Zara

Zara is an original character in The Lion Guard: The Pride of the Pridelands.

About her
In PrinceBalto's remake of TLK, Simba's exile in the jungle goes differently. While found by Timon and Pumbaa, he quickly ends up in Zara's care, because she states that he needs to be fed on meat to survive and thrive. She raised him there and taught him to fight. She lives in the same jungle as Timon and Pumbaa, and is counted as that area's "queen". She followed Simba back to Pride Rock, where she opted to stay once he had defeated Scar. She cares deeply for Simba and will not hesitate to attempt to protect him. She is also a recurring presence through PrinceBalto's remake of The Lion Guard, where she often tells Kion stories about Simba's time in the jungle and also mentors him. A short time before Kion becomes leader of the Lion Guard, she comes upon a young hyena named Jasiri, who has lost her mother and clan to disease. Zara immediately developed a motherly love for the cub and decided to adopt her, and Simba allowed it. Jasiri then becomes the new Guard's purest of heart, much to Zara's pride. When Jasiri is a young adult, she finds her a fine male hyena and the two became

Family

 * Simba- Adoptive nephew
 * Jasiri- Adoptive daughter
 * Abioye- Son-in-law
 * Wema- Granddaughter
 * Tunu- Grandson

Enemies

 * Janja
 * Makucha

Voice Actor

 * Jennifer Hale

Trivia

 * She raised Simba instead of Timon and Pumbaa and she has taken to referring to him as her nephew, and Simba refers to her as his aunt.
 * Timon and Pumbaa know who she is, but Zara states that she does not hunt them because they amuse her greatly. Instead, she considers them her close friends.
 * She becomes Jasiri's adoptive mother. The two have a very close mother/daughter bond, and she ruthlessly defends Jasiri against attack, especially from Janja.
 * She despises Janja, whom she has wounded on a few different occassions.
 * She originally lived at the Jungle Oasis along with her friends Timon and Pumbaa.
 * She ended up unkowingly preying on an impala that had bullied Jasiri.