Usa Uhuru

**Usa Uhuru** is a main character in *Revolution*.

In terms of the series narrative, Usa Uhuru is a leader of the Free revolution in Cartonia.

## Appearances

### *Revolution*

Usa Uhuru made her first appearance in "Billow and Breeze" following the Free's mostly successful rescue of the Toons from the House of Intended Design. Usa dispersed the Toons to their respective kingdoms as part of a plan to garner more support for the revolution. However, she, Piggy Pie, and Alice Carver were set upon by bandits and captured. In "Common Sense," the bandits turned the Toons and Usa over to Vulpus in an attempt to collect the price on their heads. Usa was also revealed to be in possession of the Harmony Crown. To protect the Crown, she let Tick Hunter know about it, afraid that the bandits would sell the Crown for scrap. Tick Hunter took the Crown and then sent Usa on an aerowings to a prison camp on Eusuchia.

In "Outlast Your Queen," Usa and the Toons were freed by an old friend of hers, Heinrich Meyer, a fox working with the Free. He ferried them off the island and into the protective custody of another Free member and friend, Benjamina. Upon learning of Hyla Sensitive's impending execution in Vannastadt, the group set off for the city. Usa also vowed to retrieve the Harmony Crown from Vista.

Usa and Benjamina linked up with Sairene Rendle in "Hang Together" when they united the Toon groups of Alice and Piggy and Eileen Irenic and Mickey Elias. Usa realized that the Toons were not safe split up, and vowed to return them to Toontown. They set off for Cervidium to retrieve the three held captive there, but as they did so, Mickey collapsed. The group sought medical help for him in "Assailants Unknown," and progressed further into the Death Fields. The group sheltered in the ruins of Talonclaw Castle in "Tarry Not the Final Quest." Usa summoned a meeting of the Free's Big Four to review final plans in advance of the May 1st Revolution.

The conference convened in "Terminal," where Usa reunited with her fellow leaders: Shea Ernestevara, Culper Tallmadge, and Pyotr Osvoboda. They made final preparations for the revolution. Usa volunteered to assassinate Vella Vixen, partially to gain access to the Rook of Vulpus and search for the Harmony Crown. After the conference, Usa confided in Culper the secret of the Harmony Crown.

Usa's background was explored in "Into a Land So Free." When she was a child, her best friend was murdered by the foxes for stealing a piece of silver. That night, her mother told her Hamish's story, emboldening Usa to believe in the legend of the heirs. She vowed to fight the foxes and the injustice of Vulpus, eventually become a prominent member of the Free. When her mentor, Johnna, was nearing death, Usa was bequeathed the Harmony Crown.

In "For Tomorrow We Die," Usa and the Toons traveled into Vulpus, heading for Vista. On the outskirts of the city, they learned of the destruction of Antlerstag.

Usa and the Toons reached the Rook of Vulpus in "Vulpus Aflame." She and Piggy Pie explored the High Tower, where they discovered the turtles. Taking no chances, they smashed all 41 of them. Alice was injured in the catacombs, so Eileen and Usa alone went into the Rook to confront the Vixen Queen. Eileen requested to be the one to kill Vella, to which Usa agreed. The two ambushed Vella and Jewellia in the Vixen Queen's tower. Eileen charged Vella with murder and shot her. The assassination failed, as it was revealed in "Toontown Asunder," because an invisible shield was lowered in the room. Vella, however, was killed by her servant, who was in actuality Mata Hairy in BioFreak disguise. Usa retrieved the Harmony Crown from the catacombs as Vulpus fell. She became part of the new provisional government, and addressed all of Cartonia in the wake of the collapse of the Vixen dynasty. Usa confided in the Toons that the Harmony Crown contained the genetic code of all eighteen species as a safeguard so that none would ever go extinct.

"Afterword" revealed that Usa became the first Cartonian ambassador to Toontown, a post she held for nearly thirty years. Sairene Rendle served as her deputy.

## Trivia

* Usa's surname is Swahili for "freedom."
* Her first name represents the abbreviation USA for the United States of America.
* Usa is the first main character introduced in a later season to be main in her first appearance.