Tendai

Tendai is Kai’s father of the South African animated film Zambezia.
He is voiced by Samuel L. Jackson.
==Biography==
Tendai is a disciplinary, overprotective Peregrine Falcon who will do anything to keep his son safe.Tendai and his wife are the founders of the Hurricanes, a troop who guards the peace of all the birds of the river valley. After Tendai’s wife was killed by Budzo, a sinister, manipulative Rock Monitor lizard which serves as the main antagonists in the film, Tendai brought Kai to Katungu to bury his past as promised to Chief Sekhuru, this makes why Kai doesn’t leave anywhere outside Katungu.
One day after Kai heard about Zambezia from Gogo, a Saddle-Billed Stork who lives in Zambezia, Kai decided to leave Katungu though his father disagrees, Tendai was later caught by Budzo while finding Kai. At the day when Kai knows about his origins and the history of the Hurricanes, Kai and his friends went to Budzo’s lair to find the weavers who were kidnapped by Budzo to make him a bridge so that he can get to Zambezia to eat all the eggs.
Kai found his father kidnapped and he tells how his mother died and he saved Sekhuru and his daughter Zoe, Kai later saves his dad and all the weavers.
The day after Kai saves his dad and Budzo’s Marabou henchmen prepares the bridge to Zambezia, Budzo betrays his henchmen and unleashes his lizard army. Tendai later blames the henchmen for all this, but after Cecil, the leader of the Marabous tells everything. Kai later tells that the Marabous are also birds, and Zambezia is an idea that all birds are important even for Marabous, and they should live there if they wanted to help. Tendai later agrees Kai’s proposal and they teamed up fighting Budzo.
At the ceremony after the defeat of Budzo, Tendai returns to Zambezia and gave the Hurricane ring again to Kai. Being proud to his heroic son. and also gave one to Zoe, Kai’s girlfriend.
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Cartoon Heroes
Category:Animals
Category:Anthropomorphic
Category:Disciplinarians
Category:False Antagonist
Category:Tragic
Category:Pessimists
Category:Warriors
Category:Protectors of Innocence
Category:Parents
Category:Wise
Category:Wrathful
Category:Vengeful