Hakuna

Hakuna was born in the village of Daewon and was raised by his mother: Adina for all the 6 years of his life. Being a meerkat, he is one of the weaker herbivores in the village and was being dominated by the stronger ones. Even though he was physically weak, he covered up for that with his wits and intelligence. Ever since he was child, found ways around his strength barrier and used the environment to get back to those who dominated him. In fact, once during school days, when a hyena assaulted the school, it was Hakuna who saved the day by crushing the Hyena by the help of one of his tricks. Ever since that day, Hakuna became a hero for a few residents of the village.

Hakuna has always been tried and tested by nature in various conditions, but has always prevailed over the situation. After learning about his father’s untimely death at the hands of the Hyenas, his hatred towards the carnivores increased which aggravated feelings of revenge. These feelings were soon subsided when his mother sat down and told him about the story of the tensions between the Herbivores and the Carnivores. She also explained to him how the carnivores were not all that bad, but instead were only very different from the Herbivores. Hakuna loved his mother a lot, and so, listened to every word that she told him. The day she died, Hakuna’s rage masked all other feelings that he had. He only wanted revenge for the death of both his father and his mother. Killing Ibubesi was a major part of his life, by that was not all. His hatred increased towards all carnivores and so when he found out about the holy fire, he wanted to be the one to procure it because that is the ultimate weapon to kill any Carnivore.

- Written by Naman Merchant