Marini

[Marini]

MARINI

Nicknames: N/A
Gender: Female?
Age: Five
Species: Lioness
Homeland: Pride Lands
Rank: Hunter

Quick Description: Marini has a golden sheen to her fur, and emerald green eyes.
Full Description: Marini has a golden sheen to her otherwise creamy coloured fur, and emerald green eyes. Her underbelly and muzzled are a lighter shade than the rest of her coat, the latter framed by a set of ten whiskers, five on one side and five on the other. Her nose is a pink/maroon like colour, as are the insides of her rounded ears. Her teeth are sharp, ideal for tearing at downed prey.
As is the case with most lionesses, Marini has a lean build and a supple, although not too muscular, frame. As far as height goes, one could say that she was average for her species, neither particularly short in stature, nor overly tall. Like most felines, she has rather large paws with retractable claws, five each on the front two, including a dew claw, and four each on the back two. She has a small scar one her right fore paw from a hunting accident.
Personality: Smart and sassy, Marini is a girl who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to give it her all to accomplish her goals. She can also be rather sarcastic and a little rebellious, but always has the best interests of her pride and her friends at heart. In fact, she is mostly friendly and patient with others in general, but earning her trust outside of her own pride can take a little work. Given the chance, she is loyal and protective to those she considers friends. Sadly, this doesn't extend to those she currently considers prey, unless of course they're able to prove their worth. Most don't get the chance though, as she is a patient and opportunistic hunter.

Highly curious in nature, Marini is also rather adventurous and dreams of exploring new territories. She isn't stupid though and would not deliberately put herself in harms way. If danger finds her though, she isn't beyond defending herself, but then it's easy to be bold when under normal circumstances one would be surrounded by the other lionesses. She knows when to run for it when things get a little too hairy, but won't leave anyone behind if she can help it.
Goals: To aid her pride in their survival. To explore outside the pride lands.

History: Born at around the same time as Kiara, Marini lived in the constant shadow of the princess, but her own mother had brought her up to be a valuable member of Simba's pride nonetheless. She was taught to be proud of her own accomplishments and thus didn't feel jealous of Kiara. Well, not too much anyway!

Her early childhood was for the most part uneventful, although she grew up hearing stories of how the kings uncle Scar one murdered the current king and took his place on the throne, exiling Simba, the rightful king. It had been a difficult time for many, as the land became swamped by hyenas and the prey animals moved on, but Simba had come through and the kingdom began to once again flourish.

Reaching adulthood at about the same time a Kiara, her first hunt was a few days before the princess's own and she returned relatively victorious, although she managed to badly cut one of her paws, resulting in a small scar. She was among those who accompanied Simba and the others in her rescue, and the subsequent meeting of Kovu, during a fire in the middle of her own first hunt. Like the others, she immediately distrusted the outsider, raised by a pride consisting of those who were exiled and filled with hate.

Choosing to let things take their course, she regretted her decision when King Simba was supposedly led into and ambush by the younger Lion and supported his exile, angry at him and herself for not expressing her concerns more publicly. She later took part in the battle against Zira, Kovu's mother and head of her pride, and her allies until the intervention of the runaway Kiara and the exiled Kovu.

Now a fully fledged member of the prides hunting party, Marini is content but often dreams of adventure and the chance to explore beyond the grand savannah that she was born to. She knows that this is rather unlikely to happen, but one can dream, right?

Author Alias: Mikoyo
RP Experience: A few years
How You Found Us: Google search
RP Sample: As the sunlight bathed the vast savannah, a herd of antelope grazed peacefully in the blazing heat. They seemed rather content as they chewed away on their snippets of grass. Little did they know that soon the peace would be shattered as even their keen sense failed to pick up the danger that prowled in the undergrowth, edging closer and closer.

Marini crawled with her body close to the ground, her supple and slender form rippling as she carefully edged closer. Like the others in the party, she moved silently and gracefully toward their unsuspecting prey, only having a very rough idea as to the presence of the rest of her pride mates.

She could now practically see the whites of their eyes, but she refused to strike. Not yet anyway, not until the opportune moment. After a few more seconds, the time was right and she pressed herself even further to the ground. Of course, the queen and leader of their party struck first, leaping gracefully from her hiding place. Marini and the rest of the party weren't too far behind her, jumping in from all angles and surrounding the surprised herd!

That was what this afternoons activities had mostly included anyway and now feeling rather full, she rested by the watering hole. It was still warm, but rather a lot cooler than earlier. It was rare that they hunted on an afternoon as this was when the day was at it's hottest, but their last few attempts had been relatively unsuccessful and it had been considered necessary to organise another hunt sooner than usual.

Todays haul hadn't been too bad though, in fact they had caught enough prey to feed the entire pride. Well fed and satisfied, she had come to her favourite basking spot to take advantage of the cooler temperature. Now that the adrenaline from earlier was wearing off, and fatigue settled upon her, she drifted blissfully into the land of dreams.

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