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Sinoper, Sino for short; has a humanized counterpart somewhere.
Also... He's seeing Asher. Yes, he's bisexual. Plans on doing whatever he wants. Or whomever. Asher. ;)
Fathered by an evil king, Sinoper was raised by its polar opposite. Coll, a "good" lion. A lion he refuses to refer to as "father;" Instead, Coll is his benefactor. And his mentor, more begrudgingly.
According to Sino, he first knew something was amiss when he was only about a year old. There'd been a cracking noise, first, which was the sound of a dried skull breaking. One of the older lionesses, Vesta, shied away from Coll. The king stared. He must have; she backed away. A full breath passed before Coll -- Sino hadn't even noticed he'd been standing stiffly at first -- relaxed and then drooped, tail low as he nearly slunk towards the lioness. She flinched as he gently nuzzled into her neck and it took a moment for her to finally relax and return the gesture, gently tutting at the king for scaring her.
The suspicious character of that incident kept feeding into the young heir's suspicions as he grew older. It was just a small event, but he'd never stopped wondering: What kind of king was he, that one of his wives was afraid of him?
Couldn't be a very good one, he'd decided. Not all that he appeared. Not exactly what he'd said he was.
And one day, the then adolescent Sinoper had asked if Coll had a dark past, after they'd finished sparring. Only to see the other lion's ears fold and a deeply troubled expression come over his face, tail flicking as he nervously kneaded the dirt with his claws.
"Where did you hear that?" Frowning, shaking his head. "Nevermind where... The answer is no, I don't." And he went on to describe some sort of picture perfect history that nevertheless the young lion didn't fully believe. It didn't make sense... but the lion wouldn't speak a word of what the truth was. The older lionesses likewise refused (and still refuse) to breath even a hint to him of what really happened back then. Unable to learn the truth, Sinoper's mistrust festered in him like a cankered sore, until one day it became hate. The fact that Coll keeps trying to steer him into being good and chivalrous is only deepening the distance between them, as Sino chafes under the constant lecturing and scolding he receives for taking actions the king disagrees with. For now, that means trying to join the lionesses on the hunt, teaching himself how to take down large prey. Learning to fight and sparring roughly with the other males, something that Coll doesn't approve of. Which goes likewise for sneaking off to visit Asher.
He fully intends to wrest the throne from Coll one day, through violence if necessary, and send the older male to a shallow, unmarked grave. He'll kill him himself, if he has to. In fact... he plans to. A fitting end for a liar.
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{ 1/17/16 : 616 stats
2/12/16 : 681 stats
2/16/16 : 722 stats }
(The scars (aside from the poaching ones) are for after he's killed Coll. The result of his battle with the barbary foofball.)
(1/29/16) Sinoper struts up to you and you greet each other as equals. You later puff up a bit at his nerve.
(2/11/16) You hear from another pride mate that Sinoper was telling them that he could beat you in a fight. Oh really? You'd like to see him try.
(Considering the bio I wrote for Sino, this is... very appropriate. Perfect.)
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