Lion King fan fic

Rrrrr, I got a timeline problem!

So Amarakh is the leader of the hyenas. Makali doesn't like her; she's too strict and doesn't let him do all the bad things he wants to do. So he wants to overthrow her, but he wants to do it subtly, so he can't get in trouble for it. he manipulates a younger hyena, Morata, into becoming the figurehead for his coup. Morata will be the onstensible leader, but Makali is really manipulating everything behind the scenes. They hatch a plan to murder a lioness in the Pride Lands-- the lioness, Ajanti, is using the safe-conduct word to get through the Pride Lands. It means she can't hurt anyone and no one can hurt her, on pain of execution. So to kill her while she's using the password is murder. Ahadi, the Lion King at the time and Mufasa and Scar's father, finds out and confronts. Amarakh refuses to let the king "bully" her, as she thinks, says she will conduct the investigation in her own manner, as they are her people, and her people don't have to subjugate their own customs for lions. I'm thinking Ahadi then banishes the hyenas from the Pride Lands until all the guilty party are dead. Amarakh, for handling the affair so badly and getting them banished, is descredited in the eys of the hyena pack. Makali and Morata's plan is working.

But then they see there's another obstacle in their way. Amarakh's son, Kinara, is widely believed to be his mother's successor to the leadership, and even if Amarakh is deposed like they want, they'll put Kinara in charge. And Makali and Morata don't like Kinara any better than Amarakh. So what I'm thinking will happen is Morata, who is violent and fierce, secretly murders Kinara. Makali probably wouldn't be happy about this, because a mysterious murder attracts attention, and it may jeopardize Morata's chances of being seen as an adequate successor. But the deed is done, and anyway Kinara's out of the picture. But Makali's plans are interrupted when Morata is killed on the hunt by a water buffalo. Makali needs a new figurehead. He turns to Shenzi, Morata's eldest pup, and manipulates her into being his new one.

The problem is this: Desani, Kinara's son, is born around the time Mufasa is murdered in the TLK movie. Therefore, Kinara and Morata need both be alive at that time. But when should Kinara, and later Morata, be killed? Both would have to be after Mufasa dies. But Shenzi is definately working with Scar at that time. I want Makali to be using Shenzi before Scar does. But Morata needs to be dead by then! But how can she be, if she has to kill Kinara after Mufasa's death? Desani can't be born that far after his father's death, and I wanted him to at least have vague memories of Kinara. I guess I could have Desani born earlier, but would that make him too old for my purpose? I think it would. I'll have him maybe a little older, not too much, so he'll still be in Lendri's generation. And then Kinara can die earlier, and Morata too. We'll see how that works.