From Lionheart to Lioness

Name: Richard Age: 41 Specie: Lioness Sex: Female Core traits: Shy and blushy, brave, a bit unsure of herself Like: Soldiers, battling, leading, fighting Dislike: Stares, her body, speaking to peoples

The third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard wasn't originally expected to take the throne. He grew up mostly in his mother's courts in France, where he became a cultured patron of troubadours and a brilliant military commander. Upon becoming King in 1189, Richard’s primary focus was the Holy Land. He joined the Third Crusade to retake Jerusalem from Saladin. In Richard's absence, his brother John revolted with the aid of Philip; amongst Philip's conquests in the period of Richard's imprisonment was a part of Normandy called Norman Vexin facing French Vexin. Richard forgave John when they met again and named him as his heir in place of their nephew Arthur. At Winchester, on 11 March 1194, Richard was crowned a second time to nullify the shame of his captivity. In 1199, while besieging a minor castle in Limousin, he was hit in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt fired by a lone cook or a young boy. The wound turned gangrenous, and in a final desperate act to save his life a ritual was perfomred and Richard transformed into a young lioness. Gone were the body of a strong man and ruler but instead at it place soft curves and a youghtfull body of a 20 years old which he is ashamed off as he can see the look that his soldiers and nobles give him.