One typical day in their cubhood, Mufasa and Taka* were roughhousing as brothers do. But- as sometimes happens -things started to get a little out of control. Some nasty things were said, names were called, and in a moment of action before thought, Mufasa lashed out. His claws raked his brother's face, and as Taka cried out, Mufasa's anger gave way to regret. His brother's blood was on his paw. Taka's eye was bleeding. Mufasa rushed his brother back to Pride Rock, where Taka's eye was given proper medical attention, and Mufasa was given a lecture he'd never forget. From then on, things were never the same. Taka never wanted to play with Mufasa, and he was much more aggressive. Mufasa started to respond with the same, calling his brother 'Scar' after the mark his own claw had left on Taka's face. The boys' father started to pay more attention to Mufasa, training him to be a proper king. All the adults were much more cautious with Taka; they didn't want him to get hurt any more. He grew up babied by adults and taunted by his brother. He adopted his brother's taunt as his own name, leaving little Taka behind. Scar started to believe he would make a better king than Mufasa. Eventually, he found the hyenas; exiled from the Pridelands, they were desperate for food. Scar promised them all they could eat if they would agree to help him. The hyena matriarch, Shenzi, was hesitant to deal with a lion, but her clan were starved and this deal would mean she could finally feed them. She agreed, and we all know what happened next... *I'm really not happy to call Scar 'Taka', since people are always so hung up on the meaning of 'trash'. If it even means 'trash' at all, it mostly means 'want'. Don't you think that suits Scar? But since everyone is so stuck on 'trash', I want to call him something different. I was thinking Tamani- 'desire'.