Moonstrike

''"Huntresses! I say if this No-Mane doesn't end the bloodline of all other rivals, he has no rightful claim to our Pride. Those in agreement, let me hear your voices." ''—Moonstrike to her huntresses in Episode 9: Fire.

Moonstrike is a minor character in My Pride.

Moonstrike was Barkmane's mate and the Hunt Chief of Barkmane's Pride.

Personality

 * Moonstrike is a cunning and calculating lioness. When Fire arrives at her Pride to claim it, Moonstrike is angry and hurt at Barkmane's death, refusing to accept Fire as her Mane. She demands that he kills Feather to get the Pride, as he isn't his cub. When she speaks of her late mate's death, she goes soft, and when Nothing is wounded and nearly killed by Fire, Moonstrike looks away, hinting at more sympathetic sides of her.

Color Palette
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Adult

 * Moonstrike is a light gray lioness with a partial, slightly darker gray mane and a stripe halfway down her back. She has pale yellow eyes with bags under them, a singular talon in her lower left ear, a pale gray muzzle, underpelt and paws. Her tail tuft is black. She has a dark line along her bottom eyelids and a lighter tone on her upper eyelids, along with an upside down triangular shape near the corner of her eyes.

Voice Actor

 * Zee Andrews

Episode Nine: Fire

 * Moonstrike is seen standing with her Pride when Fire announced that he had defeated Barkmane. Fire says that by Pride Law, he was the new Mane. Moonstrike refuses him, and asks who the Prideless behind him are. He explains that it's Nothing and Feather, his sister and her ward. Moonstrike coldly demands that he kills Feather, as a true Mane doesn't raise cubs who aren't his blood. Fire tries to change her mind, saying that Feather was hardly a cub, to which Moonstrike argues that it makes him a rival. She tells him to finish what he started, or to leave. Fire is reluctant, and Moonstrike tells her Pride that if Fire doesn't end the bloodline of all other rivals, he has no claim to their Pride. The Pride roars in agreement, and Moonstrike asks Fire what he will do.

Episode Ten: Pride Law

 * Fire follows Moonstrike's demands and supposedly kills Feather, causing Nothing to challenge him. Moonstrike looks away when Nothing nearly dies from Fire's vicious attacks, and looks shocked to learn that Fire had killed another lion on the stretch. In the end, Moonstrike ends up staring up giving Fire a bitter stare, along with the rest of her Pride.

Barkmane

 * Moonstrike seemed to be very fond of Barkmane, after spending a very long time as his mate. Because of this, Moonstrike wanted to make sure the killer of Barkmane, Fire, was a strong and worthy successor to him.

Fire

 * Moonstrike was suspicious of Fire after killing Barkmane and bringing two Prideless lions with him. Moonstrike was angry that a lion she, initially, found unworthy of her Pride killed her long-time mate. Moonstrike told her Pride to reject Fire if he was unwilling to kill Feather.

Family Members
Mate: Barkmane

Trivia

 * Moonstrike is revealed to be transgender (male to female) by Tribble when asked if there are any transgender characters in My Pride.
 * Moonstrike is the second lioness in the series to appear with a mane, the first one being Quiethunter.
 * She was described on Twitter as "Barkmane's very tired wife".
 * Moonstrike is a Tsavo lion, a type of lion that doesn't grow a large mane.