This design was adapted from an adoptable purchased from  grimhild! Please check out their account, they do fantastic work and create some of the coolest looking TLK adoptables on the site!

MSHINDI (Swahili "winner, one who wins")
Gender: Male
Species: Lion
Place of Birth: Southern Border, Pride Lands
Pride: Pride Landers
Role: Lion Guard Member
Parents: Chumvi† and Kimya† (biological) | Tojo and Tama (foster)
Siblings: Kovu (half-brother, by Chumvi) | Kweli (foster older brother) and Sanaa (foster younger sister)
Mates: Zuri
Cubs: TBA
Personality: Competitive and driven for a young age, Mshindi is determined to prove himself a better lion than his treacherous father ever was. He is unwavering in his conviction, hard-working and loyal to the pride, however, he is also rather a hothead and his hyper-competitive nature can easily come across as intimidating. During cubhood and into their teenage years, he often antagonised and bullied Jabari's youngest son, Makali; seeing him as his primary rival to overcome and dominate, however, adulthood and maturity has tempered this brashness and he has since come to regret his cubhood cruelty. His loyalty to the pride, however, has been shaken by the merger of the two prides and his half-brother (by his father, nonetheless) marrying into the Royal Family; leaving a young, troubled lion at a crossroads between his strong sense of loyalty and his deep-rooted distrust towards the pride, and son, his father abandoned him and his mother for...

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I had been strugglign to design this lad for some time, until I remembered I had a perfect design sitting on my Google Drive, yet to be used on a character. Please let me know what you think!