Name meaning: 'leader' in Swahili
Species: Panthera Leo
Sex: Male
Age: Adult (at beginning of reign)
Pride: Pridelands
Personality: Kiongozi is your typical every guy. He's kind, and funny, smart but not exactly a genius, but he has hidden leadership qualities. He hasn't much patience for other lions who are being annoying, and has a somewhat short temper. However, once he has dedicated himself to something, he will not give up.
Description: (see picture for colouring) Black outsider nose, average height/weight
History: Kiongozi never thought he'd amount to something special. He left his pride when he was an adolescent and met a young lioness, Malkia, from another pride, travelling with a group who had to leave due to lack of prey in the area. The two fell in love, and Malkia departed from her group so she and Kion could start a family somewhere. They found a pride-less land. There was something special about it, central to the lands was a rock. Inside was a large cave, and coming out of it was a point, where you could walk out and view everything. They were told by a local shaman baboon, Busara, that the lands had once been ruled by Kings and Queens, and that the winds had changed and the stars had spoken; the couple were destined to rule the lands.
Kion and Malkia both doubted Busara's words, but they knew this would be a great place to start a pride of their own. They gathered a few members to join, over came the obstacles of creating they're territory, and then the members of the Pride decided the pair should be come King and Queen of the lands. Busara's word became true and they fulfilled their destinies. Kiongozi came up with the name for the lands, the Pridelands after his pride, and Malkia decided to name the rock Pride Rock. So, from then on, the two ruled the lands, building rules and traditions; rebuilding the Circle of Life.
Position: King of the Pridelands
Crush/Mate: Malkia
Cubs: Mohatu and Laini
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