Name: Kijana Mfariji (also known as "Kij")
Age: Around five years
Species: African Lion (adult male)
Pride: Amber Plains (former), Burning Embers (current)

Parents: Ayubu and Anasa
Siblings: Niara (older sister), Mtenga ('twin' brother), Rukiya (sister)

Description: His eyes are of an emerald green and he has a mane of reddish hue. His pelt is between a dark golden and amber which has darkened with age. A few scars, which have dulled with age, marr his appearance, the most notable being the result of a lion's paw having raked across the left side of his face.

History: (More in line with what I have written and sketched out rather than RPed.)

Kijana had an average cubhood while growing up in the Amber Plains and upon reaching adolescence he left his natal pride. The motive behind him and his brother Mtenga leaving was due to the incursion of Jahi and Taamuli, two brothers from the rival Running Bloods Pride. Upon the successful defeat and death of their father, Kij and his brother literally fled for their lives while the two Running Blood males established their territory, along with additional support from their own pride. The two evicted youths eventually met up with a coalition of rogues led by a lion named Mataraja and so for a couple of years they were wanderers between pride territories.

By the time Kij and Mtenga were around four years of age they made their way back to the Amber Plains where they overthrew Jahi and Taamuli. They, with the help of other Amber Plains members, evicted Ujanja (Jahi and Taamuli's mother) along with her daughter Ukatili and two others. A few months later the two brothers had to contend with Darkflame Jifya, leader of the Running Bloods, and they came close to losing the battle with him. Not long afterwards the Amber Plains Pride had to deal with another incursion by Ujanja and the remaining Running Blood lionesses. Despite the defeat of Ujanja and the Running Bloods, it was a pyrrhic victory, for the losses had been substantial on boths sides. Of the older members of the pride, two survived, while those remaining were of Kij and Mtenga's age-mates. Ujanja and Ukatili had fallen and those of the Running Bloods who had survived feld with Mnongona.

A final blow to the Amber Plains Pride came when Mnongona returned with her supporters in a surprise attack. Kij lost his mother, older sister, and brother in the battle, as well as his mate Kichanga. The Amber Plains survivors scattered, with Kij and his daughter Asikari becoming rogues, later meeting up with Damu Kunguru, a lioness shaman, and Uumikaji, discarded son of Mnongona. Together with a handful of others they became the Burning Embers Pride.