Name: Eshe (African for 'Life)

Sex: Female

Parents: Ari and Quanna

Siblings: Baako, Enu, Jira (full); Tamu (half)

Mate: Judas

Cubs: Jalena, Jiro

Personality: A bit too serious on life and is known for thinking ahead of things before jumping into action. She is made to look very innocent but can be devious as well. She is kind to other creatures lower then her and loves cubs though she can't picture herself being a good mother. She is not fond of flirting males and is known to be a fighter if one annoys her too much.

History: Eshe was born in Ari and Quanna's first litter along with Baako, but though she loved her sisters equally, she found herself bonding more with Enu. She lived a quiet existance in the pride, except when she wandered off for her own personal reasons. She liked to help keep the perimeters of their pride safe, even well past her shift. She began to do this even more when Quanna went blind and Ari got too sick to keep up with his routine inspection of the pride. She did this for as long as she could, at least until Judas appeared and fought Ari, easily winning.

Right off the bat Eshe hated Judas - after all how dare he chase Ari and Quanna away from their home? She felt what he did was wrong, and wanted nothing to do with him, not even when Baako and Enu eventually accepted Judas, and became his favorite females. At first she thought it was because they needed more cubs for the pride, which agreed with even if the idea repulsed her. Judas had approached her, but she refused his advances, and thankfully for her, Enu and Baako kept him occupied enough so Eshe wouldn't get into trouble.

However, her chastity ended one heated night where she finally gave into Judas. She gave birth to two cubs, Jalena and Jiro. Jiro's appearance was favorable for Judas even though he already had Kayode, and Kayode was to succeed him in any worse case scenario. In any case, Eshe paid more mind to Jalena since she was born blind. Though having his cubs did not make her like him any better, Eshe was nicer to him, especially in front of their cubs. When it was time for Kayode and Jiro to break away from the pride, she teamed up with Enu to convince Judas to let them go. And so her son left, and Eshe continued to help Jalena cope with living with her blindness while assisting the pride in any way was needed.

Then came Zuri's return, and news that she murdered Kayode. Eshe was nervous for Jiro, but relieved when he returned, and with a female at that! With the Zuri incident behind them, the pride worked to get back to living like they had been. Eshe tried forming a bond with Nyako once she became a permanent part of the pride because she could see there was something there between her and Jiro. She was happy to see that she was right, even if it took a long time, when Jiro and Nyako became mates, and had a daughter together. Eshe's a little protective of her granddaughter, but trusts her son enough to know that he would watch out for her.

Family History:

Grandparents: Amir and Ilana/Olric and Sia

Aunts: Nomusa, Sassia

Nieces: Zuri, Kesi, Ari, Duni, Lindiwe

Nephews: Kayode, Ayodele, Gwandoya, Erevu

Grand-cubs: Zainabu

Relation To TLK: Is in Judas's pride, who is Mufasa's son

Given to me by Claire. I hope you don't mind that I tweaked her bio just a little bit!