Varya is a female tiger who appears in Season 3 of The Lion Guard.
Personality
Varya is a calm and respectful tiger. She cares deeply for her cubs.
Role in the series
"Long Live the Queen"
Varya first appears when she's cornered with her cubs by Makucha's Army on her way to the Tree of Life.She tells her cubs to head for the Tree of Life while she handles Makucha, but Chuluun pursues the them. Varya is soon overpowered by both Makucha and Ora. However Kion, Fuli, Anga and Ono and the Night Pride show up and defeat them causing them to retreat to stop provoking the tigress. Upon stopping the villains and bringing her cubs to safety, Varya introduces herself as she heard the Tree of Life is a great place to raise her cubs as she plans to see Queen Janna. Soon as Kion takes Rani to see Queen Janna, the rest of the Guard reunites her with her cubs.
After Queen Janna's funeral, Varya arrives at the Willows looking for her missing cubs as Bunga decides to find them as the pounce on the honey badger. Upon taking Varya to the Tree, Rani and Makini arrive towards her cubs to which their mother apologizes to Rani for getting in to which Varya tells her she is the queen.
At the taiga when Rani escorts the tigers to their home, they encounter some territorial musk deer who are insure if tigers should live in the taiga to which she explains that Rani explains that only if the tigers would respect the Circle of Life to which the musk deer accept the tigers to be welcomed as Rani prepares to be the new queen. Varya and her three cubs later attend the coronation of Rani.
Relationships
Family
Feliks, Polina and Pasha
Varya loves her cubs. She takes good care of them and is worried when they leave her. She finds them a good home at the Tree of Life.
Friends
Bunga
Varya and Bunga on good terms. Bunga has to babysit her cubs. When she lost her cubs Bunga helped look for them.
Rani
Rani helps Varya and her family find a new home at the Tree of Life after they got chased by Makucha's Army.
Kion, Fuli, Beshte, Ono and Anga
Varya is very good friends with the rest of the members of the Lion Guard. They saved her cubs from Makcuha's Army.
Baliyo, Nirmala, and Surak
Varya is very good friends with the rest of the Night Pride. hey saved her cubs from Makcuha's Army.
Enemies
Makucha's Army
Varya hates Makcuha's Army since they attacked her and her cubs before they could reach the Tree of Life to which the Lion Guard and the Night Pride are able to defeat them.
Trivia
- Varya and her three cubs are the only animals outside the Tree of Life who never hear about Janna's death. Therefore, she and the other cubs are not seen attending Janna's funeral since Varya was looking for her cubs.
- "Varya" means "form" in Hindi.