Chuluun

Chuluun is a female snow leopard. She is a member of Makucha's army.
Chuluun used her camouflage abilities to launch seemingly invisible attacks on a pack of red pandas, which led them to believe she was a ghost. Eventually, the Lion Guard arrived and agreed to help the red pandas defeat the ghost. With the help of the pack, they surrounded Chuluun, and Bunga used his stench to defeat her once and for all. After the attack, Chuluun met Makucha, whom she joined on an expedition to get revenge on the Lion Guard.
Along with Makucha and Ora, Chuluun followed the Lion Guard to the Tree of Life. The three allied with Mama Binturong and launched many attacks on the Tree of Life, all of which ended in failure. With Mama Binturong's help, they brought in more allies and launched a final invasion of the Tree of Life, but Kion used the Roar of the Elders to exile the army from the territory permanently.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Chuluun lived in the mountains. She used her camouflage abilities to terrorize a pack of red pandas who lived in a nearby bamboo forest. Because her attacks were seemingly invisible, the red pandas believed she was a phantom and so referred to her as the "Ghost of the Mountain."
===Meeting the Lion Guard===
A pack of red pandas approached Bunga, hailing him as "Songoson Khün." The Lion Guard approached questioningly, and a red panda named Dughi explained that a Chosen One was destined to fall from the sky and defeat the "Ghost of the Mountain."
Just then, the pack's leader Domog approached and explained that their pack had been haunted by an invisible force that had driven them from their homes. Kion agreed to help the red pandas defeat the ghost in order to keep the Circle of Life in balance.
The team journeyed up the mountain, where they were set upon by an invisible foe. The team struggled to catch the "ghost" until it leaped onto a rock, allowing Anga to see that it was a catlike creature. Ono identified the "ghost" as a snow leopard, and the Lion Guard tracked its footprints up the slope.
Eventually, through teamwork, the Lion Guard cornered the snow leopard against a rock. Kion warned Chuluun to leave the red pandas alone, but she asserted that she followed her own rules. However, before she could escape, Bunga tackled her, covering her in his orange paint. Chuluun fought him off and escaped.
No sooner had she disappeared when the team overheard fearful cries. Anga spotted Chuluun, marked by orange paint, attacking the pack. The Lion Guard raced to the rescue, only for Chuluun to evade them again. Domog questioned if they had found the Ghost of the Mountain, and the team explained that Chuluun was behind the ghostly attacks. They then implored the red pandas to join them in defeating Chuluun.
Together, the Lion Guard and the red pandas followed Chuluun and cornered her at the edge of a cliff. However, Chuluun rolled around in the snow to mask herself once more. Bunga ordered the red pandas to keep Chuluun surrounded, then released stink in her face. A shocked Chuluun lost her footing and plummeted off the cliff.
After Chuluun's fall, Makucha recruited her to follow the Lion Guard to the Tree of Life with him.
===Makucha's army===
====Recruiting Ora====
After the Lion Guard left Dragon Island to continue their search for the Tree of Life, Chuluun accompanied Makucha in recruiting Ora for their army.
====Arrival at the Tree of Life====
Chuluun and her allies, Makucha and Ora, arrived at the mountain pass. Though Ora could not pick up the Lion Guard's scent, Chuluun commented that Bunga's odor was unmistakable. Makucha attempted to take charge, but Chuluun asserted that she did not take orders from anyone. Unbeknownst to the trio, Ullu the owl overheard their plans to invade the Tree of Life and so left to warn the Night Pride.
The trio attempted to cross through the pass, but were stopped by the Night Pride. The three were easily defeated, as they did not work well together. Shortly after the fight, the Lion Guard arrived, only to find that the Night Pride had already defeated Chuluun and her allies. Baliyo mentioned Makucha by name, and Kion apologetically admitted that Makucha and his allies had followed the Lion Guard to the Tree of Life. This infuriated Rani.
The Lion Guard and the Night Pride returned to the Tree of Life, where Rani accused Kion of having let in an army of predators. Kion apologized and offered his services in defeating Makucha's army, but Janna advised Kion to heal before he helped the Night Pride.
That night, Chuluun led the trio in another attack, but the Night Pride fended them off. Ora then resolved to take over and attack the pride head-on by the light of day. The plan worked initially, with the trio invading the Tree of Life and attacking the Night Pride. Chuluun managed to hide in trees in order to escape Surak, but he promptly defeated her once she revealed herself. Despite this, Chuluun and her allies gained an advantage over the Night Pride until Kion arrived to help.
