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The Pale Spades are a Deck based on promises and vows.
The Pale Spades are a Deck based on promises and vows.
strict, orderly, truthful, respectful, patient, leaderly, fearful
cool colors, white, solid designs
pale keepers - very strong memory, able to remember anything from the past and history
they live in dug out burrows in a hill, with some spots above on the plain
THE PALE SPADES
The Deck of Pale, The Pale Deck, or the Pale Spades, are a group of cats that built themselves around promises. They're usually very orderly and toned down, keeping to themselves while surrounding themselves with their own unique and intricate culture. They believe wholly in the cycle of life and death, and take to art as their way of expressing themselves. They also have a deep connection to the things that live in the ground, predominantly the roots of plants, which they believe they can feel and interpret the signals of. Their colors and pelts are not supremely fanciful, but their markings stand out--creating a solid, uniquely Pale appearance, especially noted by dull accents among the rest of their pelt. Although every Deck has a focus on some sort of interpretation of religion, the Pale Deck is much more forward and constant about how they believe in things. Their constant focus on this circle of life and death, as well as the roots of the earth and the things that make up the ground they live on, makes themselves the most religious group on the Plain. This Deck lives in the northeastern part of the Plain of Revelation, keeping their lives tucked safely into the hills and fields there, as well as inside of the hollowed out burrows that have been in place far longer than any cat can recall.
DAILY LIFE:
An explanation of all the things that the cats in this Deck might do in their everyday lives, including the times they wake up, patrols, training, and so on.
DECK STANDARDS:
An explanation of the appearance, personality, and other standards of cats that are in this Deck. This also includes Titles, and what typically earned Titles within the Deck might be, and what the Deck has as their special Thing (secrets/vows/goals/symbols).
TRAINING
SPECIAL ROLES
The Pale Deck's special role is called the Pale Keepers. This role is given to cats who have a keen memory for stories and events, as well as those who can perform artistic skills with ease, especially art. These cats can also usually traverse the dark exceptionally well. These cats are used to keep a factual record of all the events that take place in the history of the Plain. Their recollection of history and facts, even things they shouldn't logically know, is impressive, and even some of the eldest cats that have been around for generations can't compare to what Keepers seem to know, including secrets...
The rules of this Special Role are as follows:
1. As with every Special Role, you cannot tell anyone about the work you do besides the Face of the Deck. Due to the nature of this role however, you are encouraged to tell the stories and tales of those dead and gone.
2. Every new moon, you are to enter the Echoed Tomb and gather around the hole in the center, listening to the whispers of the Living Dead beneath the ground..
3. Never share a forbidden secret to another cat without them asking for it. If they ask for a secret, they must prove their worth in a way that you decide.
MIRROR TASKS
This section is for all the different tasks that the Mirrors of this specific Deck performs. This includes their divination tactics, how they live their lives, what their everyday routine is, and so on.
HAND TASKS
This section is for all the different tasks that the Hands of this specific Deck performs. This includes what they need to build, manage, and have upkeep work done on, as well as their specific training and nursery skills.
PIP + CHIP TRAINING
When in training, Pale pips and chips are taught to find themselves through going through the scariest burrows in the territory in the dark and finding their own ways out. The ability to find their way even when they can't see anything and they don't know the right way to go is the way they learn to handle themselves. They can't panic, so they have to remain calm and find their way. No matter what, they have to find their way.
SKILLSETS
This section is for the specific skillsets of this Deck, what they excel at and what they need to know to succeed within the Deck, as well as how they perform their lives to others outside of the Deck.
FIGHTING STYLES
This section is an explanation of how the cats of this Deck fight, and what you're likely to expect when going against them in battle, or just what they're trained to attack like.
RELIGION
RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS
This section explains how the Deck behaves religiously, and what sorts of rituals or prayers and shit they do. As well as just how strongly they believe in their religion of choice, and what exactly it is.
THE PALE SPADE
This is an explanation of the major Deity of the Deck, and how they act about it, and how the Deity seems to act with the cats of the Deck themselves.
The ???
The ??? is one of the Pale's closest Calamity Gods.
Of ???
Of ??? is one of the Pale's closest Serenity Gods.
The ???
The ??? is one of the Pale's closest Calamity Gods.
Of ???
Of ??? is one of the Pale's closest Serenity Gods.
TABOOS
This section is for any taboos that the Deck has, and anything they perceive as taboo in comparison to the other Decks.
GOOD LUCK
This section is for anything that the Deck sees as good luck.
SACRED
This section is for any sort of sacred objects or things that the Deck has, and anything they perceive as somehow holy in comparison to the other Decks.
BAD LUCK
This section is for anything that the Deck sees as bad luck.
CULTURE
TRADITIONS
This entire section is for any specific traditions that the Deck might have, such as their way of doing creative things, anything they'll do when a pip graduates, and so on. Basically anything that's not already explained in the lower sections of this category on the page.
BIRTHS
Different members of the Pale, regardless of relation to the parents of the kittens, will typically bring gifts of herbs, stones, and flowers to those having the kittens. Since the Deck favors flower names, they'll try to spark on some new ideas for the kittens' names. The
RELATIONSHIPS
This section is for any sort of relationships that a cat might have, such as family, friends, or a mate, and how they might handle each of them, including those from other Decks.
DEATHS
The Pale cares for the dead by taking the blood of a piece of prey and creating art for the deceased on the walls of one of the Darkened Tombs, then preparing a tail-length deep, and arm-length wide gravesite by the Tree of Death. They take the body then and place it peacefully and comfortably into the grave, and set a Starsfall flower on top of their neck. They then cover the body with the dirt they dug up and place a painted stone on top of where the head would be, with a flower of the burier's choice. When the flower is wilted, it's said that their spirit has successfully moved on.
WEDDINGS
This section is for how the Deck celebrates two cats deciding to marry, and how divorces work as well.
HOLIDAYS + CELEBRATIONS
This section is for any specific holidays or celebrations that the Deck has that aren't explained anywhere else in this category of the page.
DECK MEETINGS
This section goes over how Deck meetings are performed by the Faces, or what things might cause a meeting to be called for the entire Deck.
RANK CEREMONIES
This Deck goes over any sort of rank ceremonies, such as Joker, Mirror, Suit, and Face ceremonies.
The Pale's Face ceremonies are done on the Half Moon of the month, at the same time as the Messaging is set to occur. The Face-to-be must pick a Luminehrus flower and go to the Echoed Tomb. They'll climb down the spiraling ridge of the cavernous hole in the ground, descending into the dark inside the earth, and are not to come back up until the Luminehrus flower has lost its light and wilted--which should be about half a day after being plucked from the earth. No one knows what happens down below, and the Faces are forbidden from talking about their experiences. If the Face-to-be doesn't come out by the next afternoon, a new Face-to-be will be chosen to go into the Echoed Tomb--and the cycle repeats.
OTHER
FOR FUN
This is a section for what a Deck might do for fun in their free time.
CRIMES
This section is for anything a Deck might consider to be a crime that the rest of the Decks don't, or something that they would criminalize or exile for if a cat within the Deck committed.
PREJUDICES
This section is for any sorts of prejudices and biases that a Deck might have, whether it be about specific animals, flowers, another Deck, or so on.
PALE DECK CODE
This section will go over the rules that this Deck has in place, in addition to the existing general code that the entire Decks follow.
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