Cherokee

PLEASE DO NOT KILL/CHASE THIS LION, SHE BELONGS TO THE ROAMING LION SWAP THREAD!

Uh-oh, looks like this little wanderess wandered a little too far from her den #28322, and now she's off to roam the world! If ever you feel the urge to chase, she'd really appreciate it if you could just return her home instead, or to the 'The Roaming Lions' thread.

Wardrobe

Previous Owners
mustache (#28322)
Ashy Trashy (#69914)
Coyotalia (#50580)
Magpie (#75272)

Bio:
At her home pride, Cherokee had just given birth to her beloved daughter Apache when she suddenly felt the urge to go out on an adventure. As soon as little Apache was weaned, Cherokee bid farewell to her daughter and set out on her travels, hoping to return one day in the future to find her cubs all grown up with cubs of her own...

She stumbled upon the pride of Tamiar. He wasn't welcoming to her, but the lead lioness was, and so were the other lionesses. Tamiar soon took a liking to her and decided to have cubs with her. She gave birth to a single cub, and Tamiar didn't see it fit for his pride, so he killed it and told her to leave. The other lionesses felt bad for her and gave her a gift of some shoebill feathers, as that was all they had to spare, and sent her on her way.

Cherokee found herself in Mekaisto III's pride. They were a very diverse and eclectic bunch that seemed very welcoming to roaming lions. However, her arrival to their pride was only slightly before they all went into a long stupor. Word is, the old, frozen shaman of the tribe messed with the wrong herbs and spells and accidentally sent them all into a form of hibernation for over a month. They're now back and it's like they never left but time has passed and they're all a bit disorientated. Cherokee decided that after this litter of hers finds new homes, she will also move on.

It was not long before Cherokee encountered Arcade's pride. The pride was large and no stranger to wanderers, and she was met with a warm welcome. She intended to stay with them for only a short while before moving on, but she always found a reason to stay "just a bit longer." Before she knew it, she had been a part of Arcade's pride for many years and had a litter of cubs she saw grow up. Despite growing close to the pride she knew she wanted to travel still. Knowing this Queen Ares made a request of Cherokee. She asked that once Cherokee left the pride that she would take an abandoned human cub the Queen had found while out hunting. While the King was kind, he was getting older, and the Queen feared what would happen to the human cub if some crueler members of the pride discovered him. Cherokee agreed and left the pride with the unnamed human cub shortly after. (added Okavango Swamp, Neutral Pose, Lost Human Cub do not remove)

Cherokee was wandering when she thought she came upon familiar territory once more. But whose was it? The scents on the land were familiar too...yet not all of them. Did she know this place? And then a lioness ran up to her that she didn't recognize at first. This lioness greeted her enthusiastically and called herself 'Aya'. Then it finally clicked. Last time Cherokee had met this lioness, she was only a cub...a cub of Mekaisto III's pride. She's now the only remaining pride member (all the rest have passed; well, besides the Shaman, who apparently is frozen in time), and Aya, too, has aged--now showing lines on her face. Aya begged her to rejoin their pride--now the pride of Mekaisto IV. Cherokee re-met Mekaisto who had been reborn again (a thing she had heard he'd done for many years but finally saw the truth of it). He was also enthusiastically excited to see her once more and told her she was welcome to spend her last years here. He also reassured her that her human pup would be welcome and would not be harmed. She realized this was true and although most of this pride was no longer familiar, she remembered the good times she had spent here before and decided to let this be her final resting place.

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Chuckling, Cherokee runs towards you and rubs her head under your chin, then runs away to prance around.
You try and sit to have a quiet meal with Cherokee, but this was a mistake. She mentioned something about itchy testicles and you snorted wildebeest up your nose.