Shentani

Shentani is a female leader of the north pride, mother of Kovu, the step-mother to Kosa, and Valido's mate.

She serves as the secondary antagonist in Relatives of the King Part 3: Scar's Reign.

Bio
She has known Valido ever since they were cubs, and they were betrothed to each other. She and Valido left their old pride and started the pride on their own. They enter the Pridelands to steal food, and they have the scheme to fool the king's daughter so they can take over the Pridelands. So Valido seduces Scar's oldest daughter Azra, and they initially trusted each other. Azra never knew that Valido has a mate and he lied to her that Shentani was Valido's sister. Days past and after learning Valido's true plan to kill Scar and take over the Pridelands along with Shentani and their newborn son Kovu, Azra kills Valido after being injured by Scar and Zira. The hyenas inform Scar that they have found Shentani and Kovu, and Scar was pleased with her son protecting her and that Kovu and Scar both have green eyes and similar features. He adopts Kovu and he allows Shentani and her pride into the Pridelands because their hunting is proven to be more successful than his own pride and that Kovu needs a mother to care for him so he can grow stronger. This decision upsets Zira, Azra, and Nuka. Now at the Pridelands, she is now without a mate so she decided to seduce Scar and threatens Zira that Scar will be her new mate and he will choose her as his new future queen, thus scheming to get rid of Zira.

As Shentani continues to flirt with Scar, Zira comes up with a scheme to kill her after the Pridelanders fail in hunting. So Zira, her daughters, and Shentani's pride went out to hunt. Zira's daughters lure Shentani in a trap, losing her pride and after seeing Zira's evil stare, her daughters killed Shentani and lied to her pride that she died by hungry jackals.

Personality
Though Shentani is an antagonist, she is not necessarily a villain, unlike her more manipulative, selfish, and power-hungry mate, Valido. Shentani (and her pride) are rogue lions. Always searching for food and a new living place is a different life than having a constant homeland, emotions are not very useful for her and her pride to survive. She cares for Kovu and wants the best for him. She wants to become queen because of him, not because of Scar or herself. Thus, this makes her one of the least evil antagonists in the comics.

Shentani's only antagonistic actions were that she taunted Zira that she will make a better mate to Scar than her, wanting to replace Zira as Scar's mate and Queen, and that she constantly flirts with Scar. These prove to be fatal mistakes, as she is killed by Zira and her family out of revenge for her poor actions.

Trivia

 * Shentani died on the same night that Simba returned to the Priderock and dethroned Scar. Scar was himself killed by hyenas.
 * Shentani, alongside Valido and Leza, is the only antagonist to not be included as a dark spirit in Savu0211's short stories. The reason for this is probably because Savu simply forgot to add her to the group, but it could also be that he didn't want to include many more characters.
 * Shentani is one of the least popular characters in Savu0211's comics. However, she does have some fans and some artwork.
 * Though Shentani is the secondary antagonist in Part 3, she is the final antagonist in Part 3.