Zariah “Zari” Nala Scar has always lived in the shadow of a legacy she neither asked for nor fully understands. Born on the Isle of the Lost, daughter of Scar—the cunning, ruthless lion whose ambition led him to the throne of Pride Rock and ultimately to his downfall—and a human woman whose identity remains largely unknown to the outside world, Zari has inherited the sharp intelligence, sly wit, and natural agility of her father, but none of the cruelty that marked his reign. From the moment she could walk, she learned that survival on the Isle is about cunning, perception, and knowing which battles to fight—and which to let pass.