Mwatabu

Mwatabu is a former member of Salene's Pride, but was exiled wrongfully after she was framed for killing Usian, one of her pride members. She is often found wandering the egde of the pridelands, and sometimes trespassing on them. She was made by (and currently belongs to) Ashenpaw.
== Past ==
Mwatabu got her name from the stormy night she was born on. Her father had been killed when he was struck by lightning just outside the den, right before she was born. Usian, one of the wisest members of the pride, said that it was a bad omen. Her mother, Waseme, snapped at him and said that her cub was normal. When Mwatabu got a bit older, she caused almost as much trouble as Shomari, Salene's son. She hated Shomari because of his know-it-all attitude, and his constant gloating.
Mwatabu became a hunter for her pride. Waseme taught her what she needed to know beforehand so that Salene would see how strong she was. Salene seemed to caught up in his own son to notice, so Mwatabu decided to attempt to hunt a zebra to prove herself, but Salene had to jump in and save her. He was furious with her for being so stupid and she was banned from hunting for moons. When she finally was able to hunt again, she had to relearn how to. Budhya, one of the lionesses around her age, thought it was hilarious, and the two of them became friends.
One day Shormari invited Mwatabu to hunt with him and Usian. Mwatabu accepted, hoping that it would make her and Shomari finally grow up and stop hating each other, but when they were hunting, Mwatabu saw Shomari and Usian growling at each other, and she saw Shomari kill Usian and throw him into the river. He then ran back to the pride with Mwatabu and told Salene that she killed Usian. Mwatabu tried to defend herself but Salene was biased toward his son's word, and banished Mwatabu. Budhya was the only lion to tell her goodbye when she was exiled.
Mwatabu was out on her own then. Outside the pridelands was bland and there was hardly food. She was starving and frail when Ayubu found her. Ayubu took her to a dark cave where a few other starved lions lived, most being males. She said that it was a place for starved outlanders. She called it The Cave of the Forgotten. Mwatabu thanked Ayubu for leading her there, and stayed there. Ayubu started asking Mwatabu to do strange tasks for her, as if she was the leader of the prideless lions.
Dusty, a male lion there, started helping Mwatabu out with her tasks, but he always wanted something in return, which was always food. Whenever he helped her, he would wait until the next time she caught something, then approach her and remind her of his assistance before as a passive way to demand food. Mwatabu was a bit bitter about this the first time, but she began to grow used to the lazy lion taking a share of her meals.
Mwatabu decided to make a revenge plan to expose Shomari's tyrancy. After she did, she explained it to Ayubu in hopes that she'd bring the other lions to assist her. Ayubu agreed, as long as Mwatabu made sure to overthrow Selene and make Ayubu leader, and bring the outlanders from The Cave of the Forgotten to the pridelands. Mwatabu agreed to Ayubu's addition to her plan.
== Appearance ==
Category:Original Characters
Category:Lioness
Category:Lionesses
Category:Females
Category:Outlanders
Category:Ashenpaw