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Name: Janja
Meaning: Rogue, extremely clever (Swahili)

Obtained: Breeding
Colorist: Meepfur

Father: Kijibwa
Mother: Siku
Siblings: Jedi and Ekevu.

Extended Family: Miamba (grandmother), Balamwezi (grandfather). Maziwa and Kiwimbi (aunts). Kizamaji, Varuna, Mafuriko, Merik and Kialio (uncles). Wahabu and Kilango (cousins). Antigone (neice).

Mate: none
Offspring: Nasibu and Kileji.

Pride: none
Rank: Rogue

Personality: Janja is a cub who feels the need to learn about everything around her. She has an innate will to learn and cleverness that makes up for initial lack of intelligence. She recognizes the need to stop and think, finding it to be only common sense. It is not beyond her to speak her mind and correct others if she believes they are wrong. She enjoys being treated well and getting her way, and isn't particularly graceful about not getting those things.

History: The eldest daughter of Kijibwa and Siku, Janja was born in the jungle. She has two younger sisters, Jedi and Ekevu. They all currently live in the jungle, though there are plans to move on again.

Growth:

Name: Cheshi
Meaning: funny (Swahili)

Obtained: Custom
Colorist: Dustfeather

Father: Unknown
Mother: Lulumizi (Fictional, deceased)
Siblings: none

Mate: Sungura
Offspring: none

Down: none
Rank: Rogue

Personality: In one word, Cheshi is afraid. She is afraid of loud noises, she is afraid of big animals, she's afraid of the wind sometimes.. she is afraid of the world. She is the shy type who would live by herself in hiding away from the big scary world if she could, and does spend a bit of time trying to do just that. Her trust is not given out easily, but once she knows and trusts another she'd have no trouble clinging to them.

History: Cheshi was born in the rogue lands just outside the Pridelands. She was the only child in her litter, and that her mother ever had. Her life started out a very happy one, and even when she was warned about how her fur might make her easier to spot she didn't worry so much about it. One day, her and her mother were attacked by a prey-bird while out and about. Cheshi's mother managed to save her daughter but got attacked herself, all within view of the bunny. Needless to say, this is when Cheshi found herself alone and terrified.

Growth:

Name: Memetuka
Meaning: Sparkle (Swahili)

Obtained: Long Term Bribe, Custom.
Colorist: Dustfeather

Father: Mdaawa
Mother: ???
Siblings: none
Half-siblings by Father: Sarabi

Extended Family: Prideland Royalty below Sarabi (Neices, nephews).

Mate: Abedari (Fictional, Past), none (Present).
Offspring: Shiri

Pride: Pridelands
Rank: Huntress

Personality: Memetuka is passive and somewhat shy and anxious around strangers. Feeling she has done enough wrong in her lifetime, she hopes to spend the rest of it trying to make up for it by doing whatever she can to help and please others.

History: Memetuka was born a Pridelander, a daughter of Mdaawa and half-sister to Sarabi. She was a happy and somewhat naive youth while she remained with the Pride, always enjoying herself and not worrying about any consequences or potential dangers. She was new to adolescence when she met a rogue, Abedari, in the Pridelands and became infatuated with him. It wasn't long before she decided to leave her home to become a rogue and be with her love. The falling out of their happy little life started when Meme found herself pregnant, and from there her panic is what tore them apart. The adolescent felt shame and guilt for having cubs at such a young age, and with a rogue. When the single cub was born she became afraid of the new responsibilities that came with it. In a truly selfish act, she abandoned the cub and her mate, leaving behind only a name for her daughter: Shiri.

Afraid to face her family again, the lioness remained a rogue and lived by herself. She could never draw herself too far from the Pridelands, mainly staying hidden somewhere within it's borders. The only ones who knew who Memetuka was were Mufasa and Sarabi, and she was believed to be living in rogue lands with her lover.

Name: Tetemeko
Meaning: Earthquake (Swahili)

Obtained: Gift from Tisiphone, breeding.
Colorist: Meepfur

Father: Kubwa
Mother: Boma'burudi (estranged)
Siblings: Two sisters (died shortly after birth)
Half-siblings by Father: none
Half-siblings by Mother: One brother (deceased)

Extended Family: Aadil (Grandmother), Mvumo (Grandfather), Kipanya (Uncle), Shani and ??? (Aunts).

Mate: none
Offspring: none

Pride: Pridelands
Rank: Youth

Personality: Tetemeko is a typical cub, he enjoys playing and having fun in whatever way he can. He often likes causing trouble for his father, though it is always harmless. Thanks to the unsteady start to life he had, he tends to be rather clingy when it comes to his family- tired of moving around and not knowing who everyone is, he just wants a stable family. He also has a bit of a temper, though it is currently quite childish.

History: Meko was born the youngest in a litter of three to the Goddess of Earth's Womb, Boma'burudi, but shortly following birth his two littermates died and left his mother in a worse panic than she already was about having mortal cubs. Boma'burudi took her son to a trusted friend, another goddess who was living as a mortal in the Pridelands, Mtima'safi, to make sure that he found his way to his father. Mtima'safi took the cub to a pride nanny she knew, Tai, to take care of him until his father could be found and could come and get his son. The cub stayed in Tai's care for several weeks, gaining the name Tete and having a grand time with Tai's cubs and other cubs that came and went from her care. When Kubwa finally came to get his son, he reluctantly left and earned the rest of his name from his father. Since then, he lives happily in the Pridelands but always likes to go visit Tai whenever he can.

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Growth:

Name: Tafasuri
Meaning: After Tafari, Sawia'na'mifu and Uri. Altered form of Tabasuri, foresight (Swahili).

Obtained: Breeding
Colorist: Dustfeather

Father: Hasidi
Mother: Chuakari
Siblings: Mhuni, Najisi and Nakupenda.

Extended Family: Tisha (Grandmother), Tafari (Uncle) and Nephthys (Aunt).

Mate: none
Offspring: none, Tafasuri is infertile.

Pride: Kusini'mwezi
Rank: Youth

Personality: Tafasuri is the eldest cub of lion Hasidi and cheetah Chuakari, and this he takes to heart. He is a typical big brother: he is bold, caring and just a bit anxious to the point of being rather protective. Taf is especially protective of his youngest sibling and only sister, Nakupenda.

History: Tafasuri was born in the Kusini'mwezi lands to a lion and a cheetah, the oldest of his siblings.

Growth: