the throne. If anything should happen to Mufasa, Simba would become the new king of the land.

Not everybody was thrilled with Simba's birth though. Especially not a lion named Scar.

Scar was the brother of Mufasa, making him the uncle of Simba. And, with Simba being the direct heir of Mufasa, the chances of Scar taking over the kingdom at Pride Rock went down drastically. Having Simba around was Scar's worst case scenario.

Simba doesn't quite grasp the importance of being king, at first. And why should he? He was a kid back then, and didn't know how hard of a job being king of the lions was. Luckily, he had a very patient father who tried to teach him everything about the Pride Lands, as well as the responsibilitiesthat came from being king. There's a shadowy place in the Pride Lands that is forbidden to enter, and Simba wanted to know why that was. But before Mufasa could tell him, Zazu, Mufasa's adviser, warns of an incoming hyena attack. Mufasa forces Simba to go home with Zazu while he stays behind to fend off the hyenas, leaving Simba to wonder what is so forbidden about the shadowy place.

It is here that Scar comes up with a rather dastardly plan. He tells Simba that the shadowy place is the site of an elephant graveyard, and Simba, always one to love exploring manages to convince his best friend, a female lion cub named Nala, to tag along. Sarabi sends Zazu along to keep an eye on both Simba