Posted

Apr 25th 2008

:iconanyk:
Name: Tiassale (means 'It is forgotten')
Symbol: MMUSUYIDEE (good fortune)
Sex: Male
Rank: Hunter / Protector / Scout
Mate: Xylia
Cubs: Adopted Sanura and Guedado
Unique Traits:
-He's mute because of scarring of his vocal tissue. (no roaring, talking, purring, etc.)
-He has no mane.
-He's blind in left eye due to severe scarring.
-About a fourth of the way down his tail all of the flesh and fur is gone, except for a small tuft on the tip.
-His tail still moves on its own, w/o help from muscles. ( HAUNTED TAIL. )
-He's got two purple marks under his right eye. They only appear in the prescence of royalty. (Like if he was standing next to Aurora) This is a sign of royalty from his old tribe.
-He is extraordinarily tolerant.
-He thinks Xylia is hawt.
-He can vaporize threats with his mind. O.o But he can't control it, so he doesn't ever try to do it. Though sometimes, when the threat is great, it just sort of happens.
-That's all so far... *is a unique trait addict*

Story:
He was royalty, like Simba, ya know? (That's what the two markings under his left eye stand for.)He was 'the prince' or something like that. Well, he got older, and older, but his mane wouldn't grow. Now, in his tribe, the mane makes the lion. The bigger the mane, the better. Even the females grew those little mohawks that adolescent males get. (traits of the tribe) But he couldn't grow one. Because of this, the tribe declared him a disgrace, banished him, and changed his name to Tiassale because they believed it would help them forget. So, now that that's out, we can safely assume that somewhere along the line he was attacked (by hyenas), and that's where he got the scars that made him half-blind and mute. The End.

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Name: Guedado (he who is unwanted)
Symbol: Umm... the shiny thing on his arm. The hyenas put it there.
Sex: Male
Rank: Messanger / Look - out
Mate: He's a cub. No mating. Mating is BAD.
Cubs: He's still a cub.
Unique Traits:
-His symbol came from the hyenas.
-He can read minds.
-His eyes are opposites. (white pupil, black iris)
-He's REALLY annoying. Except to Tiassale, who is the most tolerant creature on the planet. (he has to be to stand Guedado's presence for more than three seconds)
-Oh, and he's blue. I thought that was pretty unique.

Story Time!
One word. Poachers. The poachers came and they were all, "We're gonna get us some lions." And the lions were like, "No way! I'm outta here!" And the poachers were like, "DIE LIONS DIE!" And they did. Except Guedado, who was so young, he hadn't opened his eyes yet. His mom covered him with her body before she was shot. At night, hyenas came to scavenge on what the poachers left behind and discovered Guedado. They took him in and gave him his clan symbol, but he was such a troublemaker that they kicked him out. So did every other pride that took him in. It is suspected that his ability to read minds scared them because he couldn't tell the difference between what was said and what was thought. He became an excellent theif and sneak, because that was the only way he could get food. (he was too small to hunt) He believed he would always be a loner and tried to get those he met to believe that as well. He succeeded every time, except when he met Tiassale. Try as he might, he couldn't make Tiassale mad. He never knew that Tiassale was mute until he followed him back to the Misfit Pride and discovered that no one else could hear him. So he stayed with the pride and is often seen riding on Tiassale's back translating for him.

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:iconcatolf:
Name: Xylia
Symbol: KuntenKanten (arrogance-pride) Humility and Modesty.
Sex: Female
Rank: Bishop / Spy / Hunter / Recruiter
Mate: Tiassale
Cubs: Adopted Sanura and Guedado
Unique Traits:
Her fur coat is comprised of Green for her hair and the inside of the used to be 'white' of her eye. Then four green stripes on both her forlegs and on her back legs she has two green bands on each back leg. Light blue for her underbelly and toes, around her mouth and the inside of her ear's and under her eye. The top half of both ears are black and there is a black tear spot under each eye before the blue, (lines basicly) and her Symbol the Kuntenkanten is black and lays on her back from her shoulder blades to the base of her tail. (i made it big, though you still can't see all of it unless your looking at her back or from a view above her.) She has pink paw pads (kind of normal i guess) She has a single tail the splits into two almost at the end with green tufts, she has actual white horns and shoulder horns while down her back there is a line of spines/spikes/horns from the back of her neck to the base of her tail. Then two more spines on each elbo on the two front legs. She has what is almost like white bands from the elbo to her the middle of her toes on both front legs and on the backlegs it is from her knee to the middle of her toes. (all four legs has it.) She has a dark brown nose and dark brown patch above her eye and normal tan fur on the rest of her body, so on the head, torso to the tail and parts of the legs.
Reference: http://www.deviantart.com/view/31145782/

