Jasiri

Zoe Liza Bloom (The Lion Guard: Drama King)

### Nicknames

Hyena (by Kion, Vitani, Fuli & Nuka)Prime Minister (by Mzingo)The worst hyena we know (Janja)

## Character Information

### Affiliations

Jasiri's ClanHyena Resistance

Outlanders

## Media Information

### Final Appearance

Return of the Pride Lands

**Jasiri** is a young female Hyena that resides in the Outlands. She is the leader of her clan

## Appearance

Jasiri is a fairly small and slim spotted hyena, though she displays strength when fighting Janja's clan. She has gray fur that bears a slight purplish tint. Her lower legs and paws are a very dark shade of purple, and her underbelly is a dull pinkish orange. Her tail is short and bicolored; most of it is deep purple like her paws, but the fur on the very bottom is much paler, the same color as her underbelly. Her eyebrows and ears both match the color of her mane and paws, and her inner ears are dull pink. On each side, she has three round spots, slightly darker than her main coat color, lined up vertically from her shoulder to the joint of her foreleg. Two smaller spots fleck her face on either side, and she has darker stripes along her neck as well as a streak along her spine. Her muzzle is the same color as her spots. She has large, deep blue eyes, encircled by darker fur, and a dark purple mane that is striped with brighter purple. Her mane is long and thick, with a lock in the front drooping to one side.

## Personality

Jasiri is a friendly hyena whose personality is the opposite of Janja and his clan. Jasiri understands and respects the Circle of Life, whereas Janja's clan of hyenas only care about themselves. Jasiri even goes so far as to teach Kion himself a few points about the Circle of Life that he previously didn't understand. However, her ties to her species shines through in how often she laughs, and even Kion notes that the world is like a giant game to her. She is very spunky and lively, and has been described by her voice actor as zany and opinionated. She is shown to be a bit teasing and sassy, not to mention confident in her fighting skills. Her bravery is displayed when she takes on Janja's entire clan. She is often territorial and reclusive, but this seems to be a cover for her rather friendly side.

### Abilities

* **Animal Strength:** Jasiri is a very strong hyena; she is shown to have very strong kicks and can easily pin down opponents, though she did have trouble escaping Janja's strong grasp when he pinned her to the ground.
* **Skilled Combatant:** Jasiri is a very capable fighter; she is very resourceful when fighting to kicking up dust to block her opponent's vision.
* **Intelligence:** Jasiri is very intelligent and witty. She easily tricked Kion into falling into a thorn bush and is generally very clever.

## History

### **Never Judge a Hyena by Its Spots**

When Kion gets separated from the rest of the Lion Guard, he finds himself lost in the Outlands where he meets Jasiri, a friendly female hyena who has been spying on him since he first entered her territory. Jasiri introduces herself and informs Kion that he is going to wrong way to Flat Ridge Rock, his desired location to meet up with the Guard. She tells him the correct direction. However, Kion ignores her, not willing to trust a hyena, and continues in the direction he was headed. Jasiri, amused, follows him. Along the way, Kion becomes tangled in a thorny bush after ignoring Jasiri's advice. Whilst Kion fears for the worst, Jasiri helps him out, amused at his accident. She then shows him the right way to Flat Ridge Rock, but soon notices that Kion is limping. Believing it to be partially her own fault, she decides to walk with him until his foot is healed. A short while later, they witness the Circle of Life in action when a chameleon snaps up a nearby fly. She becomes offended at Kion after he insinuates that she and all hyenas have no idea how the Circle of Life works. She then talks to Kion, explaining the hyenas' role in the Circle of Life when he reveals that he does not believe that any hyenas follow it. Jasiri sings "We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa)", with Kion eventually joining in, and he soon discovers how alike they truly are.

