Nyira
Fur: Sand-colored, sleek
Eyes: Amber, sharp and always watching
Age: 2 seasons (approx. 3 years)
Birth: Midway through the rainy season
Siblings: None
Scars: One across her shoulder she got it from a hyena, another along her left ear a fight against a rouge male lion.
Fear: Being trapped—by pride law, by love, by weakness
Personality: Sharp-tongued, wild, fiercely independent. Trust doesn’t come easy—but loyalty, once earned, is absolute.
Role: Rogue-turned-guest. Both outsider and challenge to tradition.
Notable Beliefs: Sisi ni sawa. Follower of Maan Leeu, Son Leeu, and Storm Leeu.
Fun fact: Once tired to pounce a crocodile….and instantly regretted it.

Zuribra
Fur: Rich golden, with a dark, thick mane
Eyes: Green, sharp and commanding
Age: 5 seasons (approx. 5 years)
Scars: None visible, but carries old tension in his shoulders
Siblings: Kova (estranged brother)
Role: King of the Eastern Pride
Beliefs: Raised by tradition, bound by duty. Doesn't follow the storm or moon lion.
Fear: choose love over tradition, I might lose the pride. But if he choose the pride…he might lose her
Personality: Noble, observant, but sometimes too proud. He wants peace—but fears betrayal. Torn between love and law.
Relationship to Nyira: Drawn to her wildness. Loves her—but pride law holds him back.
Fun fact: once thought that a honey badger was a easy target for a first time hunt…

Kova
Fur: Dark golden, richer than his brother’s
Eyes: Amber—deep, sharp, unsettling
Age: 5 seasons (approx. 5 years)
Siblings: Zuribra (older brother)
Scars: Unknown, but he carries a tension like old wounds never healed
Fear: Being forgotten—or worse, remembered as weak
Personality: Charismatic, obsessive, and patient in dangerous ways. Kova speaks in riddles and truths twisted into thorns. He believes fate bound Nyira to him—and he’ll break the world to make it true.
Relationship to Nyira: Claims her as his “queen,” watches her from the edges of night. His obsession runs deeper than affection—something more possessive.
Exile Status: No longer welcome in Zuribra’s pride, Kova leads a loose group of rogue males beyond the eastern ridge.
Fun Fact: Kova was the one to get both him and Zuribra into trouble. 

Hunter
Fur: Sun-brown, short and smooth
Eyes: Deep amber
Age: 3 seasons (approx. 3 years)
Birth: At the edge of the dry season
Siblings: Shadow, Nesrin, and Ender (Ender died as a cub, taken by a leopard)
Scar: Along her lower back near the tail, left by an eagle’s talon
Fear: Deep water and leopards
Personality: Proud, disciplined, and quick to judge. She lives by pride law and trusts only tradition. Fiercely protective of cubs, but sees rogues as unpredictable.
Relationship to Nyira: Suspicious. Believes rogues threaten pride balance.
Fun fact: Hunter got her name becoasue she hunted tail earlier on..her mother got tried fast.

Shadow
Fur: Dark brown, bordering on black when wet
Eyes: Pale gold, always narrowed in thought
Age: 3 seasons (approx. 3 years)
Siblings: Hunter, Nesrin, Ender
Cubs: Mother of two, including Kenna
Scars: Small one above the right eye from an old skirmish
Fear: Losing her cubs—or her place in the pride
Personality: Quiet strength. Shadow watches more than she speaks. Respected among the lionesses. Doesn’t forgive easily, but protects fiercely.
Relationship to Nyira: Wary, but willing to acknowledge strength. A shifting loyalty.

Fun fact: she love to splash water on hunter and then run away.

Asha
Fur: Pale tan, dappled with faint gold
Eyes: Soft brown
Age: 2.5 seasons (approx. 2½ years)
Birth: Just after the long rains
Siblings: None known
Fear: Being forgotten—left behind in the pride’s shadows
Personality: Gentle, often overlooked. Curious and empathetic. She watches more than she speaks, and is the first to wonder if Nyira might not be the threat the others believe.
Relationship to Nyira: Cautiously curious. Might be the first to shift her loyalty.
Fun Fact: Asha has a strange habit of humming to herself when grooming—especially after hunting failures.

Kenna
Fur: Bright orange-gold, stands out in any crowd
Eyes: Deep brown with flecks of fire
Age: 2.5 moons
Mother: Shadow
Siblings: Dawn
Fear: Getting stuck in the den while something exciting happens
Personality: Bold, bouncy, and wild at heart. She’s constantly testing boundaries, whether it’s with Nyira, bugs, or even Zuribra’s tail.
Relationship to Nyira: Curious attachment. She follows her like a shadow, even when she’s not supposed to.
Fun Fact: Once tried to pounce a rhinoceros beetle and got it stuck on her nose.

