The Tumbela Coalition

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(05-23-2024, 03:15 AM)Cath2020 Wrote: The NK Male is a survivor for sure.  However, I don't think he chooses the healthiest of partners.... an older male way past his prime and now a lame male, albeit closer in age.  The Styx Male was his best choice, in my honest opinion, but he died in a freak accident one night.  I guess good choices are not falling from the trees in Sabi Sands.  Lone males really do have it much harder.  They have to find a suitable partner of a similar age and that's hopefully pretty healthy, plus it takes a long time to bond with an unrelated partner.  

I always dislike seeing lone males grow up and then leave their natal pride.  It's more of an uphill battel for them in all ways.  I was so sad when the Talamati Male's bro just disappeared.... Now he's a lone male.  The Talamati Breakaway Young Male had 2 bros that were killed, so he's a lone one now.

He and Styx also sort of passed on PCMs at one moment. PCM being younger and still just ordinary young nomads at the time, acted quite friendly when the four met but NYM and SYM rather ignored them. It's stretch to think they might have make a coalition but we'll never know what would happen if they stick around for a bit. For sure the two would be the strongest option he ever had if the option was really there (what dynamics would be within the coalition and whether someone would play second fiddle and the coalition would last or split into original duos one day, is another question; the four of them would likely be enough to take over vacant Mhangeni pride perhaps (NYM and SYM alone could not do that) but it is alternative history anyway, now he is with Tumbela, who lost similar number of coalition partners himself). Reply