Angelic 𝓤𝓴𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓲

𝓤𝓴𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓲
Ukweli - Swahili "Truth"
What can I say? Ukweli is a groupie that I've grown extremely fond of. I started slapping RMA's on him and it startet with Saffron Facial Spottings. He was my sub for a loooong time and originally called "Bambi" because his RMAs gave me Fawn markings a lot. He is a natural dude and I like him.

For some reason Ukweli is a Random Rosette maker with G1 lionesses. I have no clue why.
My pride has lore because... it just pops into my head I guess and I write it down.

𝓤𝓴𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓲 - leader of a traveling band of lions and lionesses.
confident and charismatic he is known for his bold nature. Most prides are wary at seeing a bigger group of lions traverse territory, but Ukewlis direct and no-nonsense manner has gotten them out of quite a few unnecessary fights. They are not often welcome to stay but tolerated enough to pass through.

Unwilling to challenge his many brothers for the right to rule Ukweli left his mothers pride to find a new territory and become a ruler of his own. But by doing so he and his lionesses became nomads instead.

As his mothers pride was becoming too large to manage he was not entirely surprised that some lions where willing to follow his path. Some of his lionesses chose to stay all the way to find new pride lands for their future. Others chose to linger in the many exotic lands they traversed. Ukweli knows he is capable to hold his own and every now and then other traveling lions and lionesses follow along.


Ukweli once had a stange encounter with a broad golden lion that carried a fiery mane. After declaring him "evil" for having a battle scar on his cheek and eye the stranger attacked him with a booming roar.

After an embaressingly short fight Ukweli and his lionesses gave the young lion a sound beating and let him scamper off towards a giant rock formation within the lush landscape. Persumably to lick his wounds and whine about biting off a bigger chunk of mane than he could swallow.




Ruler - Mtawala
Healer - Mganga
Guards - Mlinzi

𝓤𝓴𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓲
Ukweli was born shortly after Oisin became offical King-Consort to Queen Astara. He was the second son of their union but the first born under the royal law. By law of the pride he was crown-prince of the Plains Pride before his many half brothers. For Astara has been anything but idle to secure alliances and borders she already had 8 sons that survived to adulthood that are not recognized by offical pride law but royal by blood and their birthright of the pride their fathers originated.

As Ukweli became a young adult he quickly came to realize that most of the lions far and wide are his cousins, aunties, great aunts, great great cousins and so forth. Many of his brothers and sisters were living in the allied prides and had already cubs of their own or became rulers of small wandering groups of lions so much so the royal looks became intermingled with their own. In his youth this seemed like a paradise to Ukweli. But as he started to realize that his mother meant him to become King he began to see his half brothers and sisters as rivaling groups bargaining for resources and mates. The unease in the back of his mane began to grow as 3 of his older brothers were crowned king in neighboring prides. Only his mothers old love - king Prana refused to take any more "Starlight" lions into his pride after he and his mate banished Ukwelis halfbrother Bata-Maji and had him disappear.

Unable to take over the throne without having to battle at least 3-5 of his brothers Ukweli challenged his mother to find a solution to this. Astara with a heavy heart told her son about the old laws that had any big and successful pride chase away all males of age or have them fight for their right of the pride. Now Ukweli war far from a weakling but he did not have it in him to fight and kill all the rogues that would be challenging him to the throne for the rest of his life that were most likely his nephews, bothers or cousins.. Already the lionesses had trouble finding mates that were from across the desert or from across the mountains. The pride had become to big for its own good and many small groups were drifting further and further away from each other. Not in spite or anger but naturally to have a sense of belonging and sisterhood amongst each other. The King and Queen could do nothing to stop that without violence.
Ukweli only many seasons later realized that his mother had been pushing him to the right conclusions herself.

The pride needed to split to survive and Ukweli had been named king by birthright to be the one to do it. He would leave his mother and father behind and take young and capable lions with him, bold and willing to start in a new patch but also young and hardy enough to be taken on the path of the wanderers. His parents had many sons that would come after him. But Ukweli was marked king and if he succeeded he was going to be like the great founders many many generations ago.
He and his wanderers lived in the here and now to one day be among the great stories of the past.

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King Consort Oisín is sitting in the rain, staring intently at his paws. The lightning flashes and he looks somehow dashing despite being soaked. How does he do that?

After years of service to the Queen and getting on in years Oisin and Astara have finally come together and made their relationship known to the kingdom. His position as wizened battle shaman and royal advisor made it easy for the pride to accept his new title. Although already at the end of his prime the kingdom will have additional security now that it is known that Queen Astara has officially a capable male at her side. Oisin has been livelong companion to the queen and sees no reason to act any different from before.

Oisin usually does not take on active royal duties, except for backing up the Queen in her decisions. He gives advice and is an open ear to the pride and tackles the duty of managing all the youngsters and youths that are chosen by Astara to become ambassadors and political escorts. Astara has not yet chosen one of her sons as heirs for her kingdom instead using the gifted youngsters to be wed into neighboring prides and becoming political entourages or advisors in other royal courts. Oisin picks gifted hunters and fighters for their own pride. Dividing the hoard of youngsters into designated groups to play and mingle in during their training and social circles for their adult life.

Oisín the Groupie is sitting in the rain, staring intently at his paws. The lightning flashes and he looks somehow dashing despite being soaked. How does he do that?

His scars are proof of his loyalty to the Queen.

The great Drought:
In Queen Astaras prime a dangerous drought plagued the lands with heat that killed those who went out in the midday sun. Oisin went out into the farplains ordered by Astara to go and scout for carrion and scarce waterholes to keep the pride going day by day. Oisin had to fight many desperate stragglers along his duty. And was taunted by two rogues to take over the queens pride. That was their fatal mistake. Queen Astara did not forbid her male guards to have their own litters. He killed them without hesitation.

"Look at these scaly monstrosities crawling from the belly of the earth. We will have to move the cubs to the higher dens. Keep all the mothers with them too."

Oisin - the prides Ceremonial Battle Shaman
He sleeps on a log on a grassy hill a little distance between him and the prides primary sleeping dens. He claims it is for guard duty but everyone knows he likes to be at peace every once in a while. His big tufts of mane dance in the wind along with the tall grass. Cubs like to make a game of trying to sneak up to him.

You have some trouble finding Oisín the Groupie to ask him to watch a cub for a few minutes. No seriously, is he off staring at the stars again?


Origin:
Bambi3 came to the pride a disciple of the battle pit. Deeply impressed by Astara's quick dances in the pit.
He wishes to train the queen in battle and in turn become the shaman of the Starlight Plains pride.

The circle of the wise welcome him and his eccentrics warily but knowing that new blood is needed for a strong pride. And he walks under the stars of the shaman. It will be good tidings for the pride to train and teach a Battle Shaman to guide the young huntresses and warriors.

As the young shaman came of age he earned his pride name - Oisin - and was tasked to teach the young foreign king, Prana, the Queen allowed into the pride. But soon came to learn that the young lion as dark a pitch as the night had at least as much energy as their queen.

Name: Oisín m Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "little deer", derived from Old Irish oss "deer, stag" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior hero and a poet, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the narrator in many of his tales.