Name: Kuponya
Nicknames: Ponya
Meaning: Heal
Age: Around the same as Sarafina
Gender: Female
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Siblings: One sister
Crush: None
Mate: None
Cubs: None
Neices: Kula
Nephews: Chumvi
Friends: Maska and one of her daughters, open
Pride: The Canyon Pride
Rank: Healer
Personality: Kuponya is a very wise lioness. She is very caring and gentle. Kuponya doesn't panic as much as everyone else, and is more calm. Kuponya claims to have been a stupid fool when younger. After getting her scars she realized how stupid she was and created a leaf mask to cover her scars so she would not be reminded of her childhood. She then became wiser and taught younger cubs(Like one of Maska's daughters) to become wise as well and learn to be the next healer of the pride.
History:
Kuponya was born in the pride lands. She grew up with a group of lions who were the same age as her and called them her 'friends'. Kuponya and her group would do all sorts of stupid and daring things, like hang over cliffs, go into predator's homes, and other stupid things just for attention.
One day Kuponya and her friends were resting on some rocks at sunset. They were teen-agers at the time. Kuponya was dared by one of her friends to climb the tallest rock and then climb into the cave on the top of it. Ponya accepted the dare and began climbing. She kept looking down to see if her friends were watching. She wanted them to all see her go to the top. When she finally got to the cave she discovered that it was a strong and vicious hyena's home. The hyena attacked her and scratched her head. Ponya tripped and fell off the rock, and while doing so the rocks cut her face. When she got down her face was full of huge scratchs.
Her friends took her back to the pride but the healer said she would always have scars on her face. As soon as she had healed, Kuponya made a mask of leaves to cover up her scars.
Ponya eventaully moved to the Canyon Pride. She became great friends with Maska since they had similar backstories. Ponya became a healer. She taught some of the cubs to become one in the future, and one of her students was Maska's daughter, who was very fond of Kuponya.
Relation to TLK: Her sister is the mother of Kula and Chumvi
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Name: Kuponya