Backstory for Xylia:
ylia was the product of an accident that spurred a long line of experimentation. Xylia’s mother was raised in a lab along the edge of Botswana on the outskirts of Muan in a small secret underground building. She and many other lionesses were being used to tests the effects of a chemical agent only known as ‘2117X2’ It had many dire effects and most died because of it. And just like the ones that fell before her Xylia’s mother suffered the same fate but not before giving birth to the strange young cub was dubbed the name Xylia in her mothers dying breath…
Xylia lived what she thought was a normal life, leading with experimentation and a dark damp cell to sleep in. Xylia wasn’t the only cub to be born this freakishly, more than thirteen others were born like her, and just like the others, their mothers died giving birth to their precious cubs.
As Xylia and the other cubs grew so did the lab to house more Lionesses to be bred and give birth to more strange cubs all of different size and colors. This illegal activity of transporting Lion prides to this location started to become noticed and things became more hectic for Xylia and the others. It didn’t bother her. One night an old Lioness sat with Xylia and told her, “there is something better out there, a life of freedom, a life of family and the hunt.” For many a night Xylia was captured by this wise one’s words bring the other cubs to listen in on these tales of freedom to run and play. It seemed too good to be true but Xylia wanted to see this life, with her own eyes.
Weeks, then months passed, Xylia grew into a teenager but like the other cub’s she was large for her age. She watched Lions come and go but she always had the old one to run too. The other lions refused to speak to her and the other cubs, all but the old one. She was Xylia’s make shift mother; she was the mother to those who didn’t have one.
One night when Xylia woke she couldn’t find the old one; she was gone, just like the other lions that came in. Xylia and the other cubs cried calling over and over for the old ones return, she never came back. Finally after days of crying, Xylia had nothing left, she couldn’t cry anymore, she looked to her ‘brothers and sisters’ and stood to take charge, if they didn’t have the old one to look after then, she would…
Xylia became like a mother to the cubs old and young, she felt there was nothing else to do but be like a mother that they needed, though inside she desperately wanted someone to take care of her…
Late one afternoon things went into chaos, a government raid! The lab was set ablaze and things were turned upside down for Xylia and her adoptive family. Cages were broken and lions set free but it didn’t take long before they were shot before finding freedom. Xylia took charge in the mess leading her family out of the lab and toward the sun. Gun’s blazed like the burning sun cries of agony ringing out into the unforgiving sky. By the time Xylia made it out there was only five cubs left of thirty she had started with. Her heart ached but all she could do was try and save the ones she had left.
Day and night they ran hunters on their heels ready to take them out of a world that didn’t want them. When Xylia finally arrived on the African savanna she only had three cubs left who had scorn in their eyes. “Why could you save the others!” one cried.
“You are the oldest you should have saved them!” Said another, but this just continued with the two angry cubs, one cub stayed silent then stood and walked away, the others did so too each going it’s separate way, leaving Xylia alone.
Days and weeks went by and Xylia wondered the savanna until she stumbled upon the bodies of the three who had left her, the lay dead, flies circling their heads. Xylia died inside that day. All her effort had went in vain. The hunters convinced they got them all left and now Xylia knew now that she was truly alone.
Ever sense that day Xylia has walked alone searching for something to call her own, somewhere to say was home while inside she wished that she had died with them. Xylia became distant and her once happy face wore a scowl doing what she needed to do to survive. Taking on every challenge, fighting every fight just to prove that she was strong, she just wanted to prove it to herself. Years passed and Xylia still walks aimlessly across the savanna hunting and living alone until she stumbled upon a pride who actually reminded her of the cubs she took care of all those years ago…
She was welcomed in…

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:iconchilani:
Name: Nkechi "Loyal" Hye
Symbol: "that which does not burn"
Sex: Female
Rank: Knight / Hunter / Nurturer
Mate: Deceased
Cubs: Deceased
Unique Traits:
1 - Symbol between her eyes
2 - Dark Brown Dorsal stripe from forehead to tail base
3 - Four blue tattoos under both eyes
4 - Fur becomes fluffy on chest / under belly

Nkechi's Story:
Nkechi's life started out a success. Her pride lived in harmony with the neighbouring tribe of humans - they were not a tame pride, but lion and man just kept to themselves and respected each other's boundaries. In a tradition that had gone on for generations, as each new lion cub was born, the humans would capture it (for as short a time as possible) and mark it with tattoos so they could tell it apart from other wild lions in the future and keep it from being killed by them accidentally. This is where Nkechi got her tattoos from. So Nkechi grew up to become a fine lioness with a talent for hunting. Soon she became the head lioness in her pride. But disaster struck when poachers began to take an interest in the land where Nkechi and her pride lived. In the chaos that followed, most of the pride -along with her mate and cubs- were killed, and the rest fled. Nkechi found herself wandering with two other survivors -a lioness named Raziya and her cub- on foreign territories. However, the other prides would not accept three, strangely marked lions into their midst, especially because Raziya's cub was male, and would have been a threat. But she Nkechi refused to let herself be conquered and die on the plains. The two lionesses hunted to keep themselves alive, and eventually found a place that would accept them...

