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Continuation of this and this !

This is a little old, and I didn’t have the time line worked out when I made it. Just pretend the floating cubs are some image of the future

Mbawa: Kion and Zuri’s only cub. When he was born, Mbawa had a leg facing the wrong direction. Everyone figured it would correct itself eventually. Can you guess what happned? Anyways, this doesn’t impact him too much, just a little slower when he’s running or walking. Kion and Zuri raised him the way they were raised, to value the pride first. This leads to little Mbawa only really having like, 3 friends who weren’t his parents. And even then, they were just Lion’s Guard members so Mbawa internalized that nobody really cared for him if nobody told them to care for him. (The guard did love him, but nobody went out of their way to play with him).

Mbawa never really found a mate. He just doesn’t want one now, or ever. Besides, any lion he isn’t related to always seems to look at him like he could fall down any minute.

When Mbawa was young, he would follow his parents on patrol and always act like a little part of the guard. When Kion was injured and had to go to the tree of life, his new injury prompted a lot of arguments between his parents. A young teenage (13 in human years) Mbawa had to comfort his mother a lot during the trip. When Zuri asked Mbawa to leave the group and strike it on their own, Mbawa refused and they never spoke of that night again.

At the news of little siblings, Mbawa couldn’t bring himself to care. He knew cubs were a good thing, and that little brothers and sisters were supposed to be amazing. But. There just wasn’t any connection. When the cubs were a little older, he figured they could at least be friends. Besides, there weren’t any other lions around.

Mzizi: The heir to the tree of life. She was always the strongest and fastest and what have you. Everything that she could excel at, she did. She couldn’t understand why her brother Kokoto wasn’t as good as her. Weren’t they from the same litter? She was raised to rule the tree (and more importantly, stay allied with the pridelands) so there wasn’t much she learned. As an adult, Mzizi never understood what to do when she had free time. Hunt? Everyone was already fed. Find a new way to make her kingdom even better? Not much to realistically improve. Except maybe her relationship with her brother…

Mzizi finds herself married to some younger brother of some desert land pride. As the younger brother to a princess, the cub was sent to the tree so his home pride would have an ally. But with Mzizi being the actual ruler and never having time to get to know him, her betrothed finds a different lion to enjoy company.

As the crown princess, most of her education was about ruling the tree equally. Well, according to her father sometimes… maybe… perhaps… lions were more equal than other animals? Her mother put an end to that quickly. Growing up, her parents always had to go on “emergency patrols” and when they came back they came back separate and in bad moods. It really shocked her when her mother announced that her father was no longer welcome at the tree of life. All of a sudden these lions she’d known all her life had left her! The guard, her brothers and her own father. After that Mzizi had limited contact with her family and focused more on ruling.

One day Mzizi was on her way to some important tiger ceremony when the sound of giggling cubs took her off course. Lion cubs? Near the mountains? When she went to go investigate she couldn’t believe her eyes. The family who’d betrayed her! Here! Alive and… with small cubs?

Kokoto: The little brother of Mzizi and always too slow, too weak and too quiet. It’s not that he could hold it against his sister. She was first in line, and that just meant she had to be perfect. Of course Mzizi was suffering behind closed dens. That’s how it has to be! According to stories anyway…

While his family couldn’t really find somebody to marry Kokoto to, since everyone wanted the second born daughter of the pridelands instead of her cousin from the big weird tree. While Mzizi got a mate, who Kokoto was sure they hated each other equally, that’s how betrothed royals are! According to his big bro Mbawa at least. While early in his teens, Kokoto finally gets to speak to this mysterious stranger from a hidden oasis. They hit it off and next thing Kokoto knows their relationship has spiraled into a full blown hidden romance. Meeting at night in secret, not telling anyone about them and pretending to not know each other in public. The perfect plan! If nobody catches them that is…

Ever since Kokoto could remember, his parents were fighting. All the time, every time. Only when Mzizi was around they had to go on “emergency patrols” but somehow through the bark of the tree his sister slept through the night as he heard their arguments across the way. From how to raise the cubs, to how Kion was going on too many patrols which evolved into Kion not going on enough patrols. It came as no surprise when his parents tried to rip each other apart after a trip from his father’s family. His father nearly used the roar on his mother. After all was said and done his father’s guard took up and left towards the mountains. Kokoto figured he would rather go with his father who actually asked him to come with rather than his mother who left without saying a word.

After watching the three cubs grow up and getting to know the guard and his brother better, Kokoto figured he had everything he needed. Some days he couldn’t remember why he had mixed feelings about Mzizi when they were cubs! Of course, that all came back when she found them.

The three cubs: Don’t worry about it~

Description
Continuation of this and this !

