Battle of Pride Rock

The **Battle of Pride Rock** is the final confrontation between the rightful king of the Pride Lands, Simba, and the current tyrant, Everu, as well as their respective armies. The battle starts when Everu admits that he killed Mufasa and ends when the hyenas kill Everu.

## Information

### Background

Everu calls Subira to him, asking her why the hunting party refuses to go hunting. After she criticizes him and compares him to his late brother-in-law and her mate Mufasa, he hits her. Simba, who had been observing the entire scene, springs from hiding in his mother's defense.

Amira soon appears, and with Aisha the rest of the Kgosi Pride stands by Simba, who gives Everu a choice: step down or fight. Trying to avoid a conflict, Everu persuades Simba to confess to the murder of his own father. Simba cannot defend himself due to remorse, and Everu slowly corners him at the edge of Pride Rock.

There, Simba almost falls. Lightning strikes below, igniting a fire. Everu notices similarities between father and son and puts his claws into Simba's paws. He then reveals that he is the one who killed Mufasa, and realizing that Everu is a manipulator and a liar, Simba hurls himself over the cliff and pins Everu down, a paw pressing down on his throat. Everu tries to weasel his way out of the situation, but his nephew's choking forces him to admit what really happened. Everu has no choice and admits his crimes to the pride, but the hyenas promptly attack Simba, who lets go of Everu. The lionesses understand that the war has started and attack the hyenas.

### The Battle

While Everu escapes, the hyenas bear down on Simba, but Mihret rears forward to help him. The lionesses, along with the Hafsa's clan, the Zuberi Pride, and the Bititi Pride (both of which came along with Simba and Mihret), and the hyenas begin to fight each other. Some hyenas corner Simba, and one bites his neck, but Rafiki saves him by bashing the hyena in the head with his stick. The old baboon then demonstrates his impressive fighting skills as one hyena tries to attack him from behind, and he strikes the hyena in the face. Fire caused by lightning begins to consume Pride Rock, causing some hyenas to run off. Eventually, Zazu is freed from his rib cage with help from Hasnaa.

Simba manages to set himself apart from the battle and traps Everu at the top of Pride Rock, where he readies himself to have revenge on his father's murderer. Everu begs Simba for forgiveness and places the blame on the hyenas, who overhear him and back away, growling. Simba doesn't trust his uncle but manages to contain his composure and says that he will not kill Everu. However, he banishes his uncle from the Pride Lands.

Unwilling to accept this punishment, Everu hurls hot embers into Simba's eyes and attacks him. For a few seconds, Simba is down, but he quickly gets up and engages Everu in a brutal fight. A hard smack from Everu sends Simba on his back. Everu then jumps to deliver the final blow, but Simba, using Amira's trick flip, flips Everu and sends him over the edge of Pride Rock. Everu isn't killed by the fall, but the hyenas appear and make it clear that they are no longer allied with him. More hyenas surround their former leader as he pleads for his life, and kill him as flames consume the land.