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Name: Raziya
Symbol:
Sex: Female
Rank: Hunter / Nurturer
Mate:
Cubs: Duka
Unique Traits:

Raziya's Story:

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Name: Duka
Symbol:
Sex: Male
Rank: Cub
Mate:
Cubs: None
Unique Traits:

Duka's Story:

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Name: Saada
Symbol:
Sex:
Rank: Hunter / Spy
Mate:
Cubs:
Unique Traits:

Saada's Story:

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:iconshaunny:
Name: Tegene "Protector" Akoko
Symbol: Protectiveness, loving discipline, mercy.
Sex: Male
Rank: Healer / Breeding
Mate: Ramla
Cubs: N/A
Unique Traits:
1 - Completely white fur, with twilight coloured eyes.
2 - Stubby, shaggy tail.
3 - Shiny silver stands of fur just above all four paws, appearing like metal cuffs.
4 - Has the gift/curse to be able to feel others' pain, both physical and emotional, which enables him to help heal other lions.

Tegene's Story:
From the moment he was born, everyone knew Tegene was different, even himself. Growing up as a cub, he tended to seclude himself from the others, because they were often injuring themselves, causing him to feel their pain. He constantly had to deal with the lioness' despair when one of their own did not make it back home for some reason unknown, to the point where it almost drove him to insanity. He made a promise to himself to leave the pride as soon as he was sure he was old enough. Unfortunately for him, he never got a chance to leave of his own accord. He was driven off by his own pride - they blamed him and his oddities for the drought, and for the lack of prey. He wandered alone for about a week until he came upon the misfit pride, and instantly settled in

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:iconknight-owl:
Name: Ramla "Prophet or Fortune Teller" Owuo
Symbol: "The ladder of death; a symbol of mortality"
Sex: Female
Rank: Seer / Hunter / Spy / Nurturer
Mate: Tegene
Cubs: N/A
Unique Traits:
1 - Blue inner ears with white spot on muzzle
2 - Symbol on front left leg
3 - Dappling on flanks and shoulders
4 - Fluffy almost mane-like fur around neck
5 - Long tail adorned with braids and various metallic objects
6 - Metal cuff on right wrist
7 - Markings around right eye
8 - Has visions of death

Ramla's Story:
Ramla was born into a normal pride, happy and healty with her family. Ever since she was a small cub, she was always comforted by metal objects. She'd go out to play with her siblings and come home with some metal object unexplicably tied into her tail. She was always a little strange, instead of learning to hunt she would instead play with the bones of the last kill that was made as if she saw something in them that no one else did. As she grew older, she became more distanced from her pride. They began to believe that she was a prophet, a gift sent from god. She did indeed have a gift, but it sure wasn't what they all expected. Ramla is plagued with visions of death. She knows how you will die, form the moment she meets you, but she doesn't know when. The lions of her pride thought she brought on death and considered her a bad omen. They chased her off, and she lived on her own for years, as an outcast and a scavenger. Until she was found by Aurora who brought her into her own pride of misfits. Ramla is still cautious and distant, but is now extremily loyal to everyone in the pride who has won her trust.

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:iconshtagvulf:
Name: Tsadilas
Symbol: Scarred, yet loyal heart
Sex: Male
Rank: Storyteller / Cub Watcher
Mate: None, but looking
Cubs: None
Reference Picture: http://www.deviantart.com/view/32827000/
Unique Traits:
- Multiple scars all over body
- Red shoulder tatoo
- Beads and feathers braided into mane on both sides of face
- Beads braided into tail tuft
- Blue fur, dark blue mane

Tsadilas's Story: Tsadilas was born on the same day as his blind brother, Rekishi. From the very start he was protective of Rekishi, and he continued to be protective, even after Rekishi became much bigger than he did. He feels that breaking his loyalty to his brother would be a worse fate than even death, and so he would rather live cold, hungry, and abandoned than without Rekishi. Multiple times he and his brother tried to gain entry into other prides, only to be turned away. Tsadilas is always looking out for Rekishi, and will always be. Tsadilas was the one who agreed to let Miradawne come with them, since she seemed immediately taken with Rekishi's huge appearance and heavy grace. They wandered for a long time, until finally they found other lions who would allow them in..

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Name: Rekishi
Symbol: Perseverance
Sex: Male
Rank: Nurturer / Guard / Hunter
Mate: None, looking
Cubs: None
Reference Picture: http://www.deviantart.com/view/32826492/
Unique Traits:
- Completely blind
- Long, red mane
- Feathers and beads sewn into his mane
- Blue shoulder tatoo
- Red 'goatee'
- Very large lion
- Has sort of an ESP, able to sense others' feelings.

