Empress Dani

**Empress Dani (or just Dani)** is the protagonist of the comic "Chosen One" by Kaikree.

She is a Damu lioness, and the daughter of Emperor Aram and Empress Shireen. Not long after her coronation, she left to check on a small desert territory that her Empire had control of. After some time being there, she took on a Tsavo advisor named Sachihiro, and with his help she began to help the Tsavo (or Heri Sarabi) lions gain back more independence and power in their colonized home.

After forming a romantic relationship with Sachihiro, she fell pregnant with his cubs. This news made it's way back to her husband, Emperor Javed who, enraged with this, physically lashed out at the nearby members of the Heri Sarabi pride. After Sachihiro heroically stepped in to give **Dani** time to run away, Emperor Javed eventually gave the order to wipe out the entirety of the Heri Sarabi pride.

**Dani** escaped and endured hardship as a rogue, constantly hiding from the Damu scouts while trying to find the Ndona Kingdom, and trying to raise her surviving daughters without getting caught. Her whereabouts and life status are currently unknown,

## Personality

Prior to her time in the Heri Sarabi pride, **Dani** was an egotistic, arrogant princess; "bred to conquer" in her own words. After her coronation and introduction to the Heri Sarabi pride, her empathetic side came to light as she learned how other prides lived, and how her Empire was destroying them.
## Appearance

### Color Palette

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**Dani** is light orange with a lighter shade on her underbelly with light eyelids. she has darker ear rims and an dark orange tail. She has bright blue eyes and a similar ear tuft that she got from her mother, Shireen. She has multiple scars on her face and body from her attempted assassination of King Ahadi and from Emperor Javed's attack.
## Relationships

### Emperor Aram:

With her mother, Empress Shireen, passing away shortly after her birth, **Dani** was raised entirely by her father, Aram. Aram loved his daughter immensely, and raised her to be the next Empress of the Damu Empire. When she was injured during her failed assasination, he was furious with the healer that they couldn't heal her scars. He stepped down to give **Dani** and her new husband Emperor Javed the throne, and he passed away not long after while **Dani** was in the Heri Sarabi pride from illness.

### Sachihiro:

**Dani** was initially intrigued by Sachihiro when he defended another Heri Sarabi member, named Gramps, from the wrath of a Damu lion when he was too exhausted too work. Even when Sachihiro lashed out at her during a private talk, **Dani** was patient with him and offered him a job as her advisor, in order to properly care for the Heri Sarabi. Eventually, they fell in love and started a romantic relationship. During this time, **Dani** became less like the brutal Empress and more like a friend to the Heri Sarabi, helping them grow stronger and healthier with new laws.

**Dani** fell pregnant with Sachihiro's cubs, much to his surprise and absolute delight. However, not long after this revelation, Emperor Javed found out while on the way to visit her, and he lashed out at both members of the Heri Sarabi and **Dani** herself. In order to save **Dani** and their unborn cubs from further harm, Sachihiro bravely ran in to attack Javed, biting one of his eyes out. This was his last act as Emperor Javed finished him off shortly after giving the order to kill all the Heri Sarabi lions.

### Kaarina and Sarafina:

**Dani** gave birth to 4 cubs in solitude after her escape from Emperor Javed and the Damu Empire, with Kaarina and Sarafina being the only ones who survived the birth. Even though she was in a terrible, numb state, she still managed to mother them with the help of Hunch the hyena. Once the two were old enough to travel, **Dani** began her journey to find the Ndona Kingdom, because she knew they would at least take her cubs into their refuge. Sarafina and Kaarina would most certainly be at risk of harm if they weren't somewhere safe, so **Dani** had to make this sacrifice for them.

When they were almost to the borders of Ndona, they were ambushed by jackals, with Kaarina being injured in the process. **Dani** made the ultimate choice to send the cubs into the Ndona territory, using herself as a draw to get the jackals away from the cubs. She hasn't been seen since, and her status is currently unknown.

### Emperor Javed:

**Dani** and Javed were betrothed as cubs. While friendly during their cubhood and beginning of their marriage, **Dani** never truly loved Javed, at least not like she loved Sachihiro. When Javed attacked and killed Gramps during their confrontation about her pregnancy, **Dani** didn't hesitate to stop him from harming another member of Heri Sarabi, attacking him to get him to stop. When Sachihiro stepped in to stop Javed from harming **Dani** further, she took the opportunity to run as fast and as far away as she could, leaving behind her crown.

## Family Members

* Emperor Aram (Father †)
* Empress Shireen (Mother †)
* Emperor Javed (Husband)
* Sachihiro (Mate †)
* Kaarina (Daughter), Sarafina (Daughter), Scha (Child †), Obi (Son †)
* Multiple bastard half-silbings (Aram's bastards born after Shireen's death)

## Gallery

Patreon Request of Dani and SachihiroJaved and Dani As CubsDani's Old ReferenceDani's Updated Reference
## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* **Dani** is responsible for Queen Uru's scars and mutism, as Uru stood between her and Ahadi during the assassination attempt
* Her name mean’s “God is my judge“ in Hebrew