Mowglii (Grimm Fairy Tales)

Mowglii is the main protagonist of the Grimm Fairy Tales adaptation of The Jungle Book. Unlike most incarnations of the character, this version of Mowglii is a female. 
==Biography==
===The Jungle Book===
When Mowglii is just a baby, she, along with three other human children, is abducted by pirates (presumably to sell them to human trafficking). Soon, however, the ship carrying the children crashes on Kipling Isle, halting the battle between the animal tribes that inhabit the island. Believed by the animals to be harbringers of peace,the children are adopted by four of the tribes, with Mowglii being adopted by the Seeonee (Wolf Tribe). Mowglii presumably has a happy childhood amongst the wolves, as Mother Wolf goes on walks with her, and teaches her the law of the jungle.
Many years pass, and Mowglii and the other children grow up. The now grown Mowglii then has a sparring match with her mentor, Baloo, the bear. In her absence, however, the wolves are ambushed and nearly wiped out by the vengeful Shere (Tiger tribe) and their ruthless leader, Shere Khan. When Mowglii returns, the only survivors of the attack are Won Tolla and Grey Sister. After sharing a final moment with her dying mother, Mowglii vows to avenge her and the other wolves. Due to her lack of natural defenses, Mowglii forges weapons for herself, and begins to track the tigers. En route, she is captured by the bandar (primate tribe), who wishes to make her their play-thing, and she is rescued by Baloo. 
Shortly afterwards, Mowglii, along with Baloo and Bomani (the one adopted by the Shere), are almost devoured by Kaa, the giant snake, when they are saved by the Tavi (small mammal tribe), and their adopted child, Akili. After escaping Kaa, Mowglii chases Bomani through the jungle, believing him to be responsible for the attack on the wolves. She chases him all the way to the den of the Shere, where she battles Shere Khan. The battle ends with the white tiger falling to his supposed death, and Mowglii emerging victorious. As Mowglii recovers from her injuries, she tells the tale of her adventures to Won Tolla and Grey Sister's new wolf pups.
===Last of the Species===
Mowglii appears again in the second arc, again, as the protagonist. She is first seen playing at the river, where she inadvertantly angers Baloo by saying that she does not want to be the last of her species (since Baloo believes himself to be the last of his own kind. After Baloo and Bagheera, the panther, leave, Mowglii realizes how her comment hurt Baloo. She comtemplates how foolish her comment was, she encounters Dewan (the child adopted by the Bandar). Although it is initially believed that Dewan wants to play with her, he attempts to drown her, but, she is saved once again by Akili. Shortly after, however, Mowglii, along with Tobaqui, the jackal (And Akili's close companion) are knocked into the caves underneath Kipling Isle, due to a battle between the Shere and the Payari (elephant tribe). In the caves, she finds Shere Khan alive, and he reluctantly joins her and Tobaqui to escale the caves and avoid the feared Bada Dar (Bear tribe).
After killing one of the bears that encountered them, Shere Khan admits to Mowglii that what he really wanted was to return to his tribe, mostly Bomani. When Mowglii, Khan, and Tobaqui emerge from the caves, Mowglii sees Bomani with the wolf pups. She is enraged at first, believing that Bomani intended to harm them, but, is relieved and grateful when he reveals that he had actually saved them from Kaa, with help from Dewan and Grey Sister, although Grey Sister died in the fight (presumably devoured by Kaa). Shortly after, Bomani and Khan are exiled from the Shere, and Baloo takes leadership of the Bada Dar, leading them back into the caves. An angry Won Tolla blames Mowglii for Grey Sister's death, as well as the deaths of all the other wolves, and casts her out of the Seeonee.
===Fall of the Wild===
In the final arc, it's revealed that Mowglii has spent her time in exile living with Bagheera. When the volcano on Kipling Isle begins to erupt, Mowglii and Bagheera seek advice from the sloth tribe. The sloth leader interprets the eruption to be the island tiring of the war, and insists on uniting the tribes. Although confused, Mowglii flees the continued eruption with Bagheera, but the lava ends up killing all the sloths. Although Bagheera believes that the idea the sloths suggested to be impossible, as the tribes have never been able to unite before, Mowglii insists on unting the tribes, deciding to start with the Tavi, given her friendship with Akili.
Sure enough, Mowglii finds Akili, but, before she can join the alliance, Akili is kidnapped by Dewan (on Bandar Louis' orders, as the latter intends to make Akili his queen). Although reluctant to venture inside Bandar Log again, Mowglii formulates a plan to rescue Akili, by having Tobaqui and Bagheera trigger a gemsbok stampede to disrupt the ceremony. Mowglii is almost trampled by the stampede, when she is saved by Bomani (who may have harbored mutual romantic feelings for her). Mowglii's plan to rescue Akili succeeds, but, shortly afterwards, Mowglii is kidnapped by pirates, who wish to collect a substantial bounty for her return to civilization. Bomani notices this and pursues the pirates. Shere Khan, Tobaqui, and Dewan follow, while Akili and Bagheera stay behind and end the battle between the Shere and th Payari.
When Bomani, Khan, Tobaqui, and Dewan make it to the pirate's ship, they fight to rescue Mowglii. They win, but, Bomani ends up dying when he is impaled by one of the pirates. Mowglii (who may have harbored romantic feelings for Bomani) and Khan are equally devastated by Bomani's death. To honor his sacrifice, Shere Khan allows Mowglii to wear the battle claws that Bomani once wore. Upon returning to the island, Mowglii delivers a speech that unites the Seeonee (who increased in number), the Shere, the Payari, and some of the Bandar. She then leads the attack on the pirates, ultimately saving Kipling Isle and its residence. Shortly after, though, the Bada Dar emerge from hiding once more. In order to send the Bada Dar back into hiding for good, Mowglii must face Baloo in battle. 
Mowglii puts up a long, hard fight with Baloo, who, near the end of the battle, surprisingly asks Mowglii to kill him, as he is old and tired, and wants the jungle to be safe. Although reluctant to kill her close friend and mentor, Mowglii does so, and sends the Bada Dar back into hiding for good. Given all her heroic efforts, Mowglii is accepted back into the Seeonee.
==Trivia==
*This is the first time Mowglii is portrayed as a female. All other depictions of the character were male.
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