Rekishi's Story: Rekishi was born completely blind on the same day as his brother, Tsadilas. Rekishi is very stubborn and will, most of the time, refuse to give in when he's set upon something. Rekishi was always very sensitive to others' feelings, call it a sort of ESP if you will, so one day when he felt a horrible fear in his mother he fled with Tsadilas. They were just adolescents at the time. Tsadilas stayed beside Rekishi, promising to never leave him. Other prides did not accept them. Who would want a blind lion around? Tsadilas protected Rekishi, despite his small size. Rekishi often attempted to fight -- which never turned out well. One day while traveling through a windy field they found Miradawne, abandoned, no more than a few months old. Tsadilas and Rekishi took her in, and she became like a little sister to them. They wandered for a long time, until finally they found other lions who would allow them in...

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Name: Miradawne
Symbol: Eternal Compassion
Sex: Female
Rank: Cub
Mate: N/A
Cubs: N/A
Reference Picture: http://www.deviantart.com/view/32827392/
Unique Traits:
- Two tails, both tipped in bright green
- Three azure paws, one black paw
- Feathers beaded in at back of ears
- Beaded shell necklace; the shell is filled with pebbles so it will rattle.
- Beauty mark underneath left eye
- Double-layered brown eyes
- Green marking on left shoulder

Miradawne's Story:
Miradawne does not remember what happened to her father or mother, or her pride. All she remembers his Tsadilas and Rekishi. They are basically her older brothers, and she would have it no other way. She is incredibly compassionate and is very attached to Rekishi. In fact, she herself salvaged the rattling seashell necklace so that at all times, the blind Rekishi could hear where she was. Finding a new pride was never easy for Tsadilas and Rekishi, and became even harder with the two-tailed Miradawne along with them. They wandered for a long time, until finally they found other lions who would allow them in...

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:icondarkdyami:
Name: Akin
Symbol:
Sex: Male
Rank: Cub
Mate: N/A
Cubs: N/A
Unique Traits:

Akin's Story:

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:iconzoingishly:
Name: Jumvi
Symbol: "of a kind"
Sex: Male
Age: Adolescent
Mark: West Mark - Hidden Kingdom
Rank: Protection / look-out
Mate: N/A
Cubs: N/A
Reference Sheet: http://www.deviantart.com/view/34592842/
Unique Traits:
1 - Odd Icey blue tint to lighter markings
2 - Abnormally thin
3 - Doesn't have hind claws
4 - Mane flows upward
5 - Large tassel
6 - Forelegs more muscular than hind

Niveus Pateo's Story: Born and raised in the plains, Niveus Pateo grew healthy and strong. His mother, Venustas (Wenustas), was one of many lea in his fathers pride. His father, Amo Odio (Ammo O-d-o), was a kind leader to his pride, but as the litter of a new spring came, new leo became a liability. Amo Odio didn't want to loose his reign over his pride that he had ruled over for so many years, knowing the cubs of the spring couldn't manage a pride if they could try. Those cubs where far to naive to know better, far to young. At the first year of their growth, they plotted and contempt for their leader grew. Niveus Pateo, however, didn't scheme with them. Even though he was to be the next ruler after his fathers death, he knew that he wasn't capable of taking care of an entire pride. It was a senseless, frivouless pursuit and he did his best to protect his father from the yearlings. Then next spring, the young leo felt that they need to make their mark upon the small society. In the night, they gathered and made one final cabalist design before attemping to take the kings life. Fortunaly, they had failed. Niveus Pateo and Amo Odio fought the group of four relentlessly despite their outnumbering, defeating them just as the sun tailed over the horizon. Amo Odio was injured, though, far beyond repair or saviour. Niveus Pateo and Venustas lay by his side until the sun set on Amo Odio's last day. After his mourning, Venustas began the rigerous training it took to help Niveus Pateo learn his role in the pride. Before he could even begin, leo cast from nearer lands came to take over Amo Odio's little pride and nothing they could do would stop them. Niveus Pateo was thrown from his home to roam, leaving behind the last link to his family and the last hope of Amo Odio. After that, he had lost his faith in his honor, the name his father had given him, and changed his name to Jumvi to begin a new life on his own, completely new with nothing besides fond memories to lead him to a better life somewhere wonderful.

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:iconm0si:
Name: Zinsa (Meaning Twin)
Symbol: OSRAM NE NSOROMMA ("the moon and the star")
Sex: Female
Reference Picture: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34640276/
Rank: Protection / Hunter
Mate: None.
Cubs: None.
Unique Traits:
1. Long muzzle.
2. Long teeth.
3. A faternal twin.
4. Quick, quiet footed, agile, and disciplined all in all an expert hunter.
5. A dark ashen gray, Zinsa and her brother are the only two of this hue in their old pride.

