Name: Rudo (African for 'love')

Sex: Male

Parents: Unnamed

Siblings: Nia (half)

Mate: N/A

Cubs: Baakir, Kagiso

When Rendered: Simba's build from the first movie

Personality: Rudo is the meek, quiet softie who is considered weird because he never wants to fight. He was born priveleged and spoiled so he lives in that sort of mindset. He is determined, but not blind to the emotions of others. In fact, compared to Nia, he is more quick to catch someone else's emotions, and is more considerate. However he lacks a backbone so he is easily taken advantage of.

History: Rudo and his half-sister Nia were born in the same lion reserve as Monifa. The three of them were best friends and often engaged themselves in fantasy plays where Rudo and Monifa would play be the good guys and Nia would be the bad guy. He did have something of a crush on Monifa when they were young, but Monifa just liked to bully him because she could get him to agree to anything.

When Monifa disappeared, Rudo was distraught to lose his best friend. He and Nia grew up in the reserve, but when they became adolescents, Nia decided that they would go look for Monifa. Rudo agreed and they escaped from the reserve. Life in the wild was challenging for them, and Rudo was hurt when they confronted a feral lion to ask if he saw Monifa.

Soon, though, they would eventually catch up to Monifa.

When they did, Rudo was ecstatic to see his old friend, but was unaware of Nia's intentions until the end. Rudo protected Monifa from Nia's killing blow and both fell into the waterfall below. Nia drowned but Rudo managed to survive the fall, though he was gravely injured. He wandered for a while until he collapsed of his injuries, where he then meets a rogue lioness.

The lioness took care of him and nursed him back to health. Rudo found that he liked her company so he stayed with her, going against his original intention of making his way back to Monifa. As the two spent more time together, Rudo found himself becoming interested in her, but he was too afraid and too shy to say anything. It was a big surprise to him when the lioness admitted her feelings to him. Then there was an even bigger surprise when the lioness made moves on him.

She seduced him and together they had two cubs, Baakir and Kagiso. While he was sleeping, the lioness wandered off, and when he awoke that morning Rudo found that he was left to raise his two cubs himself. Not minding it, Rudo took as best care of his cubs as he could. Even though he was scared of being in the father role, he learned pretty quickly.

Family History:

Cousin: Monifa

Relation to TLK: Is a good friend of Monifa who is the best friend of Nalo who is the son of Scar and Nala.