Ayomide - My Joy Has Arrived

[Kia]

Just Me
Name: Ayomide [“My joy has arrived”]
Pronounciation:Ah-yoh-mee-day
Nickname(s): Ayo [“Joy”]
Gender: Male
Age: Three Years
Breed: Lion
Pride: None, at the moment. He’s considering his options.

Who I am
Description: He is average sized, as far as male lions go. Due to the fact that he has been traveling only with his sister, he is slightly underweight with the lessened opportunities for proper feeding. His most noticeable feature is his mane, which seems near-white at the base but darkens sharply to the point where most of it is almost black. His right eye is mostly blind and he tends to always walk with Chike on that side.
Life Left Behind:
It is not unusual for a male to claim a pride and ruthlessly slaughter the cubs born to the previous male. It is an entirely different matter when it is the intent of an entire pride to commit to the slaughter. When the father of their litter was on his way to being overthrown by an intruding male, Ayo and Chike’s mother knew it was coming. She knew that there was nothing that the lionesses wanted more than to be rid of the who they considered to be an incompetent, senile leader. With his fall, she knew that they would want nothing of his bloodline amongst them, either, and had no doubt that they would take pleasure in participating in the removal of her litter.
Regrettably, she could not rescue the entire litter and made her escape with only two. Her own life was short lived, seeing as she was taken down in the midst of attempting to hunt for herself after hiding the cubs. It was only her intrusion on another pride’s territory that saved her cubs, who she had hidden there. It is unthinkable, really, that any pride would take in a strange pair of cubs but perhaps the ties of family held some meaning for the strange pride’s leader—their uncle, it seemed.
There was only so much they would allow themselves to do, though, and as soon as he was old enough to sufficiently fend for himself Ayo was forced to leave. Chike, however, would have nothing of the separation and wound up setting out with her brother as opposed to remaining in the safety of their uncle’s pride.

My Understanding: He is perpetually his sister’s opposite. He gives off the impression of being cold-hearted and vicious. In his manner of moving and his posture, he seems self-assured and prepared to wreak havoc on those who might see fit to oppose him. He plays the part of a fiercely serious male, determined and just barely towing the line of not becoming overly dominating.

In truth, it is a mask. He does not feel that being himself, he can survive in the world that he and his sister have come to know is quite ruthless. No one would take him as he truly is, gentle and good-natured. At heart, beneath the cover of his unpleasant traits, he is a loving sort and would prefer to please others as opposed to making enemies. He does not really understand the appeal of being savage but does not look down on his sister for how she is.

Likes: Stretching, chewing on horns, sleeping amongst others, Chike
Dislikes: Pretending to be something else