Name: Kanu ("Wild cat" in swahili)

Breed: African Lion

Gender: Male

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Unknown

Crush: None

Mate: Was Zira, now none

Cubs: Kovu

Likes: Being alone, fighting, travelling, the outlanders, Zira (sort of), hunting

Dislikes: Pridelanders, cubs, being challenged, losing, rain, thunder

Personality: Kanu is, like his name kinda describes him, a wild cat. He prefers to be a loner, and stay on his own rather than living in a large pride with other lions around him. He is very independent, a guy who answers to no one and only looks out for himself. Now, Kanu is quite short tempered, and if he gets really angry, he can even be a bit agressive, so you might want to think twice before making him angry. Kanu is an excellent and skilled fighter, but he's not a very good loser, so, if he's challenged and he loses, he demands a re-fight. Still, under this tought sheld there is a soft side, but which he'll only show to those who truly deserve it.

History: Kanu doesn't remember much from his childhood, only that he was left to the borders of the jungle by his parents, who then abandoned him and were never heard of since that moment. Kanu grew up in the jungle, where an old jaguar took care of him until he was 6 months old, and since then he lived as a rogue, travelling across Africa all by himself. A few years had passed, and Kanu arrived to the Pride lands, where he got into a fight with some of the king's lionesses. He was quite badly hurt, but he managed to drag into the Outlands, where he passed out due to a lack of blood. When he awoke, Kanu found himself in the den of the pride's leader, a lioness called Zira, who told him he was in good hands. She offered to let him stay in her pride, but he told her it was his nature to stay a rogue, and he'd leave as soon as he had recovered. But, his wounds were healing slower than they thought, and his stay in Zira's pride was going to be longer than he thought. Now, during the days he spent in the Outlands, Kanu and Zira developed a strong relationship, and pretty soon a romance was born between the two. Now Kanu realized he couldn't just leave, and was struggling between the feeling of freedom, and love. But then, about a year later, it was discovered that Zira was pregnant with Kanu's cub. Kanu was absolutely outraged, he never had wanted to become a father, so he made a decicion that nearly ripped his heart to pieces: He decided to leave. After Zira had given birth to a male cub whom she named Kovu, she revealed Kanu's plans on leaving, and she confronted him on how he could possibly abandon her, and their son. The two had a huge fight, and after that Kanu left, with his last words to Zira: "Nothing personal, my love." As he walked away from her, he could hear Zira yelling after him, blinded with rage: "You WILL regret this, Kanu!"

Relation to TLK: Father of Kovu.

Head base (c) SunnyTheHedgeHog

Body base (c) xkelbix