Mufasa: The Lion King explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. Mufasa: The Lion King hires Rafiki to pass on the legend of Mufasa to a young lion cub, Kiara, the daughter of Simba and Nala, lending his signature to Timon and Pumbaa. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub who is lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, heir to the royal bloodline. A chance encounter sets off on a sweeping journey that sees an unlikely group of misfits searching for their destiny – their bonds tested as they work together to evade a formidable and deadly enemy.