A Lion's Fealty

Finding Forgiveness

Usiku had fought a battle of impossible odds, trying to prepare Zephyrus. A lone male lion's odds of surviving the nomadic stage of his life were incredibly slim. Usiku himself wouldn't have survived if he hadn't met Mchana when he did.

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Making mistakes

Zephyrus would over time learn just how much power and responsibility came with his new found strength. For now, he barely understood any of it.

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Brother betrayed

Usiku and Mchana were always within roaring distance of one another. Always.

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Finding friends in the weirdest places

“Thankyou,” the bird cawed one last time. The slightly misspoken words sent a whole new wave of anguish through Zeph. It wasn’t just repeating one word. It was learning to speak.

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Facing the new dawn

From the very first day of crèche, Nzuri had had to struggle more than her sisters and brothers. Her physical ailment had required her, time and time again, to proof just how strong she was. That strength had not gone unnoticed by her sisters.

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On the hunt!

Despite his relative inactivity in the pride for the last moon phases, Zephyrus was in peak physical condition. In fact he was stronger and faster than he had any right to be.

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Listening to life

It was always there. He just had to listen for it. Before Mchana had explained the truth to him, Zeph had heard whispers, single voices, never quite reaching him. Once he had even heard that strange lion. But now that he knew what to listen for, Zephyrus could hear it all. The beautiful endless harmony of nature itself, speaking to him in all of his senses.

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Daughter pride From the moment they had joined the crèche, the young lionesses were taught to value their family bond over everything else. Now, they were truly becoming a pride of their own.

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Feathery friend Ravens were not all that common in the lands south of the great river. But they, too, migrated when famine promised carrion.

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Coalition leaders

Mchana and Usiku were brothers in everything but blood.

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Silent observer

From confrontation to confrontation, Zephyrus was having quite the night.

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Together

The older lioness' motivation for keeping Zephyrus around was very practical. Another male meant better chances at survival as a pride.

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Zephyrus' hardest lesson

It hadn't just been Zephyrus who had believed in a future, where he remained with the lionesses. His family. Perhaps it were Usiku and Mchana who were wrong.

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Zephyrus overwhelmed

Zephyrus' body had already begun adapting to the gathering Aota. It hadn't required him to be aware of it. Now that his mind had caught on however, the awareness of it all was overwhelming.

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Baridi

The familiarity Zephyrus felt towards Baridi went further than the fragments of the stranger's voice reaching Zeph in a time of need. They had actually met once...

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Happy Zephyrus

I haven't been able to fit this little drawing as an illustration anywhere. But it still made me smile, drawing something a little lighthearted, so I wanted to share it!

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