by Carl » February 16th, 2014, 7:43 pm
Really, there's no way of knowing, as TLP pointed out, because she could have come around after Mufasa's death and simply learned about it. However, for her to know of his conniving, she'd probably have had to have been around before Mufasa's death, though this is not necessarily the case.
In my fantheory, Zira is actually Scar's half-sister. The rape of Uru resulted in her birth not long after that of Mufasa's and Scar's, and due to that cause of the child, Uru has difficulty paying attention to Zira or treating her fairly. In this verse, Ahadi is Mohatu's heir, and so, Zira has no royal blood. Scar, also not being able to acquire the throne, is sympathetic towards Zira and eventually, his care for her as a sister makes him detach from his parents and Mufasa, and they sort of concoct the plan together. Scar offers to let Zira rule alongside him, because it's the throne she really wants, in order to prove her worth and power to herself and her mother. The only legal way for that to happen is for them to be mates however and that's what she wants, for her powerhungry purposes, but Scar refuses to mate her. She instead becomes his right hand advisor and is satisfied-ish with that position, but continually tries to impress her half-brother and become as a queen next to him.
I figure that explains her resemblance to Scar, her children's resemblance to him, and her devotion to him, without making as obvious incest with Kiara and Kovu. They'd be more distantly related than Simba and Nala most probably were. It also helps to showcase the extent of her insanity, which I think is fun. Eh, it's just a weird theory I have. There's no evidence for any of it, so I don't want anyone going, "you're wrong because there's no evidence." It's just a fun theory since everything was obscured, that I think makes sense.
And in that case, yes, Zira would have known Mufasa, and that's what I was getting to with all this, lol.
[quote="juhouh"]Yes they did know, some of the lionesses were banished (including Zira) and Scar was about the same age as her. Some sources say that their son is Nuka and Vitani is their daughter (I don't know was this canon or non-canon source but I believe it is, according to Lion King Wikia it's true)[/quote]
The only thing that's official is that Zira was a loyal follower of Scar and that Kovu is not his son. No one knows for sure about Vitani and Nuka, though the popular assumption is that at least Nuka is Scar's son.