Mataka

Matakawa is the middle child, she was named by Fahari, a wish for things to get better. She's the one that looks like Kovu the least, at the same time tough, she's the one that got most of Zira's and Scar's personality; she didn't get any actual mental disorders, but she is a bit of a loner with a very sharp mind and a silver tongue (both Zira and Scar are psychopaths, not in the same ways, but both are and they get worse as their life deranges; they were always some degree of bad and bratty tho, even as cubs). She's also got some pretty terrible luck, always getting some degree of hurt during the adventures her sister and the other cubs dragged her into; after she ends up getting her tail amputated in a pretty serious accident, Matakawa calls it quits on the adventures and starts staying home with her more calm cousins (Nyota and Almasi more specifically).
She loves to spend time with her great-grandmother Fahari, hearing her stories and life lessons, eventually she starts training to be a royal advisor and when it becomes clear she's better at planning hunts than actually partaking in them. She stays as out of the way as possible when hunting and only comes in to deliver the final blows; she may not be the muscle, but her help becomes essential anytime brainpower is needed.