Vitani

Vitani is a character from the film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. She is the daughter of Zira and the sister of Kovu and Nuka. It is never stated whether Scar is her father, as is implied with Nuka, or whether she shares the same unknown father as her younger brother, Kovu. Vitani's name was originally going to be Shetani, but as the word means 'devil' in Swahili, it was changed to Vitani, which can be taken as a portmanteau meaning 'demon of war'. The name was apparently changed during production, as Nala calls her Shetani during the final battle at the end of the movie.

Background
Vitani bears a strong resemblance to her mother, but she is differentiated by a tuft of hair on her head. Interestingly, as an adult, her ears are marked with black, a feature that tended to appear intermittently throughout the film and one which was not present as a cub. Personality-wise, she is much more serious and vicious than her bumbling brother Nuka. She is extremely loyal to her mother, and functions as Zira's right hand man for much of the film. She is shown to fully approve of Zira's plan to make Kovu the next king, aware that Nuka is weak, simple-minded and cowardly.

Role in The Lion King II
Vitani is seen first as a young cub, arguing with her brother Nuka over Kovu, pointing out that Nuka's failure to babysit Kovu will get him in trouble. When Zira returns with the wandering Kovu, Vitani greets him and challenges him to a fight. She later approves of Zira's plot to kill Simba by taking advantage of Kovu's relationship to Kiara.

Later as an adult, Vitani is tasked alongside Nuka with setting a wildfire in the Pride Lands while Kiara is hunting. It is because she is more courageous than her brother that they were able to succeed in ruining Kiara's first hunt, which allows Kovu to rescue Kiara and enter Simba's pride. She is later seen spying on Kovu and becoming dismayed when she witnesses her brother sparing Simba's life when he could have taken him from behind. Vitani quickly informs her mother, and takes part in an ambush of Simba. She is shown to be upset over Nuka's death but her feelings on Kovu's betrayal are not shown.

Vitani is shown to take part in a battle against the Pride Landers which is arranged by Zira as a attempt to take the throne by force. She is seen to taunt momentarily fight Nala while Zira deals with Simba. However when Kiara intervenes and says that the two prides should stop fighting and come together, she is the first to understand the truth of those words. She shocks both Zira and Kovu by turning against Zira, and attempts to convince Zira to stop fighting. Zira is angered and threatens to kill Vitani alongside the others, which shocks and disgusts the other lionesses enough to join Simba as well. She later joins Pride Rock following the death of her mother and presumably lives the remainder of her life with the rest of the lions.