Cayn

**Cayn** is a Lion King fancharacter and a fictitious breed of panther.

He's a born Outlander and abandoned at a young age by his father for refusing the morally corrupt training he tried to subject him to.

As Cayn's heritage doesn't allow him to return to the Pride Lands, he usually roams around the near edge to look at trees and interact with animals kinder than the ones living in exile with him.

He made his first appearance at Lionking Fanart.org on October 12, 2004.

## Backstory

> Cayn was born as one of the many children Angus had already conceived, though none of them were around and Cayn did not know of their existence.
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> His father is the reason for the exile of himself and his then partner, and didn't care to make amends for the sake of his son that would soon be born. Cayn's mother disappeared shortly after his birth, hinted at to have either been killed by Angus or merely abandoned. Though these details are uncertain and she was never seen again, one fact is that Angus claimed their son and raised him with selfish intentions.
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>     He acted like a caring and playful father the first few months of Cayn's life, but when he was deemed old enough, tried to snowball him into the practise of hunting; and purposely target weak animals. The requests bothered Cayn, and when he was asked to attack a pregnant mouse, rebelled over the evil and pointlessness of it all.
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> Angus' patience ran dry and he abandoned the cub without saying a word.
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> He was never seen again and Cayn had to fend for himself from that moment on. The barren land offered few animals and fewer friendly faces willing to adopt him, though it also allowed for Cayn go through life avoiding potential danger.
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## Personality

Cayn is mentally strong, but as he lives alone and has nothing in life he wants to protect, it's difficult to persuade him into doing anything out of the ordinary. He lives day by day and has no plans for the future.

He's kind, cheerful, and social despite everything, but as is common for his species, he prefers to be alone. He has a fascination for trees, since his homeland lacks them.

## Appearance

As a "primitive panther", Cayn has black manes going from his head, over his back, covering his tail. He has brown eyes, grey fur, a large chest, and long pointy ears.

Since his father is a half-blood, though, there are some minor details that separate him from full-blood panthers, like his lighter coat.

He is 16 years old in human years.

## Trivia

* Cayn lives in the same universe as the fancharacters Damy and Deirdre, but unlike what some pieces of art imply, has never met them and isn't part of their story.
* Cayn originally comes from another series, where he was named "Kovu";
	+ The character is a different take on the canon Lion King character with the same name.
	+ At the same time, the story of a child being abused by a parent is a backstory Cayn shared with multiple characters from The Friends, as to relate to them.
	+ Cayn had a girlfriend that also came from this series, but she never received a Lion King redesign and was eventually written out.
	+ Cayn's name change and overall transferral to The Lion King universe was mainly done in response to a request the now defunct Celia/Sealeeuh at Lion King Fanart made; who was in need of original Outlander characters for some project.
* Cayn was described to be a "primitive black jungle lion" at first.
* As suggested by user Goalie Bagheera, a club was set up for Cayn at Lion King Fanart in 2005, which managed to attract a few users, but didn't produce much in terms of fanart and was silently abandoned.
* A large comic telling Cayn's past was drawn in 2005-2006, but then mistakenly cut off right before the Photoshop project was saved. The comic had to be thrown away and the idea was never picked up again;
	+ Though the file itself was thrown out, the unfinished comic was included in a large artwork upload at Deviantart on May 19, 2011.

## Gallery

**The first drawing of Cayn. An upload for the now defunct Celia/Sealeeuh.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 12, 2004)***Cayn showing off irritation.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 12, 2004)***Cayn's idiocy.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 18, 2004)***Drawing of Cayn, implying the importance of peace.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 18, 2004)***Cayn comments on Pride Landers.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 20, 2004)***Cayn with a tree.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 20, 2004)***Artwork for the user Kossu, starring her characters and Cayn, Damy, and Deirdre.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 14, 2004)***Second art gift to Kossu, starring her characters and Cayn, Damy, and Deirdre.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 14, 2004)***Third art gift to Kossu, starring her characters and Cayn, Damy, and Deirdre.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 14, 2004)***Cayn with criticism on the peace sign/anime.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, June 13, 2005)***Criticism on the peace sign/anime continues.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, June 13, 2005)***Random sketches.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, June 25, 2005)***Early biography info.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, August 11, 2005)***Promotional image for "The Cayn Fanclub"**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 28, 2005)***Cayn as a pixelated video game character.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 30, 2005)***Cayn wearing clothes.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, December 11, 2005)***A young Cayn with another user's character; art gift to the now defunct "Night.Shadow/Snowlprd31"**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, December 22, 2005)***Cayn with his slogan.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, February 7, 2006)***A call to Lion King Fanart users to join "The Cayn Fanclub".**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 4, 2006.)***The discarded comic telling Cayn's past.** *(2005-2006?)*.
## The Cayn Fanclub

Below is a gallery with (mostly) images created by members of the short-lived Cayn Fanclub, originally set up and hosted by Goalie Bagheera.

Despite this user having her own club folder, no actual folder existed for fans to add their work to, as that feature didn't/doesn't exist on Lion King Fanart.org.

**First place contest prize to VampireMeerkat from Lord Sesshomaru; Cayn with a lionized version of Sesshomaru.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 12, 2004)***Contest prize to VampireMeerkat from ryuujin.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, August 12, 2005)***By Goalie Bagheera.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 19, 2005)***First place contest prize to VampireMeerkat from Goalie Bagheera.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, October 16, 2005)***By AnnieHyena; Cayn and her own character.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 10, 2005)***By Goalie Bagheera.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, November 10, 2005)***By Goalie Bagheera.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, December 3, 2005)***By ryuujin.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, December 3, 2005)***By Anto J Lareneg.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, December 21, 2005)***By Corrie.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, December 24, 2005)***By Corrie.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, January 1, 2006)***By Kitka.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, February 6, 2006)***By Goalie Bagheera.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, February 9, 2006)***By Luna\_Light.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, April 23, 2006)***By Corrie.**
 *(Lion King Fanart upload, July 25, 2006)*
## See also

* Angus
* Primitive panther