Soon they arrive close enough to Flat Ridge Rock for the two to part ways. However, shortly after Kion leaves the Outlands, Jasiri is confronted by Janja, Cheezi, Chungu, and the rest of their clan. She begins to fight each of them one on one and manages on her own for a while. Janja gets tired of Jasiri "playing around" and quickly pounces on her, pinning her to the ground. Before Janja can do Jasiri any harm, Kion returns to save her, knocking Janja aside in the process. The fight continues until Kion and Jasiri are backed into a corner. Kion tells Jasiri to stay back, and she watches as he uses the Roar of the Elders to send Janja and his clan packing. The roar alerts the rest of the Lion Guard, who come rushing to Kion's aid. When Fuli sees Jasiri, she begins to growl, ready to strike the hyena. Kion explains that Jasiri is a friend, which causes confusion from Bunga, who whispers to Kion that she's a "hyena". Jasiri is equally surprised that Kion regards her as his friend. Kion tells the Guard about Jasiri's ferocity in battle with Janja's clan and how not all hyenas are bad. The Guard soon accepts Jasiri, claiming that any friend of Kion's is a friend of theirs. Jasiri and Kion then part ways as trusting friends.

### **Lions of the Outlands**

Jasiri ventures into the Pride Lands, where she finds Bunga and greets him. Kion arrives, and Jasiri informs him that she needs his help back in the Outlands. She explains that some lions have taken over her clan's watering hole and won't share it. They are surprised to hear that lions are causing trouble, but Jasiri assures them that she knows what a lion looks like. Kion decides to go to the Outlands to solve the problem, and Jasiri thanks him, then hopes that everything is a misunderstanding.

On the way, Jasiri voices her initial doubts that Kion would help her, as this time the antagonists are lions, unlike their last encounter. Kion is still confident that the lions aren't being intentionally harmful, and Jasiri agrees that it took time for the pair of them to trust each other. They reach Jasiri's clan, where Jasiri introduces Kion to her sister Madoa. Jasiri notes that they all need the water, so Kion quickly leads her forward. He's telling her that lions are reasonable when Nuka pounces on her, angrily ordering her away.

Kion comes to her rescue, and Jasiri stands by his side when Nuka, joined now by Kovu, threatens him. She informs the two lions that Kion's father is Simba, which causes them to take Jasiri and Kion to their mother, Zira. Jasiri crouches and glares at Zira as she approaches, but does not hesitate to tell the lioness that she brought Kion to the Outlands, and that Kion is her friend. Zira declares that she underestimated Jasiri, as she did not know Jasiri was friends with royalty, and Jasiri adds that Kion is the leader of the Lion Guard. She is confused when Zira suggests Kion use his Roar to give her water, and looks beseechingly at her friend. She watches in awe as Kion roars at a cloud, producing a brief rainstorm.
Jasiri asks if he knew of this power, and he denies. When asked, Zira states that she feels uncomfortable talking about the Roar in front of a hyena, to which Jasiri snaps that she just wants her watering hole back. In an undertone, she tells Kion that she doesn't trust Zira, but hopes that he will be able to convince her to share the water. Zira takes Kion for a talk, giving Nuka the opportunity to growl at Jasiri. Zira orders her son to play nice, and Jasiri bites at Nuka, startling him. She laughs and mockingly agrees to play nice.
As they wait for Zira and Kion to return, Nuka becomes impatient and charges at Jasiri. Kovu intervenes and points out that Zira told them to be kind, but Jasiri laughs again and assures "Green-Eyes" not to worry, confidently pronouncing that she can play any game that Nuka wants to play better than he can. Nuka makes to attack Jasiri, but Zira arrives, causing Nuka to hold Jasiri close and claim that they were just playing nice. Jasiri moves away, causing him to fall, and asks where Kion is. Zira says that they've reached an agreement; the watering hole belongs only to lions. Jasiri professes that Kion would never agree to such a thing, but Zira aggressively commands her to leave. Jasiri reluctantly complies. Dejectedly, Jasiri is heading back to her clan. She runs into the rest of the Lion Guard, to her surprise, and inquires what they're doing. They tell her that they're looking for Kion, and she notifies them that he's joined Zira. They recognize the name, and, when asked by Jasiri, assert that Kion would want no part of her doings. Jasiri is not shocked by this, realizing that she should never have believed Zira's words. She returns to Kion, who is surrounded by the Outsider lions, with the Guard. Laughing, she exclaims "Surprise!" as the group rushes to their friend's defense. She chases an Outsider lioness, grinning and snapping at her tail. Although Kion is hesitant to use the Roar due to the lies he had been fed from Zira, Bunga clears his head and Kion regains the courage to use the Roar of the Elders against them, forcing them far away. When Kovu, misses the blast, Jasiri glares towards him angrily until he leaves. With the Outsiders gone, Jasiri's clan is free to return to their watering hole. Back at the watering hole with her clan, Madoa reveals that she has changed her mind on how she views lions, and is glad Jasiri has Kion for a friend. Jasiri adds that she's glad to have all the Lion Guard as friends, and Fuli agrees. Wema and Tunu approach Kion but soon flee after Kion assumes that they have gotten over their fear of lions, but Jasiri assures him to take it as a compliment to his ferocity.

