Sina

Sina (pronounced See-nah) is a major character and an antagonist in Savu0211's Lion King comics, The Relatives of the King. She is a mother of Riku and Sarafina and the grandmother of Nala.

Sina is the deuteragonist in The Relatives of the King Part 0, the main antagonist in The Relatives of the King Part 1: Taka's Story, and a minor antagonist in The Relatives of the King Part 2: Parental Sorrow. She has also appeared in short stories.

Synopsis
She grew up in the Pride Lands under the rule of King Mohatu and Queen Hazina. She is the daughter of Kiburi, Mohatu's royal counselor, and Uzuri, a royal guard, and learns much from her father and his patrols of the Pride Lands. He teaches her to always be cautious of strangers, mainly rogue lions in general. Sina is the friend of Uru, the future queen, and Rena. When Ahadi and his father, Hata, come into the Pride Lands, the young cub wanders from his father and stumbles upon Uru playing with her friends. Sina urges that since Uru is a princess she needs to be more cautious, insinuating that since Ahadi is a rogue he could be dangerous. Uru promises Ahadi he has nothing to worry over when he questions the truth of her being a princess. As Uru and her friends leave to go home they meet with her father, in which Sina quickly tattles on their encounter with the rogue cub. She insists she told Uru not to do so because it was dangerous to talk to strangers.

Sina once again discovers Uru and Ahadi playing and interrogates Uru on if her father knows she is hanging around with the rogue cub again. Once informed that the cub and his father have been granted permission to reside in the pride Sina is a bit calmer. As things grow a little tense between Hata and the pride, Sina reinforces her statement on rogues that "They have their own rules... They don't want to take responsibilities... They are only selfish and do what they want". However, Sina comes to like Ahadi a bit more and asks her father if Hata will ever leave the pride and Ahadi with him. Kiburi hopes that Hata will but asks her why she's worried if Ahadi will leave and if she likes him. Sina tells her father that Uru does and that she doesn't want her friend to be sad if Ahadi ever had to leave. She shows that she truly does care for Uru and that she will do her best to be her friend's royal counselor. Upon Rena's expressed desire to also one day meet a rogue as Uru had, Sina brushes it off and states a rogue would be unacceptable as her own mate and that her mate must be a noble lion like her. When hyenas enter the lands, Sina and Rena are both separated from the pride and are saved by Hata who brings them back home. Along with Rena, Sina thanks Hata for saving them.



As a young adult, the same pack of hyenas continues to skulk in the Pride Lands, stealing kills from the hunting parties even going as far as attacking Queen Hazina. Sina decides to patrol the lands in the dead of night while Mohatu and Kiburi leave the land to get assistance from Kiburi's brother. Rena follows her friend, afraid that she will get hurt if she goes alone. Sina runs ahead after teasing Rena for suddenly losing her sense of adventure. The pale lioness winds up falling into a deep pit at the borders of the Pride Lands and urges Rena to find help. Before Rena returns the hyena clan finds Sina and prepares to attack before two rogue lions intervene and drive them off. One of the rogues climbs into the pit and helps Sina out. It is apparent that Sina is smitten with the rogue who helped her climb out of the pit. But instead of waiting for the pride to come, both rogues leave. When Rena returns with Ahadi and Uru, Sina tells them of the wonderful rogue who saved her. She is practically fawning over him and goes as far to mention that Rena might be interested in the other rogue.

Eventually, the rogues return to help defend Pride Rock from the hyena pack. After the fight and return of Mohatu and Kiburi, the rogues, Safiri and Busara, are welcomed into the pride. Sina more than expresses her interest in Safiri, taking his concern for leaving her alone the night she was rescued as something more than an act of kindness. For a long while, Sina feels as if Safiri only sees her as a cub rather than an adult. Eventually, Safiri does take a liking to Sina and they become mates. Together the two have Riku, who Sina insists she will raise to be a noble lion. Her relationship with Safiri is already becoming a bit strained. She becomes worried about what the others think of her when Safiri is not around when Ahadi and Uru come to see Riku. Safiri tries to soothe her worries, but more and more she pressures him and gets angry at him. When Riku is a little older, Safiri leaves pride and Sina. By this time she is already pregnant with Sarafina, unknown to Safiri or anyone else. Sina felt betrayed and humiliated by what her mate had done, seeing his actions only as a way of spiting her and making her look like a fool.

Once her daughter is born she becomes slightly obsessed with her children earning a higher rank in the pride. This becomes apparent when Uru and Ahadi's second son, Taka, is born. Sina had hoped the two would produce a girl so she could try and have Riku betrothed to a member of the royal family. As the year's pass, her son grows into a young adolescent, and her daughter, Sarafina, becomes friends with Mufasa, Taka, and Sarabi. Riku is later killed by hyenas because he tried to kill Taka out of feeling ashamed of knowing Sarabi liked Taka more than him. The knowledge of her son dying at the paws of hyenas while Taka still lived made Sina nearly go berserk. When Taka is not punished for her son's murder, Sina becomes enraged with Ahadi's lack of justice, but calms herself and walks away. After a few years, Sarafina, now an adolescent, tells her mother of the rogue cub Taka(now known as "Scar") keeps hidden within his cave. Sina attacks the cub, Zira, as a way of getting back at Scar for letting Riku die all those years ago. In Savu0211's comic, Sina is the one responsible for tearing the hole in Zira's ear. Ahadi and the pride intervene, stopping Sina from further harming Zira or Scar. She is then exiled and barred from ever returning to the Pride Lands; her daughter, however, is allowed to come back, as per Uru's permission.

Later, she finds a new pride and stays with them. Due to getting treated harshly by other lionesses in the Pride, Sarafina decides to leave her mother's pride and return to the Pride Lands. Sina is never heard from again after this, but she is seen in Savu0211's short comic "Afterlife" as a dark spirit alongside her son Riku, who also became a dark spirit. This confirms that Sina has died offscreen, most likely from natural causes and old age.

Personality
Despite being an antagonist, Sina didn't start that way and is a supportive friend to Uru when they were cubs. Despite this, she can be a jerk. What drove her insane in Part 1, is the death of her son and she thought it was Taka who killed him. She also hated the fact that he always ignores the Prideland's rules and does not care about it. When she hears about Scar keeping Zira in his den, she plans to get revenge on him by killing Zira and making Scar suffer, and is banished for it.

Quotes

 * "Did you hear that!? Your little girlfriend cries for your help! It feels awful being... helpless... doesn't it, Scar!? Hehe!" - Sina taunting Scar as she is about to harm Zira.

Trivia

 * Sina had more appearances in the redone version of Relatives of the King than in the original version. Her backstory was even explained in Part 0.
 * Sina is the main antagonist of Part 1 as she is responsible for many of the events that happened in the comic and has bigger plans than the other antagonists in Part 1.
 * It is confirmed that Sina has died offscreen due to aging and being an old lioness in her new pride. This is further proven in the short stories where she becomes one of the dark spirits.
 * She has a few similarities to Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones.
 * She is considered one of the most hated characters in Savu0211's comics, due to almost killing Zira (who was a cub at the time), her petty misguided revenge against Scar, ignoring her daughter Sarafina countless times, and for treating her mate like crap. Despite this, Sina has gathered a fanbase of her own and has gathered some fanart from fans of the comics.
 * Some fans joked that she is the evil version of Nala, Sina's granddaughter, due to sharing almost a similar design.
 * She is responsible for everything that has happened in the comic series and the reason why both Scar and Zira turned evil in the first place.