Pua (The Lion Guard)

Pua  is a crocodile who appears in The Lion Guard. He is first seen in "The Rise of Makuu".

Physical Appearence
Pua is a severely old, hunched, and winkled Nile Crocodile with mud green scales, a dotted hide, and pale underbelly.

Personality
Pua is very paitent and slow to anger. Like Mufasa he is a firm believer in the Circle of Life. Because of this, Pua, like Kion, reconizes that fighting isn't always nessecary and that sometimes you must accept defeat as shown when he tells Kion to back down when he doesn't want to fight. He is also has great humility as shown when he ignored Makuu's taunts after he was overthrown by him and when he tells Kion that Makuu is stronger than him and won the mashindano that ended his leadership fair and square. All this has made him a wise leader who was held in high esteem to the point where the Royal Family and the Lion Guard had misgivings about the masindano and felt his successor left much to be desired as shown when Simba tells Makuu "You have very thick skin to fill." before thanking Pua for his leadership.

Abilities and Skills
Strength and Combat: He proven that his strength wasn't as good compared to Makuu as he wasn't able to be evenly but he made it up for great skills in his combat that proven to Makku he greater battler.

Endurance and Stamina: He was able to take the attacks of Makku well enough to fight for certain period of time but he was showing to be exhausted.

Intelligence: He shown to be intelligent as knowing eating the fish will cause the problems for the circle of life and knowing that Makkuu isn't ready for the leadership but deep down he knew he will learn from his own mistakes to become great leadership and giving advice to the Lion Guard to back down.

Leadership Skill: He shown to care for his kind deeply as he promised them to feed them when time is ready but he even shown his kindness to other animals was far too much as Makku question of his leadership thinking he was afraid of the hippo but knowing Circle of Life is far more important then anything.

"The Rise of Makuu"
When Pua takes his float to Big Springs, he asks one of the hippopotamuses Basi if it's all right for the crocodiles to eat the fish. Basi politely declines, explaining that there are still not enough fish to feed the float, and Pua respectfully leaves. A young crocodile named Makuu, however, challenges him to a mashindano, thinking that the float has a right to the fish in Big Springs.

Later, the animals of the Pride Lands gather to witness the mashindano, and Makuu manages to pull a victory over the aged Pua. Simba comes forward, recognizing Makuu's leadership, and thanks Pua for his service. Makuu then leads his float into the river, with Kion looking after him worriedly, wondering if the Pride Lands are in danger.

When Makuu begins to wreck havoc in the Pride Lands, Kion goes to Pua, asking for him to call for another mashindano, but Pua reminds Kion that Makuu is much stronger than him. He then advises Kion to back down if he's not willing to fight Makuu.