Geez I've been productive the last 2,5 months. Sry for that. I'll section this Liondoodle dump in a few parts: BURNING BLOOD PRIDE 1. Wolfam, Zakia and Akili's son. 2. Zakia. Believe it or not, these are two separate drawings. 3. Chilling Asaya and sleepy Hazel. Gosh, those two are very hard to find pencil colors for. 4. Gorgen planning something mischievous. THE LION KING: 5. Mosi from a long forgotten AU role play, where Nala didn't return from her outbound journey. He is one of Scar's most trusted followers. 6. Started with a random sketch, finished looking like Mheetu, so it's my design for him now, I guess. Kinda generic and very common in the fandom, but I like it. BUSARA'S PRIDE: 7. The two heads and the lioness were concepts for a new character. I probably won't use any of it, as I have another idea in mind, lol. 8. Manesha! Busara's second kind with Damaja, here all grown up. That's the guy Damaja is carrying in his mouth on my last submission. 9. Jethro for @Ki-Re. Not part of the pride, tho xD Her Guardians are loosely tied to The Burning Blood's through Akili (Jethro's grandson) and his relationship with Zakia. 10. Völundr, an old OC of mine. I was thinking about adding him to this pride, but dropped the idea very quickly. 11. Kahawian! Birthday gift for a long-time friend of mine, @Ki-Re. I could give it to her in person, finally, after many years of not seeing each other. Unfortunately, it was on a longer trip and I had no scanner, thus a photo.

Damaja definitely didn't want their first meeting to go this way... He imagined Busara would present him to their offspring, explain why he hid himself all those months, why he led a solitary life while staying a shaman at their pride... But all his plans went to waste, when his curiosity made him follow his kids' pawprints - only to find them in a life-threatening situation and having to get his paws bloody dirty to get them out of trouble. Nyesha is very sceptical about this stranger, that has just showed up and saved their butts lives. Like, what was he doing there? Did someone send him? Maybe was he actually also a danger to her and her brother? She has to suspend her suspicions, when the black-maned giant asks her to leave Manesha with him in his dark, creepy den to fetch the rest of the pride. ___ So, Manesha and Nyesha first time meeting their dad! Nyesha is a teenager here, a few moons older than her brother. She only heard about her father from mom's tale, and she know her favourite uncle Nuru is his brother. Damaja is used to be an emo teenager, and he grew to be an edgy, unstable young adult. He definitely had a lot of issues - and he didn't want his cubs to meet him at his worst. That's why he waited with the introduction. And he hoped, that they will understand. (Spoiler: Nyesha needed some time, but he was Manesha's favourite from this day.) Oh, yes, I know Manie looks to big to be carried. My bad. Dama's poor teeth.

They are all facing the same direction, I know. Bummer.

1. Tali on a stroll, finding Tosa lurking at her from behind a tree. 2. 2x Damaja. He gets the blue and red feathers when he is 5-6 years old, the green ones are with him since he was an adolescent. 3. Manesha, Damaja and Busara's son. 4. A random juvenile lion. 5. Smiling Ruki! A rare sight. 6. Sarabi with her second son, Henear. (btw, I was thinking about his father... I'm not a big fan on The Lion Guard and don't really want to put it into my "canon", but Henear's sire was a member of the Night Pride. The Tree of Life heard rumors about the dire situation in the Pridelands and send one of their members to check that out. It's just a draft, I don't have the whole story yet, but I think he won Sarabi's heart and tried to get help from the Tree of Life, which cost him his life.) 7. Ruki getting headbutted by Barbora. <3

Woohoo, next lion heads!

Barbora (left) from the Burning Blood Pride, Nyota by tlkhymmli (bc he is a golden sunshine!) and Manesha - a redesigned old OC of mine, now the son to... Damaja and Busara!