bahadi and dakarai are cheetah siblings who fancy themselves royalty. to be fair, they hold more poise in their dewclaws than most lions do their whole bodies. they're a little bit older than the cubs competing in the Cups, so they like teasing them while the lions are small enough to be teased. they're really jealous that their territories aren't recognized by the lions as proper pridelands even though they have king cheetahs and lions are just lions even when they're royal.

they'll end up taking a liking to n'kosona since he and his little friend are shaking things up for the lions.