Post by Kiara on Jul 20, 2017 19:12:46 GMT
“Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom?”
Shenzi
barbaric, uncouth
Species
Hyena
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Origin
Canon
Territory
Elephant Graveyard
Pride/Clan
Her own clan
Status
Matriarch
History
Born into the role of up-and-coming matriarch of the hyena clan who called the elephant graveyard their territory, Shenzi quickly learnt how to survive on very little; food was not plentiful as the current lion king, a particularly pushy kitty named Ahadi, imposed very strict laws enforcing the hyenas’ boundaries. From a young age, Shenzi and her pair of paw-picked companions – two males, Banzai and Ed – began to practice the art of sneaking into the Pride Lands to ‘steal’ the food that they believed was naturally theirs. With only limited success, it was true – although on one such excursion, the trio ran into the adolescent lion who would later christen himself Scar; the prince, no less. Apparently feeling similarly put-upon by his father, the feline was quick to forge an alliance between himself and the hyenas, one which Shenzi was sure would work for their mutual benefit.
Time passed, and all four members of the little conspiracy grew to adulthood. Shenzi became leader of the hyena clan, while Ahadi died, and his throne was passed to Scar’s elder brother, Mufasa; a generally fairer king, though he still shared his father’s unfortunate views on hyenas. When Mufasa’s mate gave birth to his heir, Scar returned to the three hyenas, announcing that the time to make good on their alliance was drawing near. He first delivered Mufasa’s son to them for disposing of; a task that the hyenas miserably failed at when Mufasa himself arrived on the scene. Scar was undeterred, and outlined a second – far more daring – plan.
Which worked flawlessly, except for the tiny detail that the hyenas managed to let Simba slip through their paws once again. But he was just a little cub with no father fleeing into the desert; his chances of survival were nil anyway.
As planned, in the absence of any heir of Mufasa’s, Scar became king; and as agreed, he opened the Pride Lands up to the hyenas. Needless to say that after so long living on next-to-nothing, the hyenas pigged out on anything and everything that moved (or had once moved) that they could get their jaws around. Still, Shenzi would later maintain, there had been PLENTY of prey left for the lions, they weren’t leaving them to starve. THEY hadn’t been to blame that the land had begun drying up all around them, becoming more and more barren as the months passed, until the herds eventually moved on. Many whispered that Scar must be cursed, and Shenzi wasn’t sure she didn’t believe them.
And as if matters weren’t bad enough, Simba, the dead prince, returned from out of nowhere, challenging Scar for the throne. While, at first, it looked like Scar had the upper hand, keeping the young prince off-balance, Simba was able to turn the tables, and the situation went from bad to worse. Scar confessed to killing Mufasa, leading vengeful lionesses to swarm Pride Rock, and her hyenas were no match for them. On top of which, Simba got Scar on the run, and when Shenzi and her boys went after them…
Well. Suffice it to say that they didn’t like what they heard one bit.
Scar, gladly throwing them under the bus to save his own skin; so that was what loyalty was worth. The hyenas abandoned Scar to his fate; but when Simba flung him down from Pride Rock, Shenzi made sure to confront the disgraced king. The encounter could only end in blood, and her clan fed well on their former ally’s remains.
So died traitors.
Of course, there was nowhere else to go. As the rains fell, extinguishing the fires that had threatened to consume the hyenas even as they’d ripped Scar to pieces, and as Simba’s roar resounded from Pride Rock, Shenzi and her clan could only slink away, back to the graveyard.
To the present, the clan remain in their old territory, even as the Pride Lands returned to their bountiful state once more. No mercy would be shown to Scar’s followers, Shenzi knew, so doing any more than picking off animals from the fringes of the Pride Lands was out of the question. In addition, her son Janja – who had been born in the waning months of Scar’s reign – took most of the young males into the bordering Outlands to start his own clan; and they weren’t the only ones getting antsy. Still, Shenzi could read the signs; trouble was coming for the Pride Landers; and when it did, she had every intention of making sure her clan was in the best possible place to take advantage of it. It was only a matter of time.
Family Tree
Banzai and Ed – though no-one’s sure exactly how they’re related.
Janja (son). Possibly other cubs too; that choice is up to whoever claims them ^^
Sample Post
"Hngh."
Hyena matriarch huffed to herself irritably as she gnawed a bone beneath her teeth. A worthless exercise, at this point; the bone had long-since been stripped bare, and all she was doing was gouging long furrows down it as her teeth failed to find anything else to clean it of, but she kept up the action anyway. One could argue that it helped her think, at the very least.
Not that many other animals would expect a hyena's thoughts to amount to much, in any case. Rude, they were; just like Mufasa's little stooge calling them slobbering, mangy, stupid, all that time ago. Shenzi hadn't forgotten in the slightest.
Finally, she gave up on the bone, snapping it in half with her powerful jaws and discarding it to the cave floor as she rose, not bothering to finish it off. A couple of the youngsters who had been lurking nearby leaped at it, fighting over what little marrow was to be gleaned from inside it, but the matriarch didn't bother to acknowledge them.
Once out in the open, the hyena quickly scaled the largest elephant skull, her yellow gaze scanning her realm - as much as it was worth. She could pick out a number of her clan scattered about amongst the bones - all the other females, she knew by name, and her boys too; though she hardly bothered to remember the rest of the low-ranked males. And from there, her gaze rose to where the sun was sinking orange beyond the Pride Lands. Seeing even just the outline of Pride Rock in the sunset, Shenzi sneered to herself.
"And Scar promised us all that. Should have known he was just lion."
