Three Divided Kingdoms
Mali originates from a world divided into three kingdoms; the foxes, the wolves, and the coyotes. On the outer ridges in no man's land lies interspecies groups. Hybrids can be found here and only here.
Kingdom of Elavantaz
Within the kingdom of the foxes, there are several towns outside of the castle walls and a few within. Outside towns are mostly common folk, farmers, merchants, artisans, and more. A single noble family is required to live within each town, however, the closer you get to the castle walls the more frequented by Nobles they become. Within the Walls, you will only find towns of Noble families and their servants aside from the markets in between. Closest to the Castle are the king and queen’s court, the highest members of rank live here. They surround the castle with elegant buildings and a flourishing market- heavily guarded.
Town of Ecadia
On the far reaches of Elavantaz a large farming town flourishes with abundant crops. There, the noble’s family is blessed with children from their servant, Ingrid, who are to be raised as nobles. Their adoptive parents, unable to have their own children, hired Ingrid to conceive with a man of her choosing and give up rights to the pups. The girls born from said pairing are stunningly beautiful. Word of the children vastly spreads throughout the countryside. The Nobles who raised them grew to see the girls as mere possessions; able to be used to increase their status. They were put on display during parties, and expected to behave with a high level of etiquette. Taught to behave in a manner most pleasing to their guests. With time the Noble family effectively moved closer and closer to the city. The charming daughters making way their path.
Town of Eloise
Resting along the tall walls that surround the Castle Towns is Eloise, a pillar of strength. Here the highest of outside nobles reside with Knights. By the time they are a year old the girl’s charm has brought their family to here where their beauty is sought out by many. Suitors are rapidly declined by the Noble parents’ strict standards. Over time they are treated more and more like possessions, forced into beautification treatments, and never doing work deemed damaging to their status. They are expected to study only in matters deemed acceptable of a high Noble woman, and gruelingly so.
A Jealous queen
Word of the sister’s beauty reaches inside the castle walls. Towns become lit with enthusiasm and rumors. They meet the Royal’s courts and spread within. Once upon the Queen’s ears herself she is fueled by envy. Fearful of losing her own status, and her king’s adoration, she seeks out the girls. She purchases them from their Noble family and sends them out to no man's land where she pays a Coywolf to “dispose of them as you see fit.”
Canyon Falls
Land of the banished. Gouged from the ground is an ominous black pit, surrounded by cascading falls. Bedtime stories speak of it being a portal to other dimensions. A tale of lovers jumping to their deaths known to all the Kingdoms. Folklore of another kingdom existing just beyond the darkness. The coywolf brings the girls here and commands them to jump, smiling, “Be free of your curse”.
A New World