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Possible Future Pride Concept Characters

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So I've been contemplating a pride of male lions that will appear in Viccha's Story, but I've been designing a set of 6-10 male lions who formed a pride because they were too inept in which ever way to have their own pride, or for whatever reason were rejected by their own prides. And together they formed a Pride of jaded bachelor pride. I wont tell you what part they play in Viccha's Story, but feel free to guess :) And none of this is set in stone yet, just something I've been toying with.

These two don't have names yet, or finalized designs, but I'll give you a run down of what I think their characters will be like.

Character listed as "Crazy:
A psychopathic and completely insane lion that is both a danger to himself and others. His Bachelor Pride members, rather than rejecting him, wrapped his jaws and paws in vines and bound them together so that he may walk, but is unable to run, pounce, or easily attack anyone. His vine-muzzle is only removed so that he can eat, and when that happens his pride members keep a very strict eye on him. He is capable of mental thought and speech, in fact, he is really quite clever, but that makes him exceptionally dangerous when mixed with his insanity. Friend or foe, everyone is a potential target to him if one of his insane moments is triggered. The only reason the bachelor pride keeps him around is because when they need it, his psychopathic rage creates a erratic attack that very few can predict and beat. It is believed he is the way he is due to a large amount of immediate family inbreeding that happened in his pride. He is also the brother of "Simple"(see below). He was chased from his Original pride due to his psychotic nature.

Character listed as "Oldy":
This old man doesn't have anything wrong with him other than his age. Once the king of a pride, he was usurped when a much younger male challenged him for his right to rule. Though he fought bravely, he had to admit defeat, barely escaping with his life. Bitter at his failure, he is a very course individual who is mostly sarcastic and cold towards others. He is not completely useless though. Though he is a bitter old codger, he was a Pride Leader for a long time, and has lived quite a long life; therefore he has quite a bit of wisdom to give. Though, due to his old age, traditional values, and inability to hunt or fight his wisdom is often ignored and overlooked by the younger counterparts of his Pride.

I will also list the names and characteristics of some other concept members of this Bachelor Pride that I have not yet drawn digitally yet, but have made concept sketches of in my sketchbook. None of them have names, so I'll just list them as how I've labeled them thus far.

Sterile Possible Future Pride Concept Characters-2 by albinoraven666fanart:
A fully healthy, and not too battered adult lion. His physical appearance is very similar to that of the traditional Pride Lander male. He is the recently self appointed leader of the Bachelor Pride of misfits. What's his problem, if he seems to look particularly normal? He is incapable of fathering cubs. Though in nicer Prides, such as those that live in the Pride Lands, this wouldn't be an issue he was ousted from his original pride, of which he was Future Leader of, because he would be unable to father an heir and no other females wanted him. Though he seems physically normal otherwise, he is horribly angry at the injustice of being chased from his Pride because he can't produce cubs. Also, let's face it, he also has a pretty bruised male ego because of it.

Paranoid Possible Future Pride Concept Characters-2 by albinoraven666fanart:
A albino male who has not only been hunted relentlessly by poachers for his rare coat, but has also been tranquilized and tagged on his left ear by rangers so that they may track this rare lions movements, and try to protect him. However, all these run ins with humans, which he deems aliens, has made him a bit of a conspiracy theory nut. He has a hard time believing anything he hears and sometimes sees. He was chased out of his old Pride when they realized his fur was attracting too much human attention, and had not tried to start a Pride of his own because he has a hard time trusting anyone. He only reluctantly started following the Bachelor Pride because he was starting to starve on his own, but still doesn't trust them much.


Simple: Possible Future Pride Concept Characters-3 by albinoraven666fanart
A large but ill groomed lion. The brother of "Crazy", and also a product of massive incest that happened in his Pride. Though, he is the opposite of his brother. Rather than insanely clever, Simple is rather dim witted, and considered mentally slow. Rather than insanely aggressive, Simple is quite the coward. And rather than naturally psychopathic, Simple is a lover. Though he might not understand many concepts, he enjoys the beautiful things in life and trusts people without question, even if that trust is a bad thing. Because of these qualities, he is often taken advantage of. The only strength he really has, is the ability to control his brother. He is the one who takes "Crazy's" vine-leash and walks with him. And he is the only one who understands his brother enough to stop or prevent his psychotic rages. When his brother was chased from his Pride due to his psychotic nature, Simple followed him, not wanting to leave his brother.

Tripod: Possible Future Pride Concept Characters-3 by albinoraven666fanart
He would be considered quite a handsome male. He is similar to that of Sarafina and Nala in natural beauty and color, with a sleek mane. But the one major issue with him is he only has three legs. Born with four legs, he lost his front left leg to a crocodile when he went to drink by the river one day. He would have died, if not for a helpful shaman of a distant land. The shaman(not yet decided what it is yet, probably some form of primate) was able to slow the bleeding, treat infection, and eventually let the lion live out his life. The lion stuck with the shaman for a long time, before the shaman fell ill and died. After that, Tripod struggled to live on his own. He was eventually taken into the misfit Bachelor Pride. Out of all of them, except for maybe "Oldy", Tripod is one of the most sane. Though he has a hard time connecting with anyone due to his awkward nature, he is relatively calm.

Spot: Possible Future Pride Concept Characters 4 Spot by albinoraven666fanart
He is the youngest of the group, only a cub. Spot is a hybrid. His father was a lion, and his mother was a leopard. His father had fallen in love with a leopard that lived in his Pride's territory and had a love affair with her, and so Spot was born. Spot lived to about Simba's age when the Pride leaders found out, they attacked the mother and killed her, and went to kill her cubs; 3 in all. They killed two of the cubs, and went for Spot. Spot's father took the Pride leaders on by himself, giving Spot a chance to escape from the territory. His father was killed in the attack, though Spot does not know for sure and can only assume. Orphaned, he was found by the Bachelor Pride, and taken in. (And this isn't horribly unrealistic. Leopard/Lion crosses have been documented 3.bp.blogspot.com/--zy11fejTzo… and The Lion King is based in fiction as well)

And those are the characters I have so far. :)

I will also accept name ideas for the lot.
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DragonSpirit10's avatar
*laughs* it's funny the way you called them (to me) makes them sound like the lion equivalent of the 7 dwarfs