### **Rescue in the Outlands**

Janja's clan are looking for the jackals with hopes to ally them on Scar's side. Jasiri confronts him and, questions what he is doing in her territory. Janja protests. Jasiri mockingly asks if he remembered to mark his territory for the dry season, before marking the area with her paw. She offers them safe passage however, Janja would rather take it by force. He attacks, but misses. Jasiri jumps on top of him and kicks Cheezi, Chungu. Janja frees himself and pins Jasiri. She quickly pushes him off and, knocks him back. Janja, angry at his defeat, asks her to "Cut it out". Jasiri replies by telling him to stop fighting and go back the way he came. Janja reluctantly agrees as he and his clan retreat.

Later in the day. Jasiri is playing hide and seek with Wema and Tunu. She finds the two cubs laughing behind a rock. She tells them that they're all going to look for Madoa. As they search for Madoa, Janja and his clan spot them. They quickly move into position. Janja yells to get Jasiri's attention as Cheezi and Chungu sneak up behind her. When the attack begins, she is separated from Wema and, Tunu. She successfully holds her own against six hyenas and rescues the cubs by pushing Cheezi and Chungu away before they can strike. Unfortunately, Janja manages to knock them into an open steam vent. Jasiri quickly tries to jump out but fails. Madoa realizes she can't fight all of them alone and goes to find the Lion Guard. Soon, the Lion Guard arrive, much to Jasiri's relief. She attempts to keep the cubs calm despite the rising lava and steam. After Janja's clan is defeated, Beshte pushes a large slab of rock into the steam vent. Jasiri and the cubs to jump on the large rock slab and ride it to safety. After Janja's clan retreat, Jasiri and the two cubs join the Lion Guard, willing to fight against the hyena. Noticing that he is outnumbered, Janja leaves, promising Jasiri that it isn't over. With the clan gone, Jasiri thanks the Lion Guard for their help. However, she notices that Janja's attack was more aggressive and personal than before, certain that it was something deeper than territory issues. Kion is certain that it is down to the Dry Season, since animals have been known to do crazy things during that time. Jasiri, Wema, and Tunu, part ways with the Lion Guard safe and, sound.

### **The Hyena Resistance**

After hearing that Scar is back she decides that her clan can help the guard by having an resistance in the Outlands. She tells the clan Kwetu Ni Kwetu and that they must protect their home. After hearing Scar's plan they stop Janja's clan from going to Mizimu Grove, Kiburi's Float from going to Big Springsand the jackles from going to  Ukuni Woods. After hearing about the resistance Scar orders his army to take down her clan. The Lion guard comes to the rescue and Kion uses the roar to blow them away. However Janja gets trapped in lava and Jasiri comes to rescue him. She asks him to join the resistance but he refuses her offer.​​​​​​Kion asks if Jasir's clan would like to stay in the Pridelands but she says that they'll hide from Scar.

