After losing his mother and sister at one year old, he taught himself to hunt, but now has to deal with his other thieving relatives. He's survived this long in spite of difficulty, and knocks down all stereotypes as he is not only social, but family oriented.
She leads the formidable Sausage Tree Pride, an ensemble of buffalo-slaying huntresses. That is, until the migration crosses their prime domain and they demonstrate ultimate adaptability and switch prey species. But the pride has been compromised after a split-away group left their ranks and now she must muster her troupe to excel at motherhood while male coalitions complicate dynamics all around them.
Identified by her burnt orange gaze, she leads a pride of five closely-related lionesses and their six offspring. They overcome every challenge as a precision unit: the gauntlet of the buffalo hunt or the upheaval of new males that could either decimate the prides ranks or offer her the chance to finally mother cubs. But desperate drought and crippling disease push the sisterhood to the absolute brink of survival.
She overthrew the preceding ruler of North Clan in an unprecedented take-over, fighting her way up from a lowly rank to matriarch. She is both a ruthless battle commander, leading her clan in warfare against rivals and adversaries like lion, and devoted guardian to her clan and parent to her offspring.
To see them stride across the Mara is a spectacle indeed. An undeniable band-of-brothers, these males significantly enhance their odds of survival against the larger super-predators of the savanna, lions and hyenas, and prove an attractive dynamic to the female spotted athletes also forging a living on the plains. But no partnership comes without its challenges and leadership amongst the group is not a done deal either.