Zira

"You're even weaker than I thought! Get out of the way!"

- Zira to Kovu.

Zira is the main antagonist in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and was the devoted follower and possible mate of the now deceased Scar who became King of the Pridelands by force.

History
Amongst the members of her pride were her children Nuka, Vitani, and Kovu (who heavily resembled Scar although they had no blood relation). Zira claimed to be fond of him even though she regularly abused him while she trained him. In her quest for revenge against her mate's death and exile to barren lands, she had the plan of using Kovu to enter Simba's pride as a rogue, and when he and Simba were alone Kovu would kill him. As Kovu noticed right from wrong by falling in love with Kiara, Simba's daughter, he refused this and Zira decided to take on Simba herself. First with an ambush, and then a final battle between the two prides. Once the fight was stopped by force, her whole pride switched sides and Zira was left standing alone against Simba. In her final attempt to kill Simba, she was knocked over a cliff by Kiara. When she refused help, Zira fell off the cliff into a raging flood and was washed away and drowned.

Despite her evil, she did love her children as she was deeply saddened when Nuka was fatally crushed by several logs.

Trivia

 * She was voiced by the late Suzanne Pleshette, who also did the singing for Zira.