Lions of Sabi Sands

[Duco Ndona]

The PCmales are in my opinion a overrated coalition. They largely profited from the death of the Styx male, Othawa male, the decline of the Tumbella coalition and the distracted northern Avocas which made it easy for them to expand to multiple prides without much of a fight. 
If it comes to actually confronting rival male lions, we see they mostly target weaker lions, don't finish fights and drag their feet if it comes to confronting their rivals. Allowing rival lions like Tumbella to spend generous amount of time there even when it should be easy to send them off.   
Furthermore, they are seen more apart recently and if they insist on keeping the Nkuhuma pride, will be spending lots of time away from the west. They may even choose to focus on that pride more now, with competition increasing in the west.

Nym or Nkuhuma and Kyane are on paper a very promising coalition of two strong capable males. Right now they easily form a mayor threat to any unprotected pride and if they can get their act together, they are strong enough to take on rival male lions or atleast deter the PCmales from confronting the two directly two versus two. Nym is also familiar with the local prides there and knows life can be good with them.

I can easily see a scenario where both coalitions start hanging out in western sector without directly confronting each other. Playing a game of chicken until one group abandons the west under the pressure or manages to catch their rival alone. Which would be a great risk for the prides.

Offcource that is if Nym and Kyane choose to stay in western sector. Which is still a big if at the moment. Reply