Rothbart

the main villain of WINNIE THE POOH MEETS THE SWAN PRINCESS. he murdered king willium and captured princess odette and her guides pooh bear and piglet and carried them away to the kingdom of swan lake. lord rothbart transformed odette into a beautiful swan every night. the next day rothbart trys to force the swan princess to marry him but odette still refused and she told him she really loved prince derek. one night rothbarts minion a hag named bridget disguise herself as odette and tricks derek. soon the prince realizes that she was not the real odette at all so he pooh bear and the other animals set off to rescue odette the swan. back at swan lake rothbart transforms himself into a giant black griffin known as THE GREAT ANIMAL and fought derek and his animal friends. the battle ends when dereks friend bromley and jean bob the frog gaved the prince an arrow and a bow. then he defeated the great animal by shooting an arrow at him right into the heart and the griffin collapsed into the lake presumed dead.

in POOHS ADVENTURES OF THE SECRET OF THE CASTLE and THE MYSTERY OF THE ENCHANTED KINGDOM two sequels of THE SWAN PRINCESS other villains such as rothbarts old wizard friend and former love known as ZELDA both try to conquer rothbarts darker magical stuff known as the forbiddin arts.

bridget the hag becomes one of odette and dereks allies after rothbart was killed. at first she made enemies out of jean bob puffin and speed. then in the end they became bestest best pals

lord rothbart seems different then maleficent who turn into a dragon. but only rothbart turns into a most fearsome griffin.