#naanda

tlk family tree (my version)

"Sit still for her!!", Dwala annoyingly scolded at Diku. Their parents had left them again, she overheard them ordering Sarabi, their sister but also their apparent second mother, to feed them all and make sure they're all cleaned up before going to bed. Right now she was trying to bathe Diku, their parents favorite of the litter. They demanded she make her look more masculine and show off the little bit of mane she had. Dwala was doing her best to help, trying to just make her sit still for Sarabi. They all knew the drill by now, even though Diku was as argumentative as always. I guess she can't blame her though, none of them were treated fairly, including Diku. It's just another day in paradise.

This pic was meant to be for mother's day and my way to introduce Sarabi's sisters into my verse. Sarabi is the biggest one in the middle, and her sisters, from left to right are Naanda, Dwala and Diku.

Naanda: She is the mother of Tama and these two boys that i have yet to name. She is cocky and usually praised by her beauty. She is the oldest of the triplets. She sadly passes away during the famine caused by Scar's reign.

Dwala: She is Simba's aunt from the story An Unusual Choir and mother of Mtoto and Kitoto (the baby cousins in the story). Very cheerful and a prankster, she is the middle one from the triplets. She is one of the Pridelanders that stayed/survived the famine and then helps Simba fight Scar's hyenas.

Sarabi: The eldest of the sisters (she is part of a different litter). Bethrothed to Prince Mufasa, she takes very serious her future role. That doesnt mean she doesn't want to have fun tho. She can be very mischevious and bold, but sometimes need to play judge between her sisters.

Another old OC from my other fantasy story idea Fires of the North. Naanda was originally one of the three main characters. However there's a different part to this story with different characters that has become a story of it's own... and I don't know what Fires of the North will focus on in the end. XD It's complicated. Not depicted here is the fact that Naanda is always accompanied by a large brown bear called Winifred. 

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TLK: Sarabi’s Sisters [Redesign]

I noticed it had been exactly a year (and one day oops) since I’ve drawn Sarabi’s Sisters and I thought I’d update their designs/bios a bit. This time, Diku and Dwala’s personalities have been swapped after reading about whatever little information they had in their bios in the TLK Wiki.

Naanda’s bio is the same as the last one, the second-born child who envies Sarabi and is kinda mad at Prince Mufasa for choosing her older sister over her good looks. She is self-admiring and concerned over her looks like say maybe Zuri, but she’s not totally ignorant like she is (not riffing on Zuri, in fact I think she’s pretty funny), and in fact is there for Sarabi whenever she’s upset.

After reading about how Dwala was meant to be portrayed as more of the childish one in the Wiki, I made her the more innocent one instead. She’s not foolish, just optimistic and easygoing. She’s still the third-born child and the mother of the baby cubs in An Unusual Choir.

Last of the three main characters of 'the Fires of the North' redesign. And her loyal companoin, of course.

Sorry about the bear, this is pretty much the first time I've drawn a bear seriously so yeah she looks awkward. -.-

TLK: Sarabi’s Sisters

As some may know, Sarabi was originally gonna have three sisters in the original version of The Lion King. One of which, named Naanda, was originally going to be Nala’s mother (but of course that would’ve ended up as incest, which is a big no-no for Disney)

Now the bios I have for these three are just headcanons, so nothing here’s official. However, I was kinda inspired by other artists’/fandom members’ headcanons for them.

From left to right, we have Naanda, Diku, and Dwala.