Jelani (Silver VII)

== Apearances: ==
He has orange and beige pelt, dark brown mane and green eyes
== Personality: ==
He hates the lions of Pride Rock with every fibre of his being, as a cub he was eager to prove his worth, proud of his strength and a big dreamer, but he was prone to insecurity, he had a soft spot for imara but it their relationship was strained after they chose opposing sides, he was considered half-mad as an adult
== Backstory: ==
He was born after scar's fall, and from a young age he displayed incredible feats of strength above other cubs his age, and he was proud of it, the pride saw him as a perfect candidate for prince kion's new lion guard while his sister Zuri was going to be princess Kiara's advisor, but when the day finally came kion broke tradition and chose the hippo beshte as his strongest instead of him, he ran back to pride rock devastated and then his sister returned home bragging about her future while his future was ripped from his paws, that made him quiver in rage, he knew deserved better, even more deserving of a higher position than his brat of a sister, refusing to give up he began planning his next move
War broke out between the pride landers and the army of scar, despite simba's refusal to let the pride get involved he joined the fray, janja and rerei were attacking as acaccia grove, and he leapt to their defense, while the rest of the animals evacuated, the Lion guard was preoccupied with dealing Kiburi's forces at the river, there was only him and a few horned herbivores against an outlander army, they fought and were overwhelmed by their sheer number until a roar blew the invading forces away, Jel was left covered in bites and scratches, while the lion guard who didn't lose a drop of blood, were flocked and thanked by the animals he nearly died saving, even simba thanked him, like always, while jel was punished for going against the king's orders, one night when Kion was returning from patrol, he confronted kion and angrily demanded a duel, angered by the kingdom's favoritism, the unfair punishment and his stolen future, the only rule was neither lion was to use magic of any sort, kion couldn't use the roar but Jel had his strength, the duel was one sided, with jel using his unnatural strength to overwhelm the young prince, just when he was about to end it, he took a claw to the face, Zuri's claws, with Simba's pride right behind her, Jelani wasn't of royal blood, he didn't have any right to challenge Kion to any duel, the whole "duel" was just him beating up the prince which is considered an act of treason, punishable by exile, he left that night and went to the outlands with a newfound hate for his kingdom, family and pride
not long after that, he found himself stalked by mysterious shadows, he demanded them to show themselves and they did. Zira, Nuka, Vitani, Kovu and Kasi greeted and introduced themselves and told him that they were exiles like he was, happy to find allies in the desolate land he asked to join their pride, which they agreed to after a brief discussion, though he can already smell madness on Zira at first glance, life in the outlands was harsh, but bearable because he and Imara began a friendly rivalry that ended in love, but jelani began to lose trust in zira and asked Imara to run away with him and live in the grasslands by the great wall, but Imara chose to stay with her pride, breaking jelani's heart
while living by the great wall he eavesdropped on a flock of migrating pridelander birds and heard about the joining of the prides, he catches and interrogates one of them for more answers and learned about Scar's defeat Kion's journey and coronation and the birth of his and Imara's cub, he was shocked at why she didn't tell him and now simba has them under his paw, now convinced Simba has taken everything away from him, he gathers a band of predators promising they would feast on the pride landers to their heart's content if they helped him "save" imara and his cub from Simba
Category:Silver VII
Category:Lions
Category:Males
Category:Pride Landers
Category:Outsiders
Category:Antagonists
Category:Original Characters