Conspiracy Theory Challenge
In shocking news from the African Continent, a conspiracy of grand magnitude has been revealed. What had been considered a romantic story of the Circle of Life is now shown to be one of savage treachery.
Documents discovered in the residence of mystic baboon, Rafiki, have been translated into English. Among the contents of the find were communications between Rafiki and the think tank, “Nants Ingonyama”, which translates as “Triumph in the Pride Lands”. The documents reveal that co-conspirators in the plot included, Zazu, the chief of staff for Mufasa; and Nala, the young lioness in love with the Prince of Lions, Simba. Though his name had been redacted on the think tank’s website, strong evidence points to the fact that Simba himself was also in on the scheme.
Rafiki was the initiator of the plan, and he was able to utilize young Simba’s ambition and impatience to his advantage. The shaman baboon knew that the prince could not wait to be king. He devised a wicked construct that would actually leave the baboon with unprecedented clout within the framework of Simba’s reign.
First on the agenda was the need to be rid of the reigning king, Mufasa. Rafiki tantalized Mufasa’s brother, Scar, with the possibilities of ruling the pride lands. Scar bought into the plan, not knowing that he was actually a pawn in the devious plans of Rafiki and the conspirators. They did not just want Simba to be king, but also the hero of the Pride.
The plan was to get Scar to do the actual killing of his royal brother. He was manipulated by the shaman into thinking he was to trick Simba into leaving in shame over his part in the death of his father. But Simba was only feigning guilt. His banishment was simply to allow the situation in the pride lands to diminish to the point of extremely dire. Much of this part of the plan was accomplished by Zazu, from his administrative position.
When the circumstances reached the dismal stages, Nala was sent to fetch Simba to return to overthrow the ineffectual Scar and take his place, not only as King of the pride lands, but its adored savior!
