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Name: Shani ("marvelous)

Species: African lion

Gender: Female

Parents: Haki and Dafina

Siblings: Uma

Mate: None

Cubs: None

Personality: A bit quiet and reserved, serious and keeps to herself, but still eager to expore and see new places and new things, however she  rather does it on her own. 

Story: Shani was born some time after her uncle Simba took over the Pride lands as the new king. As she developed from a newborn into a toddler, her parents noticed she started getting some references from her granfather Scar: reddish fur color, nose shape and eyes, and this worried her parents, especially Haki, because he had been recented a lot because of his father and because he looked like him, and he didn't want his daughter to go through all that. Therefore, he grew extremely protective towards Shani, and often times when she wanted to go out and about to play with the other cubs, and her cousins, her father would stop her and tell her it was best if she just stayed in the den. As time passed, this all made Shani very frustrated, and finally she turned into a serious and not so fun loving cub who kept to herself and eventually isolated herself from the others. Shani often thought to herself, why was she so different from the others, and was afraid of letting anyone close to her. Her parents tried to explain it to her a few times, that it wasn't about her, it was that they wanted to protect her and told her about all the evil her grandfather had caused, but she still had a hard time understanding it and started fearing that everyone would just see Scar in her. Some time later, her mother gave birth to another girl, and becoming a big sister really changed Shani. She kind of came out of her shell, and started smiling more again, she loved playing with little Uma and tried her best being a good role model to her, and the two sisters became the best of friends.

TLK relation: Granddaughter to Scar, Sarafina, Mufasa and Sarabi, niece to Simba and half niece to Nala.