Description & Personality: Long before his birth, Zodd gave every indication that he would be the personification of the most unimaginable evil to walk the Earth, prophesied by the Book of Revelation to conquer lion life and unavoidably bring about the destruction of all that exist. He was a devourer of innocence: he fed off the nutrients of his twin brother to deprive him of a chance at life and to ensure that he was the only cub to be born from that litter. Zodd consumed the raw flesh of fellow lions to sustain himself in his mother's body before trading her life away, ensuring his own successful emergence upon the world. Even as a cub, his very existence was a disturbing subversion of innocence, and he proved this at just two years of age, when he clawed open his
broodmother's neck to create frivolous pawprints with her blood, giggling in the presence of his
grandmother when she discovered the body.
Contrary to the proclamation that he would be the "essence of evil", Zodd was not always devoid of humanity, and who he once was a lion in direct opposition to what horrors he committed. His violent tendencies, while undoubtedly an innate part of his genetic makeup, were an aspect of who he was, that he could neither control nor understand during his youth, resulting in him feeling confused and remorseful for unintentionally hurting the lions he loved most. He had no recollection of attempting to strangle his grandmother, for example, and shed tears of regret upon realizing what it was that he was doing. Despite Zodd's best attempts to turn his uncontrollable murders into a positive, he was unaware that the stress he put on his grandmother would ultimately lead to her suicide.
Although The previous king
Joker was not biologically related to Zodd, he viewed him as the son, and bore witness to the adolescent’s genuine tears of grief over losing the only family he ever knew. Longing to give Zodd the life that he never had, The Joker took him in as his own, and for a time, Zodd finally felt at home again as the two grew close.
Although Zodd's biological need to murder still existed, The Joker knew that it was not intentional on his part, and tried his best to ease those urges in him so that he could live as happy, healthy a life as possible. Unfortunately, these efforts would come to an end in Zodd's first interaction with his
biological father , who harshly rejected his son's eagerness to know him and shunned Zodd as "something evil that even he could not create", leaving him alone to cry. Heartbroken at being denounced by both his grandmother and father, Zodd shrank further into darkness, causing The Joker to start avoiding him out of fear.
By the time the
Cult of The Lifeless Flame arrived, sacrificing an innocent lionesses in his honor to retrieve her still-beating heart, Zodd finally felt he was appreciated and consumed the pride, at last fulfilling his role as the destroyer of lionkind. Tragically, he has known no other way of life than his predetermined fate to end the world, and was only created by the Devil to serve as a pawn in the larger battle between good and evil. In the ten years that Zodd has since dwelt among lionkind, he has come to fulfill his legacy as the Biblical destroyer, bringing about a nuclear apocalypse that kills off the majority of the world's living population and mutates the landscape. He is now all that stands between what is left of lions and their extinction, viciously coercing what few survivors remain into giving in to their darkest temptations - lust, envy, greed, wrath, sloth, pride, and gluttony - while simultaneously concealing his true nature behind an innocent, almost handsome sad boi appearance.
Quotes:
"No need for rules anymore; Chaos has won."
Memorable Dates
-9.15.2024: Kinged!
