Aia'Umkhulu

It was late in her life ‘Grandma’ came to find the Den of the Anointed, but it was something the Pride members would never forget. Wandering, confused and dazed, through the desert, Soon-to-be King Umculo and his mate, Ingoma, found the elderly Lioness and brought her back home. She was parched, sun-tired, but the Lioness was welcomed warmly and given cool water from the Anointed’s underground springs.

Renamed ‘Umkhulu’ by the young Heirs, a name directly meaning ‘Grandmother’, she is well loved by the young Kings and Lionesses of the Anointed’s Pride. Her stories and the rasping lilt of her laugh are a much-welcomed an well-loved music to the chambers of the Foreden and even the Scourge King Leaux, in his fury, takes a warm leniency to the aging Mutant.

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On 7/23/19, when Ingoma was coming to bring the Granddess her morning meal, Umkhulu was found curled up along side Umculo, rigid and unresponsive, having passed some point during the night. A ceremony was held for her of bone structures and the thunderous call of Umculo and Ncinane roaring out to guide her spirit to the Great Beyond hearkened her spirit's travel from this world to the next. Even Leaux, in his cold indifference, payed his silent respects to the passing Mutant in quiet reverence.

Umkhulu will be missed within the Foreden, her lack of presence palpable to the Anointed within.

Cubs will be taught of this wayward wanderer, and the stories she told will be carried on for generations.