Neema is an average lioness, standing at 3.3 feet and weighing 280 lbs. Like the other lionesses of higher status, Neema is past her prime and deteriorating. Her face and body remain young in terms of appearance, but Neema could tell one otherwise. Her joints grow stiffer with each passing day, her left shoulder has begun to bother her, and she sometimes walks with a limp. However, that does not stop her from pulling her weight in the pride.

She is still full of wisdom and grace, but it isn't like it used to be. She has shrunk, lost weight, and has begun to enjoy several naps throughout the day. While she still has muscle, like everything else, it has deteriorated. She may not be powerful in body, but her mind is still there, and it makes up for what she lacks in physical strength.

Her coat remains a dark tan colour, almost orange. However, some parts have greyed. Her muzzle has silvered, as has her chest. Neema still appears young in terms of her coat. It remains healthy and typical, but it has begun to gray even more as time passes.

Her eyes remain a bright yellow.

She is very bold, stubborn, and opinionated. She is the old woman who isn't afraid to call somebody out for their wrongdoings. Bully somebody? Neema will insert herself in the middle and pound you on the head. Disrespect another? Neema will offer a slap across the face. In truth, Neema is getting older, and that has caused her to be more reckless. She has a new mindset where she is able to do whatever she wants because she's going to die soon anyway, so what does it matter?

However, despite her aching bones, Neema refuses help from everybody. Ask if she needs to lean on you for support and she will downright chase you out of the pride (granted, she may be slow, but it will happen). She is angry, annoyed all the time, and mostly rude to anybody that speaks to her unless it's a higher-up. Then, she grows nicer. She respects them, especially the Queen. After all, she has helped her when in need, and she has done so for years. Despite knowing she's old, she refuses to be seen as an old bat who is absolutely useless, so often, Neema tends to overwork herself to prove that she could still help the pride, though she always regrets it the next day when her legs begin to cramp from being strained.

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A powerful male, Kasim stands at 4.3 feet tall and weighs around 530 lbs. He has several muscles spanning around his body and walks with pride and strength. He has an intimidating body, and he would be more so if his face weren't always filled with happiness and charm. His pelt is a darker colour, almost brown in certain areas, but it is his mane that is most impressive. Long, thick, poofy, and ranging in colour, this feature is one of Kasim's most prideful features. It is what adds to his powerful body, making him appear stronger, more muscular, and taller than he actually is. As a bonus, his mane is hardly ever matted or appears filthy. Even his ears are covered up by his monstrosity of a mane.

His mane's sudden switch in colouration is yet another impressive feature. His first dark golden colour does not fade into the second browner but switches abruptly. This darker brown is the majority of his mane, taking up more than half of the colour and ending at the middle of his underbelly. His tail tip is the same colouration of the dark brown seen on his mane. There is additionally a single streak of dark brown in the middle of his mane at the very top of his head.

His nose is a dark liver in colouration, and his eyes are a golden brown.

Kasim is never one to grow angry or go against somebody in a fight unless absolutely necessary, such as if the pride is in danger. He is more peaceful in that sense. He doesn't crave blood or power. Kasim simply goes with the flow. He has a natural kindness to him that makes him very approachable. His intimidating looks are nothing compared to his open aura. He would help somebody in an instance if they need a favour, and hardly ever gets offended or angered if one is rude to him. Granted, he doesn't like to be disrespected, so he is the type to address someone if they act ill towards him, but it would never result in an arguement. Kasim sees himself as better in that manner, for if an argument proceeds, he knows when to walk away before that happens.

While he is goofy and charming, he also knows when to become serious. He knows when to put aside his personality and focus on his rank. There are times to be fun, and there are times to get to work, and Kasim knows when to be which side of his personality. He is very loyal to everybody and is also an open book. He isn't afraid to talk about his feelings or give advice to others. He is rather more intelligent than one may think, always inserting his own opinions (out of respect, of course). Kasim is the type to be found playing and entertaining cubs. He would do anything for the pride and anybody he befriends. The lionesses are tired? Hell, he'll go hunt for them for a change. Somebody is hot? He'll go fan them with a leaf or stand near them to block the sun. Somebody is tired? He'll carry them. Kasim is very devoted to everything he does.

Kali is a large cub, her legs being the sole purpose of her height. She is tall, taking after her mother and father in terms of stature and physique. When she is older, she will stand at around 3'9 or 3'10 estimation, similar to her mother. Kali is lean and has a flexible body, and her pelt is that of a lighter hue at the moment due to still being young. However, when she ages, her pelt will become slightly darker.

One thing that strikes out Kali from others is that her face is darker than the rest of her body. Her fur is light right now, but her face? Much darker in terms of colour, but she'll grow out of it. When she is older, she will have several muscles, but her greatest attribute will be her long legs, making her ideal for running at swift speeds.

Kali's eyes are a deep olive colour, and her claws are a pitch black. Her nose is also of a darker colouration. Not quite black, but not quite pink. It ranges more on the brown side of the spectrum.

When she is older, her scent will become something like petrichor, which is the earthy smell when rain falls onto soil, and her voice will be very deep and much more intimidating than it is currently.

Kali can never sit still.

To make her sit for more than a few minutes is torture for the poor cub. She is always itching to move, to explore, to run. The only time she would ever sit still is when she's listening to somebody talk. Then, her entire attention is fixated on them. She is confident as well, and sometimes bold, but even she knows respect at this age. She won't step out of line and understands danger, but it somehow always finds Kali. The cub finds herself distracted easily that she fails to notice her surroundings. She can be staring at a bug and not hear or see a predator stalking her because she is so consumed in that small bug. Kali is good at blocking things out, which isn't necessarily good.

