[A] Mirya

"Mirya" means "Precious" in Noldorin.

Mirya is the last - and only - living cub of the ex-Empress Vera. As such, she is incredibly valuable to the lioness and is kept very close to her side. Einior pride members are not expected to hunt, but even if they were Vera would most likely lash out at anyone who dares to separate her from her precious cub. The only other lion Mirya knows the scent of is Hatari - Vera's longtime confidant and friend.

Mirya is growing stronger everyday. She has officially begun her training, entering into the rank of "gelia". Despite her mother's distant demeanor, this young lioness is rather fond of her pride. Arathalion finds her cracking jokes and disrupting training sessions with bouts of laughter more often than not - not that he minds. The other day she managed to get the stoic Houre to crack a smile.

The death of her mother didn't really seem to affect Mirya. Sure, she moped around for a bit, but other than that she seemed pretty content with the way it happened. She was able to sit with Vera as she passed and wept her last goodbyes into her fur. When asked by Arathalion why she seemed to bounce back to quickly, the lioness explained that she had already made her peace with it long ago. Vera wouldn't want her to be unhappy, right? No, she would want her to be herself and make her pridemates smile. That was what mattered to her.

- You approach your pride mates to wake them up for the day - and notice all of them have red mud smeared on their faces. You immediately look at [A] Mirya - yup, she's totally pretending to be asleep. Hah.