Quickmane

"'Don't be sad, little lioness. You will be with him again momentarily.' —Quick to Nothing after killing Spark in Episode 1: No-Mane."

Quickmane was the former Mane of the Sisters Steppe and the father of Farleap and Silentstalk, Feather, Sister 1, and Sister 2.

He debuted in Episode 1, but was killed by Proudmane in Episode 5.

Personality
He was seen to be vicious and dangerous, though he respected lionesses he found worthy. He took pleasure in killing Starmane and Spark, and smiled after dropping Starmane's dead body. Quickmane was also shown jumping to conclusions and snarling at anything strange. He had a very short temper and often lashed out at anyone who challenged him. He could be very cruel and mean, especially toward Nothing and Fire, the cubs he failed to kill after murdering Starmane. He banished Fire after Nothing's Huntress assessment (Though this was only because Quickmane didn't want Fire to overthrow him as Mane) and bullied the lioness frequently until his death.

Despite his behavior towards Nothing, it's shown he does care about his own cubs as he was seen getting angry at Nothing for leaving his daughters alone and nuzzling Feather and seeing if he was okay after venturing beyond the territory with Nothing. Quickmane also asked Nothing and Hover to leave Powerstrike alone on the death of Sharptongue. Quickmane was also slightly lenient with Pride Law, as he allowed Hover to stay despite the fact that she and Nothing were in a relationship and he and Powerstrike were aware of it.

Color Palette
Coming soon!

Adult
Quickmane was a large and muscular lion, with a brown-red mane and tail tip that was passed to Feather, with reddish-tan fur, and a paler shade on his underbelly, paws, muzzle, eyelids, and inner-ears. However, he was slightly smaller than Starmane and Proudmane. He had a huge scar on his right eye, and his eyes were yellow-amber.

Powerstrike
Quickmane loved and respected Powerstrike, giving her space and comfort, even defending her when Nothing and Hover entered to talk about Hover joining the Pride after Sharptongue passed away.

Waterhunter
Quickmane liked Waterhunter, although not as much as Powerstrike. He is shown to care for the cubs they had together, and although they didn’t seem to like each other so much, they did love each other before Quickmane died.

Nothing
Quickmane hated Nothing. He was wary of her because she ripped out his eye, causing him to believe that she was either possessed or a demon, he also despised her because she isn't his biological daughter, she is in fact the daughter of Starmane, his rival. He is often seen being passive aggressive or bullying his step-daughter for this reason. When she wandered away with Fire and Feather beyond the Sisters Steppe, Quickmane was so angry that he attacked Nothing and intended to kill her until it began to rain. The only time Quickmane showed kindness to her was when he allowed Hover to stay despite knowing about their relationship being against Pride Law.

Farleap
Quickmane seemed to favor Farleap, much like Powerstrike. He seems to respect his daughter, even prideful, and the two seem to like bullying Quickmane's step-daughter, Nothing.

Silentstalk
Quickmane favored Silentstalk as well, praising her. Quickmane was very proud of her.

Hover
Quickmane didn’t seem to like Hover, shown that he didn't enjoy her personality or how she insulted his face. However, he was lenient enough to allow her in the Pride despite being aware of her relationship with Nothing.

Proudmane
Although they only met briefly, Proudmane became Quickmane's primary enemy when he attacked the latter and subsequently killed him. Now, Proudmane is Quickmane's son-in-law after making Silentstalk his mate.

Feather
Despite Quickmane's brutality, he did care deeply for his biological children, including Feather. After Quickmane defeats Ghost, he asks Feather if he's okay and nuzzles him, telling him that he was incredibly worried.

Killed Victims
Below is a list of all known victims who Quickmane has killed.


 * Starmane
 * Spark

Family Members

 * Ex-Mates: Powerstrike, Waterhunter
 * Son: Feather
 * Daughters: Silentstalk, Farleap, Sister 1 †, Sister 2 †
 * Ex-Step-Daughter: Nothing
 * Ex-Step-Sons: Fire, Spark †
 * Ex-Mother-in-Law: Sharptongue †
 * Ex-Father-in-Law: Embermane †
 * Son-in-Law: Proudmane

Episode One: No-Mane
He roars to call Starmane to the fight, then injures Starmane's leg, causing the latter to run away. Quickmane runs back to him, and they circle each other menacingly. When Starmane tries to attack, Quickmane lunges at him and strangles him. He grabs Starmane by the neck and snaps it, killing him. He hears Starmane's cubs in the tall grass and sees Spark looking up at him in terror. He grabs him and crushes him to death brutally. He walks over to Nothing to kill her, too, but the lioness jumps in his face and rips out his eye. He scars Nothing's face and leg and throws her against a tree. Thinking she is dead, he makes his way to the Sisters Steppe, completely ignoring the bodies. Then he is seen arguing with Powerstrike and Sharptongue, who say that Quickmane and the cubs have to co-exist.

Episode Two: Nothing
He calls Nothing for the Huntress assessment. When Nothing runs, he laughs at her and calls her "Slugrun", due to her low speed. After Nothing fails the assessment, he orders Fire to leave the Pride. At the end of the episode, he is seen again, telling Hover to leave the territory.

Episode Three: The Calling
At the beginning of this episode, he is at the Pride meeting next to Powerstrike. He starts to say that there were No-Manes in his territory, and in order to keep them out, he will have extra perimeter checks. Halfway through the episode, he was consoling Powerstrike from the loss of her mother until Nothing took Hover with her to ask if she could join. Quickmane orders Nothing to get the lioness out of there, but Powerstrike stops him and lets Hover join. Quickmane is still hostile towards the lionesses, but calmly tells them to give her space while she is grieving.

Episode Four: Outsider
In this episode he made a rather minor appearance, he was only seen taking his cubs to Nothing alongside Waterhunter for her to take care of them. He then leaves.

Episode Five: Escape
In this episode, Quickmane saves Nothing and Feather from Ghost with the help of his lionesses. After driving him away, he draws his attention towards Nothing for taking his son beyond the safety of the Sisters Steppe and later discovers Fire was there. He yells at Nothing and scars her again, making her bleed. He then runs away from Nothing, looking for Fire, because the Goddesses won't let him kill her. Nothing yells out his name, hoping he would return. Then she trips on his dead body. She discovers that Proud was the one who killed him, which makes him the new Mane of the Pride.

Episode Nine: Fire
He briefly appears in a flashback of how Fire got his scar. Quickmane had bitten him on the shoulder. Proudmane came out from Quickmane's blind side and attacked him. Tangle helped Fire escape. He also later appears in a flashback that Nothing had when Fire attacked Barkmane. It turned into a flashback of Quickmane attacking Starmane.

Trivia

 * In the trailer for My Pride, Quickmane appears with a different design. He had green eyes, just like his daughter, Farleap.
 * In the book, Quickmane was a coward who didn't care about his children, unlike in he series where he is a fast warrior who shows concern about Feather and his daughters in Episode 5.
 * In the book, Quickmane is a dishonorable fighter, who attacked when Starmane turned his back after thinking he'd defeated him.




 * The supposed reason why Quickmane was killed by Proud was because of Nothing's curse. When he struck Nothing, the curse supposedly came into effect, which resulted in him dying in the claws of Proudmane, who had used Feather for the information of Quickmane's half-blindness.
 * Quickmane has never called Feather by his name.

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