Night Flame

[Kirsui]

Name: Night Flame
Species: Lion
Age: late adolescent / young adult
Gender: Male


Description:
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He is lightly built and agile adolescent, and he is also to be taller than lions of his age normally would be, and he will be even taller once he is fully grown. His fur is light greyish-purple, the insides of his ears are deep grey, and his belly and toes are dark greyish-purple. Above his eyes he has the same greyish-purple colour as the belly, and below eyes there are three short stripes, pointing down towards his cheek tufts. His outlander type of nose is light greyish-brown. The most interesting marking he has is the dark grey area on his back, as if they were dark flames pointing down towards the ground. The tail tuft and not yet full-grown mane are that same dark colour. The mane has begun to grow on his chest, and the tuft on his head reaches down below his chin, but it will still take time before his mane is fully grown. His irises are teal.


Behaviour:

Night Flame loves night-time, mostly because his dark colouring is easily spotted during daylight. He is kind of a mysterious being at first, and doesn’t really like talking about his past. Sometimes he might over react slightly when other creatures wander to the same area where he is, but deep within he is a really nice person. One just needs to get to know him and gain his trust. He would rather die than betray his friends.

One thing he can't stand, though, are cubs. After losing his son and mate, he has been trying to avoid cubs as much as possible, mostly because they are a constant reminder of how he failed to protect his own cub.


History:

He was born to a pride of lions whose den was on the border of jungle and savannah. He was born during night, and that together with the markings on his back gave him his name. Night Flame grew up with other cubs, though almost all of them tried to keep distance to the oddly coloured male cub. There was an exception, a female cub called Sunspot. The two used to play together, until when they both were adolescents. Sunspot’s father decided that Night Flame had become too close with Sunspot, and the male was exiled from the pride.

But Night Flame refused to leave completely, and remained around the area. He met Sunspot secretly every now and then, and as a result they had their cub, Bleak. Then on one rainy day, the pride was attacked and the adolescents were told to escape with a few older lionesses. Night Flame joined the escaping group. When they thought they had gotten far enough, they stopped for a little rest.

Sadly enough, they were ambushed and in the fight Night Flame was knocked out. When he woke up, the rest of the group had been killed. There was no sign on Sunspot or Bleak, and desperately Night Flame raced off to look for them. He did find Sunspot, dead. He never saw any sign of Bleak, though, and assumed that his son had been either killed or taken away. Crushed, Night Flame begun his wanderings, trying to forget the past that came to haunt him in his dreams.

[Genie]