Ashanti

[ uh-sh-AH-n-t-ee ] African origin, this regal name means “undefeated, divine and peace”

Age: Nine Years

Gender: Female / Lioness

Pride: Manyeleti

Rank: Queen

Desired Rank: Achieved

Appearance:

stock (c) to landkeks-stock on DA

This Queen is a larger size, with her strong build adding on some additional weight, which ends up coming to about 370 pounds, standing 3.5 ft at the shoulder and being 4.9 ft long. She is quite strong, which helped her overtake the previous Queen. Onto her fur, it is considerably short and coarse in texture, though on her longer tufts it does soften up, especially on the little fluf at the end of her tail.

Ashanti’s eyes are more noticeable than others, they are orange but take on a brighter version of the color. They stand out against her pelt and are more stunning up close.

The color of her fur is Tawny, though it takes on more of a golden hue, the color also lightens up near her paws, though stays consistent throughout the rest of her. Under her jaw and around her lower muzzle is a white patch, she has no other markings or cub spots. Ashanti does have a few scars through her fur, they are small and generally unnoticeable except for one larger scar. This one is over her right shoulder, she was clawed there during a fight earlier in her life, which resulted in the scar, it’s quite visible and no fur had grown over it.

Personality:

This lioness seems like she was born to have the role of Queen, and she sure as hell acts like it, but her older-I'm assuming she is the younger sister-sister had taken on the role instead. It had left her furious but Ashanti had kept it hidden, making sure to show some support here or some affection towards her there, but the title should have been hers, and this lioness was not about to sit back and let her sister take it. She had finally bid her time long enough and started to make a plan to stage a rebellion, whispering ill-mannered comments about Rasheda behind her back, and string rumors about what "was actually happening behind the scenes". She persuaded and convinced and manipulated both the lions, and lionesses in her pride to join her, and to take back the pride from that wretched Queen who had planned to away so much from them. It wasn't long before she had convinced most that she would be a better fit, fair and unbiased, and then she struck. Ashanti came out the clear winner, and most of the pride was hers, only three lionesses had left the pride with the former queen and she considered it a big win. Now she could rebuild the pride the way she wanted it.

Ashanti is a regal and dignified lioness, head held high and proud because she is proud, proud of herself for pulling this stunt off and doing it herself. Of course, that would seem selfish, but that's what she is. This lioness has an involved, satisfied, and kind exterior, and she hides it well. She has basically been practicing hiding that side of her ever since she knew her sister would become queen, with her fake smiles appearing realistic, and especially that "look of respect" she has when near the view of her lion and lionesses. Because of the "they did it, they were able to take back their Pride and I couldn't have done it without them" attitude she puts up. If the pride had found out she had never truly felt that way, she doubts there would have been this much support for her taking control. Though even if that happened, her ambition was too great to let that setback get in her way.

Ashanti is not as merciful as her sister may have been, if you step out of line there will be consequences. Which she argues is important if they are to establish a strong pride, capable of great things if they are smart enough to follow the rules the higher ranks have given them. She will rule by fear if that's what's necessary but would prefer not to for the time being since she is still playing the good guy in this scenario. The rules she has set up for the pride are similar to her sisters, but a little more strict, she believes her sister was a lax ruler and if the pride wants to strengthen themselves they shouldn't have grown so soft.

This lioness is quite intelligent, an example of this is the fabulous stunt she was able to pull off called "taking the pride for herself". Ashanti coordinated this alone, so she must have had the brain capacity to come up with something like that. She is also smart enough to keep her love life separate from her politics. With the new ranks she has appointed, Ashanti makes sure the lions she choices to have a powerful position are also separated from those she may have a softer spot for. This is done on purpose so that if she needs to make large decisions her head is clear and her thinking is not muddled.

Yes, this lioness is also capable of love, which seems strange considering some of the information you have learned about her, but she is in fact capable. Ashanti will have her favored male or mate that she chooses to have cubs with, and those cubs are the creatures she loves the most. They will always have her full support, protection, and affection. The male she has them with will also share a part of this, though depending on how much she trusts him or thinks of him will determine how much he gets. When raising her cubs she makes sure to teach each of them to respect the higher ranks and expects them to stay in line more and more as they age. She has high expectations for her cubs and expects the pride to treat them with respect, if they refuse then you can expect to see a mother's rath come at you with full force. Now if you inflict physical pain upon them, well, I guess your luck has finally run out, run for the hills while you still can. As for her other family, her sister is clearly despised, though Rasheda's offspring is a different story. Her niece is one lioness she holds true respect for. Since she had stayed in the pride under her rule when her mother was forced out, and would even treat her like her own cub. (This is what has appeared to happen though I am unsure if Majaji chose to stay)

If war was ever declared on her pride, this lioness doesn't plan to go down without a fight. You will have to kill her to get Rasheda back as Queen. If Ashanti did end up surrendering and going rouge, that wouldn't mean you saw the last of her, oh no, she will return stronger than ever with reinforcements to personally take you down. She is not one to give up, so unless you want this relentless lioness trailing your pride you better get rid of her.

Crush: One handsome man from this pride ^^

Mate: None

Kin: Rasheda(sister) & Majaji (niece) & Zaria (niece)

Offspring: Open to having a son or daughter from a previous litter.

Other: :)