Name: Njeo

Pronunciation: JAY-oh

Origin and Meaning: Swahili for 'Tense'

Age: Depends on use.

Breed: African Lion

Mother: Sarafina

Father: Joe

Family Relations: Nala [ Sister ], Kiara [ Niece ]  (Open)

Pride: Pridelander

Voice:  Scott Weigner [ Aladdin from 'Aladdin' ]

Theme Song:

- Missing

Friends: (open)

Rivals: (open)

Crush(es) as cub:  (open)

Crush(es) on him as cub: (open)

Crush(es) as adult:  (open)

Crush(es) on him as adult: (open)

Relation to TLK: Is the son of Sarafina and the brother on Nala.

Likes:

Exploring. adventures. flirting. cleaning his mane. playing in water. laying out in the Sun. fighting. picking on cubs. climbing. hunting. sharpening his claws. stalking prey. bothering his mother. lionesses. talking about himself. getting others in trouble. being ontop of Pride Rock. racing. outlanders

Dislikes:

Having such a scrawny mane. failing a hunt. rain. making his mother mad. getting cought. being rejected by lionesses. never seeing his father. really hot days. his older sister picking on him. losing fights. not being able to see Outlanders. the elephant graveyard. obeying orders

Personality:

Childish, and an all around lovable lion. He never quite got over the 'cub' phase personality wise. Whenever you see him, he'll either be doing something he shouldn't or exploring who knows where. Although, when things get serious, Njeo becomes a trusworthy and brave male, ready to fight or take orders in a blink. He's extremely strong and agile, which is a surprise due to his rather skinny and weak looking figure - which comes from his father. He loves to joke around and show off in front on lionesses, which usually find him quite annoying. But, of course, it never stops him from trying again and again. He loves picking on cubs, more nudging them around than actually hurting them. He may seem like a loyal Pridelander, but Njeo has a well expressed dark side. He isn't afraid to resort to violence to get what he wants, and doesn't hesitate to start a fight for nearly no reason at all. It mostly comes from the pain he feels because his mother ignored him after he was able to fend for himself.

History:

Only a few weeks after Simba was born, the rouge Joe wondered into the Pridelands, noticing the eye catching sight of a beautiful lioness; Sarafina. She had no interest in the old, wretched looking male, but he forced her to breed with him. When Njeo was born, she looked down at the cub in disgust, forcing herself to keep it since she was too kindhearted to leave it to die. 

TIme went on, and it was easy to see Njeo was looking more and more like his father; scrawny, lengthy, and his mane was growing in much smaller than a usual cub. He loved to play with his older sister Nala, but he rarely did the same for she preferred hanging out with Simba more than her brother. This forced Njeo to entertain himself by exploring the Pridelands and play with other cubs. He had few friends, for he was too hyper and rough to play nicely with others. He only ate about once or twice a month - Sarafina always keeping the meat for Nala and herself. Njeo, almost constantly starving, kept his fill on bugs and stolen meat he took from other lions.

When the news of Mufasa and 'Simba's' death arrived, Njeo wasn't exactly devastated, rather he tried to cheer up his sister in any way possible. Life became even harder for him during Scar's reign, Sarafina now completely ignoring him for the sake of keeping her and Nala alive. Left alone to fend from Hyenas, Njeo spent the rest of his cub-hood hiding in the shadows of PrideRock, taking any scrap of food he could find as he watched the Pridelands turn into a wasteland. Months passed, and now Njeo was an adolecent, his small mane at it's full size, even though it was only the mane of a teenager. After what seemed like a lifetime, Simba returned and took down Scar along with the hyenas. He greeted his sister after her journey to find Simba, but the lioness hardly even recognized him.

Into adult hood, Njeo loved to be around lionesses, most brushing him off with a whip of their tails, but some found him slightly attractive. He was an excelent hunter, even though it was the lionesses' job to hunt, the male couldn't help but sneak off and kill his own prey and bring it back to try to impress his now aging mother; with no avail. He was there as he watched his niece, Kiara, go on her first hunt, a small smile on his face. This smile quickly faded as the news of a fire broke out across the lions, his heart nearly skipping a beat. He watched as Simba returned along with a new male - Kovu. Njeo tried to greet the dark brown lion, and as usual, he simply brushed off the light tan pridelander. As time went on, he watched his niece grow closer and closer to Kovu, tension rising in his mind as he felt something wrong with this Outlander - looking male. 

Sure enough, the day came when Simba returned without Kovu, Njeo along with his niece helping the King back to Pride Rock. He watched with a wicked grin as Kovu was exiled, but he couldn't help feel a pang of sadness for his niece, who was losing the one lion she truly loved. Guilt swelled up in his heart at the news of Kiara's missing, but soon there were much more important things on his mind. Zira's gang of Outlanders were coming to the Pridelands, Njeo's whole body tensing with anger. He followed the Pride as they met face-to-face with the outlanders, his long claws digging into the ground as he glared into his opponent's eyes as the two groups ran towards each other. Claw and fang met against fur and flesh as Njeo blindly took on any lion in his path, his surprisingly scrawny figure packing a ton of muscle and speed. As Kovu and Kirara stepped in, he stared at his neice with wide eyes as she spoke of the Outlanders being the same as them. A change of heart quickly swept over Njeo, but his thoughts were put to a hault as Zira tackled his niece over the cliff, the male roaring out in sadness. He looked over the cliff with a sigh or relief, seeing that Kiara was safe on a ledge while Zira was dangling off towards the rapids. Closing his eyes as the Outlander purpously let go of the ledge, Njeo shook his head and ran over to his niece, greeting her with licks of affection before he was puhed away by the rest of the Pride. Now, he was quite popular amongst the Pride, keeping a close eye on his niece as she grew up with her mate.

|Adopted from Feathervenom!|