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Rare from me but have some....personal? art? These three honestly don't really have much backstory, i sketched them on a whim and coloured them a bit after but i was thinking that the lioness (no name yet but we can call her rosette) reunites in this scene with the only cubs that's she's ever managed to raise to adulthood (so far at least). Prior to this she had been left the sole long-term survivor of a hostile pride take over. Her family had been hardy and experienced but they numbered only 5 counting all adult lionesses and the male of the group. So it was no surprise that they quickly lost to a coalition of 6 males in their prime. These intruders wasted no time in dispatching the pride's cubs which had been numerous due to the good prior wet seasons.

9 cubs had been lost by the time their frantic mothers regrouped and fought claw and fang to save the remaining three but they were outnumbered and heavily injured and they once again plopped down into the grass in defeat as the males finished the job and began surveying their new territory. But unbeknownst to them...one lioness had managed to smuggle away a cub and snatch up another on her return to her pride sisters. She had hoped to return to ladies willing to put up a fight but 2/3 were mortally wounded and the other was nowhere to be found. Rosette knew that bringing the cubs back would be their death sentence so after sorrowful goodbyes she slunk back into the bush and carefully with two cubbins in tow got as far out of the area as possible.

Escaping however was only the beginning and the trio faced many hardships including drought, starvation and even threats of discovery by the coalition that had destroyed their pride at one point Rosette even had to go as far as to stash the two cubs in a tree (as she had seen a leopardess do) and sit Infront of them on the branch to keep the males from reaching them. Despite this they survived following seasons and the cubs grew into capable males. At this point they had happened upon a pride willing to take in lionesses and the boys knowing their mother would thrive better in a large group, especially now that she was older so they convinced her to stay and a left at the behest of the new pride's male. They never really wandered too far however as the two hung around, just outside marked territory and close enough to occasionally sneak back to say hello and one of these hugs is pictured above. Both her boys loved Rosette to death and always acknowledged how much she sacrificed for them (which is one of the main reasons why they never really left) the red mane always made sure to hug and groom her to let her know this but the brown mane was far less of a cuddler, preferring to show his affection through kills left for her to find and chasing out hyenas and single rouges to keep pride life as un-stressful as possible but once in a while he would be coaxed into a dreaded cuddle and would bare the teasing from his mom and brother...cause he loved em.

That's all i've got for this one guys, i'll try to use them but like i said these were spur of the moment designs and i don't really have concrete plans for them but i'll sell them in the worst case scenario or put them up for offer .

Description
Rare from me but have some....personal? art? These three honestly don't really have much backstory, i sketched them on a whim and coloured them a bit after but i was thinking that the lioness (no name yet but we can call her rosette) reunites in this scene with the only cubs that's she's ever managed to raise to adulthood (so far at least). Prior to this she had been left the sole long-term survivor of a hostile pride take over. Her family had been hardy and experienced but they numbered only 5 counting all adult lionesses and the male of the group. So it was no surprise that they quickly lost to a coalition of 6 males in their prime. These intruders wasted no time in dispatching the pride's cubs which had been numerous due to the good prior wet seasons.

9 cubs had been lost by the time their frantic mothers regrouped and fought claw and fang to save the remaining three but they were outnumbered and heavily injured and they once again plopped down into the grass in defeat as the males finished the job and began surveying their new territory. But unbeknownst to them...one lioness had managed to smuggle away a cub and snatch up another on her return to her pride sisters. She had hoped to return to ladies willing to put up a fight but 2/3 were mortally wounded and the other was nowhere to be found. Rosette knew that bringing the cubs back would be their death sentence so after sorrowful goodbyes she slunk back into the bush and carefully with two cubbins in tow got as far out of the area as possible.

Escaping however was only the beginning and the trio faced many hardships including drought, starvation and even threats of discovery by the coalition that had destroyed their pride at one point Rosette even had to go as far as to stash the two cubs in a tree (as she had seen a leopardess do) and sit Infront of them on the branch to keep the males from reaching them. Despite this they survived following seasons and the cubs grew into capable males. At this point they had happened upon a pride willing to take in lionesses and the boys knowing their mother would thrive better in a large group, especially now that she was older so they convinced her to stay and a left at the behest of the new pride's male. They never really wandered too far however as the two hung around, just outside marked territory and close enough to occasionally sneak back to say hello and one of these hugs is pictured above. Both her boys loved Rosette to death and always acknowledged how much she sacrificed for them (which is one of the main reasons why they never really left) the red mane always made sure to hug and groom her to let her know this but the brown mane was far less of a cuddler, preferring to show his affection through kills left for her to find and chasing out hyenas and single rouges to keep pride life as un-stressful as possible but once in a while he would be coaxed into a dreaded cuddle and would bare the teasing from his mom and brother...cause he loved em.

That's all i've got for this one guys, i'll try to use them but like i said these were spur of the moment designs and i don't really have concrete plans for them but i'll sell them in the worst case scenario or put them up for offer .