Rafiki

Gender: Male
Age: Elder
Species: Mandrill Hybrid
Pride: Pridelanders
Rank: Shaman (Birthright)

Appearance: Rafiki is an old, and hunched over primate. Along with those features, he has wide eyes and a large smile. Though he somewhat resembles a mandrill, Rafiki has a long tail and lacks a distinctive crested head, and is referred to usually as a baboon..

Personality: Rafiki is known as the shaman of the Pride Lands, as he performs activities which are similar to those of a human tribal shaman, but he also sometimes acts quite silly. He tends to speak in third person when speaking of himself. Though he may be old and weary (he has a bad knee), he can still pack a wallop with his staff (and simian kung-fu action) if necessary. He often pops up in a bizarre manner to teach his wisdom in a rather roundabout way, and has the ability to read omens and communicate with the Great Kings of the Past.


Family: Teacher of Ahadi, Unknown Brother/Sister, Uncle of Nefu, Cousin of Karibu, Jelani, Biba, Friend of Mufasa and Simba.


History: In the story, "A Tale of Two Brothers", it is revealed Rafiki, at the time, was a traveler and happened to stumble onto the Pridelands during one of his many journeys. Zuzu arrives at his aid, and directs him to the Five Stones to which he finds easily. There, he is surrounded by Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, but Ahadi orders them to leave. Rafiki later tells Ahadi and his sons, Taka and Mufasa, that he is seeking knowledge, and studying the African land. Later on, he becomes good friends with Mufasa. During the drought, he overhears Taka's plan to make Mufasa look bad, and manages to prevent Boma from attacking him. After an elephant escorts an injured Taka back to Pride Rock, Rafiki uses his shaman abilities to try to heal Taka, but says he'll carry a scar for the rest of his life which leads Taka to rename himself Scar. After the attack, Ahadi requests him to serve as a teacher to the future monarchs to which Rafiki agrees.

Rafiki appears by entering Simba's ceronomial presentation and greets Mufasa on top of Pride Rock, Rafiki and Mufasa embrace as close friends. A few moments later, he presents newborn Simba to all the animals gathered at Pride Rock, and draws a stylized lion cub of him on the walls of his tree house home to represent Simba's birth.

When Simba runs away and his family believes him to be dead, Rafiki draws his paw across the Simba drawing, obscuring it in grief. Later, after picking up Simba's scent in the dust and pollen in the air, Rafiki determines that Simba is still alive and restores the drawing, adding the full mane of an adult lion as a sign to seek out this young deliverer from Scar's tyranny.

Best way of contact: PM
OOC Alias: Brabus
RP sample: Like Simba(do I have to create a new sample?)

Approved!

-No, since Simba was technically your first character, you do not have to have another Rp sample-