Name: Thulani

Meaning: "Be Quiet, Be Comforted" in Zulu

Breed: African Lion

Gender: Male

Mother: Malka's Mother

Father: Malka's Father

Siblings: Ni (From a previous Litter) Malka (Same Litter)

Half-Siblings: Zira/Unknown

Adopted Siblings: None

Uncle(s): Tanglemane (Mother's Side), ''King'' Joe (Father's Side)

Aunt(s): Sarafina (Father's Side) Unknown

Cousin(s): Mheetu, Nala, Tojo (Father's Side)

Crush(es): Gasira (c) Indehmono

Cruhser(s): Gasira (c) Indehmono

Mate: Gasira

Cubs: None Yet

Adopted Cubs: Nakusa (c) Indehmono

Personality: A very caring male, Thulani often likes to take on a father role wiht his siblings, even though Malka claims he has more power. He likes to stick more near a group, not doing so well on his own without support from others. His family always comes first, and will do anything he can to get the best for them. A generally peaceful fellow, he doesn't like fighting, and is more willing to settle things with words rather than violence. He has a tendency to try and take charge, but often times he won't make the first move in a battle or hunting, which makes others angry. Basically, he isn't one to bevery forward, and is rather timid. He is patient, and tries all he can to keep his friends and family happy, looking on the bright side, even though he doubts it sometimes himself.

Likes: Malka, Zira, Gasira, Cubs, His Mother, Family, Friends

Dislikes: Rogues, When Zira Is Angry, Fighting, Death, Abandonment

Pride: Mountain Pride (Malka's) Rogue (For a While) Pridelands (Simab's)

History: He was born alongside his older brother, Malka, whom their father chose as future king, focusing more on Malka than Thulani. Since he was excluded from Royal Training most of the time, he spent his extra minutes with his mother, and it was from her that he learned compassion and kindness. While he was trained to be an advisor for Malka when he became king, but his training wasn't quite as rigorous as Malka's, and often found himself just dreaming. Not too long before Scar took over, a rogue female showed up in the pride, mated with Thulani's father, and bore him a cub, a female named Zira. Since they didn't have many cubs in the pride at the time, Zira was a blessing to most, and treated well. That is, until a rogue male showed up. He challenged their father and won, casting out any remaining cubs and males. Now, the cubs had a longing for their father, and followed him, until he drove them away, knowing they wouldn't be accepted into a pride together and knew he could only look out for himself.

Distraught by this, Zira began to act bitter, something Thulani tried his best to change. Malka, being the only one with training in hunting since Thulani refused to do anything violent, and Zira being too young, hunted for the group, catching only enough to support him and Thulani, who always shared with his sister. They went towards the pridelands, since Malka had insisted that his friend's dad would bring them into the pride. But, they were quickly chased away by hyenas, who kept saying something about a great ruler named Scar. After that, they avoided the place, but Zira seemed drawn towards the fact that she might have someone to look up to other than her stupid and softy brothers. Unknowingly, in the night, she snuck away and joined Scar, leaving Malka and Thulani with themselves. The two brothers did the best they could to keep eachother alive, traveling to try and find a pride, but most had been chased away by Scar's Pride.

Finally, after many months, Scar's reign was finished, and the Outlander,s including Zira, their new leader, retreated to the Outlands, but Thulani and Malka had no knowledge of this. While hunting one day, Malka came across a lioness from the pridelands, and brought her to a cave they were occupying at the moment. After finding out that Simba was alive and had claimed the throne, Malka and Thulani followed her back, where Simba gladly welcomed them in. After living with them for a while, Malka decided to go back and reclaim their old pride, bringing his new mate, Kula with him. Meanwhile, Thulani met Gasira's cub, Nakusa, and while she didn't quite trust him at first, he managed to gain her trust, and talked with her often, trying to get her to be more social. As the days past, Thulani found himself falling in love with Gasira, but he was a little shy to admit it at first. They ended up becoming mates, and though he wouldn't ask it of Gasira, he would like to one day have cubs of his own.

Relation To The Lion King: Malka and Ni's brother, Zira's half-brother, mother is Malka's mother, Sarafina is his aunt, Tanglemane and ''KIng'' Joe are his uncles, Mheetu, Tojo, and Nala are his first cousins, lives in Simba's pride, is mates with Simba's sister, who was also Scar's mate, lives in the pridelands.

Body Type: Pretty regular sized, but not quite as big as he's supposed to be. He tends to be more swift than strong, meaning this; he doesn't have the sheer strength and muscles of a lion his age, but also has lean muscles.

Rendered: As a Cub: Simba with a bigger tuft; As a Teenager: Basically Kovu with less mane; As an Adult: Kovu, and he only has a pridelander nose.

Pelt: A light orange color, with very light cream muzzle, chest, belly, and paws. A slightly darker orange stripe goes from the middle of his back to his forehead. A slightly darker version of that coats his tail tip and mane, his over the eye shadow, and four dots under both his eyes, which are a pale brown. The same dark brown goes over his nose, and he has darker brown ear rims, which disappear as he ages.

Renders (c) Mayor

Gasira, Nakusa (c) Indehmono

Malka, Scar, Simba, Zira, Tojo, ''King'' Joe, Sarafina, Nala, Mheetu, Ni (c) Disney