Name Meaning: Hope
Nicknames: None
Sex: Female
Father: Scar
Mother: Nala
Siblings: Mishindi (Champion)
Aunts: None
Uncles: Mufasa, Mheetu
Grandparents: Mufasa, Sarabi, and Sarafina
Mate(s): None
Cub(s): None
Current Pride: The Pridelands
History: Before Itanya was born, Scar was looking for a female lioness who was willing to mate with him. He had eyes for Nala, but she didn't love him back at all, wanting nothing to do with him. But Scar was the king, and forced Nala into some kind of deal, which made Nala angry at Scar's little trick. But Scar was clever that way, and Nala eventually had two cubs, one male and one female, who she named Itanya and Mishindi. Scar had chosen the name for Mishindi, for he claimed Mishindi was going to be the heir, thus making him Scar's "property".
Itanya was upset that Scar didn't pay attention to her. She was his daughter, and Mishindi looked nothing like Scar at all. Nala was rather fond of Itanya, but refused to tell anyone that she loved her daughter, for Itanya was 50% Scar too, making every cub and lioness rather wary of her. As Mishindi grew, Itanya overheard a couple male lion's like Chumvi planning to overthrow Scar, but Scar over heard their plans from Mishindi. He quickly exiled all the males, making every female in the Pridelands greive for the loss of their mates or friends. Itanya knew she had to do something, but she was only a cub. What could she do?
As Itanya became a young teen, more and more lioness grew weak without food, and there wasn't enough males to support the females. Not to mention there was none except Scar. If the one of the lioness had a male cub with Scar, the male cub would be out when they started growing their mane. Mishindi was growing more and more powerful every day, and was ordering and beating the lioness around who were being "lazy". Mishindi pushed Itanya even harder because she was his sister, there fore making Itanya weak from hunger and being pushed too hard by her brother. Nala did nothing, refusing to even acknowledge Itanya, for she was also Scar's daughter.
When Itanya fully developed, she was a lot smaller then the average height. Lioness couldn't believe she was the great and powerful Scar's daughter, because all they saw was a small, weak little lioness who wasn't the average height. Scar also noticed this, and began to grow frustration at her, because all lioness were suppose to fear his cubs! But he made sure the tides turned, and like he did Nala, tricked Itanya into making sure that she got full glory, and obey Scar. When Mishindi saw that Scar began favoring Itanya, he tried to find ways to kill Itanya, but there was none because she was always by Scar's side.
Itanya's heart began to grow cold to the lioness who all treated her as nothing, and made sure that every lion that had used to tease her when she was younger get extra work in hunting and getting whatever Scar needed or desired. Now Itanya was even more unpopular, and this pleased Scar greatly, for he was training a female lioness to become a brutal monster who showed no mercy to the lioness that had given her no mercy. And this hardened Itanya's heart even more.
As the days went by, Scar released Mishindi from training, and sent him into exile. Now Mishindi resented Itanya, and he made sure he would have his revenge someday. But Scar's reign came to an end when Simba came back, and Itanya was driven out of the Pridelands for good, along with some other lioness.
After the Pridelands began to heal, a lioness named Zira began to plot with her outlanders. She promised them that they would have revenge on Simba, and not let him ruin what her beloved Scar had planned for the Pridelands. She stole a male lion named Kovu from the grasp of Chumvi and Kula, but before that, she found a weakened cub that was a cub of Scar who was sent to the Outlands to die. Itanya did not recall that Scar had any other children, but perhaps he had.
When Itanya was straying close to the Outland border, she found a cub lying there, and she called her Vitani. Vitani was very ambitous, and was good at winning play fights where ever she went. Itanya began to see Nala in Vitani, and at once assumed Vitani was the cub of Nala. Itanya held nothing at Vitani, but at her mother instead, for she had just abandoned her cub near the Outland border.
Mishindi was in the Outlands too, plotting with the other lioness, but plotting Itanya's death too. When they were alone, Mishindi attacked, but Itanya threw him off a cliff, and Mishindi died a horrible death of drowning.
When Kovu, Nuka and Vitani were fully grown, Zira put her plan in action, and sent Kovu to spy on Simba. But when Zira found out that Kovu wouldn't kill Simba, she made sure he would never come back to the Outlands, and Zira's hatred toward Kovu hardened when he did not save Nuka. When war came and Zira died, Itanya was one of the few that stayed in the outlands, and joined with rouges to start the third war in the Pridelands. And Itanya made sure that she wouldn't fail.
Credits:
Head Shot (c) Me
Body Shot (c) Me
Design (c) Malta (Thank you so much!)
NOTE: This character is for a RP that GothPrincessKiara has setup. Her father and mother are not Scar and Nala in the RP, since Goth's character is already Nala and Simba's child.
What to look for when rendering:
Itanya has light paws in the front, but the same color as her main fur in the back. Her adult colors are darker then her cub colors.