Zinsa’s History:
Her pride was known across the plains as “The Lions of Kanobik.” (Ka-no-bick). Kanobick, in her pride’s culture, means “The Stars”. Kanobick is also referred to as a pride in the heavens, and all of The Lions of Kanobik join this pride after they pass on from this world.
Zinsa was born during an eclipse along with her twin brother Kato. Many in her old pride say that the uniqueness of their pelt color was brought on because of the moon blocking out the hot African sun, and a gray shadow swept across Zinsa’s pride land. Zinsa’s pride was superstitions, but often with great reason. Being the eldest Zinsa always had a dominant attitude and never looked past any task. She was always wondering around past the limits that her mother set, and coaxing her brother to come along.
On one particular adventure, Zinsa and Kato followed the hunting party out to the wide, tall grassy plains. Zebra was on the menu for dinner that night, and carefully the female hunting group scoped out the biggest zebra that they knew they could take down. After the hunting group chose the unfortunate Zebra, it all happened so quickly. The careful stalking, the quick short chase, and the kill. It was Zinsa’s and Kato’s mother this time, Zinsa remembers how Kato had to hold her back because she was about to jump out of their hiding spot of congratulate her mother. She remembered the hunting group of females pulling away the meal that was dressed in stripes. She also remembered how she and Kato both waited behind the shrubs, because they didn’t want to get caught following too closely behind the huntresses. She recalled how soon hyenas came, intrigued by the smell of fresh kill, and how they slowly came over to the shrub that the twins where behind. She remembered the look that Kato shot her, and how she felt her stomach drop. If visited in her mind, she can see clearly the pair of pale yellow eyes staring at her from above the grass. Zinsa puffed up and pushed her brother behind her. She growled and she spat, but the hyena only let out that menacing laugh before knocking her aside with its paw. Zinsa tried to claw at the female, but it all too soon grabbed the easier target: Kato. Once the canine had her brother in its jowls, Zinsa screamed. Her mother dropped the caucus quickly and with the rest of the hunting party behind her ran back to their hunting grounds.
Zinsa was jumping for the hyena that had her brother, but an other hyena grabbed her. She claws and screamed, but only managed to lay a scrape on her attacker. A three-claw mark by the tip of the jaw. The small scrape was enough, for the ashen cub was dropped and she then lunched at her brother’s captor. She grabbed at the females feet and bit as hard as she could, but the female was determined and didn’t let go. The hyena just swiped her away, and the canine’s partner grabbed Zinsa in his teeth again, while the female hyena ran off with her brother. “Kato!” Zinsa screamed as she saw that pure look of terror on her struggling brothers face. “Ka-“ Her word was cut off, her mother had tackled the loan male. Zinsa tumbled from the jowls of the male, and attempted to get out and chase her slowly fading brother, but one of the other huntresses grabbed Zinsa by her scruff and pulled her away. Flaying Zinsa screamed and cried and reached out for her brother, but it was too late. He was gone.
Zinsa never forgave herself. Mother came back later that night and she didn’t say a word. She just looked at her mate and lowered her head. A look of pure sorrow covered her features, and her father roared in anger. He came up to Zinsa’s mother and growled low treats to the female hyena, but Zinsa’s mother said it was too late.
Even though they never blamed her, Zinsa could never stop thinking that it was her fault. If she wasn’t so stupid and didn’t go out. If only she was a better fighter. While everyone was mourning she was practicing hunting and fighting. Her mother became worried, but Zinsa’s father said that it was just her way to deal with what happened. So they let her continue.
Zinsa caught her first mouse the day Kato disappeared. She didn’t even eat meat yet, so she brought it back to her mother, who, of course, didn’t eat it. Sorrow had creped into her stomach and vacancy into her eyes. She thanked her daughter softly, but Zinsa just turned away. Eventually, the wounds healed, but it left a jagged scar in each of the pride members’ heart, and life could function once again. Zinsa wouldn’t go on her adventures anymore, but slowly began to talk with other cubs.
As Zinsa grew into a young teenager, she was allowed to go out on her first official hunting mission. In a cub’s first hunt, she had to lead all the females and tell them each of their jobs to aid in a successful hunt. Normally the first hunt isn’t successful, and the hunting party stays out for hours, but this time the pride was lucky. Zinsa was quick to assess the situation, and even chose a large pray to take down: A wildebeest. She told each female what to do, and they all listened obediently, and on Zinsa’s count attacked. The attack was complex, but it was successful. It took a while, but soon enough Zinsa had her mouth over the wildebeest windpipe, and dinner was served.
Her hunting party congratulated her with nuzzles and licks, and they cried out to Kanobik in joy. While the party pulled away the pray, Zinsa took a moment to soak up the glory and excitement of the hunt. Her moment was brief, for only a few minutes later she heard the sound of paw steps. Spinning around wildly she looked at the owner of the steps, and as soon as she did she lost her breath. There, right in front of her, was a male and a female hyena. The male wore a claw mark scar on his muzzle, and the female held one on her paw, Zinsa almost didn’t see it, but the hyena’s recognized her and started to laugh. “My my…” The female cooed as she came closer, “Zinsa isn’t it?…I remember you…do you remember me?” She flashed me the large scar upon her paw. “Can you believe our luck?” The female turned to look at her mate with a wicked smile, “I sure can’t.”
Zinsa unsheathed her claws and growled, “Oooohhh, Kitty getting angry!” The female cried out. With that Zinsa lunged at the female. Clawing at her and biting at her. The female screamed and the male tried to help his mate, but it was almost as if Zinsa didn’t notice. Then, out of nowhere, Zinsa was thrown clean from the female hyena. The hyenas bolted out of there, the female limping off slowly, the male only mildly helping her along.
“Zinsa!” A harsh whisper climbed into her ears.
“Mother?”
“How dare you?” Zinsa’s mother said, grabbing the female by her ear and jerking upwards. “Come now! “
“They killed Kato, Mother! They killed Kato!”
“And you want to sink to that level? You place shame upon us, Zinsa.” With that she looked to the sky, “Forgive my foolish daughter, Kanobik, she is still young and stupid!” Her mother hissed through clenched teeth as she shoved Zinsa along.
The incident was never spoken of, all thought Zinsa’s wounds where form the hunt. Slowly, though, Zinsa became more and more distant. Leaving the pride for longer and longer periods of time. Before one day she announced her leaving from the pride. And with that the Princess of Kanobik left.

