Sharptongue

"'Today, we have lost the... we have lost, the wisest lioness I have ever known. We ask Asra to guide her spirit out of her body, so we may return it to the Earth. Huntresses! Let Asra hear your voices, so she may find our beloved Sharptongue in the dark.' —Powerstrike about Sharptongue at her funeral in Episode 3: The Calling."

Sharptongue was an African lioness, Nothing's grandmother, and the former Hunt Chief of the Sisters Steppe.

She debuted in Episode 1 and passed away in Episode 3.

Personality
Sharptongue is shown to be strict lioness that loved to tell the stories about The Three Sisters, the start of Pride Law, and other historical events.

She was seen to have gained lots of wisdom in her old age, and believed in The Three Sisters. As of her name, it could have been given to her due to the fact that she had a "sharp tongue", meaning that she is very sharp and strict with her words, perhaps in her younger age.

Appearance
Sharptongue was a dullish-cream color pelted lioness with a brighter shade on her underbelly, paws, and muzzle. She had dots running down her forehead, colored the same darker cream color as her upper eyelids, and a cream dot on the side of each eye with a line drawing across her bottom eyelids. She had wise, light green eyes.

History
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Nothing
Sharptongue cared very deeply for her granddaughter, even telling her stories as a cub. She insisted on letting Nothing and her brother stay in the pride alongside Quickmane to safe her life. She refused to approve of the name Powerstrike gave her at her assessment, even calling her granddaughter instead of Nothing for quite some time. She helped watch the Pride's cubs alongside Nothing as well when she got sick. Before she passed, she gave an omen to Nothing to find the Shifting Place. She succumbed to her sickness next to her granddaughter, and was missed by her very much.

Embermane
Sharptongue and Embermane had a special bond. She says that he cannot be compared to the other manes who had ruled the pride in her presence and overall shared a deep connection with him. She loved him dearly and was devastated on her mate's death.

Voice Actor

 * Shayla Kirkham

Family Members

 * Mate: Embermane †


 * Daughters: Powerstrike, Waterhunter


 * Son-in-Law: Proudmane


 * Ex-son-in-laws: Starmane †, Quickmane †


 * Granddaughters: Nothing, Farleap, Silentstalk, Sister 1 †, Sister 2 †, Nameless Lioness Cub


 * Grandsons: Fire, Spark †, Feather, Unnamed Lion Cub

Episode One: No-Mane
Sharptongue is first seen telling her grandchildren about the great kingdoms and the beginning of the prides. Not long after, Powerstrike calls her to go hunting and leaves her grandchildren with their father. After Quickmane defeated Starmane in combat, Sharptongue tells Powerstrike that the Mane has to co-exist with Nothing and Fire because Nothing bested Quickmane in combat. She then tells Quickmane that if he harms the cubs, he'll have defied the gods.

Episode One: Nothing
Sharptongue appears at the beginning of the episode, asking Nothing if she was certain she didn't want to select the name her mother chose for her, to which Nothing replied that she did not want to be called 'Hobblestep'. Sharptongue then watches Nothing perform her huntress assessment. When Nothing fails, Powerstrike asks the pride to lend their voices as an approval of the name 'Nothing'. Sharptongue and Fire look at Powerstrike with a look of anger and disapproval, refusing to roar their approval with the rest of the pride. After the naming ceremony, she tries to console Nothing by telling her she was brave.

Episode Three: The Calling
Sharptongue lays on top of a huge rock at the Sisters Steppe, seeming to be more ill and tired than before. During the pride meeting, she starts coughing, making Powerstrike worried. Sharptongue doesn't answer directly and instead apologizes, asking Powerstrike to continue. While the Huntresses and Powerstrike go out to hunt and Quickmane goes out to scent his territory, Nothing and Sharptongue are ordered to stay behind to watch Quickmane and Waterhunter's cubs. Sharptongue starts to tell the story about the sun Goddess, Sunce and her fires in the Emerald Valley, but halfway through the story, she starts to cough again. When Nothing tells Sharptongue she should rest, she stares at her granddaughter in horror and tells her to find the Shifting Place, and to end the cycle. She begins to cough violently as Nothing cries for help, eventually collapses and succumbs to her sickness. Later on, the pride has gathered around her dead body. The Huntresses call out to Asra so she can take Sharptongue's spirit to the stars. Nothing expresses her grief for Sharptongue later on to Hover, which convinces Hover to join the pride.

Episode 4: Outsider
Sharptongue was mentioned by Silentstalk.

Episode 5: Escape
Sharptongue was mentioned by Powerstrike.

Episode 6: Prideless
Sharptongue was mentioned briefly by Feather and mentioned directly by Nothing when her cousin asks her to tell a story. When Feather then asks if Sharptongue is with Asra among the stars, Nothing tells him that if Asra heard the pride's call, then she is indeed with Asra.

Trivia

 * In the original draft of My Pride, her original name was 'Powerstrike', though the name was later given to Sharptongue's daughter, who used to be named Swiftspring.