Damu means blood in swahili. Damu is a Viscious fighter who lives only to fight. Damu has an extremely bad relationship with the prideland  lions because kovu is the leader, Zira murdered Damu's Mate and son/ cub whom he loved dearly, he hunted her down to   kill her but was too late, so he waited and started mating with random females to help build a pride, he decided that once he builds a proper pride he can kill kovu, at the moment he has his eyes set on malkia, simply because she is kovu's daughter and he respects her abilities.

Damu has countless cubs, all of his sons refer only to him as sir, he decided not to get attached to his new cubs because his first cub was killed. 

Damu misses his mate, but never speaks of her. His pride is called the mauaji tribe. mauaji means murder. 

Damu wants to loe again but doesnot want to get hurt and feels he will forever be alone,Damu meets with malkia where they fight and get in a skirmish not knowing who she is, he lets her go, and then later sees her protect young hyenas from a poacher, Damu is immediatley drawn to malkias extreme sense of justice, and even though he is a killer he does have a sense of chivalry as a fighter. Together he fathers a cub with malkia, but she leaves while still pregnant to return to the pridelands. With her siblings surprised, and her father kovu furious, malkia announced her pregnancy. From pregnancy on she had her cub, Damu knew of her pregnancy, but only mated with her to bring kovu pain, 

he is still scheming to get his full revenge, but with kovu growing old and weak, 

he is working to prepare his pride for an attack

quote " revenge, soon.so soon, my blood has been spillt so yours shall be as well"

to kovu " Well kovu, how do you like what happened to your daughter malkia? i think i will attack the younger one next, what was her name again? oh yes, i remember, ...Upendi

#######also important, he isnt just a cold heartless jerk, his cub and mate were murdered, and he wants to bring them justuce. he geniounly does like malkia, but he hates himself for it, because he vowed never to love again, because those who he loves only recieve pain.

one of his mates in particular, now, is known as dawn leaf (mapleshades lovely character) ,  she only has 90% vision, however he does not look down on her for this, and still believes her useful to his cause