Woodland Family Alliance
The Woodland Family Alliance was formed between House Lapin and House Meles in November 2022, when House Meles was forced to flee Windy Willows for The Warren during The Third Word War. After House Chiroptera fell, House Ailurus joined the Alliance as well.
Structure
The Woodland Family Alliance is headed by the three leaders of the three constituent Houses; The Chief Rabbit , The Great Badger and the Archon of House Ailurus. Together, they formed a council which made mutual decisions concerning the alliance as a group. These decisions included such things as what form their mutual support would take, and which Houses they might mutually support in a Tome War. Unanimous agreement, in consultation with the rest of their House leadership structures, was considered ideal and sought whenever possible, but in the event of disagreement, two of the three leaders being in agreement was considered sufficient for the Alliance to take an action.
Each House is considered a separate entity within the Alliance. However, the three have interconnected military forces in a manner similar to NATO. They respect each other's equivalent ranks in the field, and have standardized equipment to make mutual action more expedient.
Culture
The Woodlander leadership is largely comprised of Werebeasts who dwell in forest environments, such as Wererabbits , Werebadgers , Kitsune, Weretigers, Werecoyotes, and so forth, and this was the inspiration for the name. Since many of these are mammals who create dens, there is a tendency to seek well-protected holes in the ground, whether that takes the form of dugouts, hobbit-holes, or state-of-the-art military bunkers like The Warren. The Woodlanders are not afraid to poke fun at themselves for this.
Most of the Woodlanders were born in Canada or the United States (present day Ailurus Protectorate, Lapin Protectorate, Meles Protectorate , or Sauropoda Protectorate.)
As some of the earliest veterans of the Word Wars, the Woodlanders have strong militaries, and these militaries are valued, admired, and respected. Veterans are well treated and receive well-funded support services.
However, no Woodlander House seeks out combat. They and their leadership have a reputation for mutual support, encouragement, and seeking peaceful solutions to problems whenever possible. It is worth noting that the leadership and many notable members of both the Self Care Mafia and the Chaos Cartel are Woodlanders.
This lack of aggressive behaviour does not extend to the Undead Horde, however. As some of the Houses who have been, arguably, the most personally affected by the activities of the Night Monarchs, the Woodlanders are some of the most implacable foes of the Undead.
It is also worth noting that Patient Zero and Patient One of The Filking Plague were Woodlanders (Tempest Kwake and Sable Aradia respectively) and filking is a respected Woodlander art.
Public Agenda
The Woodland Family Alliance came together as a family and as Houses in the adversity of the Third Word War. They felt that they worked well together and decided to develop those ties further, recognizing their interconnectedness and mutual interests. With the borders of the major geopolitical bodies of the Alliance being contiguous, it made even more sense to break down barriers and work to bolster their levels of support and mutual ties.
Some of the geopolitical decisions they have made to facilitate this include open borders, an easy path to dual or triple citizenship, automatic dual or triple citizenship for anyone with families on either side of a border, free trade, and creating a unified currency in the Woodlander Talon.
Ailurus and Lapin have worked together to develop Power Plants, a Literomantic green energy technology, and the three Houses have shared several literomantic secrets with one another.
Assets
The Lapin Protectorate is exceptionally well equipped for war against The Undead Horde. They have fortified their supply lines and transportation corridors, and they have built bunkers in every major city. They are resource rich and their Protectorate covers most of the major ports on the West Coast of North America. They have also become known for their weapons manufacturing.
The Ailurus Protectorate is well equipped in terms of supplies and storehouses, and they are also focused on trade. They have created significant networks that benefit the Alliance in diplomacy and economic clout.
The Meles Protectorate has a strong and aggressive military and contains most of the North American "bread basket" region. They also have one of the strongest industrial bases remaining in the world.
Between the three, they control about 80% of the military assets of the former United States and Canada. They are widely acknowledged to have nuclear capabilities.
Literomantically, Lapin and Meles are ancient Houses, with old libraries and generations of training and practice. However, Ailurus holds its own in the Alliance by their experience in technomancy and their familiarity with fae magic.
They are all working to expand these assets to support each other. Their choice to unify their currency stabilized the world economy following the collapse of the Lapin Lira after Lapin's fall in the Third Word War. Together, they form a powerful political, economic, and military block.
