The Lion King: Time of Ending
For 10,000 years, the galaxy-spanning Imperium of Lion has endured, surviving disasters, heresies and invasions from alien races intent on the extinction of lionkind. The largest empire ever known, the Imperium spans the galaxy, boasting a million worlds and billions of soldiers sworn to its cause. From the Pridelands, home of the lions for innumerable millennia, the fate of the Imperiums' numberless subjects decided with every decree. There is no peace however, for the stars are awash with the blood of Lionkind. The Imperium is beset on all sides: invaded by voracious aliens eager to consume and annihilate, assailed from within by usurpers and threatened by traitors and Outsiders who seek nothing less than the utter enslavement and destruction of all lions.
In the face of such innumerable foes stand the armies of Lionkind, the courageous soldiers of the Pride Guard and the awe-inspiring and masterful Lion Kings. The largest organized army in existence, the Pride Guard is the hammer of the Pridelands, a force billions of warriors strong. In contrast the Lion Kings are few in number, it is said that there is not even so many as a single Lion for each planet in the Imperium and yet they are the Prideland's greatest champions. Saviors of Life, the Lion King strike fear into the hearts of the Pridelands' foes.