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'Kiara' is one of the main characters of the 1998 film, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, the sequel to the Lion King and is the daughter of Simba and Nala. She was voiced by Michelle Horn as a cub, and by Neve Campbell as an adult.

Background

Shortly after her birth, Kiara was presented in a magnificent and joyous ceremony to the animals gathered at Pride Rock as their future queen and ruler. Appearancewise, she seems to be a cross between her two parents. Kiara inherited her parents curiosity, and has gotten into trouble for wandering off. She is kind and playful, but is also very headstrong, and she desires independence. Due to her independent spirit, her relationship with her overprotective father Simba is strained at times. As a cub, Kiara is fairly naive, often failing to completely understand her father's lessons. However, she grows out of this as an adult, and is able to apply what Simba has taught her to help bring peace between the two feuding prides.

Appearances

Kiara first appears as an infant at the beginning of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, during her presentation to the animals. She grows into a playful cub, and once wanders into the Outlands, where she meets Kovu, one of the Outsiders and Scar's chosen heir. She plays with him for a time, but the two are forcibly separated by Simba, and Kovu's mother Zira, a follower of Scar who was banished from the Pride Lands.

Kiara is taken home by Simba, where he scolds her for putting herself in danger, noting that as future queen, she needs to be careful. When Kiara expresses her reluctance at becoming queen, Simba explains how they are connected. The concept goes over Kiara's head, and Simba simply tells her that she will understand some day.

Kiara is next seen as an adult, preparing for her first hunt. She expresses her desire to hunt on her own, and with prodding from Nala, Simba reluctantly agrees. However, Simba breaks his promise almost immediately, and he sends Timon and Pumbaa to watch her. Kiara, angered by her father's overprotectiveness, runs away to hunt on her own, and ends up in the midst of a wildfire set by two of Zira's children, Vitani and Nuka. She is saved by Kovu, but does not recognize him at first. Kovu is allowed to return to Pride Rock for saving Kiara, and Kiara convinces Kovu to teach her to hunt. The next day, Kiara and Kovu are together as Kiara tries to hunt, and later are seen stargazing together. With some prodding from Rafiki, the two begin to fall in love.

Kiara is later seen at Kovu's banishment, protesting her father's decision. When Simba forbids her to leave Pride Rock, as he intends to keep her away from Kovu, Kiara is infuriated. Kiara argues with her father, even telling him that he could never be like Mufasa. Kiara manages to slip away and meets up with Kovu. Though the two consider running away to form their own pride, Kiara suddenly realizes her father's words from when she was a cub, after seeing her and Kovu's reflections merge in the water. She convinces Kovu to return so that they may try to reunite their divided prides, and the two return to find that the Pride Landers and Outlanders are at war. Kiara and Kovu break up a fight between Simba and Zira. Kiara persuades her pride and the Outlanders that their prides are one and should not fight. However, Zira refuses to budge and attempts to attack Simba. Kiara leaps to defend him and the two lionnesses fall off a cliff. Kiara is able to land on a safe ledge, and she attempts to save Zira, who is clinging to the side of the cliff. Zira refuses, and falls into a river and is presumed dead. Simba leads Kiara back up the ledge and allows the Outlanders to return to Pride Rock.

At the end of the movie, Rafiki blesses Kiara and Kovu's union, and they are seen roaring across the plains with Simba and Nala.

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 ==Appearances==
-Kiara first appears as an infant at the beginning of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, during her presentation to the animals. She grows into a playful cub, and once wanders into the Outlands, where she meets [[Kovu]], one of the Outsiders and Scar's chosen heir. She plays with him for a time, but the two are forcibly separated by Simba, and Kovu's mother [[Zira]], a follower of Scar who was banished from the Pride Lands.
+Kiara first appears as an infant at the beginning of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, during her presentation to the animals. She grows into a playful cub, and once wanders into the Outlands, where she meets [[Kovu]], one of [[the Outsiders]] and Scar's chosen heir. She plays with him for a time, but the two are forcibly separated by Simba, and Kovu's mother [[Zira]], a follower of Scar who was banished from the Pride Lands.
 Kiara is taken home by Simba, where he scolds her for putting herself in danger, noting that as future queen, she needs to be careful. When Kiara expresses her reluctance at becoming queen, Simba explains how they are connected. The concept goes over Kiara's head, and Simba simply tells her that she will understand some day.