She adores her parents, and enjoys spending time with them as well. She enjoys her father's presence and often basks in it, and when she needs advice, she usually goes to her mother. Indeed, the cub is very open and friendly, but that's only when she's receiving kindness and respect back. Somebody picking on those she cares about obviously doesn't sit right with her, but Kali being Kali, will try and talk things out. However, if things don't work out, even a cub like her shifts into a fit of annoyance and anger. Those she cares about mean the world to her. She can't let anybody hurt them. To allow that would be rude and disappinting on her part.

She is also a loudmouth, always questioning everybody's opinions to see their views out of curiosity. When she is older, Kali will grow to be more calm and composed, and she won't become distracted as easily. She will also develop a stricter complex, and learn to not take anything from anyone.

In a similar fashion, the lioness is loyal and selfless. She would give up her life to defend the pride without a second thought, would put herself in harms way if it meant protecting another member of her pride, or someone she cared about. Once you have her loyalty, it is practically unwavering, and she is someone who would stand beside you through thick and thin, someone who would answer to your every beck and call, do everything to please you. Once you have her loyalty, you have her as an entire creature, likely for the rest of your life. Even if you mess up, she would do her best to understand that, to see past it. You have to really mess up for her to even consider switching loyalties.

Kleio is a being, like many lionesses, of a protective nature. She is perhaps bolder than most, more daring, more ferocious and commanding, but every lion and lioness has an underlying protectiveness, whether they realize it or not. They would all protect what they think is theirs, and her protective trait is just, perhaps, a little more pronounced than others. It works well alongside the passionate, loud, fiery side of her. The side that comes out when it needs to from the, otherwise quieter and observant, lioness. The loud part of her could be considered brutish at times, shoving her opinion and words down your throat if you just aren't getting it. If she needs to force you to co-operate with her orders, she's not afraid of doing so. She tries to never give an order that she doesn't believe in, that she wouldn't follow if she was given it by a higher-up.

Having a quieter side doesn't take away from her boldness, though. She offers her opinion and thoughts often, often without it being asked of her. Her input is given freely, her words spewing forth. But quantity doesn't take away from their quality, and she's still someone worth listening to. If you ask a specific question, you could get valuable wisdom, or you could get rambling about some other topic for a few minutes. It's a gamble, but a worthwhile one to some people. Similarly, she is brave. She knows that bravery is not the absence of fear, but continuing to do something if you are afraid. She does her best to push past fear, to continue to do what she needs to do, no matter how much it hurts her.

Vilma can be loud. She speaks up if something bothers her, if she thinks this or that aren't being taken care of, if she thinks that something needs to be done better. Truly a trait that she got from her mother, if something is bothering her, the lioness is going to speak up and she's not going to be shy about doing that. If something bothers those close to her, she's going to speak up on their behalf, even if she's paid it no thought. If ignored, Vilma simply gets louder until another physically can't ignore her any longer. She's stubborn in that manner, and many more, and simply won't give up.

She's stubborn in more ways, too. Once she's set her mind on something, it's difficult to deter her. Near impossible, if you will. Similarly, if she's decided to believe in someone, to trust in someone, to be loyal to someone, it's very difficult to make her see them in a different light. You have to know exactly how to say it to her, exactly how to show it to her, so that she'll go away and think it over again instead of following those she trusts. It's hard to get her trust, but once you have it, she trusts you with everything.

For those close to her, Vilma wants to be trustworthy, and she is. She would keep a secret locked away in her heart for eternity, would stand beside you in every confrontation, would be someone that was there for you when you needed her to be. If you needed someone to vent to, she's there, if you needed advice, she would do her damn best to give it to you, if you needed someone to go fight your battles for you, Vilma is damn well going to go to war for you.

She's protective and, at times, can have quite a short temper. She's protective of what's hers. Her cubs, her mate, her land, her pride, whatever is hers, whatever she has claimed, she'll defend it to her death, and try to defend it from even beyond the grave. If you try to hurt who or what is hers, try to separate her from them, she can grow irritated, aggressive even, and her being a lioness of a short temper isn't exactly out of character or unheard of, either.

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Appearance:


Nkosazana is a monstrous lioness, both in personality and in appearance. She is a physically large and fit lioness. Standing at 3' 7", the female isn't the largest in the pride, but her powerful build weighs close to 370 lbs, if not exactly. She has a stature of rippling muscle, perfectly designed for hunting, fighting, killing. To say the female is in peak physical condition would almost be an understatement, as she is in the middle of her prime. Despite her weight, though, the lioness might be heavy but she isn't hefty. If she weren't so tall she might be considered stocky, but her height gives her a more well balanced, well proportioned. Because her size, and her personality, Sazana could be a lioness who easily intimidates others, even some of the males.

Coat wise, she has a gleaming pelt of russet tan. Her coat is quite similar to the normal tawny color of other lionesses, however, it is slightly darker and has the slightest russet hue to it. Her underbelly is a softer cream color, the darker tan blending into it naturally so that she lightens along her belly and inside of her legs, as well as her neck and chin. Basically, she is your standard lioness, just a bit darker and red hued. She doesn't have as many scars along her coat as older lionesses do, but she has her fair share to prove she is an experienced lioness. None of them are noteworthy, other than the faded one on the bridge of her nose between her eyes. Her tail tip is a dark black color, while her nose is more of a pink color. Her eyes are a dark amber color, a deeper russet in color than what might be considered normal for lions. Her scent, though, is something interesting, being a combination of herbs, not floral, but more like refreshingly herby with a linger bite of spice. Honestly, spice is just the best word to describe her scent, however, it isn't over powering nor displeasing.

Other:
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