Jasiri Tatum

Jasiri TatumPrince of Phantine	Jasiri TatumPrince of Phantine
 	
Appearances 	Appearances
First Appearance 	"Blood for Blood"
Last Appearance 	"Until I Die"
Information 	Information
Born 	687
Died 	?
Gender 	Male
Species 	Elephant
Color  	Grey
Residence 	Toontown
Nchi Ya Tembo, Phantine
Status 	Deceased
Family 	Family
House 	Tatum
Father 	Babar Waarheid
Mother 	Babarina Malkia
Siblings 	Nguvu Tatum
Issue 	Binti Tatum
Prince Jasiri Tatum is a supporting character in War.
In terms of the series narrative, Jasiri is a prince of Phantine during the War. During his final months in Cartonia, he also served nominally as the acting Babar of Phantine. 
==Appearances==
===War===
Jasiri Tatum made his first appearance in "Blood for Blood" when the foxes launched a siege of the capital of Phantine in 721. He and his elder twin brother, Nguvu Tatum, opted to stay and fight, even refusing to send their children away. Though intense battles occurred in the marshes surrounding the fortified castle, the defenders eventually had to retreat behind the castle walls and withstand a siege. The Siege of the Castle in the Marshes lasted from April 721 to January 722, and starved nearly all the castle's occupants, including Jasiri's wife. Babar Waarheid himself died of starvation on the same day the foxes raised the white flag of surrender. Nguvu succeeded his father, as he was the eldest of the two twins. 
In "Pro Patria Mori," Jasiri was sent into exile in Canis with his daughter, Binti, and his nephew, Card. Nguvu remained in Phantine during the third siege and was captured by the foxes. Jasiri watched on live television as his brother was executed by the foxes. As Card was not old enough to succeed as Babar, and because there was no kingdom to rule over, Jasiri nominally accepted the position of acting Babar. Jasiri absconded his nominal duties in "The Good Must Associate" in order to accept a position on the expedition south out of Cartonia. 
Jasiri helped settle Toontown in "Until I Die." He was resistant to many of the proposals in the town's first constitution but yielded. He predeceased his daughter and nephew. 
==Character==
===Namesake===
The title of Babar is derived from the Swahili word for "father:" "baba." It also pays homage to the popular animated elephant with the same name. 
Jasiri is the Swahili word for "brave."
==Trivia==
*Jasiri's character page was the 311th created, and was thus the page that caused Toontown Storytime to officially surpass VMK Storytime's page count. 
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