I don't own The Lion King. Copyright goes to Disney.
Please ignore the cover if it looks horrible. And my username is cut off in half. I'm sorry for that to happen. I like the final product of the cover, but this website had to mess it up. Oh well.
I had been thinking of an alternate AU for The Lion King to take place in India ever since I was in middle school and that was 11 years ago. I had drawn what would it look like of it back then, but the drawings are probably lost. And now, I finally get to write it.
Characters
Simba - Singham (lion); Bengal tiger
Nala - Neethi (truth); Bengal tiger
Mufasa - Mustafa (elected); Bengal tiger
Scar (same name); Bengal tiger
Sarabi - Sahiba (queen, companion); Bengal tiger
Zazu - Zaceev (loyal); great Indian hornbill
Timon - Tamash (ignorance); Indian grey mongoose
Pumbaa - Pravraj (wanderer); Indian boar
Rafiki - Ripun (expert in everything); western hoolock gibbon
Shenzi - Shikaar (hunter); Indian dhole
Banzai - Bandi (manly); Indian dhole
Ed - Hans (laughter; short for Hansi); Indian dhole
Locations
Main setting - Madhya Pradesh, India
Pride Rock - Ambush Temple: A large temple where the tigers reside.
Pride Lands - Ambush Lands: The lands and territory of the animals that live there; full of luscious grass, clean water and teeming with a variety of animals.
Elephant Graveyard (same name): An abandoned and spooky area full of elephant bones and where the dholes live.
Wildebeest Gorge - Buffalo Gorge: A large rocky gorge with grassland and forest at the top.
Rafiki's Tree - Ripun's Tree: A large banyan tree in the shape of a mushroom where Ripun lives and does most of his work there.
Jungle Oasis - Desert Oasis: A place far from the Ambush Lands and it's less of sand and more of bushes and trees. One could call it paradise, even for a certain mongoose and boar.
I wrote a characters and locations page of what the fanfic will be like and it will help you if you get confused. I will write a chapter for the fanfic tomorrow and upload it soon.
I had to change the characters' names and turn them into Indian names with meanings that fit the characters' personalities from the original film. I hope you understand. I haven't thought of what Nala's mom's name would be. Most of the names chosen are Hindi, Tamil, Assamese, etc.
I know Mufasa's AU name is Mustafa which is Arabic, but don't be mad that I chose that for his name.
It's funny that in Swahili, Simba means "lion", and for the tiger version of him, I chose Singham which means "lion" in Tamil.
Did you know a group of tigers is called an ambush or a streak? Ambush is much better than streak. Normally, tigers are solitary and don't live in groups, but in here, they do.