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Zauditu - a candle in the wind

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EDIT: Updated her body type, as I did with the rest of Barbary lions ^_^

Zauditu - daughter to Sultan, Ua; sister to Akia; mate to Mohatu; mother to Uru and stillborn son

Zauditu's colors are borrowed from Rinjapine's alternative mother of Uru.

Zauditu is the daughter of Sultan - the king of the pride that comes to the Pridelands during king Jalil's reign. They are refugees from a far away country and have wandered across the Africa for a long time. With no strength left, they humble ask king Jalil's permission to recover in his lands, to which he agrees.

Jalil's heir - Mohatu - is immediately smitten with the exotic Zauditu. He lets himself be known as a wise, gentle lion, which earns Zauditu's attention. The pair is often seen exploring the Pridelands together, talking and laughing along the way.

The mutual interest growing between the two young lion does not escape their parents' attention. The Bedouin pride sees a perfect chance to earn an eternal right to stay in the Pridelands. King Jalil sees a chance to give his son a queen unlike any other for free. Mohatu and Zauditu recieve the blessing to marry. To make the deal sweeter, it is decided that Mohatu's sister Maisha shall marry Zauditu's brother Akia. The princess of the Pridelands in not at all pleased, but her bitterness is ignored in favour of Mohatu's joy.

Zauditu bears Mohatu a daughter - Uru. She later agrees to try for a son, and a son she bears as well - a stillborn - and dies along with him. Her death breaks mohatu's heart and makes Uru develop a passionate hatred towards males and the need to show she can be stronger than any male( the way Uru sees it, Zauditu died because she had to produce a son, because Uru was not enough).
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Brookcresent's avatar
candle in the wind huh you an Elton John fan ?