Uchawi's Timeline

[Melisizwe]

Generation 0

• Wii and Geni are born
  
• Muni moves Mwambula south to the gorge
  
• Hafsi subdues and mates with an unwilling Geni
  
• Muni slays Hafsi
  
• Geni's daughter Shari is born
  
• Wii allies with Scar
  

Generation 1

• Wii slays Muni
  
• Wii takes Jahanum as dominant male
  
• Jahanum mates with Wii and Geni
  
• Wii threatens Geni's life; Geni remains as second female
  
• Simba's return pushes Mwambula south across the river
  
• One of Geni's pups are slain
  
• Geni kills Wii in her rage
  
• Geni renames Mwambula to Uchawi
  
• Geni is killed on a hunt by a kick to the skull
  

Generation 2

• Geni's daughter Eiji claims dominance
  
• Eiji moves Uchawi southwest toward the desert
  
• Eiji has one season of successful pups
  

Generation 3

• Twin sisters Nthanda and Kwesi arrive from desert with their small clan
  
• Eiji is slain
  
• Bozi allies an uneasy truce
  
• Nthanda takes Bozi as her male
  
• Kwesi takes Niji as her male
  

Generation 4

• Nthanda's son Ayo kills his mother and greedily mates with his aunt Kwesi
  
• Kwesi produces one litter
  
• Ayo leads the clan to the south river crossing in an attempt to claim better lands
  
• Ayo and a few others are slain by a lioness hunting party
  
• Uchawi flees back across the river
  

Generation 5

• Nthanda's daughter Thema claims dominance
  
• Thema moves Uchawi northwest to the plains
  
• Thema sends scouting parties to find and subdue rogue hyenas
  
• Uchawi's ranks grow
  
• Thema's dominant male, Shu, gives her one litter of five
  

Generation 6

• Dumisani pushes Thema out of dominance due to age; Shu dies
  
• Dumiani has one litter of five with Chiki
  
• Chike dies; Dumisani claims another male and is quickly pregnant
  
• Dumisani leads Uchawi east to the waterhole and confrontations with Mnara begin again
  

*Note: A generation is defined, for our purposes, when power is shifted from one dominant female to another. It is not defined per season of pups born.