This is a little old, and I didn’t have the time line worked out when I made it. Just pretend the floating cubs are some image of the future

Mbawa: Kion and Zuri’s only cub. When he was born, Mbawa had a leg facing the wrong direction. Everyone figured it would correct itself eventually. Can you guess what happned? Anyways, this doesn’t impact him too much, just a little slower when he’s running or walking. Kion and Zuri raised him the way they were raised, to value the pride first. This leads to little Mbawa only really having like, 3 friends who weren’t his parents. And even then, they were just Lion’s Guard members so Mbawa internalized that nobody really cared for him if nobody told them to care for him. (The guard did love him, but nobody went out of their way to play with him).

Mbawa never really found a mate. He just doesn’t want one now, or ever. Besides, any lion he isn’t related to always seems to look at him like he could fall down any minute.

When Mbawa was young, he would follow his parents on patrol and always act like a little part of the guard. When Kion was injured and had to go to the tree of life, his new injury prompted a lot of arguments between his parents. A young teenage (13 in human years) Mbawa had to comfort his mother a lot during the trip. When Zuri asked Mbawa to leave the group and strike it on their own, Mbawa refused and they never spoke of that night again.

At the news of little siblings, Mbawa couldn’t bring himself to care. He knew cubs were a good thing, and that little brothers and sisters were supposed to be amazing. But. There just wasn’t any connection. When the cubs were a little older, he figured they could at least be friends. Besides, there weren’t any other lions around.

Mzizi: The heir to the tree of life. She was always the strongest and fastest and what have you. Everything that she could excel at, she did. She couldn’t understand why her brother Kokoto wasn’t as good as her. Weren’t they from the same litter? She was raised to rule the tree (and more importantly, stay allied with the pridelands) so there wasn’t much she learned. As an adult, Mzizi never understood what to do when she had free time. Hunt? Everyone was already fed. Find a new way to make her kingdom even better? Not much to realistically improve. Except maybe her relationship with her brother…

Mzizi finds herself married to some younger brother of some desert land pride. As the younger brother to a princess, the cub was sent to the tree so his home pride would have an ally. But with Mzizi being the actual ruler and never having time to get to know him, her betrothed finds a different lion to enjoy company.

As the crown princess, most of her education was about ruling the tree equally. Well, according to her father sometimes… maybe… perhaps… lions were more equal than other animals? Her mother put an end to that quickly. Growing up, her parents always had to go on “emergency patrols” and when they came back they came back separate and in bad moods. It really shocked her when her mother announced that her father was no longer welcome at the tree of life. All of a sudden these lions she’d known all her life had left her! The guard, her brothers and her own father. After that Mzizi had limited contact with her family and focused more on ruling.

One day Mzizi was on her way to some important tiger ceremony when the sound of giggling cubs took her off course. Lion cubs? Near the mountains? When she went to go investigate she couldn’t believe her eyes. The family who’d betrayed her! Here! Alive and… with small cubs?

Kokoto: The little brother of Mzizi and always too slow, too weak and too quiet. It’s not that he could hold it against his sister. She was first in line, and that just meant she had to be perfect. Of course Mzizi was suffering behind closed dens. That’s how it has to be! According to stories anyway…

While his family couldn’t really find somebody to marry Kokoto to, since everyone wanted the second born daughter of the pridelands instead of her cousin from the big weird tree. While Mzizi got a mate, who Kokoto was sure they hated each other equally, that’s how betrothed royals are! According to his big bro Mbawa at least. While early in his teens, Kokoto finally gets to speak to this mysterious stranger from a hidden oasis. They hit it off and next thing Kokoto knows their relationship has spiraled into a full blown hidden romance. Meeting at night in secret, not telling anyone about them and pretending to not know each other in public. The perfect plan! If nobody catches them that is…

Ever since Kokoto could remember, his parents were fighting. All the time, every time. Only when Mzizi was around they had to go on “emergency patrols” but somehow through the bark of the tree his sister slept through the night as he heard their arguments across the way. From how to raise the cubs, to how Kion was going on too many patrols which evolved into Kion not going on enough patrols. It came as no surprise when his parents tried to rip each other apart after a trip from his father’s family. His father nearly used the roar on his mother. After all was said and done his father’s guard took up and left towards the mountains. Kokoto figured he would rather go with his father who actually asked him to come with rather than his mother who left without saying a word.

After watching the three cubs grow up and getting to know the guard and his brother better, Kokoto figured he had everything he needed. Some days he couldn’t remember why he had mixed feelings about Mzizi when they were cubs! Of course, that all came back when she found them.

The three cubs: Don’t worry about it~