Zhan Tiri

**Zhan Tiri** is the main antagonist of *Tangled: The Series*. She is a power-hungry shapeshifting demon sorceress who dreams to gain the full control over the Sundrop and Moonstone. Once an ally of a talented engineer Lord Demanitus, Zhan Tiri engaged in war with him, until an inventor was able to imprison her within an alternate dimension to prevent her from gaining the power of two elements. As the centuries past, everyone came to believe that Zhan Tiri was a demonic and unstoppable warlock, while she herself patiently waited for any opportunity to break out from her prison and finally claim the powers of both Sundrop and Moonstone, believing this to be her rightful destiny.

## Background

Thousands of years ago Zhan Tiri was an ally of Lord Demanitus, an engineer and inventor, who was on the quest to find the Sundrop and Moonstone, two elements that were created and divided by a mysterious cosmic event. As their quest continued, Zhan Tiri became obsessed with an idea of becoming a possessor of the powers of both the Sundrop and Moonstone, to the point that she started to believe that it was her destiny to have such a power at her command. This led her to turn her back on Demanitus and become his archenemy. At some point after this, Zhan Tiri found the way to get access to very powerful dark magic which helped her to become a shapeshifter, making her able to take the form of whatever suited her needs, including a sinister-looking demon. At the same time, Zhan Tiri discovered the sentient being called the Great Tree, which she transformed into her personal stronghold, by corrupting the tree's magic and, therefore, becoming invincible. Many people tried to end Zhan Tiri's reign over the Great Tree, but she easily destroyed anyone, who tried to approach her.

Upon learning of Zhan Tiri's stronghold, Lord Demanitus decided to put a stop to her reign over the Great Tree and with the use of enchanted spear he killed the tree's corrupted heart. This forced Zhan Tiri to finally abandon the tree, although some of her dark magic was left there. Sometime later, Demanitus once again confronted Zhan Tiri and, with the help of the portal he built, was able to imprison her within a netherworld-like dimension called the Lost Realm. However, right before she was sent into her prison, Zhan Tiri swore to get the powers of the Sundrop and Moonstone anyway as well as to destroy Corona, a land that was close to Demanitus' heart.

Soon Demanitus found three new allies, who also became his pupils. and along with them continued his quest for the Sundrop and Moonstone. During the quest, however, the pupils betrayed the inventor and summoned Zhan Tiri back from her prison. Bent on revenge, Zhan Tiri unleashed an all-consuming blizzard on Corona that threatened to destroy everything in her path. Luckily, Lord Demanitus was able to built a device strong enough to change the storm back into the direction of Zhan Tiri, therefore, saving Corona. Unbeknownst to him, the magic storm, although seemingly stopped, remained in Corona as a curse that waited for the land to be at its weakest and strike again.

Ultimately, Demanitus banished Zhan Tiri back to the Lost Realm, as well as imprisoned one of his former pupils, Sugracha the Eternal, in the chamber, where his device was located, while others, like Tromus, were able to escape the inventor's persecution. Despite that, both Sugracha and Tromus remained true to Zhan Tiri and promised to help their new master escape once again, when the time was right.

## Trivia

* In the episode "Cassandra's Revenge" she is revealed to be in the form of the Enchanted Girl who used Cassandra to release her from her prison.
* Zhan Tiri showing Cassandra the shadows of her forgotten past, as the Enchanted Girl, is somewhat similar to the actions of The Ghost of Christmas Past from *A Christmas Carol*.
* In "Race to the Spire", Zhan Tiri reveals that the blizzard from "Queen for a Day" was actually a form she had taken.
* Zhan Tiri will face Thomas, Twilight Sparkle, The Wild Kratts, The Lion Guard, Princess Elena, Sooty and the Letterlanders in *Thomas and Twilight Sparkle's Adventures of Tangled: The Series.*

## Gallery

Zhan Tiri's defeatThis page is sourced from the Disney Wiki.

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