While Ora ran in fear of Kion's Roar, Chuluun and Makucha attempted to climb the cliff to reach the Tree of Life, but Kion used the cliff trail to cut them off. With Rani's help, he defeated Chuluun and Makucha, who ran straight into the rest of the Lion Guard. Bunga then used his stink to send them fleeing from the Tree of Life.
====Mama Binturong's plot====
After their first defeat, Chuluun and her allies convened outside the mountain pass. There, Mama Binturong introduced herself as their new leader.
Mama Binturong plotted to invade the Tree of Life by pretending to seek sanctuary from Chuluun and her allies. The army enacted the plan, during which Chuluun, Makucha, and Ora chased Mama Binturong through the mountain pass, until the Night Pride arrived and fended them off. Believing Mama Binturong's story, they accepted her for healing at the Tree of Life.
After gathering intel about the Tree of Life, Mama Binturong informed her allies that the queen, Janna, lay exposed inside the tree. She ordered them to kill Janna while she distracted the Night Pride. The plan went into motion, with the Night Pride falling for Mama Binturong's cries for help. In the meantime, Chuluun, Makucha, and Ora snuck over the border.
Ullu informed the Lion Guard of Mama Binturong's peril, and they resolved to help her. However, Ono realized that Mama Binturong had called Chuluun by name in her cries for help, which indicated that they were working together. The Lion Guard headed to the Tree of Life instead and headed off Chuluun, Makucha, and Ora, with Fuli attacking and defeating Chuluun.
====Attack on Varya====
Chuluun and her allies attacked a tiger named Varya and her cubs. While Makucha distracted Varya, Chuluun chased the cubs into the mountain pass. However, she quickly retreated once the Lion Guard and the Night Pride arrived.
====Sunset attack====
Chuluun and her allies launched an attack on the Tree of Life. The Night Pride challenged them, though Baliyo's yawning exposed how exhausted they were from a night of patrolling. The Lion Guard arrived in time to help, but Kion and Rani's dual leadership resulted in confusion, allowing Chuluun to evade Nirmala. However, the two groups eventually chased the army off.
However, Mama Binturong lingered and spied on the Lion Guard and the Night Pride, learning that they would take turns patrolling the border. She then schemed with her allies to attack in-between the two group's shifts at sunset.
At sunset, the army attacked. Ullu warned the Lion Guard that Chuluun and her allies were launching another attack. The Night Pride arrived, and Kion led the two teams in their attack. The teams succeeded, and the army fled back into the mountain pass.
====Battle for the Tree of Life====
Chuluun and her allies snuck into the Tree of Life due to Ullu falling asleep and began to chase a group of animals. The Night Pride arrived, only for the Lion Guard to take over the shift and defeat the army.
After the army's defeat, they reconvened at the mountain pass, where Mama Binturong brought in new allies, including Fahari, Jiona, two Komodo dragons, and Smun and his prickle.
Together, the combined army invaded the Tree of Life. Ullu attempted to warn the Night Pride, but Mama Binturong captured her and tasked Smun and his prickle with keeping her incapacitated. Despite this, Ullu escaped and warned the Night Pride about the army's attack, and they rushed to the Tree of Life, only to be shut in by a giant rock pushed by Ora and his minions. With the Night Pride out of commission, the army attacked the animals at the Tree of Life.
The Lion Guard arrived, having been warned by Ullu, and resolved to free the Night Pride from the army's trap. Shortly afterward, Kion, Bunga, and Rani arrived, and Kion used the Roar of the Elders to defeat the villains. He then struck the rock at the Tree of Life's entrance with lightning, destroying it and freeing the Night Pride. Finally, Kion swept Chuluun and her allies into a tornado, which sent them far away from the Tree of Life.
==Physical appearance==
Chuluun is a slender snow leopard with lavender fur. Her chest, muzzle, and paws are white, while her ear rims are black and gray. She has several dark spots on her pelt as well as a striped tail. Her eyes are blue.
==Personality and traits==
Chuluun is haughty and disrespectful. She takes great pride in her natural camouflage and is willing to use it to any advantage. She has little regard for the Circle of Life and takes sadistic pleasure in terrifying weaker animals.
==Appearances==
* The Lion Guard
** "Ghost of the Mountain"
** "Dragon Island"
** "The River of Patience"
** "Little Old Ginterbong"
** "Long Live the Queen"
** "The Lake of Reflection"
** "Triumph of the Roar"
==Trivia==
* Chuluun was voiced by Kimiko Glenn.
** Glenn also provided Lumba-Lumba's singing voice.
* In an early design, Chuluun looked more like a regular leopard.
==References==
Category:Antagonists
Category:Canon articles
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:The Lion Guard characters