Her Personality:

Zinsa is a strong and confident female. A disciplined female who will always do things for others
before she does anything for herself. Never one to start a fight, but she will finish one. Focused and never afraid to try something new. For the most part, calm and collected, but is often joyful. Her brother’s disappearance, and assumed death, does loom in the back of her mind, but she doesn’t take it let it rule her life. In fact, only her pride ever heard about it. Zinsa is a great secret keeper, and might often seemed standoffish when it comes to her life, but she is really just trying to hide her demons.

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:iconmascara-tipped-tears:
Name: Daren
Symbol: Akoben "War Born"
Sex: Male
Age: Adolescent
Mark: East Mark-Healing Winds
Rank: look-out / scout / messenger
Mate: None
Cubs: None
Unique Traits:
1 - Colour
2 - Designs
3 - Fur ontop of head perhaps


Daren was born into a pride that immediately rejected him, as did his birth parents. He was left alone, aimlessly wondering the area. He slowly began to grow hungry and came to the point of starvation. Thats when he met Adaj, an adult lion that had too be shunned from his birth pride. Adaj took Daren in and called him his own. He taught Daren the basics of hunting and some survival skills he would need to know to get by. When word got out about Adaj taking in Daren, things took a turn for the worse. Adaj was constantly being attacked for both his appearance and for taking in such an awkward 'thing'. In a rumble between Adaj and a mysterious lion, Adaj was severaly injured. Daren tried his hardest to get help, but who would want to converse with such a 'thing' as him. Adaj died that lonely night and was left for the scavengers. Daren ran off, insearch of a home and further revenge on whoever killed Adaj.

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:icontruevampiress:
NAME: Sethunya - Bloom/ Flower
SYMBOL: Sun - New day, New Beginning
SEX: Female
AGE: adult
MARK: East Mark-Healing Winds
RANK: Protection / nurturer
MATE: N/A
CUBS: Abrihet (not her own)
UNIQUE TRAITS:
Purple Coloring and markings,
ears always point down and tare in left ear,
curled under tail,
four scars on face,
one fang,
two gold colord toes on front paws,
necklace with tooth,
and feathers on tail
REFERENCE: http://www.deviantart.com/view/35596353/

Story:
Sethunya ran away from her pride befer being thrown out for here strange coloring and markings. shortly after Sethunya ran away they killed her mate and she had to fight to protect her son who lost his life anyway. The scares on her face, missing fange, and torn ear are from the fight to protect her young lion, now she wares a necklace with his tooth to remember him. Sethunya wanderd around for months only eating when she had to because of here losses. Her poor helth has left her thin. Even thow she looks timmed shes not affraid to jump into battle, but usualy only if it is somthing that means alot to her, because she is a little bit timmed. Sethunya offten feels shy and scared around new lions and lioness because of her experiences, but she is very maternal, loving and a good hunter. Sethunya found Abrihet wandering alone, dirty and starved, she instantly felt for the little cub and gave her a throw tong wash and killed some food for her and bagun looking after her sence then. Abrihet was the one to give Sethunya's life a purpes agin.

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NAME: Abrihet (meaning emminates light)
SYMBOL: Nsoromma (meaning Guardianship)
SEX: Female
AGE: Cub
MARK: East Mark-Healing winds
RANK: scout / look-out / protection
MATE: N/A
CUB: N/A
UNIQUE TRAITS: Pink markings,
Black eyes,
Bushy Tail,
Tall,
Two nubs on fore head,
Right front paw has one pink toe.
REFERENCE: http://www.deviantart.com/view/35618546/

Abrihet dosnt know much about her past, or maby she dose, but she wont talk about it, whenever asked she will eather ignore, or shrug. Abrihet is a fast learner, and serprisingly clam for her young age. She prefers to wach and listen, instead of jumping and climing. She learns from waching and listening to other lions, by waching there accomplishments or there mistakes. Abrihet can usualy be found sitting back away from a group. Abrihet was found by sethunya or maby she found her...
Eather way they found each other and despreatly needed each other. Abrihet is still very young but her pink colors and dark coat are alrady begging to fad into a maturety, she also has two nubs on her fore head that will become horns, but who knows what they will look like. Abrihet grows fast and is mature for her age and Sethunya waches her and anticipates how she will change.

