You find yourself wandering along a well worn path through the greenery around the pond, when you suddenly hear the loud quacking of a duck. You stop in your tracks to look for the duck, but then suddenly there's the chattering and scampering of an otter, and then the croaking of a frog and the buzzing of insects. You look around frantically, but don't see a single animal and then suddenly everything goes silent. You hesitant before you take a step forward, and it almost feels as if a lion nudges you forward, but when you turn to look, no one is there. A strange sense of determination fills you, as you return to your morning stroll.
Here lies Dathryn. A whisper of the past.
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Dathryn, Exiled from the Placid Pond Pride
Under the rule of King Callius
  
After the death of his life long friend Mercutial, the now elderly sub male was already feeling quite sullen. When the new king took over, he aggressively chased Dathryn out of the dens. He seemed rather intent on killing the older male, until the lionesses stepped in and he seemed to begrudgingly back down. Dathryn took comfort in the old routes he once patrolled on the out skirts of the territory, welcomed by the creatures he spent his life caring for. The lionesses still faithful to Mercutial would sneak away to check on him, and bring him food, both of which the older male relished.
Intro under Callius
You catch sight of an elderly male lion wandering through the bushes in the distance. You carefully sneak away, and creep closer, curious if this lion knows how dangerous the king of these lands are. When you catch up to the lion he let's out a heavy sigh, and brushes you off, continuing to walk his path. He seems rather dejected, but there's nothing you can do for him now, so you carefully make your way back to the dens.
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Dathryn the humble, Subordinate Male of the Placid Pond Pride
Under the rule of King Mercutial
  
Mercutial's right hand man, and faithful subordinate male. Dathryn and Mercutial grew up together as cubs, and were chased from their old pride together as adolescents. They found the Placid Pond together, and worked hard to make it their home. As Merc was a natural born leader, and Dath was always rather submissive by nature, they fell easily into their roles.
A humble, and gentle soul, Dathryn makes for a wonderful sub male in the pride. He spends his time patrolling the territory, monitoring the herds and other prey creatures as they pass through, and facilitating use of the watering hole by other predators as long as they remain peaceful and respectful.
Never having been very good with cubs, he tends to make excuses any time they try to play with him or ask him too many questions about his important jobs around the pride, and tends to run off on patrol to avoid them. He is however happy for his relationship with the lionesses who tend to dote on him; grooming him, licking his wounds and bringing him food any time he's near the dens. They often treat him more like an extra cub than a second in command, but he's more than happy to soak up the attention anyway. And when they have the time, he and Mercutial will sometimes slip away and play like they did when they were cubs. No, nothing wrong with being a sub male in Dathryn's eyes.
When he's not working, or being pampered by lionesses, Dathryn will often slip away to lounge by the pond's edges. He likes to watch and play with the little creatures that live there. All of the non-threatening creatures who should be living in the pond are allowed to under Mercutial's rule, and Dathryn is more than happy to befriend the little otters, and ducks as they go about their lives.
Intro under Mercutial
As you start to enter the den, a male lion approaches you. He's also dark in colour, though not nearly as dark as the king. His light markings also aren't as light, and his eyes aren't nearly as menacing. In fact, this male has rather kind eyes, though he holds his muzzle taught, lip curled slightly in a serious manner as he approaches. He too looks over your scars and adornments, and sniffs a bit in your general direction. You notice him look over in the direction of the king, as if checking that the lion knows that you're here. You quickly explain that you were permitted to rest here as long as you were peaceful, and the lion slowly nods. "Welcome to Placid Pond." He greets you with a nod, his voice low with a soft rumble to it. "I'm Dathryn. Don't give the ladies or cubs any trouble, and we won't have problems... of course, that doesn't mean they won't give you any trouble." He chuckles softly, as he turns to look around the cave, and just stands with you a moment.
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Special Notes: I always keep a sub male for patrolling. This is just one I liked, and it worked out that he had a similar colour scheme to my king at the time (Merctuial)'s colour scheme.
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