Shade Tree

The Shade Tree is a location seen in Mufasa: The Lion King. It is a large tree which serves as the primary gathering place and residence of Obasi and his pride, specifically the males.
==Background==
The Shade Tree is located in the Valley of Kings, within the territory of Obasi. It serves as the primary gathering place and residence of Obasi and his pride, specifically the males.
==Appearances==
===Mufasa: The Lion King===
One day, Taka found a stray lion cub named Mufasa drifting down a river and saved him from crocodiles. Along with his mother, Eshe, he escorted Mufasa to the Shade Tree, where Obasi resolved to eat him for being a stray. However, when Mufasa boasted that he was the fastest cub to have ever lived, Obasi challenged him to race Taka from the Shade Tree to the Dead Tree and back. To Obasi's disapproval, Mufasa won the race. Though Obasi permitted the cub to join the pride, he ordered him to live among the females and forbade him from being near the Shade Tree.
Seasons later, when Mufasa and Taka were adolescents, they pranked the males of their pride by yelling about an elephant stampede. Terrified, the males fled up the Shade Tree, while Obasi cowered at its base. Upon realizing the trick, Obasi iterated that Mufasa was not allowed near the Shade Tree and sent him away. He then encouraged Taka to take notes on how to be king before flopping down underneath the Shade Tree.
When Mufasa killed Shaju, the son of Kiros, in the defense of Eshe, Kiros and his pride swore revenge. While Mufasa and Taka fled the Valley of Kings, the rest of Obasi's pride lingered behind. Before long, the Outsiders arrived at the Shade Tree, and Kiros asserted that he was killing every pride in the Valley of Kings so that he could rule as the sole Lion King. He and his pride proceeded to kill Obasi's pride.
==Known Residents==
*Obasi
*Eshe
*Chigaru
*Obasi's Pride
*Taka (formerly)
*Mufasa (formerly)
==Gallery==
File:Young Mufasa and Taka's family.png
File:Obsai and Eshe.png
File:Eshe and Taka.png
File:Chigaru 1.png
File:Kiros 2.png
File:Mufasa TLK concept art 7.png
Category:Locations
Category:The Lion King locations