Mnara's Timeline

[Melisizwe]

Generation 0

• Heir Mufasa is born
  
• Nsia dies of illness
  
• Nsia's cubs Taka and Thandiwe are taken in by Queen Amara
  
• Taka and Thandiwe fall ill
  
• Thandiwe dies and Taka remains sickly
  
• Taka recovers
  
• Mufasa declares Taka is pride brother and Prince
  

Generation 1

• Heir Simba is born
  
• Zira and her sister Abeni arrive, and taken in by Scar
  
• Mufasa is killed
  
• Simba is exiled
  
• Nuka and Sanaa are born
  
• Nuka is declared heir
  

Generation 2

• Simba returns
  
• Scar is killed
  
• Simba claims King
  
• Zira kills Abioye, Masamba
  
• Simba banishes Zira and Nuka
  
• In the Outlands, Zira gives birth to Kovu and Vitani by Scar
  

Generation 3

• Kovu and Vitani kill Simba
  
• Kovu claims King
  
• Sarafina dies and Kiara cares for her cubs Kifido and Njozi
  
• Msomeshaji arrives with his granddaughter Nipo and Kovu grants asylum
  
• Kovu has two seasons of successful cubs
  

Generation 4

• Kovu dies
  
• Jumaane claims King
  
• Jumaane chooses only those lionesses his father did not mate
  
• Jumaane proves to be a weak King
  
• Mnara struggles and many Kovu progeny do not survive
  

Generation 5

• Sizwe arrives and takes over with his small pride
  
• All male heirs are killed
  
• Sizwe rules for three seasons with his brother Emeka
  
• Mnara regenerates
  
• Queen Sauda dies
  
• Sizwe takes the elder Kata and Kato lioness twins as Queens
  

Generation 6

• Ikenna and Nnamdi rule as half-brother Kings
  
• Violent thunderstorms damage Pride Rock
  
• Mnara moves south into the plains
  
• A severe dry season threatens the pride
  
• Mnara begins to have violent confrontations with Uchawi to the south while defending the one remaining water source
  

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