Starmane (Timeline 2)

**Starmane** is an African lion, a former Mane of his Pride, and Nothing's father.

As a Mane, he got along well with Powerstrike, who eventually bore his cubs. He had a daughter who later became Nothing, and two sons, Fire and Spark. He was killed by Quickmane in a battle for his Pride, and was avenged by Nothing shortly after. His spirit currently wanders the earth as a ghost.

## Personality

**Starmane** was a very goofy, fun-loving lion, and a very caring father to his three cubs, especially Nothing. He was very kind, fun, and sweet.
## Appearance

### Physical Appearance

**Starmane** was a dark, gray-cream color with a lighter shade of gray on his underbelly, paws, muzzle, inner-ears, and eyelids. He had a unique mane shape that was passed on to Fire. He had a golden mane that was passed onto Spark, alongside a scar on his left eyelid and another one on his nose. He had dull yellow eyes.
## Appearances

### Episode 1: No-Mane (What if ?; Timeline 2)

**Starmane** emerges from the tall grass to look after his cubs, playfully asking them not to be so unhappy to play with him. He is swarmed by them, and happily lies down on the ground, with his sons hanging over his back and his daughter being snuggled under his paw.
He happily watches them play until Fire says that Spark is being a jerk. Starmane says he's lost and doesn't know what they're arguing about. When pressed further he nervously admits he's fuzzy on the details of Pride Lore and how it came to be. Spark playfully explains it for him, making him smile. Fire tells him that he knows the story Spark told wasn't right. Nothing tells the story. When Starmane hears that there were grudsome deaths in the story, he says it's a bit too violent and says he should have a talk with Sharptongue about it.
Nothing and Spark ask him not to, and when Fire defends his father, the two break into a small argument. Nothing attempts to break it up by playfully leaping at Fire, but he dodges her and calls her weak, making Starmane annoyed. The roar of a No-Mane is then heard. Starmane jolts forward and gets up tensely. He orders his cubs to hide in the tall grass and firmly tells them to stay, but Fire runs off.
Starmane walks off to fight the No-Mane, but the No-Mane, Quickmane, gives him a foreleg wound and also causes blood to pour down his neck. Starmane bursts through the tall grass and cries out to his cubs to run, just in time for the No-Mane to latch onto his back. Starmane shakes him off and they viciously circle each other. Unbeknownst to Starmane, Spark and Nothing did not run when he told them to, and instead are watching the fight from the grass. Starmane swipes at Quickmane in an attempt to weaken him, but the No-Mane pins him to the ground and starts to strangle him. Starmane winces in pain and tries to move, only for the No-Mane to bite down harder into his mane. Starmane chokes out and feebly tries to escape the No-Mane, but he is helplessly strangled to death and is dropped to the ground, staring at his terrified son with wide, but dead eyes.
Later on, Powerstrike alarmingly points out that she can smell blood, and finds Starmane's corpse in horror, calling out his name. Quickmane is shortly after confronted by an angry Powerstrike and Sharptongue, and Quickmane's swears that he won the battle with Starmane honorably.
### Episode 2: Nothing (What if ?; Timeline 2)

**Starmane** is briefly mentioned by Fire when the latter said that he is proud of Nothing, and that if Starmane and Spark were still alive, they would be just as proud. Later, he is mentioned once again, this time by Nothing while narrating the beginning of the episode, when she states that the whole Pride has moved on from her father without a second thought, and that she struggles to understand it.