House Ailurus

House Ailurus was founded and led by the sister monarchs Mykola Lapin-Void and Senna Nightshade-Meles. Where Mykola is considered the heart of the house and the authority on magical and people based resources and tactics, Senna is considered the brain of the house dealing more with logistics and material resources. Together they strive to create a welcoming and inviting environment to all who wish to find belonging in their house.   The title of Archon denotes a responsibility to lead by example and to nurture relations and strength within house Ailurus. The Archon is the forward facing head of affairs and diplomacy for the house and is generally thought of as the primary leader. The Polemarch’s job is primarily to manage resources and to handle the background operations and make sure that the projects and plans the Archon proposes will work and have minimal drawbacks. They speak with the same authority as the Archon when in need and often have been known to step in and take over when the Archon is unavailable or unable to deal with a situation in a timely manner.   The Ferals are another important organization within House Ailurus. They serve as the elite bodyguards to the house leadership. Considered to be a highly chaotic group they are often seen as both comical and terrifying by other houses due to their unpredictable nature and their fierce protection of their charges. While prone to bouts of silliness and humor they are certainly not to be underestimated and both the Archon and the Polemarch take their advice into heavy consideration.

The House is built on acceptance, understanding, camaraderie, and encouragement. As such, they strive to make a home for all who need it and offer a retreat and safe haven to those from other houses. They stress community and friendship above all else and believe in supporting each other through everything they face. If support or encouragement or even just a shoulder to cry on is needed, you can find it in House Ailurus. House Ailurus puts their heart and soul into everything it does and often jumps in with both feet and does everything in their power to help each other succeed. They are known to quickly offer a helping hand in any capacity they can as well, be that moral support or getting their hands dirty to help out. Sometimes however this leads to burn out or feelings of guilt when they can't help as much as they would like or have failed to accomplish a task set in front of them. Despite this though they are also quick to shake it off and jump right back into action.

House Ailurus' goal is to create a safe, welcoming, and relaxing haven for those that need it; to offer support and friendship to all and to do what they can to make the world a better life. This includes leaders and every other Tome Knight that needs the care or help. In addition they hope to do their part in protecting the realm from magical and undead danger and put a great focus on preparations. Most of these preparations involve making sure the storehouses that they run are well stocked and that they are prepared to support as many people as they can for as long as they can.

JULY 2022

  Mykola Void began to plan and hoped that she would be able to found House Ailurus during the July 2022 Tourney of Tales. Towards the end of the Tourney, Queen Siobhan surprised Mykola with the title of Duchess and a 100 acre plot of land to turn into the beginnings of Ailuridae. Thus began the planning in earnest to build and create the safe haven that she dreamed of and the settlement of Penwall. When joined at the end of the July tourney by Senna Nightshade, they formed a trade company with the intentions of providing much needed supplies to areas that desperately needed them. This made getting a working settlement and the storehouses that Senna was imagining built a serious priority. In August 2022 construction began on the settlement of Penwall, starting with the Temple of all Deities, Requiem Library, the Storehouses and The Treehouse. Construction was completed shortly before the start of the Third Word War. During this time the Ferals of Ailurus were founded with the first member being Foxx, a friend of Mykola.

NOVEMBER 2022

During the Third Word War, House Ailurus pledged their support to Queen Tara of Chiroptera after the untimely passing of Queen Siobhan. Despite their best attempts, House Chiroptera was the second house to fall to the horde. During the attack on Chiroptera Ailurus Polemarch Senna Nightshade sacrificed her life to protect the storehouses and give the living a better chance of survival. The battle was long and hard and Archon Mykola Void and her bodyguard, Feral Foxx, barely made it out alive. They were saved by the combined powers of Queen Sable Aradia and Tempest Kwake from near certain death. Despite this, the survivors of House Ailurus were not ready to give up and continued to fight to the best of their ability. During their stay with Lapin Mykola accepted the invitation of Queen Sable to join what would be known as the Woodland Alliance. The idea of supporting family and presenting a unified front appealed to her and aligned with the principles of House Ailurus. When House Lapin fell Feral Foxx gave their life once again protecting Archon Mykola Void during the evacuation of the Warren. Ailurus was more than ready to join the fray again when the final battle was launched and worked in tandem with the rest of the Woodland Alliance alongside the Dinos and Birds to achieve victory. After the war Ailurus sought refuge with House Lapin due to the destruction of Penwall. During which time they were granted the unclaimed territories, thought to have belong to the missing, after months of discussion and diliberation. After which construction on the new Penwall began. It was during February of 2023 that it was decided that Ailurus would support Meles in the upcoming Tourney of Tales in April. After a tea party between friends to discuss the change with Queen Tara, House Ailurus shortly bid farewell to Lapin and headed for the Windy Willows.