History
The Alliance was based in the family ties that existed between the Royal Families of the three Houses. Sable Aradia , leader of House Lapin, is the biological mother of Prince Galakrond and the Forgelings, the seven children of House Meles; and also of Mykola Void, late Archon of House Ailurus, and her sister and Heir, Panda Polemarch Senna Nightshade. Erin Righ, The Rabbit's Paw and Sable Aradia's Royal Consort, is the half-brother of missing Meles Royal Consort Realm of Music , and the biological father of Archon MykolaVoid and Panda Polemarch Senna Nightshade.
While initially, the biological parentage of the Meles scions was a closely-guarded secret , circumstances forced this information into the public eye just following The Second Word War and both The Great Badger and The Chief Rabbit publicly admitted the relationship. The circumstances of the birth of the original House Ailurus leaders remains unknown, but the relationship to Queen Sable and Prince Erin was publicly acknowledged after the 2022 July Tourney. For those aware of the actions of The Company , it is widely believed they had something to do with it.
However, the Woodlanders have seen a lot of changes in a short period of time. The Meles Ailurus Treaty of 2024 resulted in the two Houses exchanging Major and Minor House status, and the governing of their individual Protectorates, with a corresponding shift in territory. Recently, the Claw Summit's Fudge Festival and Treaty also resulted in a territorial shift.
The Alliance weathered the disappearance of the King Consort Realm of Music and the abdication of the Great Badger Darth Nikolas, and the ascension of Queen Badger Purpleheart and Princess ShyRedFox, with little change, but the death of Archon Mykola Lapin-Void in early 2025, and the disappearance of Panda Polemarch Senna Nightshade, has somewhat altered the landscape. Archon The Bard with Many Names and Seneschal HappyHappySad have no actual family relationship to the Lapin-Meles royal family.
This may have weakened the alliance. There is some tension between Queen Sable and the Archon, although it seems based in communication difficulties and no truly hard feelings. Further, Meles and Ailurus seem to have stopped consulting with the other Woodlander Houses before deciding where to lend their support in wartime, and while the Woodlander agreement specifies free trade, Lapin was not invited to discuss the trade deals made during the "Fudge It" treaty discussions. House Lapin has recently made offers to other Protectorates to trade green Literomantic energy technologies independently of the other Woodlander Houses as well.
House Ailurus has stated its intention to maintain their participation in the Alliance, however. Other standing agreements seem solid, and the House Leaders have continued to share the responsibility, and privilege, of guarding The Iron Tome between them, with all three Houses actively hosting the 2025 Tourneys of Tales, and the Iron Tome being exhibited in all three Protectorates.
Trade & Transport
The Woodlanders have a mutual free trade agreement. They have also worked to streamline transport between them with such efforts as the construction of Transcontinental Portals and The Wolverine Line. They have declared the Rocky Mountains, which transverses all three Protectorates, to be a mutual transportation corridor that they mutually share jurisdiction in.
Education
The Woodlanders cooperate to support the World Literomantic Academy and the Penwall Arts Academy. Literomantic education is a shared priority.
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Battle of Kin Beach, Part 1
The Battle of Kin Beach was a defining conflict in The Third Word War. The first salvos of the Battle of Kin Beach were exchanged at the city limits of the city, Vernon, BC, Lapin Protectorate. This map follows the early exchanges of the battle that eventually concluded at Kin Beach. -
Battle of Kin Beach, Part 2
The Battle of Kin Beach was a defining battle in The Third Word War. It took place on the shore of Okanagan Lake, less than a kilometer from The Warren. This map details Part 2, which was the main thrust of the battle. -
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Founding Date
November 6, 2022
Type
Political, Triumvirate
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Training Level
Professional
Veterancy Level
Veteran
Demonym
Woodlanders
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Government System
Monarchy, Constitutional
Economic System
Mixed economy
Currency
The Woodland Family Alliance recognizes the Lapin Lira, the Meles Malrani and the Ailurus Airi, and have created a unified currency, the Woodlander Talon. This has stabilized their currencies and, by extension, the world economy, as the Lapin Lira was considered the currency standard following the The First Word War's chaos, but its value plummeted when Lapin fell during the The Third Word War.
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