"Mufasa: The Lion King" asks Rafiki to pass on the legend of Mufasa to a young lion cub, Kiara, the daughter of Simba and Nala, and to lend his own stick 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 meeting sets off an extraordinary band of misfits on a vast journey in search of their destiny. Their bond is tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly enemy.