Name: Kilpo (Pronounced 'Keel-Po'

Age: Cub/ Teen/ Adult

Breed: African Lion

Gender: Male

Mate: None

Crush: Meehtu's little stalker c:

Cubs: None

Personality: Kilpo is a determined little cub. He has pure confidence in himself which his parents taught him to have, and in a world full of danger, it's probably for the best. Despite his confidence he's in no way cocky, and would put his friends and family before him in any situation and is incredibly protective. However, he does a weakness. Kilpo has a terrible phobia of seeing blood, which may cause problems later on in life.

History: Kilpo was born to a king and queen of a pride far away from the pridelands His first few months of life were pure bliss. He had a wonderful realtionship with his parents who he loved dearly, especially his father. However, things changed for the worst. Humans and their cattle settled into the area a few miles from the prides' den and slowly started to threaten the pride. One day, during a huge drought, the whole pride, even the males, went on a hunt, leaving Kilpo and the other cubs with Kilpo's aunt. Desperate, the pride made the terrible mistake to try and hunt one of the humans' cattle, and in a horrible battle, nearly all the pride were killed. Only Kilpo's uncle and another female servived, managed to escape. Distraught, they told Kilpo's aunt what had happened, tears in there eyes. Kilpo looked up, bearly being able to see through the water which filled his eyes. Blood covered his uncle and the lioness. Everything went black. Kilpo dreamt of the battle, he woke with a scream to find himself in his aunt's warm paws. "It's alright honey. Everything will be okay." she said stroking his little tuft of hair on his head.

What was left of the pride left their territory immediately the next morning, and afters a few days walking, they collapsed in exhaustion just inside the pride lands.

The current king, Kovu, was out looking for hyenas who had been reported to be in the pridelands when he came across the exhausted group of strangers. Shocked at the awful state of these strange lions, Kovu immediately went to get help, knowing he couldn't leave them there. The rest of the pridelanders returned and helped bring the rest of Kilpo's pride to pride rock. Kilpo and the rest of his pride were fed, watered and taken care of, and in the end, allowed to stay as part of the pride. Kilpo was still in grief over his parents, but determined to be liked by the others cubs, he joined in with their games. He soon met the prince, Meehtu and the two became great friends. Kilpo found himself wanting to spend more and more time with Meehtu as he grew older and knew he knew he wanted to be more than friends.

Relation to TLK: Friends and crushes on Kovu and Kiara's son, Meehtu.