### **Battle for the Pride Lands**

In "Battle for the Pride Lands", Jasiri works with the Lion Guard and Pride Landers to fight Scar's Army. Simba wants to take the battle into the Outlands. Jasiri offers her clan to help out with the battle in which Simba thanks her and the rest of the guard gathers the Pride Landers. Janja thinks that he and his clan might be on the wrong and thinks of "A New Way to Go". After being betrayed by Scar, Janja decides to get Jasiri for help. Janja tells her "Sis ni sawa means 'We're the same'." Jasiri laughs and says that she's never heard him save that. Janja tells her that she was right and how Scar doesn't care about the hyenas; this was due to Scar's betrayal to Janja's plan while Pride Rock was set on fire. Jasiri and Janja rush into the Pride Lands where Janja tells the Pride Landers that he knows how to defeat Scar. Jasiri tells Kion to listen to what Janja has to say, to which he says that Kion needs to use his more powerful Roar. The next day, Jasiri's clan, Janja's clan, and the Pride Landers go and fight Scar's Army while the Lion Guard prepares to find a way to defeat Scar and end his tyranny once again.

After Scar was defeated, Jasiri notices Kion and the scar on his face; this scar was obtained when Ushari struck Kion during a battle in an attempt. Jasiri soon becomes in charge of the Outlands, telling everyone to follow the Circle of Life. While Reirei seems to be ok with that knowing Jasiri will handle Janja, Kiburi seems hesitant and say they can take care of themselves but he does agree to back off and Mzingo says that the vultures will follow the Circle of Life, Kion thanks Janja and Jasiri for their help.

### **Journey to the Pride Lands**

In "Journey to the Pride Lands", Jasiri and Janja arrive with Azaad, leading them to the Tree of Life. Jasiri tells the Guard that Zira is back and has led the Outsiders to overthrow Simba to take over as the ruler of the Pride Lands; she also states that Kovu and Vitani have fully grown. Kion and the Guard decide to follow Jasiri and Janja back home. By using his roar, Kion comes up with all different shortcuts to get home faster. After a long journey, they finally reach the Great Stone Wall and later the Outlands just as Kion and his team prepare to ensure peace between Pridelanders and Outlanders.

### **Return to the Pride Lands**

In "Return to the Pride Lands", Jasiri and the others meet up with Madoa, Cheezi, and Chungu in the Outlands; Madoa says that they were hiding from Zira. They come across Mzingo and his vultures. Jasiri asks Mzingo and the vultures for help. They soon come across Vitani and a group of lioness who call themselves the "Lion Guard" and starts attacking Kion's group. Kiara and Kovu soon stop the fight and Kiara asks Kion to come with them to Pride Rock so they can explain to which it is later explained that Zira has completed her Circle of Life journey and Kovu and Vitani have joined Simba's Pride. Kion thanks Jasiri and the Outlanders for their help. Later, Jasiri and her clan attend Kion and Rani's wedding (which doubles as Kion's coronation to become King of the Tree of Life).

## Family

* **Madoa** (Sister)
* TBD (Mate)

## Friends

* **Kion** (Love Interest)
* **Bunga**
* **Fuli**
* **Beshte**
* **Ono**
* **Tunu**
* **Wema**
* **Simba**
* **Rafiki**
* **Anga**
* **Nala**
* **Kiara**
* **Makuu**
* **Hadithi**
* **Makini**
* **Vitani**
* **Kovu**
* **Azaad**
* **Ma Tembo**
* **Mtoto**
* **Zito**
* **Bupu**
* **Boboka**
* **Mbeya**
* **Kifaru**
* **Laini**
* **Mzingo**
* **Mwoga**

## Enemies

* **Janja** (formerly)
* **Cheezi** (formerly)
* **Chungu** (formerly)
* **Nne** (formerly)
* **Tano** (formerly)
* **Janja's Clan** (formerly)
* **Fuli** (breifly)
* **Zira**
* **Nuka**
* **Vitani** (formerly)
* **Kovu** (formerly)
* **Reirei**
* **Goigoi**
* **Dogo's Siblings**
* **Kiburi**
* **Tamka**
* **Nduli**
* **Scar**

## Trivia

* Two hyenas at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Scooter and Zawati, possibly served as inspiration for Jasiri. These hyenas were introduced to the writers of *The Lion Guard* by Jill Mellen, who made the suggestion of a friendly hyena to the writers of the show

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