Simba

The Simba are are one of the nine remaining tribes of the Bastet, and are modeled after the lions of Africa.

The Simba represent the best Gaia has to offer, in that they are regal, proud, and powerful beyond compare. However, they are also arrogant, domineering, and malicious, even under the best of circumstances. Before the reign of Black Tooth and his Endless Storm, they were known as "The Lords of Sunlight." Like the blazing mane around the heads of the Kings, werelions liken themselves to the sun. All things have a place and an order and rebels must be reminded of this fact. However, other tribes disliked the lions; the Simba may have called themselves "Lords of Sunlight," but other cats had many ... other names for them; for example, they were sometimes known as "The Dark Kings," in an unflattering comparison to the Khan.

The Simba aren't villains; they are magnificent lords, slayers of demons. They believe things are simply out of order. When the balance is restored, when the humans know their place and when cities become graveyards, the lions will be proven right. In the minds of the Simba, the demons of the modern age can be traced to the end of Impergium and the laxity of the Changing Breeds. And they intend to put things in the right order: if that requires bloodshed, so be it. Warfare is the sport of kings.