If the scorching heat of the African savannah, life and death hung in the balance. The pride of lions fought fiercely for their territories and resources, their lives defined by their rivalries and hatred for each other. Between these territories was a river which acted as a border and often swarmed with crocodiles that can be seen lurking in the murky waters of the Mara River. Simba, a young promising lion on the shadow of his father Terza, now aging, is one the verge of taking the throne from his father, had been taught from a young age to hate all those outside his own pride to keep the pride from thriving on the plains of H.T. savannah.