Vitani

Vitani

Vitani is the tertiary antagonist of Simba's Pride. She is Zira's daughter, and the sister to Kovu and Nuka. She is easily recognizable due to her wide bangs and freckles. She was originally named Shetani ('devil' in Swahili) in early drafts of the Simba's Pride script, but this was softened to Vitani, which is a portmanteau of "demon of war". Vitani is introduced as an aggressive cub who is seen challenging her brother Kovu to a fight. As a young adult lioness, she appears to be Zira's strongest lieutenant, supporting and acting on her mother's violent plans. During the battle she confronts Nala asking her where is her daughter before fighting each other and is outmatched. However, during the climactic battle, Vitani is the first of the Outsiders to realize that the fighting is pointless and cross over to Simba's side and finds out it was the hyenas who killed Scar because he blamed them for killing his own brother Mufasa, triggering all of Zira's other supporters to desert her.

Read more about Vitani.