Rani

**Rani,** later known as **Queen Rani**, is the deuteragonist of The Lion Guard series, serving as the deuteragonist of the second half of the third and final season of *The Lion Guard* and it's spinoff *The Night Pride*. She is the daughter of Sãhasí and Ãnanda the older sister of Baliyo, the niece of Surak, the granddaughter of Janna, the wife of Kion, the sister-in-law of Kiara and the daughter-in-law of Simba and Nala. She is the leader of the Night Pride and later the Queen of the Tree of Life.

## What Makes Her Pure Good?

* Ever since the deaths of her parents, Rani has protected the Tree of Life for many year ever since she was a cub and even acting like a good parental figure to her younger brother, Baliyo.
* After realizing how toxic her relationship with Trom was, Rani breaks up with him. This also made her quite distrustful until the Lion Guard's arrival that is.
* While she didn't warmly welcome the Lion Guard at first, this was understandable due to the fact Kion roared at her younger brother, Baliyo and she didn't know at the time it was his scar. Also, Rani later begins feeling sorry for her actions and went back to the Mountain Pass to find Kion and forgives him for using the Roar on Baliyo and urges him to do the same.
* While she was initially jealous of Kion and the Lion Guard protecting the Night Pride, including Baliyo and was mad at them for Makucha's Army following them, Rani regretted her behavior after her argument with Kion and made amends with them in the end.
* She saved Mama Binturong (who was seemingly attacked) from Makucha's army and brought her to the Tree of Life for safety and started feeling suspicious of her behavior and asks Kion if he knows anything about her, and when Kion answers "No", Bunga comes with more answers and fought against her and Makucha's army.
* When Beshte was thought to be a threat to the Tree of Life by the animals, Rani helps Kion prove his innocence and convinced everyone that Beshte is good.
* She saved a bunch of unknown Tigers from Makucha's army and assures them that she'll take her to see her grandmother.
* When she learns that her grandmother Queen Janna is going to passing, Rani is sadden and tells her brother that she'll be right there beside him.
* When Kion reveals that he hasn't talk to his grandfather due to being afraid to face him, Rani convinces him that they all have their scars and tells him the same thing her grandmother told her when he first came along. She also shows him the scar she got when she lost her parents.
* She helps the Lion Guard comfort Kion when he misses Kiara and advices him to write a post-card to her, which also cheered up Kion.
* While she was mad when Kion attacked Makucha without her orders, Rani's anger was understandable since she was trying to help Kion and quickly forgives him and holds no grudges.
* When Fuli tells her about Kion getting worse when got to the Tree of Life, Rani assures her that Nirmala knows what she's doing and trusts her enough to look after Kion. She was also feeling worried for Kion as well and even admitted it to Surak and Baliyo.
* She assisted Kion on defeating Makucha's army and has them banish Makucha's army.
* After defeating Makucha's army, Rani allows the Lion Guard to stay for as long as they want, despite the fact Kion's scar was healed.
* She convinces Kion to go back to the Pridelands to defeat Zira instead of just forcing him to stay, showing that she truly loves him.
* After Kion and the former Lion Guard returned to the Tree of Life, Rani was very happy to see them and hugs Kion.
* She, along with Kion forgave Ork, despite knowing she's Makucha's sister.
* She assisted Kion on defeating Hunerd and saving the Tree of Life.
* She and Baliyo saved Kion from being burned by their traitorous sister, Jani.
* When hearing that Jani and Makucha have taken over the Tree of Life, she and the Lion Guard rush over to save their home and take it back.
* After Kion and Bunga had an argument, she and Kiara comforted Kion and assured him that he was doing the right thing.
* She, Kiara and Vitani head over to the Outlands to find the Crystal to heal Kion's injuries.
* She assisted Kion in saving the world from Zono Cruel.

## Trivia

* **Goodness Zone(s)**:
	+ Curing Kion's scar.
	+ Risking her life to save Kion from Zono Cruel.
	+ Saving the world from Zono Cruel.