APRIL 2023

In the April 2023 Tourney of Tales House Ailurus supported House Meles. Their alliance was a great success and served to strengthen the relationship between House Meles and House Ailurus. Throughout the Tourney the members of House Ailurus gave a great showing and took home several medals in the Literomantic Games. They are proud to have been part of the House Meles victory! During the month an ongoing ritual was preformed headed by Archon Mykola Void to use literomancy to speed along and complete the construction of their capital Ailurus in it's new location. They were aided by many from other houses and achieved their goals and more with the overwhelming support. The ritual however did not go according to plan and Archon Mykola Void was hospitalized due to magical backlash. Despite this interruption Polemarch Senna Nightshade, Prinx Tempest Kwake, Bunny Queen Sable Aradia, Prince-Consort Erin Righ, Bat Queen Tara, and Bardwithmanynames saved the ritual by refocusing the magic and stabilizing it.

JULY 2023

In the July 2023 Tourney of Tales, House Ailurus supported House Meles yet again, and once again their alliance proved formidable as Meles took home victory. During the Tourney Ailurus continued to focus on settling into their home of Penwall and getting back to a semblance of normal. This however did not stop Archon Mykola Void and Polemarch Senna Nightshade from offering their help with the newest situation to face both their family and the world in general.  

NOVEMBER 2023

 

APRIL 2025

Archon Mykola Lapin-Void officially retired, giving her position to former Feral Captain Barbarossa Sparklebeard.

House Ailurus recently came into control of the following territories due to a treaty with House Meles in 2024: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, the lower peninsula of Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and part of Mexico. As such they also ceded their lands of Washington and Oregon to House Meles.

Known for their ferocity and unpredictable nature, the Ailurus military recruits heavily and fosters a sense of patriotism and duty amongst the people of the protectorate. While it doesn’t require citizens to serve it greatly encourages as many to do so as possible. Roughly two percent of the population, or two million people, serve in the Ailurus military in times of peace, with seven percent serving in war times, the highest population serving being eleven percent, or eleven million people, though only seven percent, or seven million people, is expected at maximum. These numbers include the National Guard, Reserves, and Feral forces.   Due to the constantly looming zombie threat the Ailurus military has adopted similar programs to that of House Lapin in that they host weekly training sessions and drills for the general population to attend on Zombie defense and escape tactics. There is also an emphasis on the care and upkeep of veterans leading to several programs to provide housing and aid to veterans in need.

House Ailurus is a pantheistic organization which recognizes and accepts all religions and denominations so long as no harm comes to their communities. They have no one official religion, instead acknowledging all of them.

The new Ailurus Protectorate produces a vast array of different goods and products from agriculture to energy and manufactured equipment. In the agricultural sector they produce a majority of the continent's livestock and subsequent goods with a majority docs on cattle and poultry. In farming the main products are grains and beans. There is also a large mining industry producing primarily crushed stone, cement, salt and sand.   While much of the energy production from the new territories includes oil, natural gas, petroleum, ect. Ailurus plans to further research into clean energy which many of the territories already have some level of infrastructure and stakes in. This is primarily out of respect for House Suaropoda and a wish to improve the quality of life for their people.   The other primary sources of production from the new Ailurus Protectorate is that of manufactured goods. Such as medical goods, land and air transportation and heavy machinery, chemical, paper, plastic, and rubber products, home goods, primary and fabricated metals, processed food products,and military equipment.

Education in the protectorate is mandatory up till grade 11, generally from the ages of 5 to 17 years old. At which point continuing is a personal decision. There are many trade schools and colleges available for secondary education for those who choose to pursue it. In addition, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) are easily available and required by law to be followed, to help make things easier for those that need them. As House Ailurus puts a high importance on education and mental growth and tries to provide services that aide in the personal achievements and growth of it's people. Mental health is of high importance to House Ailurus and as such every school is required to have one mental health professional available per 50 children. This is to ensure that the mental health concerns of students, parents, and faculty can be handled to the best of the protectorate's ability.

House Ailurus is once again planning on undertaking the gargantuan task of refurbishing its infrastructure system to better suit the needs of a place that will consistently be overrun by zombies every November. Some highways and interstates are being widened with specially-designed defense points installed to be battle locations if needed, while the routes to the Lapin and Meles Protectorates are being reinforced. The construction is scheduled to start sometime in 2025.     House Ailurus has a public health care system. This is imperative to the wishes of House Ailurus to provide a safe haven and affordable care to all those within its lands. Income tax base is around 35%, but increases significantly after a declared income of over 150 million Woodlander Talons. The majority of these taxes go back into the public service programs of the Ailurus Protectorate.