🌹 Dogoda 🌹

King Aniołeczek's first and longest surviving son, Dogoda was born from a high ranking member of the pride, a dwarf lioness named Rubena who proved to be a seeress and shrewd ambassador to outside prides. Despite this, Dogoda was labeled an illegitimate child to the king's royal seat, as Rubena came from outside the pride and had a lengthy family history of another royal line - something King Aniołeczek did not want to bother himself with if he made Dogoda his heir.

Despite this, Aniołeczek appeared to have a slight favoritism to his eldest, and took his cub everywhere once he was weened off his mother. Dogoda learned of harsh diplomacy, combat, and history of the young pride directly form the aging king and was emboldened and enamored by his (albeit biased) stories. Dogoda became quiet patriotic of his pride, and saw himself a royal son of the king despite it not so. He was confident Aniołeczek would name him his heir when the time came.

His relationship with King Aniołeczek's second son, a lion named Hiacynt, on the other hand, was very poor. Hiacynt was obviously incredibly envious of Dogoda's treatment and antagonized him constantly in public. In return, Dogoda would send Hiacynt constantly out on patrols and hunts in hopes labor would break down his spirits. The king was entertained with this, almost proud how Dogoda handled Hiacynt. He couldn't have done it better himself.