Original subtitles

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[growls]

[birds chirping]

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I am life.

I am death.

[growling]

I give everything.

[thunder]

But I take all.

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I am the Savage Kingdom.

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Satau knows the dangers of buffalo.

[snorts]

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Her six young sons and daughter do not.

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But this is the moment they have been training for.

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[growls]

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Work together.

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Take this beast down.

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A skillful defense by the old bull.

Satau has yet to teach her young family how to kill in water.

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They will learn...

or they will starve.

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Two mothers run the pride of the north.

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Satau is our noble leader.

Her sister always has her back.

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They shared an unbreakable bond.

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The same cannot be said for their absent kings.

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Sekekama and his brother

deserted Satau's family long ago...

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...drawn away from their northern home

by the great marsh in the south;

seduced by the abundance of prey it holds...

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...and by the cunning queen, Matsumi.

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[roaring]

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Satau's nemesis now builds an army with her new lord.

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[thunder]

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With or without a king,

the abandoned sisters train their fatherless family

for greatness.

In time, they could become a formidable pride.

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With so many mouths to feed,

Satau skirts the edge of the great marsh.

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[roars]

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This is a dangerous place to trespass, Satau.

[zebra braying]

The great marsh belongs to Matsumi.

[growling]

Sekekama and his brother are back.

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Who is he here for?

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He is no longer your king.

No longer a father to your sons.

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And what he disowns, he kills.

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[growls]

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Satau tries to distract her old king.

She is playing with fire to save her sons.

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But Sekekama is not taken in.

Any males are a threat to his throne.

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[growling]

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The princes have a choice.

Exile or execution...

...at the jaws of their brutal father.

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[roars]

[roaring]

Satau and her sister will never see their sons again.

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[thunder]

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Bloodlines run deep.

[thunder]

But power is the king's master.

[thunder]

[thunder]

[rain falling]

[roars]

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Sekekama leaves a shattered family in his wake.

[roars]

Satau needed her sons to build her pride.

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Once they were nine, and now they are three.

They wander alone...

in a dangerous place where numbers matter.

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[bird chirps]

Satau, you are now vulnerable.

[growls]

You need all your strength just to survive.

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Your last remaining cub is unaware of the dangers.

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North of the great marsh,

the rains have kept the forest lush.

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Between the hills and along the river channel,

there are still good places to hide and regroup.

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With so few of you left, Satau, you'd do well to lie low.

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Hard times lie ahead.

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You need to kill.

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[zebra braying]

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[braying]

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[braying]

With fewer claws and jaws,

it is more miss than hit.

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Prey is plentiful.

But without a full pride, Satau needs a new strategy.

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The smell of death lingers around Leopard Rock.

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Another's kill will have to do.

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[growl]

Nothing is beyond your dignity now.

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[hissing]

If stealing from another cat

allows you to cling onto life in this kingdom,

so be it.

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[yipping]

Everyone knows...

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hunters that cannot hunt...

...their days are numbered.

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A marauding pack of 20 wild dogs invades Satau's river.

Their strategy...

to drive and corner their victims against the bank...

[squeaking]

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...then eat 'em alive.

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[growling]

Another opportunity for an ever-hungry Satau to pull rank.

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A chance to steal.

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Satau knows that lions always trump dogs...

[growls]

...regardless of numbers.

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[thunder]

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Our noble queen is now a full-time thief.

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Living on leftovers from one day to the next.

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Big prides don't rely on scavenging.

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Matsumi certainly does not.

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[bellows]

On the great marsh, her army grows strong.

[bellows]

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Soon, they'll be ready for war.

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Satau must steal when and where she can.

Starvation is only a meal away.

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A new enemy breaches the north.

Something wicked this way comes.

[whoop]

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Take it while you can.

You never know when you'll get the chance again.

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[snarling]

The northern sisters do well off the backs of others.

[growling]

[yipping]

But how long can it last?

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[growls]

Without a king, they are exposed.

Hyenas smell weakness.

They lose their fear and push closer than ever before.

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They know you have no kings.

Watch your back.

[whooping]

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[screeching]

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Scavenging is the pride of the north's new normal.

But now even this risks being taken.

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[whooping, yipping]

Her tormentors are already here.

[yipping]

[snarls]

Hyenas' confidence feeds on her uncertainty and fear.

[yelps]

[growling]

Satau now sits at her enemy's table.

[growls]

[yipping]

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From queen to scavenger to nothing.

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If they keep losing to hyenas...

...they will starve.

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[squawk]

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The great marsh dries.

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The herds move north.

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In their dusty tracks, Matsumi's army follows.

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[bellowing]

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Fearless Sekekama makes it look easy,

killing and gorging along the way.

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Matsumi's marsh pride seems invincible.

They edge ever closer to Satau's domain,

without a fear or a care in the world.

[roaring]

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The Savage Kingdom grants nobody any favors.

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[growls]

Every living thing must pay.

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The herds flooding north offer Satau one last chance.

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You can do this.

You need to do this.

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[zebra braying]

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[braying]

[growling]

[wildebeest snorting]

Finally.

A moment of relief.

Not a day too soon.

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While there's food, there's hope.

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Now you face the toughest challenge

to your existence, Satau.

The great thirst is coming.

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[grumbling]

Water is disappearing.

The drought has begun.

All now jostle for what remains.

[trumpets]

♪

[roars]

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Satau's place of hiding is crowded,

and this attracts unwelcome company.

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[roaring]

Nomads drift in from the dry margins.

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It is not Sekekama,

nor his murderous brother.

These are outsiders

here to wrestle power from a kingdom in crisis.

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And what aspiring kings want most are queens.

Could this be Satau's salvation?

[roar]

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[growls]

They could protect you.

With them, you could build a pride again.

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You must win them over.

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Lion courtship is a dangerous business.

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Done wrong,

it would be deadly.

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Never trust nomads.

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[growling]

[roars]

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Aspiring kings take what they want.

But just as this is not Sekekama or his brother...

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...nor is this Satau or her sister.

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It's Satau's nemesis, Matsumi.

[roars]

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And where Matsumi goes,

Sekekama follows.

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[growls]

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[snarling]

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[roaring]

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[snarling]

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[growls]

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Defeated, the nomads are banished.

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Nobody steals from the king.

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Satau is left with nothing.

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No king.

No home.

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Matsumi's pride already hunts the river as if it's their own.

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Satau must flee.

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One long, last look at her kingdom,

as her conquering enemy takes possession,

with Sekekama on its bloody throne.

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You have lost everything.

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There is nowhere else to go.

The badlands are your only choice.

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Sekekama and Matsumi take what's theirs.

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[roaring]

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Satau's cursed pride is now homeless

and wanders a harsh and barren wasteland.

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You are still alive.

Trust your instincts.

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Satau has no idea where she is going,

nor when her next meal will come.

Everything is so unfamiliar...

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...frightening, hostile.

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[roaring]

They've escaped one death trap and now head into another.

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It's the exiled nomads...

bruised and belligerent.

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[snarls]

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[grunts]

It is the most dangerous situation for any lioness.

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If you surrender, you may just stay alive.

♪

[birds chirping]

You have nothing left to lose.

It is now your turn.

[growls]

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[roaring]

♪

[growls]

Satau will make kings of these nomads.

They will enable her to grow her pride again

and protect them all.

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A royal alliance to secure the pride of the north's future.

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[growls]

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[roaring]

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Fortunes can change overnight.

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A king's protection is everything.

[roaring]

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From life's darkest depths,

Satau rises and starts to build the pride of the north anew.

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One day soon, Satau will grow her pride strong enough

to go and retake her place

as a rightful queen of the Savage Kingdom.

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