Ngiri

[mercury]

Name: Ngiri
Gender: Male
Age: Four

Appearence: Smaller than some of the massive males in territories around him, Ngiri stands at three and a half feet at the shoulder and 450 lbs. He doesn't let his daunt him, however, since he knows that unlike many of the other males around him, he makes up in size with is speed and agility. Some say that he's as swift-footed as a lioness, and can take down prey like the best of the huntresses. As a result of all that running around, he is on the slight side, not as bulky as others. His coat is darker and a sand color, taking from his Magharibi heritage. His mane is the typical two-tone that one sees in lions, with a belly strip and elbow tufts. A ridge of stiff mane fur runs up his neck, thus giving him his namesake.

Personality: Ngiri is a clever and sly beast, being the brains of the duo in which he belongs to. He is the one in his pride to come up with strategies for attack, and along with his favored lioness Layla, plots the route of migrations and the best times to hunt. Charming, he has wooed and courted all the lionesses of his pride, and as a result is a prolific sire of cubs. As a father, he is affectionate to a degree, and treats the cubs different based on gender. Females he treats warmly, males with a degree of coldness and indifference. To an extent, he is worrisome, and never tells his partner in the coalition the whole truth on matters, in case the other male were to go against him. Abitious, he has grand dreams about taking rivals' lands and expanding his hunting territory. In fact, his main goal is to reclaim the Magharibi lands, along with the others.

History: Born a Magharibi lion, his father was the former ruler of the arid land, with his mother being an elder huntress who had been with the pride for at least ten years. The other lionesses in the pride, as well as her lord, respected her wisdom in rearing children; a good portion of the younger lionesses in the pride were her daughters. Ngiri, named because he had a scruff of fur along his head and neck that looked like a warthog's mane, was her third male cub, and all of his sisters and half-sisters marveled over their baby brother. He had entire pride looking after him and all his sisters and cousins, and he had a happy cubhood. He was taught to hunt by his sisters, and he became a babysitter for the youngest of the cubs. Having a male as a babysitter had its benefits; he was stronger and could take on an intruder that a lone lioness couldn't. Once his mane grew in though, with the ridge of stiff hair along his neck still there from his youth, it was customary that he was expelled from the pride to seek his own fortune. He took it well, and roamed the Kiwara for a year, catching his own food and growing stronger. There, he met up with another male, and they together took over the Kusini lands, whose leader was very old and ill. Together, they protect their home, and both now have cubs...
Pride Status: Co-Leader of the Kusini pride

I will play him until someone adopts him. Please post a 150 word tryout if you wish to apply.