Claw the Hyena

Claw is one of the main antagonists (alongside Banagi and Baasho) of the story The Lion King: The Vengeance of Scar. He is a male spotted hyena of Banagi’s clan.
== Personality ==
Claw is like Ed, a confused, dim-witted, ambiguous hyena out of the three hyenas (despite both Banagi and Baasho). 
However, he is shown to be rambunctious and a bit merciful, he shows his brief helpful side when he catches a grasshopper and gently lets it go, until Banagi squashes the grasshopper with anger. 
He’s fearful and cowardly, as if he was shown running away when Obi came to confront Banagi, he ran to the Out-lands with Baasho. 
== Appearance ==
Claw has grayish brown fur with tannish geyser fur on the centers of his ears and underbelly, has dark grayish brown thick hair, and light geyser colored spots. He often has his tongue sticking out. 
== Biography ==
As Obi heard the news from his guardian, an African macaw named Mako, Claw was shown moving the impalas aside with Baasho. When Banagi comes and tells them their goal, Obi comes to confront the hyena leader, Claw and Baasho ran for their lives, thinking Obi might fight them. 
Following the news about a teenage lioness named Raya who is gonna be having her litter of cubs soon, Claw was seen in the Out-lands with Baasho and other unnamed hyenas. Claw heard the news from Banagi who told his henchmen that a lioness (referring to Raya) is pregnant and will be having a litter of cubs soon, as Banagi suggests trying to kill Raya and the unborn cubs to avenge Scar’s death and tells the hyenas that they must train to be prepared for avenging the death of Scar, Claw tries to catch a grasshopper and gently lets the grasshopper go, much to Banagi’s irritation. 
While overhearing Banagi making a deal with Zira, Claw and Baasho were hiding under the grass. Claw then asks why did Zira want her son (referring to Kovu) to be king if he isn’t really Scar’s son, but Baasho shuts him up. 
Getting ready for avenging Scar’s death, Baasho and Claw used twigs to form a wildfire in the Pride Lands, Claw says that old empty volcano was creepy since the other Outsiders left (referring to the alligators, jackals and a different clan of hyenas). Claw then sets a wildfire in a circle. 
Claw was last seen running away with Banagi and Baasho. As Banagi claimed that he has zebra meat in the Out-lands, Claw says that zebras taste greater than impalas, much to Banagi’s anger, he orders him to shut up.
== Development ==
Originally, Claw was gonna be a jackal, the only jackal to be in a hyena clan. His original name was Nip (another non-Swahili name), he was gonna be portrayed as a serious villain then a comedic character of the story. But Nip was scrapped because in real life, jackals and hyenas aren’t part of the same clan. 
In another script of the story, after Nip was taken out of the story, Claw was gonna have a Arabic name, but he was gonna be a female named Bazeema (meaning “the one with a good temper” in Arabian), meaning the hyena trio where gonna be hyenas that their names start with “B”. Bazeema was later scrapped from the story and was replaced with Claw, a hyena.
== Trivia ==
* Claw is similar to Ed. 
** Both characters have a non-Swahili name. 
** Both have a same personality. 
** However, despite Ed, Claw can talk in the story.
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