Kovu

* Adult
* Young Adult

**Kovu** is a male Lion who is the son of Zira, the brother of Vitani and Nuka, the mate of Kiara, and the father of Mufasa Jr and Bella. He is the Current King of the Pride Lands.

## Appearance

Kovu is a stocky lion cub with red-brown fur. He has a hair tuft of dark brown fur, the beginnings of a mane, on the top of his head. On either side, fur sticks out from his chin. His forelegs have tufts of dark brown fur emerging from them. His eyes are green, with dark rims resembling Scar's. His paws, underbelly, and muzzle are a beige color, and his underbelly doesn't extend up over his neck. He has an outlander shaped, black nose and three whiskers on either side of his muzzle. As seen in a painting as a teenager, not much about Kovu changes except that he has grown bigger and his mane has begun to develop itself.

Kovu has become a young adult with a full mane and has a scar over his left eye, identical to Scar. His jaw is quite small, and his muzzle color is present at the tip of his snout. His inner ears have changed color, becoming dark pink, and he now has four whiskers on each side of his muzzle.

## Personality

Kovu, unlike his mother and siblings, is very relaxed, kind and friendly, and doesn't necessarily believe in their cruel and violent, evil ways. Despite this, when his mother asks him to do something, he will obey and even approach his older sibling, should he try to disobey her. He holds no animosity towards the Lion Guard, frequently avoiding confrontation with them. He is shown to be excited at the prospect of living in the Pride Lands so he could see Kiara again.

Years later, it's revealed that Kovu was manipulated by Zira into believing Simba was the enemy, which implies that he was at one point cruel and murderous, but this later changes when he befriends Simba and bonds deeper with his daughter, Kiara. His initial refusal to fight, a trait he had as a cub, is resurrected when he attempts to stop an attack on the Pride Lands held by Zira. He is willing to put the past behind him, as when he sees Kion again, he does not hold any animosity towards him for their past meeting and he later befriends him as his brother-in-law.

## History

### The Lion Guard: New Beginning

#### The Kupatana Celebration

Kovu and rest of Royal Familyand Pride Landers celebrate Kupatana

## Family

* **Mother:** Zira †
* **Brother:** Nuka †
* **Sister:** Vitani
* **Grandfathers-in-Law:** Mufasa † and Nala's Father †
* **Grandmothers-in-Law:** Sarabi and Sarafina
* **Mate:** Kiara
* **Son:** Mufasa jr
* **Daughter:** Bella
* **Granduncles-in-Law:** Scar † and Mheetu
* **Father-in-Law:** Simba
* **Mother-in-Law:** Nala
* **Brothers-in-Law:** Kion and Kopa

## Trivia

* In a news article, Kovu is noted to be a descendant of Scar. This is incorrect, however, as Zira was only Scar's devoted follower. However he was at one point meant to be Scar's son in an early script for *The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride*, but this got scrapped as this would have resulted in an incestuous relationship with Kiara as first cousins once removed. The director later described Kovu as an orphan, in which he would've been Zira's adoptive son, unrelated to her and Scar.
	+ If Kovu was Scar's son, he would've been the first cousin once removed to Kion as well as Kiara.