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Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.
Story time! Monban and Arashi's recent spar
Arashi crouched in front of Monban. The dark furred male lunged forward with a snarl "If you are to be the heir to my pride you'll have to be stronger then me boy!" Monban said right as he pinned Arashi hard on the ground. Massive claws lingering dangerously close to his throat. "I have you pinned cub. What are you going to do?" Monban's voice was dark and emotionless. Arashi swung his front paws at Monban, striking the male with a harsh blow to the jaw before the black-striped male shoved Monban up with his hind legs sending the king back. Collecting himself quickly, Monban shifted his body easily, landing gracefully onto his feet a few tail lengths away. Arashi staggered to his feet before eyeing the current heir down. Monban, the ruthless, heartless king before him. His fur was graying with age, his eyes were clouding, and his body had no more room for new scars.. however, he was king for this very reason. Monban was smart, agile, and fearless. Keeping his pride safe was his life goal, and filling his paw steps wasn't going to be easy.
With that in mind, Arashi lashed out a quick front paw once as soon as Monban grew closer. Dodging the attack without any hesitation the king swung hard and forceful, claws out and lips up with a snarl, "stop being such a pussy cat! Fight me or die!" Monban yelled, grabbing his heir by the arm and throw him aside, sending Arashi flying a few tail lengths away.
Opening his eyes slowly Arashi breathed in the dusty air, only to cough roughly in return. 'Use your claws..' he thought for a moment, feeling the warmth of his own blood trailing down his face. Giving a soft grunt, he pushed himself up once more - Turning to face his king once more, the younger male snarled deeply, signaling a challenge. Seeing Monban smile slightly, the king bolted towards Arashi with no mercy, jumping onto his shoulder with both claws stretched and teeth out, Arashi rolled over onto his back and kicked hard. Feeling the sudden touch of heavy muscle and rough fur under his paw pads, Arashi tried his best to push the sudden weight off him. With his back claws out, tearing into the king's fur, Arashi felt the sudden tug of skin kn the process. But before he could deliver a hard blow, Monban had enough. Using his weight against him, Monban rolled suddenly. Slamming Arashi onto the ground hard; with the breath knocked out of him, the king slashed downwards.
Gasping for air, Arashi felt a sharp pain along his right hind leg suddenly. Blinking tired, blood covered eyes, he forced his vision downwards. Looking down, he saw the shining liquid of red blood gushing from a new wound.
Getting up easily, Monban narrowed his eyes at his heir, a low growl rumbling deep within his throat. "Go get those scratches checked out by Kefir, we'll continue this tomorrow!" He snarled before stepping away to go patrolling, "your chance in being replaced just grew higher boy!" And with that said, Monban vanished through the shrubbery.
Breathing heavy and stumbling to his paws carefully, Arashi looked down at his hind leg, with one eye open. With the irritating warmth of blood heating his ragged pelt, he didn't want to look at the state he was currently in. Eyeing down the long gash, the male sighed as he shifted slightly to lick it clean, "yeah.. it's just a scratch.." He murmured, feeling the pain grow as he moved his leg.
Arashi now has a scar on his right back leg and along his left eye.
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Arashi seems to have a very manly scar on his tail, which you point out. He sways it side to side with a smile and claims only a cool lion would think such a weak spot is something positive.
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