Credit to Jasiri for the design! Hope you like it ! :3 Name: Buyisiwe (Meaning-Returned) Gender:Male Human age in picture:1&1/2 (Sub adult/Teenage) Age at end of story(below):7 (Adult) Bio/Story: Buyisiwe's original name was Bangizwe (meaning-Fight for land). He was born in the middle of a war between two prides for their land. Though the land originally belonged to their pride the opposing pride was bent on gaining the land and quickly drove his pride out. Halfway through the was his mother Sihle (meaning-Good) took him and his sister out of the land. She brought the two of them to a deserted land not to far from their old pride but far enough to keep away from any fights. There were no animals there since their pride lands had a watering hole by it but where they were was on the opposite side. Food was hard to get and since Sihle gave as much food as she could get to her cubs she was weak and skinny. They lived in the empty area until one night they were awoken by the sounds of panicked lions running their way. Sihle immediately knew what that meant. Their pride had lost the war and had been driven out. Sihle also knew that warriors from the other pride would soon be swarming all over the land for any lions that stayed behind. She immediately picked up Bangizwe and his sister and run as quickly and as far as she could. When morning came she stopped traveling and set up camp. Luckily she had set up the camp close to a small pond. The family of three stayed there for about three months until Bangizwe's sister got deathly sick and died. Sihle decided to move again after the cubs death. The now family of two found a pride of wandering lions who were also driven out of their lands and were happily excepted. Bangizwe made two best friends named Thulile (meaning-Is quiet) and Jabu (meaning-rejoice). They lived happily until again bad luck came right back at them. About two months after they had joined a pack of hyenas came and attacked the pride after they has come too close to the hyena's land. Bangizwe was lucky and only left with a few scars however the rest of the pride was not. 6 dead adults, 3 dead cubs, and almost every lion was hurt. Thulile was one of the dead cubs and Jabu had become distant and depressed so everyone from then on just called him Cetshwayo (meaning-The betrayed one). None of the hurt lions were aloud to be seen for a couple days so Bangizwe could not see his mother. When he finally did get to see his mother he was distraught to see that his mother was dying. A few days later she died and Bangizwe was heavily impacted by her death. He swore revenge on the pride that drove his pride out and caused all this. A few days after his mothers death a defender of the pride came up to him and offered him training. Bangizwe accepted his offer and for two years he learned to fight and hunt under Mandla (meaning-Power). After his training was complete he became a defender of the pride as well. Not long after he became a defender the pride finally found a resting spot with another group of lions that had been run out. Bangizwe however being a defender and being in a complete pride now could not get his old pride out of his head and how easily it was taken over. He went to the pride leader and convinced him to go back and take back all of the land that was stolen. And they did so. They went from stolen pride to stolen pride and conquered but it wasn't enough. Finally they got to his pride and fought for it. Once again the enemy pride seemed to prove themselves a hard opponent however they were over taken and the land was regained. However there were consequences. In the battle Bangizwe badly injured his hind leg and could no longer use it so he was sent back to the prides main base to be retired. However to honor the fallen soldier they from that day called him Buyisiwe meaning returned. THE END!!! (and thats the longest bio I've ever written XD)