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Name: True name Ennaira, though she never liked the name for it meant 'Dark Beauty"....so being that since she was smaller everyone calls her Anaran... and it remains that to this day..
Symbol: Aya \/ Defiance, Independence, Resourcefulness
Sex: !!! Female !!! ...She just's looks like a male because of her Mane..
Age: Adolescent turning to Adult
Mark: East Mark- Healing Winds
Rank: Healer / protection / hunter
Mate: None
Cubs: None as well
Unique Traits:

1 - She's a Female lioness with a thick Black Main... the main gives a Blue Shimmer
2 - Her odd Creamy orange coloring, with gray blue maw + underbelly.
3 - Under her eyes she has odd purple markings that streak down.
4 - Magic Ability Heal, and make things Grow
5 - She Switch's on and off from Lioness to Human... in human form she use to roams with the African Tribes.
6 - Anaran is oddly large for a female almost being slightly bigger than a male... though this does not make her fat! Other than her main from afar one would think she was a male rouge but when seen up close it is clear she is no male with her slender yet strong body.

Story: Even as a cub she was cursed with her male lion main, all the others of her litter where normal looking. All except her, being this the others of her pride just ignored her thought her to be some curse of her mother. They picked on and hated her as she grew older... always judging... there was not one animal who did not speak Anaran's name in kindness... all because of how she looked. And her odd magic ways that where blessed upon her... she wanted nothing of them so she never used them. Only to change to Human to Beast... as in Human she walked upon the African people as a Doctor... a Helper... but being as Human was not as she wish... not who she was... she was of Lion kin so that she remained at full times...
As she grew older she towered over other females... they where scared and amused of her.. but the picking never stopped. Even the males wanted nothing to do with her, and if they did come around her it was only to Harm her or try to kill her. It was then when she was older they rejected her totally, pushed her.. chased her out of the pride lands. For ever she walked, ran threw the plains being chased. It was so simple for her to turn and fight off the other lions... but as she was she only defended her self and did not aim to kill. In her heart she cold yet kind.... looking for a place, a heaven that would accept her for who she was.... but to her... this place would never exists... or would it?

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:iconAkaya-chan:
Name: Ayan (Bright)
Symbol: Odo Nyera Fie Kwan (love, devotion, and faithfulness.)
Sex: Male
Age: Adult
Mark: East Mark- Healing Winds
Rank: Scout / messenger / Protection
Mate: None
Cubs: None
Unique Traits:
1 - He wears a braclet that holds his symbol on his left paw
2 - On his tail he has a small bracer that is an add on to his bracelet.
3 - His eyes are a mixture of sky blue and soft pink, it is weird mix of color that even color's his bracers.
4 - Under his belly there is a symbol of Sesa Woruban (I will transform my life), put there from black humans when he was released into the wild.
5 - His eyes no matter how angry or sad, they always have kindness to them.
6 - He has a thing for gold/yellow and blue colors.
7 - His power live in protecting, for if he truly loves something all their body is protected from pain, while he takes it instead. (exp if Marilyn ever got scratches it would be on him, not her)

Ayan's Story: When he was just born, the lionesses went out to hunt for the day. Leaving only father to guard the little ones. The day was kind, for the sun was peering down. It was a wonderful day to play and have fun. They were a strange group of a pride. Pure white they were all. Their fur white while their fathers mane was the finest black. The cubs that surrounded him, was his sisters, who all picked on the only male cub there. Ayan. Though father was kind to him, teaching him how to play and use his claws to defend himself against his troublesome sisters. (which was like 7 to 1) But on that day his father was driven off. For hunters have come to capture a fine pelt of his father. His father quickly hid the cubs into diffrent position, his sisters first were to hide. Then while his father tried to hide him he was shot. He tumbled into a bush, dropping the young Ayan in front of him. His bright eyes now glazed over with death was the last Ayan saw of his father. He saw black men walk up to his father. His whole body stood stiff as they aproached them. "Grrr..." He growled his small teeth showing up in a snarl. He felt something grab his neck and he quickly went silent as the humans spoke to each other. He was then put into the weird sac. He tried to get out his claws scratching heavily against the weird material. It took him a few hours until he fell asleep. Once he woke up he found himself in front of a blue eyed girl. His eyes widened and he stumbled back only to find his neck tied against the ground. The girl smiled at him, her hand reaching out to touch him. He quickly lowered his head, flinching but the hand still touched him.

