Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27158424-20180209122355

I've been doing some research on whom Kali Belladonna is based off of. I think it's fairly obvious that Sienna Khan is based off of Shere Khan from the Jungle Book, while Ghira is Bagheera from the same story. Knowing the parallels, I came to conclude that Kali would be based off of a Jungle Book character as well.

This leads to this question: Could Kali be based off of Akela, the wolf that raised Mowgli in the Jungle Book?

Think about it. Both Bagheera and Akela were parental figures to Mowgli during the man-cub's time in the jungle. Since Ghira and Kali are the parents of Blake, that reinforces my thoughts clearly. There's also the fact about Kali's name. Ghira's name may as well be come from -gheera from Bagheera, so what's not to say that Kali is an anagram of Akela? Replace the "e" in the wolf's name with an "i", and the anagram surely directs to "Kaali".

Of course, my explanation is without contradiction. For one, Kali isn't a wolf Faunus, but a cat Faunus much like her husband and daughter. Second, Akela's a male. However, Sienna Khan was based off of Shere Khan, a male tiger, so who knows?

Anyway, these are my thoughts on Kali's inspiration. Do you or do you not agree? 