Name: Kivuli (Shadow)

Breed: Lion

Parents: Unknown (Biological), Zira (adopted)

Siblings: Unknown

Mate: None

Children: Doesn't want any

Personality: Kivuli is a brutal lioness with very little qualms with killing and/or maiming her enemies. She was born and raised as a huntress, spy and, if need be, assassin. She only shows loyalty toward Zira and is utterly dedicated to the aging lioness.

Likes: Blood, Hunting, Killing

Dislikes: Pridelanders, anyone against Zira

History: Kivuli's birth and early cubhood are a mystery, even to Kivuli herself. She doesn't remember her mother or father or if she was ever a happy playful cub, the only thing she can remember is Zira. She was taken in by Zira when she was very young, already baring scars from an event she has no memory of, and always raised to be a fighter and to avenge the wrongs done to her adoptive mother.

When she was approaching her teenage years, Zira and a male friend of hers named Kwanza began to plot to take the throne from King Kovu and his mate Kiara. Kivuli was sent as a spy into the pride, her scars were the result of a horrible attack that befell her previous pride and she was the only survivor. She was taken in readily.

Then Zira and Kwanza's plot was discovered and Kwanza was killed, to add insult to injury his son Rasul joined the pride as Princess Kala's mate. Kivuli was later contacted by a very-much-alive Zira and told to remain as a spy in the Pridelands until she could figure out a way of taking the pride.

Relation to TLK: Apprentice and Adopted daughter of Zira