Name: Thalia ("To flourish" in greek)

Breed: African lion

Gender: Female

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Unknown

Mate/Crush: Kopa

Cubs: None

Personality: Thalia is a real tough cookie despite her feminive and graceful looks, she's a strong and independent lioness who knows exactly how to stand up for herself, not depending on males doing all the work for her. She is not one of those girls who just sit around all day waiting for her dream prince to come, she fights her own fights and does whatever she wants and goes pretty much where ever she wants. Thalia may sometimes seem to have a rather short and ill temper, and when she gets angry or frustrated she expresses it by loud roars and might come at you even for the smallest, so at that moment you'd best keep as far away from her as possible. But despite all that, Thalia has a soft side in her which might sometimes require someone special to bring it up, she's a kind and caring lioness to those who deserve it and while it might take a while to kind of get on her good side, when her trust is gained she really becomes a life long friend.

History: Thalia was born around the same time that king Simba and queen Nala of the Pride lands had their cubs. It was her family that ruled the Outlands long before it became a dry and dead wasteland, and her childhood was rather normal and happy, until Zira and her followers were banished from the Pridelands. They came and took over Thalia's family's lands, and Zira herself killed her parents right in front of her. Thalia, who still was a young cub, managed to escape with few other lionesses and they fled far off north where they stayed, one of the lionesses raised Thalia as her own cub and taught her everything she needed to know about taking care of herself. Finally, Thalia grew into a strong and independent adult lioness, and decided it was time for her to start a life of her own, and the only way to put her tragic past behind her was to go out exploring the new lands. So she said goodbye to her remaining pride mates, and her adoptive mother, and set out on her journey, for a while she roamed as a rogue and finally ended up in the Pride lands. There, Thalia found herself a wildebeest which she caught and killed, but just when she was about to start eating, a beige male lion ran from the bushes and took the wildebeest right from her nose, running away. Letting out a furious roar, Thalia ran after the male, lunged at him, and after fighting for a while she managed to pin him to the ground. After a several minutes of argument, the male stated that he was the king and queen's son, prince Kopa, and now Thalia let him get up, still angry and frustrated for the lost meal, but Kopa explained that he only did it to get food his mother who had fallen ill. This made Thalia regret that she attacked him, and all tough she didn't say it she felt bad for him, and didn't wish for him to loose his mother - like she had lost hers. She told him to take the wildebeest, and get back to his mother before it was too late, and with that she left. But the following night, as Thalia was sleeping peacefully on a tree branch, Kopa came to her, waking her and declaring his gratitude for the wildebeest, also telling her the queen was already coming around and feeling better. Thalia was happy to hear that, of course, then Kopa left, and she went back to sleep. The next morning she was woken up by the prince once again, but this time he had an antilope with him that he dropped under the tree. Thalia came down from the tree, rather confused, but Kopa told her it was time for him to return the favor. After this, Thalia and Kopa started meeting each other more often, and slowly developed a friendship. Kopa made Thalia see there could also be good things in life, and that no matter how dark your past is it doesn't mean you couldn't have a fresh start. After a while, though, while she didn't admit it to herself, the lioness found herself feeling warm, safe and comfortable around the prince, and he accepted her for who she was - she didn't have to pretend to be something she's not. It didn't tkae long for Thalia to realize she loved Kopa, but because of her closed and tough personality she was afraid to allow him in her life, fearing she would loose him, just like she always lost everything that she loved.

Relation to TLK: Falls in love with Kopa.