No, she would NOT apologise for the pun.
Shenzi
barbaric, uncouth
Species
Hyena
---
Origin
Canon
Territory
Elephant Graveyard
Pride/Clan
Her own clan
Status
Matriarch
History
Born into the role of up-and-coming matriarch of the hyena clan who called the elephant graveyard their territory, Shenzi quickly learnt how to survive on very little; food was not plentiful as the current lion king, a particularly pushy kitty named Ahadi, imposed very strict laws enforcing the hyenas’ boundaries. From a young age, Shenzi and her pair of paw-picked companions – two males, Banzai and Ed – began to practice the art of sneaking into the Pride Lands to ‘steal’ the food that they believed was naturally theirs. With only limited success, it was true – although on one such excursion, the trio ran into the adolescent lion who would later christen himself Scar; the prince, no less. Apparently feeling similarly put-upon by his father, the feline was quick to forge an alliance between himself and the hyenas, one which Shenzi was sure would work for their mutual benefit.
Time passed, and all four members of the little conspiracy grew to adulthood. Shenzi became leader of the hyena clan, while Ahadi died, and his throne was passed to Scar’s elder brother, Mufasa; a generally fairer king, though he still shared his father’s unfortunate views on hyenas. When Mufasa’s mate gave birth to his heir, Scar returned to the three hyenas, announcing that the time to make good on their alliance was drawing near. He first delivered Mufasa’s son to them for disposing of; a task that the hyenas miserably failed at when Mufasa himself arrived on the scene. Scar was undeterred, and outlined a second – far more daring – plan.
Which worked flawlessly, except for the tiny detail that the hyenas managed to let Simba slip through their paws once again. But he was just a little cub with no father fleeing into the desert; his chances of survival were nil anyway.
As planned, in the absence of any heir of Mufasa’s, Scar became king; and as agreed, he opened the Pride Lands up to the hyenas. Needless to say that after so long living on next-to-nothing, the hyenas pigged out on anything and everything that moved (or had once moved) that they could get their jaws around. Still, Shenzi would later maintain, there had been PLENTY of prey left for the lions, they weren’t leaving them to starve. THEY hadn’t been to blame that the land had begun drying up all around them, becoming more and more barren as the months passed, until the herds eventually moved on. Many whispered that Scar must be cursed, and Shenzi wasn’t sure she didn’t believe them.
And as if matters weren’t bad enough, Simba, the dead prince, returned from out of nowhere, challenging Scar for the throne. While, at first, it looked like Scar had the upper hand, keeping the young prince off-balance, Simba was able to turn the tables, and the situation went from bad to worse. Scar confessed to killing Mufasa, leading vengeful lionesses to swarm Pride Rock, and her hyenas were no match for them. On top of which, Simba got Scar on the run, and when Shenzi and her boys went after them…
Well. Suffice it to say that they didn’t like what they heard one bit.
Scar, gladly throwing them under the bus to save his own skin; so that was what loyalty was worth. The hyenas abandoned Scar to his fate; but when Simba flung him down from Pride Rock, Shenzi made sure to confront the disgraced king. The encounter could only end in blood, and her clan fed well on their former ally’s remains.
So died traitors.
Of course, there was nowhere else to go. As the rains fell, extinguishing the fires that had threatened to consume the hyenas even as they’d ripped Scar to pieces, and as Simba’s roar resounded from Pride Rock, Shenzi and her clan could only slink away, back to the graveyard.
To the present, the clan remain in their old territory, even as the Pride Lands returned to their bountiful state once more. No mercy would be shown to Scar’s followers, Shenzi knew, so doing any more than picking off animals from the fringes of the Pride Lands was out of the question. In addition, her son Janja – who had been born in the waning months of Scar’s reign – took most of the young males into the bordering Outlands to start his own clan; and they weren’t the only ones getting antsy. Still, Shenzi could read the signs; trouble was coming for the Pride Landers; and when it did, she had every intention of making sure her clan was in the best possible place to take advantage of it. It was only a matter of time.
Family Tree
Banzai and Ed – though no-one’s sure exactly how they’re related.
Janja (son). Possibly other cubs too; that choice is up to whoever claims them ^^
Sample Post
"Hngh."
Hyena matriarch huffed to herself irritably as she gnawed a bone beneath her teeth. A worthless exercise, at this point; the bone had long-since been stripped bare, and all she was doing was gouging long furrows down it as her teeth failed to find anything else to clean it of, but she kept up the action anyway. One could argue that it helped her think, at the very least.
Not that many other animals would expect a hyena's thoughts to amount to much, in any case. Rude, they were; just like Mufasa's little stooge calling them slobbering, mangy, stupid, all that time ago. Shenzi hadn't forgotten in the slightest.
Finally, she gave up on the bone, snapping it in half with her powerful jaws and discarding it to the cave floor as she rose, not bothering to finish it off. A couple of the youngsters who had been lurking nearby leaped at it, fighting over what little marrow was to be gleaned from inside it, but the matriarch didn't bother to acknowledge them.
Once out in the open, the hyena quickly scaled the largest elephant skull, her yellow gaze scanning her realm - as much as it was worth. She could pick out a number of her clan scattered about amongst the bones - all the other females, she knew by name, and her boys too; though she hardly bothered to remember the rest of the low-ranked males. And from there, her gaze rose to where the sun was sinking orange beyond the Pride Lands. Seeing even just the outline of Pride Rock in the sunset, Shenzi sneered to herself.
"And Scar promised us all that. Should have known he was just lion."
No, she would NOT apologise for the pun.