Mirembe
Fur: Light beige with a dusty undertone
Eyes: Dark amber, full of stories
Age: 6 seasons (approx. 6 years)
Cubs:
First litter: Nyx and Mustafa
Second litter: Shadow, Hunter, and Ender
Fear: Watching another cub die
Personality: A seasoned lioness, revered for her wisdom. She values strength but demands respect. She speaks rarely—but when she does, others listen.
Relationship to Nyira: Initially cold, but recognizes Nyira’s resilience. She sees Viella in her.
Fun Fact: Mirembe once fought off a pack of wild dogs alone while heavily pregnant

Dawn
Fur: Pale gold, like morning light
Eyes: Faint grey-blue, still shifting with age
Age: 2.5 moons
Mother: Shadow
Siblings: Kenna
Fear: Being separated from her sister
Personality: Quiet, thoughtful, and highly observant. Where Kenna charges ahead, Dawn watches the sky. She’s soft-pawed and dreamlike, but notices everything.
Relationship to Nyira: Wary but fascinated. Often hides behind her sister but listens when Nyira speaks.
Fun Fact: Dawn once curled up in Nyira’s tail while she slept—Nyira didn’t notice for hours.

Nyx
Fur: Dark sandy-brown with streaks of black along the spine
Eyes: Pale gold
Age: 4 seasons (approx. 4 years)
Mother: Mirembe
Siblings: Mustafa (littermate), Shadow, Hunter, Ender (half-siblings)
Fear: Failing in front of the pride
Personality: Stern, bold, and focused. She follows pride tradition closely but isn’t as unforgiving as Shadow. Seen as a future lead huntress.
Relationship to Nyira: Strained. Respects her strength, but unsure how to accept her.
Fun Fact: Nyx is obsessed with timing her kills. She once tried to race her sister on a double ambush and counted her own seconds aloud.

Siku
Fur: Rich cinnamon-brown
Eyes: Sharp amber
Age: 2 seasons (approx. 2 years)
Birthplace: Born near the watering cliffs
Fear: Heights (he keeps this secret)
Personality: Charismatic, confident, and a little too proud. Siku loves to challenge others—verbally or with a swipe of the paw. Always chasing attention, but not without skill.
Relationship to Nyira: Often flirts with mockery. He’s not sure if he envies her… or admires her.
Fun Fact: Siku once tried to climb a baobab to impress a lioness. He didn’t make it past the first branch.

Kisu
Fur: Pale, almost cream—unusual for the pride
Eyes: Hazel-green
Age: 1.5 seasons (just over a year)
Birthplace: Unknown (taken in as a cub)
Fear: Being left behind again
Personality: Quiet, quick-thinking, and surprisingly fast. Often overlooked, but notices everything. Very few know how sharp Kisu’s mind is.
Relationship to Nyira: Quiet loyalty. Feels safest around her—even though he pretends otherwise.
Fun Fact: Kisu can mimic nearly any bird call in the savanna.

Jasmin
Fur: Pale honey, almost golden in sunlight
Eyes: Hazel with a green ring
Age: 2 seasons (approx. 2 years)
Birth: Mid-season bloom, after the rains
Fear: Being forgotten or replaced
Personality: Soft-spoken but not weak. Jasmin often follows stronger lionesses, but she has a calm, healing presence. Known for smoothing tensions—when others let her.
Relationship to Nyira: Wary but hopeful. She sees Nyira as both danger and potential.
Fun Fact: Jasmin loves watching insects and often shares interesting facts with the cubs—especially about beetles.

Vega
Fur: Deep gold with a reddish back and chest
Eyes: Bronze, narrow and intense
Age: 3 seasons (approx. 3 years)
Fear: Wasting her strength on a fight that isn’t hers
Personality: Blunt and bold. Vega isn’t cruel, but she values strength and results. She rarely speaks unless she’s confident she’s right. She trusts tradition, but her loyalty must be earned.
Relationship to Nyira: Respects her skill in battle, distrusts her defiance.
Fun Fact: Vega once headbutted a hyena so hard it flipped over a log.

Twilight
Fur: Dusky grey with soft striping only visible in certain light
Eyes: Pale violet-grey
Age: 4 seasons (approx. 4 years)
Fear: Fire
Personality: Mysterious and quiet, with a reputation for appearing where she shouldn’t be. Rumors say she talks to the stars, and she always seems to know more than she says.
Relationship to Nyira: Almost friendly. She watches more than judges. The two share a strange, respectful silence.
Fun Fact: Twilight sleeps in the oddest places—under roots, on rocks, even up a low tree once.