Lions of Manyeleti

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Well, if Red Road gets forced to run and can't stay put, he can't go west due to fence (hopefully), north is less likely as Tintswalos (if it is them who oust him) would come more or less fro, that direction, on theo ther hand, he knows parts of Manyeleti north of him and might sneak past to north - so that would leave east, which is Kruger propers so hard to tell what would await him there and news would be more scarce for sure and south, that would mean some parts of Sabi Sands, at least temporarily.

If he gets into Sabi Sand then male wise might find a colaition parner but there is no obvious one, but as Black Dam young males got there all the way from Timbavati all of a sudden, we can't really rule out anyone just due to sitance and lesser likeness of meeting each other.

Nkuhuma has a history of attracting non-dominant males, but also becoming his coalition partner seems to be a risky business, so far he survived two, both of them in quite an odd manner (Mhangeni Big Boy and this year his half-brtoher/cousin Styx). Besides them he met Plain Camp males (which seemed receptive to sticking together, but Nwalungus wanted none of that) and recently Black Dam males. Nowadays he might be willing to join forces with another male but it depends on when exactly would that male, Red Road or another find him, he might start behaving like a Mhangeni pride dominant male and friendly encouter could be out of question. That being said Nkuhuma being sole male might be a target for an attempted takeover, depending on the condition Red Road would be in. But Mhangenis will likely avoid him in frist place - which could make any unlikely coalition of the two even more trickier.

Plain Camp males if he would be nomadic in Sabi Sands just few months ago, might be a great option for him, although his bond with them would never be the same as between the two, but they seemed open to joining forces with others back then. Now, they grew in strenght and confidence, have their sight on females, already killed a sub-adult, they are not pride males and might be still moving around weighting their next steps, but they don't seem like they need a help urgently and already kind of control a territory. Red Road would have to run into them without any female nearby that is for sure, to avoid outright hostile welcome.

Torchwood is gone, Styx is gone, no partnerless young males are about to be kicked out any time soon, there would have to be a takeover for him to have more non-dominant males available as potential partners or new male(s) would have to wander in, happens all the time. Reminds me there was unidentified young male sighted multiple time sneaking around the fence like in March/April this year, I guess that one is far gone one was or another, not seen again? Perhaps someone from Mluwati could wander in.

Red Road could potentially find Tsalalas or Ximhungwe(s) and stick to them, avoiding Plain Camps, Avocas or Tumbela depending on the location. It might be interesting what would happen if he would run into his western sector brothers, especially Limper alone (looking for Ximhungwes perhaps, that seemed to be his solo thing) - healthy I would say Red Road would be obvious as physically stronger, but might not know how many of Tumbelas are there yet, if they would find each other on a big carcass wither of the two might chase the other one or they would tolerate each other to some extent.

Hopefully, nothing like that happen anytime soon, the more time the Nharu cubs will get, the better their chances. And more importantly no snare and local communites would be involved in whatever the outcome will be in Manyeleti. If Red Road sticks around for a while, Talamati or Birmingham (white) boys might come around influences things as well as young nomadic coalitions from further away. Reply