T: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA There's another!"

B: "Uhh- just- keep going! I'll figure something out!"

Lula squeaked, but there was a bit more hurry in her steps.

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The land between our heroes and freezing over was shortening. And with 3 hungry bears chasing the trio, how will they survive?

cliffhanger time wahahaha

Y what r Ur age settings

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