—[“New Dawn”]

Location: Lion Guard Cave

Present. A new cycle has begun.

The sun filtered its golden rays through the cave’s entrance. Light mingled with shadow, as if past and present danced together on the stone walls marked with symbols of the Lion Guard.

Vitani sat before the symbol of the Guard’s mark. Her companions—Imara, Shabaha, Kazi, and Tazama—stood around her, silent. The wind carried the scent of fresh grass from the Pride Lands. A sound that had once been foreign to them… now felt like home.

Vitani stood up:

Vitani — “Today is not a day to patrol. It is a day to listen. To feel. We have stopped fighting what we were. Now it is time to discover who we are.”

The lionesses nodded. And one by one, they went their separate ways. Not as warriors. But like lionesses in search of their place.

— ["IMARA – THE STRONGEST"

[“Roots Stronger Than Rock”]

Imara walked to the ancient elephant graveyard. Alone, among bones and silence.

There she had fought Zira’s allies. There she had brought down enemies—and parts of herself. But now… all was quiet.

She approached the carcass of an ancient elephant. Instead of fearing, she lays down next to the largest bone and closes her eyes.

Imara: — “Strength is not crushing. It is sustaining.”

She began to dig, clearing the roots that choked ancient waterways. She worked all day, alone, until the earth gave way… and a spring sprang up, for the first time in years.

The buffaloes came to drink. The birds, to sing. Imara smiled.

She was now a lioness who wore their strength… to rebuild.

[EPILOGUE: “Back to the Cave”]

At dusk, the four lionesses returned. None of them spoke right away.

Vitani watched them. Each one had a change in her eyes. A new calm.

Rafiki was waiting for them in the shade of an acacia tree. He looked at each of them wisely.

Rafiki" — “You were created to serve a dark purpose… and you chose the light.”

The lionesses sat together, side by side. Rafiki smiled.

Rafiki" — “Askari’s guard protected the kingdom in the past. Kion’s, in the present. But you… you protect the future.”

And for the first time, the symbol of the Lion Guard seemed even brighter… engraved not only in stone, but in their hearts.

🦁 Note to Players: You can play as Vitani, Kazi, Tazama, Shabaha, Imara, or an original character.