Gunge

"Won't get in the fire if we avoid the frying pan."

-Gunge's Philosophy, A Hyena's Tale Ch. 13.

Gunge is a grey African Cuckoo bird and a supporting character in the War of the Pridelands Trilogy, first appearing in A Hyena's Tale (Fanfic) as a new character.

Background
In the same way as all Cuckoo birds, Gunge was not raised by his Biological mother. Instead, he was raised by a Hammerkop named Kulinda. Unlike other Cuckoo hatchlings, Gunge was not Spoiled and Lazy, but hard working and brave. When he was in his teenage years, he left his old home in the Pridelands and flew to the Backlands, where he was found by Katali, a female Leopard who was the leader of a Pride.

Gunge asked if he could help out in any way he could. Katali told him that he could be her Majordomo, giving reports and alerting her to hostility in the Backlands. This job was well suited for Gunge, and he took it with so much responsibility, that Katali enlisted Gunge to be her Royal babysitter for her Six cubs; Haraka, Matata, Jino, Radi, Vita, and Giza.

To sum up Gunge's personality would be to say, "He is a Cuckoo who has the heart of an Eagle."

A Hyena's Tale (Fanfic)
Gunge first appears when he gives the report of Django returning to the Pridelands with Several Hyena clans on Scar Snouts orders to Katali. He also tells the Leopard Queen that said Komodo wishes to see her. He waits outside as Katali goes to speak with him.

Several days later, a fire breaks out in Mirihi Forest. As Giza, the youngest princess, wants to go with her father, Norok, to put it out, Norok feared for her safety and ordered Gunge to escort her and her siblings to the den, to which he hurriedly does.

To be continued....