NURU - GUARDIAN (wip)

[attr="class","digiinfo"]3 YEARS OLD

[attr="class","digiinfo"]MALE

[attr="class","digiinfo"]HETEROSEXUAL

[attr="class","digiinfo"]TRANSVAAL

[attr="class","digiinfo"]GUARDIAN

[attr="class","digicomp"]APPEARANCE

[attr="class","digibody"]Eye Color: Tan[break]
Height: 3.3ft/1.00m[break]
Weight: 150kg/330 pounds[break]
Dignifying Marks: An aged scar on his forehead[break]
Likes:

• Running - Being a lean lion, Nuru enjoys the feeling of speed and wind against his pelt.
• Joking - Nuru loves a good joke and will always try to lighten the mood in the air.
• Learning - Nuru has liked to listen to others talking about anything, expanding his vocabulary and generally feeling more upperclass than other lions.
• Exploring - Nuru was, and still is, young at heart and so enjoys running off and exploring everything - the sun, the lake, the trees.

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Dislikes:

• Sleep - Nuru would rather collapse of exhaustion than sleep for the entire day.
• Fire - Nuru has a strange fear of fire due to his past yet still has a strange respect for it.
• The Unknown - Part of the reason Nuru likes to explore so much is because he hates not knowing things.
• Sun - Nuru despises the sun when it beats down on him like a lashing whip, and therefore is better than him.

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Strengths:

• Willingness to participate - Nuru never backs down from a challenge, whether that be a patrol or a battle. 
  
• Speed - Nuru is a fit lion, and while he is usually scorned for enjoying running, he is actually fast and outspeeds his friends.
  

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Weaknesses:

• Heat - Any kind of heat, whether it be the sun, fire or even body heat, sends Nuru into either a panic or extreme discomfort.
• Strength - Being lean, fit and fast doesn't come without its drawbacks - Nuru is not a particularly strong lion and would prefer to dart around and confuse his foe than attack directly.

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Life Goals:

• Explore every inch of the Savannah - Nuru lives to explore and he wishes to perhaps one day leave his Pride and trek the entire Savannah.
• Never giving up - Nuru knows that for his entire life, he will never give up on anything and vowed to traverse the world if needed.

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Nuru's most distinctive feature would be his mane. It is huge - bushy, kept neat with constant attention, and multicoloured. The bottom part of the mane is dark brown, and it gradually fades to the natural tan colour, until it reaches a rust-red on the top of his head. He has bright tan eyes, flecked with lighter beige, and a white under muzzle. His tail is long, with notable nicks in them from when he was a cub and playing with his siblings. The tip of his tail is the same tan as his body, which is flawless from a distance but filled with kinks and knots from a closer perspective. His ears are sharp are while rarely seen, are unmarked, soft and leathery. His nose is a patched black, unlike his pure black lips. He has long creamy whiskers, some of which are bent and rarely straight.[break][break]

Nuru's body is notably small, yet he holds immense pride in his stride and the way his shoulders are set. His legs are lean from countless months of running, yet his shoulders have the broadness of a warrior. His paws are large, three of which housing five sharp claws and one that holds four from a childhood accident. His pelt is that lovely golden colour of most lions, yet his legs are a shade redder. In fact, the back of his legs and underbelly are a creamy white from not seeing much sun. He has nicks littered across his coat but they are invisible to most eyes and he prefers to keep them to himself.

[attr="class","digicomp"]HISTORY

[attr="class","digibody"]Father: Kgosi Kaito // Deceased[break]
Mother: Zuri Kaito // Deceased[break]
Siblings: Amara Kaito // Alive[break]
Limbani Kaito // Alive[break]
Furaha Kaito // Deceased[break]
Mate: None[break]
Offspring: None[break]
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Nuru's story begins with an end. The end of an age, that is. A handful of elder lions, well past their death date, surrounded by a Pride of young, healthy lions and lionesses. And murdered. One of those lions, namely, the King, was the only lion that did not agree with the Pride's way of thinking. But he let it happen, knowing that if he did not, he would be scorned and exiled and he did not want that. So he celebrated with his Pride, boisterously congratulated them, and then, after the Pride decided to feast on the dead lions, fled. To his surprise, he really did enjoy running away; he enjoyed sprinting across the Savannah and the feeling of wind in his mane. The lion's name was Kgosi, and he soon met another rogue lion, by the name of Zuri. Kgosi and Zuri despised each other at first, but eventually, they grew closer as they shared prey, shared protection and eventually shared their love. [break][break]

Happy together, Zuri and her swollen belly were head over heels for Kgosi. Until the humans came. They roamed the Savannah, searching for lions to place in the new reservation they had been preparing. Zuri stayed huddled in the den, listening to gunshots ringing out into the night with Kgosi protecting her with his body. When the gunshots were over, the pair headed out into the night to see what had happened and were both tranquillised as soon as they stepped out. Zuri woke first, followed quickly by Kgosi. They were both weak and disoriented, and Zuri could feel her cubs ready to birth. Surrounded by lions and lionesses, Zuri went into labor and gave birth to four cubs. She was terribly exhausted, and her breath was coming in short bursts, but she managed to name them all in order - Nuru, the light, Amara, the beauty, Limbani, the strong and Furaha, the joy. Furaha unfortunately died before she could take her first breath and Kgosi mourned over her, until he realised that Zuri was no longer shuddering for breath. [break][break]

And so Zuri and Furaha died, Kgosi wrapped in grief with three newborn cubs. Kind lionesses nursed the three siblings until they grew, two females and a male. Kgosi grew old; grey lined his pelt and his movements became slow. He died peacefully, surrounded by his strong offspring. Nuru and his siblings were devastated, and it was at this point in time when Akuma was named King and the Pride was named Dakarai. Determined to start anew, Nuru's position grew until he felt he was starting to surpass his father, although he knew he could never do that, considering he was a King. Nuru admires Akuma, and he is determined to devote his life to his Pride.