Rubbing his head gently reminding him of how it felt like to be groomed. His eyes opened and he saw the girls blue eyes in his gaze. "what's your name?" She asked the small white lion. He trembled slightly and spoke in a soft voice. "Ayan." The girl smiled at the name then introduced herself. "My name is Marilyn. Well, lets see if father will let me have you. Ayan..." The girl said. The rope around his neck was tranfered from the ground and to her hand. She looked away from him. Going off to talk to a larger human about something. The larger human seemed to roar of laughter then patted the young one's head. The girl went back to Ayan, then grabbed him from under his arms and brought him close to her. That of which they went home together. A few years past and now the young ayan was even bigger while marilyn was turning into a fine teenager. Conversation between them was weird, for the only human that could ever understand him was Marilyn. He has tried countless times with other's only to find them petting him or scurrying for their life. But conversation with marilyn was all that he needed. He would protect her and she would protect him, it was an intresting friendship that was more for Ayan then for marilyn.

He fell in love with her, which caused many problems. For he became over protective, not letting friends nearby nor other males. That was the beginning of his downfall. For her father raised a hand to her and Ayan attacked her father. Slicing the master's eye and causing the man to lose his hand. A few days later he was put into a cage and sent off to the local's area where lions were most bountiful. That was the last time he ever saw his beloved marilyn. Soon he found himself surrounded by brown skinned humans who quickly sent him off into the wild. Their brown eyes looked fearfully at him as he was pushed away from their viilage and sent towards the wilderness. Soon enough he was far out into the wild. His eyes wide with fear as he saw a large world unfamiliar to him. A grassy plain, golden with dryness, a scent of others burning his nose. What is going to happen to this human raised lion?

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:iconKoi-Saishuu:
Name: Masozi "Tears" Kamaria "Like the Moon"
Symbol: (Kwatake or Gyawu Atiko) "Bravery, fearlessness, and valor"
Sex: Female
Rank: cub later protection / hunter
Mate:
Cubs:
Unique Traits:
1 - Black bracelet from her last pack, made of a rare vine.
2 - Breathes a cold, mist-like substance (has special water abilities).
3 - She's unable to talk, but she speaks through body language and small noises.
4 - She can detect life from a ten mile radius. (extra keen senses)
5 - Her water-like ability allows her to transfer energy from one being to another.
6 - She has a great fighting ability (agility and strength wise)

Masozi's Story:

Cursed from birth, Masozi had been neglected, teased, and soon banished as a cub. She had often
been teased because of her silence and unique abilities. Masozi, almost of no hope, had replaced it
with anger. She had showed no signs of aggresion until one cold, winter day. With water on her side,
she was more headstrong than ever. It began with the normal ritual, teasing. The last bit of hope withered
away. Masozi was unable to retain, and all hell broke loose. Ending with an ear-shattering scream for help,
she had killed the newest division of cubs. All six males, even before the gaurdians of the pack (who were
a few, mere yards away) had saved them. Seeing this incident, she was banished. This further angered her,until
she came upon the Misfit Pride, where she was accepted.

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:iconSkippy232:

Name: Makombozi (meaning 'redemption')
Nickname: Mako
Symbol: Unknown, possibly hidden
Sex: Male
Age: Adult
Mark: East - The Healing Winds
Rank: ?
Mate: Iniko
Cubs: None
Unique Traits: His unusual colours and markings are passed on only to members of his pride. His pale markings on his back and face glow a soft white when there's an eclipse.

Personality: On the surface he is Quiet, reserved, stoic, secretive, well mannered, loyal and wise. Once you've gotten past his defences he's kind, quite friendly and protective of those he looks up to/considers a friend. He can be playful (though rarely).

Background: He was born in to the Umepatwa Pride (1 litter before Kosa). Each member of this pride is born with a dark base colour, ranging from any dark colour to black. When they reach maturity, each pride member gains different markings and colours. They hold initiations when each litter reaches maturity, and get given a proper name. If there is an eclipse on this day, it is considered good luck and those members of the pride initiated on this day are eventually high ranking members.

Story: Very little is known about Makombozi. He rarely tells anyone anything about himself, other than his sister Kosa. If it wern't for her, he'd probably not tell anyone anything.
He was born in to the pride a single cub, and thought to have been posessed by evil spirits at one point, due to his quiet and stoic behaviour. He grew up strong and out matching cubs a months older than him at times. At the time of his initiation in to the pride there was an eclipse. The alpha's and high ranking members of the pride saw this as a sign of greatness and of things to come. He was accepted well by all and was looked up to by others. He was named Makombozi by the elders who thought he had been redeemed.
What happened from this time on until he met his sister miles from the pride a few years later is not known. He will tell noone, and has not even told his sister. There is much about him that is kept in mystery.
Having travelled with his soster for some time, and having gotten to know her away from the pride he has grown protective of her, since it seems she can't keep herself out of trouble. He often feels he owes it to her for staying with him when he was unconscious and feeling guilty for how he treated her when they were part of the pride.