Pride Landers

Pride Landers are the inhabitants of the Pride Lands. They are governed by a reigning monarch and policed by a divinely appointed group called the Lion Guard.
==History==
===Mufasa's reign===
====Simba's birth====
To honor the birth of his son, Simba, King Mufasa called the Pride Landers to Pride Rock to witness his presentation. Once the Pride Landers had gathered at the base of Pride Rock, Rafiki anointed Simba and held him atop the promontory for all the animals to see. In answer, the Pride Landers cheered and bowed before their future king.
Several seasons passed, and Simba grew into a young cub. One day, Mufasa took Simba on a walk around the Pride Lands, during which he taught the cub about the Circle of Life. Simba wondered how all animals could be connected if lions ate antelope, to which Mufasa explained that when lions died, their bodies became the grass, and the antelope ate the grass. Thus, he reasoned, they were all connected in the Circle of Life.
Later, Simba and his friend, Nala, escaped their babysitter, Zazu, by employing the help of some Pride Landers. Together, the animals sang praises to Simba, while other animals distracted Zazu. The plan eventually worked, with Simba and Nala escaping Zazu's care.
====Stampede and Mufasa's death====
In an attempt to assassinate Mufasa and Simba, Scar lured Simba to a gorge and instructed his hyena minions to set off a wildebeest stampede. Once the stampede had started, Scar alerted Mufasa to the situation, and Mufasa attempted to save Simba's life. While Mufasa managed to carry Simba to safety, he himself struggled to climb up the side of the gorge, away from the stampede. As Mufasa climbed, Scar intercepted him and hurled him back into the gorge, to his death. With Mufasa dead and Simba purportedly dead, Scar became the new king of Pride Rock and allowed the hyenas entry into the Pride Lands.
===Scar's reign===
====Famine====
Under Scar's reign, the Pride Lands deteriorated, suffering a terrible drought and famine. This caused many Pride Landers to abandon their former home and seek better fortunes elsewhere. This, in turn, starved the pride as well as Scar's hyena minions.
Eventually, Simba returned to the Pride Lands and challenged Scar's rule. After a bloody battle, Simba emerged victorious and became the new king of Pride Rock. Aminifu was the first Pride Lander to return to the Pride Lands following Simba's ascent to the throne. After Aminifu's return, the remaining Pride Lander herds followed, and the Pride Lands began to flourish once more.
===Simba's reign===
====Kiara's birth====
Simba took Nala as his mate, and together, they had a daughter, Kiara. One day, the Pride Landers gathered at Pride Rock for Kiara's presentation. Rafiki held Kiara atop the promontory of Pride Rock for all the Pride Landers to see, and they, in turn, cheered and bowed before her. After the ceremony, Rafiki formally anointed Kiara as the future queen.
====Dawn of the Lion Guard====
One day, Simba's son, Kion, came of age and inherited the power of the Roar of the Elders. Though reluctant to bestow such a responsibility on his son, Simba revealed to Kion that he was the leader of the Lion Guard and that it was his duty to protect the Pride Lands and defend the Circle of Life. In accordance with his father's will, Kion assembled the Pride Lands' bravest, fastest, strongest, and keenest of sight.
Upon realizing that Kion had chosen his friends to be members of the Lion Guard, Simba berated Kion and told him that he needed to select lions for his new Guard. Despite Simba's lecture, Kion resolved to keep his team as it was. He officially bestowed Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, and Ono with marks of the Guard and led them into battle against Janja's clan, who were attacking a herd of gazelles. Together, the Lion Guard triumphed over the hyenas, and Simba at last accepted them as the official protectors of the Pride Lands.
====Savannah Summit====
As the dry season approached, Simba summoned some key Pride Lander leaders to Pride Rock for the Savannah Summit. Kion mistook Makuu, the crocodile leader, as a troublemaker and attacked him on his way to Pride Rock, only for Simba to reveal that he had invited Makuu. Together, Simba, Zazu, the Lion Guard, and the Pride Lander leaders walked to Mizimu Grove for the Savannah Summit.
During the proceedings, some of the Pride Lander leaders refused to accept Makuu's reformation and treated him harshly as a result. The Lion Guard also judged Makuu, believing him to be just as untrustworthy as before. Eventually, tensions escalated to the point that Kion attacked Makuu while he was negotiating with Bupu, and Makuu stormed off in a fury. Simba lectured Kion for his treatment of Makuu, then left to salvage what he could of the Savannah Summit.
Later, the Lion Guard caught wind of a plot against Makuu and prevented the crocodile from falling into a pit full of rotten fruit. In order to identify the perpetrator, Kion lied to the other Pride Lander leaders that Makuu had lost his life in the pit, and Twiga and Vuruga Vuruga revealed that they had not meant for the pit to hurt Makuu. At the two's confession, Makuu revealed himself to the Pride Lander leaders and announced that he had joined the Savannah Summit in an effort to help his float and the Pride Lands. Though the Pride Lander leaders feared his wrath, he encouraged the Savannah Summit to continue, and the Pride Lander leaders treated him more graciously from then on, even negotiating on his behalf.
====Battle for the Pride Lands====
Due to Janja and Ushari's actions, the spirit of Scar was resurrected. Upon being revived, Scar resolved to get revenge on Simba and use an army of Outlanders to overtake the Pride Lands.
For several seasons, Scar waged war on the Pride Landers, who formed a united front to repel his army's attacks. Eventually, Simba declared war on the Outlanders, and the Pride Landers gathered at Pride Rock to prepare for an invasion of the Outlands. That night, Scar appeared in a fire at Pride Rock and warned Kion to lead the Pride Landers out of the kingdom while he still could. In the face of Kion and Simba's defiance, Scar merely laughed and disappeared.
Though Scar had gone, the Pride Landers worried that they would not be able to defeat him. Just then, a reformed Janja arrived and revealed that Scar could be destroyed if Kion used his most powerful Roar in the Outlands volcano. Kion and Simba agreed to Janja's plan, and Kion urged the Pride Landers to get some rest before the invasion.
The next morning, the Pride Landers assembled at the border of the Outlands and the Pride Lands. Together, they stormed into the Outlands and fought the Army of Scar. After an extended battle, the Pride Landers emerged victorious, and Kion defeated Scar. Jasiri became the new queen of the Outlands, and peace was established between the Outlanders and the Pride Landers.
====Kovu's exile====
When Zira set an ambush for Simba, she named Kovu as a co-conspirator, and Simba came to believe that Kovu was a traitor. Though Simba survived the ambush, he suffered grievous wounds and had to recuperate at Pride Rock. Eventually, Kovu came before Simba and asked for his forgiveness, but Simba passed judgment on Kovu, exiling him from the Pride Lands.
At Simba's declaration, the Pride Landers around Pride Rock forcibly drove Kovu away from the Pride Lands, during which they asserted that he was not one of them and that they had correctly predicted his betrayal.
====Marriage of Kovu and Kiara====
After Simba accepted the Outsiders back into his pride, the Pride Landers gathered at Pride Rock for Kovu and Kiara's wedding ceremony. After the wedding, the royal couples strode onto the promontory of Pride Rock and roared over their kingdom. In answer, the Pride Landers cheered.
==Pride Lander factions==
==References==
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