I entered for Valkrao! As soon as I saw the character I knew I had to enter they are just the cutest little thing :D anyways, I tried to make their spikes look glowy and uh.. well you can see for yourself X3 I will try to create a backstory but I’m not very good at those types of things About the character: Name: Valkrao Gender: he/they Species: armored lion Age: 13 human years (26 armored lion years) Personality: sarcastic, negative but has a soft spot for those he loves Relationships: amora, a friend to him since they were cubs, one of the only armored lions he’s ever felt close to {feels positively towards her} Zinc, his father, a very strict rude armored lion, second in command of the tribe {feels negatively towards him} Rose, his mother, a kind, sweet gentle mother who has always helped Valkrao through the ups and downs of life {feels positively towards her} Backstory: The armored lions were once prosperous and healthy on their island until humans started to move in and hunt them for their valuable spikes. The two tribes (Ice tribe and Flame tribe) were forced to move into an underwater cave that they could access due to their ability to breath underwater. In the large pocket of air they built a fortress and thrived of of the fish provided by the flowing river. That was where Valkrao was born. He was most likely going to rule the tribe of ice on day because this father was second in command. He was well respected among the tribe even though many other cubs feared him, because no one dared to get close to him for fear they would offend him and get in trouble he became icy and cold to those who dared to talk to him. Things started to look better for him though when a new cub, amora came into his area. She was determined to become his friend despite him ignoring her; eventually though they ended up friends. After two years Valkrao became confident around her and confided in her the truth about his father’s ruthless to him and his mother. They started following Valkrao‘s father when he went on expeditions outside of the fortress. One day they saw him talking to the tribe of flames second in command, vulture. They are now in a quest to figure out if Valkrao‘s father has divided loyalties to the tribe or if it’s all one big misunderstanding. I hope you liked that :) I worked really hard to make it sound okay. I hope you like my art to.