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Brothers Bonus Page - Becoming Baya

Added 2020-05-11 22:50:55 +0000 UTC

This page is a prize and a bonus story page for Brothers. The story was written for a contest called "Becoming Baya" that I held last year on DeviantArt to explore Baya the hyena's backstory. The winner was TheSheInShenanigans on DA. Her winning story is here. I adapted a portion of it into the comic page you see here.

To summarize what's happening in this comic page and what elements of the story Shenanigans wrote is canon to Baya's backstory in Brothers' universe.

Baya is the matriarch's daughter. She's a bit smaller than the other cubs and is bullied constantly, in spite of her rank. In this comic, the cubs give her those trademark "tear" scars because they were mocking her for crying.

Baya has a close (and unusual for a hyena) bond with her dad and constantly tries to please and impress her mother. She hopes to be the matriarch of her clan one day.

At some point during a migration to a new territory, Baya and her dad get into a fight with lions. They fall into a pit, and Baya's dad is badly injured. She's found many days later by her mother's clan, half-starved and severely dehydrated - nearly dead. And her dad died from his injuries both from the fall and the lions. During her naming ceremony, Baya names herself after one of the lions that attacked her and vows revenge.