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Akela is an adult male wolf and is the leader of his pack that resides in the Tree of Life and lived in the Rocky Mountains where he called home.

Appearance
Ash is an adult male wolf with black fur. He has a liver-colored nose. He has notched ears. He has bright blue eyes. He has a small scar on the bridge of his nose and two on his chest. He is about Janja's size, but more slightly built than Chungu.

Personality
As a pupp, Akela at first didn't like lions since he heard they're top predators by his father, but when a clan of rogue striped hyenas tried to harm him, King Kion appeared and saved him, Akela thanked him in graditude. King Kion and Queen Rani offered him and his pack to live in the Tree of Life as Akela gladly accepted it since he respected the Circle of Life and hates wolves that didn't and reforms to them as traitors for choosing a dark path and giving his kind a bad name, to which Rani believes that and welcomed him into the Tree of Life.

Akela would do anything to keep his pack safe from danger and often seemed to keep Kion and Rani's cubs Janna and Kosi safe from danger and referred as the Cub-Sitter for his tendency of watching over young cubs and has a soft spot and likes to play with them.

He is very respectful and loyal to Kion and Rani since they're the king and queen and seems to very kind and welcoming to them and seems to be close with Kion for saving his life and pays his debt to them as he likes to keep Janna and Kosi safe from any danger and will attack to protect them no matter what.

For some reason, he has seems to have a dislike for hyenas, especially the striped hyenas of Hundar and his clan due to the ancient rivalry between his kind and theirs from his desert homeland.

Wolves of the Tree of Life
Akela was leading his pack to be safe to find a new home as he grew tired of living in a desert his whole life so he can lead his pack to a better future, when they reach the mountain pass close to the Tree of Life, a clan of striped hyenas attacked them, but the Night pride saved them from and drove the hyenas off. Kion offered them to live in the Tree of Life, which the wolves were grateful and decided to live in the Rocky Mountains as he and his pack called their new home.

Quotes
'''"I don't understand. Why? Why did you help me?" '''Akela to Kion.

"Hello, I'm Akela. We're your new neighbors." Akela to Asante.

Trivia
Akela is an Arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs), a desert-dwelling wolf that lives in the Arabian peninsula