This is a page designated for simply explaining things about my story.
Inspiration
First off, the inspiration for my story is actually based off a dream I had as a kid where I dreamed me and Simba were born as brothers and had adventures according to the Lion King story.
Kali
The basis for Kali: When I came up with Kali, I decided I wanted to create my own unique kind of lion because most stories focus on albinos, golden brown, brown, tawny, the occasional white or a black lion. Thus I made Kali a silver lion with a white mane and white eyes because it looks like an inverted Simba. Simba is a golden lion with a fiery red mane and fiery red eyes. Gold and silver, snow and fire, night and is how it works between Kali and Simba. The basis forKali's personality is based off of my own along with the idea I came up with of what a cub would be like with traits of both Scar and Mufasa. Kali has Scar's brains and smart mouth butMufasa's bulk, wisdom and kind heart. For those of you wondering what the blessing was that Uru spoke about, it wasKali's white eyes that were his blessing. They were originally supposed to be orange eyes like Sarabi when I came up with the idea that sometimes the kings interact directly with their living descendants.
Usafi
The basis for the character Usafi is that I got the name from a story called Death of a Prince by TomMaier. I only took the name not his character. The basis for her color is the idea that if a lion like Simba and Mufasa can have red fur, why can't a lioness? Thus Usafi was made into a red lioness. Her personality is what I would call a mix of Nala, Sarafina, Simba and Zira'spersonalities.
Kusudi and Ufisa
Kusudi and Ufisa were originally meant to be Kali and Usafi'sadopted cubs when they themselves were cub's but I eventually decided with help from my beta queenlionesses that it would be better that the cheetah cubs were adopted by another lioness. In one draft, Ufia was going to be adopted by Sarabi, and Kusudi by Sarafina. After a few edits, Naanda came into the though they were raised by Kali's and Simba's aunt, the 4 new rulers of the Pride Lands were so close to these cubs, that they saw them as younger siblings.
The villains
The villains like Kuchin, Kumsa, Matata and Pepo were based off of some of my nightmares and an actual crazy aunt that I myself have. She has three sides to her, hence three cheetah females. Kumsa was meant to be Kali's first physical trial and a sign of his fearless nature and strong paternal instinct. I basedKumsa off of my idea of Sabor from Tarzan.
Kali's Scar
The scar which I gave Kali was my idea of showing that Scar was still good in some ways despite his obvious insanity. It was my way of giving Kali a scar like his uncle, but one he could be proud of.
Jolina and Mohatu
The scene where I have Jolina and Mohatu talking to Kali during his exile is my idea of spiritual interaction on a physical level and also to give Kali his own unique otherworldly visit from the grave. Similar to those of Mufasa's and Simba's in the movie.
Kali's Cubs Design
The three cubs of Kali and Usafi. Nurisha and Hafsa are based on different variations of my original designs for Kali and Usafi. I originally thought to make Usafi, Simba's twin sister and make Kali Nala's white furred little brother when I came up with the theory of brothers like night and day as I described above. Majion the other hand was an original idea. I thought about the idea that eventually one of the royal cubs would inherit some of Scar's features and thus I created Maji. How this will affect his future? You will have to wait for his story.
Cubs Names
In the original draft, Kali's daughters were going to have different names. His eldest daughter, -, with the silver pelt was going to be named Malaika. This name means angel. His youngest daughter, , with the snow white pelt was going to be named Maisha. This name means Life. They were changed to the new names, to avoid any confusion on who was helped me realize I confused you enough with Usafi and Ufisa (fisa).
As a note to all of you expecting a sequel, I will announce that I am planning a sequel but have not decided on a release date as of yet, though I may begin posting on Halloween or Thanksgiving and Christmas at the latest. I am offering to allow other readers submit their own characters to possibly be included into my sequel Blood in the Water as long as they PM me the details. Also, be on the lookout for my first Lion King Crossover Simba: The Lion Avatar which is a cross between The Lion King and Avatar The Last Airbender and my first Lion King one-shot called simply Mother.
Photos Links Below
Adult Kali- Kali by Asante:
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Cub Kali and Artist own character playing- Kali bytherashedapride
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Kali with Kopa and an alternate OC resting on Pride Rock-Crossover gift by therashedapride
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Usafi pinning kali (scene from Chapter 3)- Tale of Two Kings: Kali and Usafi by queenlionesses
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Last but certainly not least, the cover photo- Tale of the Kings by Ze-Ze
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I would like to thank the following for all of their support and reviews:
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