Gin

Happy but intimidated by your attention, Gin greets you shyly, then backs away to give you some space

325 @ 4yrs
403 @ 7yrs 10mo

Gin missed her father. Leoric was very elegant, kind, and willing to play with his cubs. She loved batting at his tail tufts when he was napping. She was the only one with the same black fur on her face and legs. She got her father's beautiful stripes as well. She wore them as proudly as her timid personality allowed.

at 3 yrs. Leoris and now Leorite ruled over the pride and as one of the respected Lionesses, Gin was given the Alpha Huntress role. She didn't feel like she could fit such a role. She was shy and afraid of so many eyes on her. Forlorn, she visited her mother Whiskey, who now sat on the elder counsel. "How am I to lead the youth when I have never been able to deliver the finishing blow in any of my training hunts?" She wept inthe privacy of her mothers fur.

"Come, my silly cub, I must show you something." Whiskey nudged Gin before rolling to her feet, "Come. Up, up."

Head low and a little embarrassed, Gin followed her mother to a sandy area. Her paws sunk into the fine grains with a delightful sshtd noise with each step. "Mother, what is this place?"

When she looked up from staring at her footprints, she beheld a pink cloudy sky against a reflecting lake. "Oh my.. Its beautiful."

"Your father loved this place. It matched the wings he won by singing the sweetest tune to Tefnut," Whiskey pressed her nose to Gin's flank. A symbol of respect. "He favored you greatly. He thought your eyes were meant to stay on the clouds."

Gin blushed, "He did? He never told me."

"He should have. Unfortunately, he was beat by that raggedy Leoris and forced to retire before he could," Whiskey sighed ruminating on the memory, before walking to a nearby bush and pawing at the ground. "He would want you to have this."

Gin looked underneath the brush on the ground to find his fathers decor. "Me? Wear his legacy? Are you sure?"

"If you wear them, perhaps you will remember how loved you were. I know you can fulfill your duty as Alpha Huntress. You know your littermates and your pridemates well enough. You have watched them eagerly during every hunt... Do I need to remind you how you concocted that plan to ambush that buffalo?" Her mother smiled and gave her a chuff before nudging the decor towards her daughter.

"I... I will do it. I will make him proud, Ma."

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6 years when Leoris brought home a piebald, no one dared touch him. At this time, Gin had just lost a litter from Leoris by secretly using a CRB from his hoard and was in grief. She took in this small, starry-eyed newborn with her. Not having the strength to name him, he was called Little Cub.

8 years - Gin was happy. Proud of her legacy and proud of where she was going. So when she heard news of Leoris chasing away her mother, she came for vengeance.

"Leoris, how dare you chase my mother away!" She screeched the moment her paws touched the pride rocks, "How dare you betray me after everything I have done for you!"

The evil king stood up from his trophy wives and smirked, "Whiskey was of no use to this pride.. She was too stuck in the past... I have no use of Leoric's legacy... So it's about time I chased off the rest of you."

As if the hairs that stood on ends, Gin snarled and yowled for her sisters to join her, "YOU will have no power once I spill your blood on these walls. Leoric was FAR MORE suited as a King..!" She leapt up onto a higher ledge as shocked eyes spun at her. Never has anyone seen a lioness challenge in place of a No-Mane lion!

"I, Gin, daughter of Leoric, challenge you over your lands...!"