Zhan Tiri
Zhan Tiri is the main antagonist of the Tangled franchise, serving as the unseen overarching antagonist of Tangled, the Hair-Raising Adventures comic series and Tangled: Before Ever After and the main antagonist of Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, specifically as the overarching antagonist of Season 1: Mystery of the Black Rocks and Season 2: Journey to the Dark Kingdom and the main antagonist of Season 3: The Rise of Zhan Tiri.
She is a power-hungry shapeshifting demon sorceress who dreams to gain the full control over the Sundrop and Moonstone. Once an ally of a talented engineer Lord Demanitus, Zhan Tiri engaged in war with him, until an inventor was able to imprison her within an alternate dimension to prevent her from gaining the power of two elements. As the centuries past, everyone came to believe that Zhan Tiri was a demonic and unstoppable warlock, while she herself patiently waited for any opportunity to break out from her prison and finally claim the powers of both Sundrop and Moonstone, believing this to be her rightful destiny. She is the arch-nemesis of Demanitus.
Background[]
Over two thousand years ago, Zhan Tiri was an ally of Lord Demanitus, a brilliant engineer and inventor, who was on the quest to find the Sundrop and Moonstone, two elements that were created and divided by a mysterious cosmic event. As their quest continued, Zhan Tiri became obsessed with the idea of becoming a possessor of the powers of both the Sundrop and Moonstone, to the point that she started to believe that it was her destiny to have such power at her command. This led her to turn her back on Demanitus and become his archenemy. At some point after this, Zhan Tiri found a way to get access to very powerful dark magic which helped her to become a shapeshifter, making her able to take the form of whatever suited her needs, including a sinister-looking demon. At the same time, Zhan Tiri discovered the sentient being called the Great Tree, which she transformed into her personal stronghold, by corrupting the tree's magic and, therefore, becoming invincible. Many people tried to fight Zhan Tiri, but she easily destroyed anyone who tried to approach her.
Upon learning of Zhan Tiri's stronghold, Lord Demanitus decided to put a stop to her reign over the Great Tree, and with the use of an enchanted spear, he killed the tree's corrupted heart. This forced Zhan Tiri to finally abandon the tree, although some of her dark magic was left there. Sometime later, Demanitus found three new allies, who also became his pupils, and along with them continued his quest for the Sundrop and Moonstone. During the quest, however, the pupils betrayed the inventor and summoned Zhan Tiri back. Bent on revenge, she unleashed an all-consuming blizzard on Corona, a land that was close to Demanitus' heart. The blizzard threatened to destroy everything in her path, but luckily, Lord Demanitus was able to build a device strong enough to change the storm back into the direction of Zhan Tiri, therefore, saving Corona. Unbeknownst to him, the magic storm, although seemingly stopped, remained in Corona as a curse that waited for the land to be at its weakest and strike again.
Soon Demanitus once again confronted Zhan Tiri and, with the help of the portal he built, was able to imprison her within a netherworld-like dimension called the Lost Realm. However, right before she was sent into her prison, Zhan Tiri swore to get the powers of the Sundrop and Moonstone anyway as well as to destroy Corona. Over the course of the next few years, Demanitus was able to find and imprison a lot of other spirits that served Zhan Tiri, including one of his former pupils, Sugracha the Eternal, in the chamber where his device was located. However, some of them, like Tromus, were able to escape the inventor's persecution. Despite that, they both remained true to Zhan Tiri and promised to help their new master escape, when the time was right.
Trivia[]
- She is was voiced by Tara Fitzgerald, while her Enchanted Girl form is voiced by Jennifer Veal (who voiced Ally in Descendants: Wicked World).
- In the episode "Cassandra's Revenge", she is revealed to be in the form of the Enchanted Girl who used Cassandra to release her from her prison.
- In the episode "A Tale of Two Sisters", she stopped at nothing to keep Rapunzel and Cassandra from mending their friendship including throwing away a shard of one of Gothel's magic mirrors that shows Gothel calling her own daughter a pest and not really loving her at all.
- In the episode "Once a Handmaiden...", she tricked Cassandra into believing that Rapunzel sees her as a threat and fired a weapon that Varian made and had her take over Corona.
- She will face Ryan F-Freeman, Meg Griffin and their friends in Ryan F-Freeman's Adventures of Tangled: The Series.
- She will face Winnie the Pooh, Ash Ketchum, Littlefoot, SpongeBob SquarePants, Aladar and their friends in Winnie the Pooh Gets Tangled: The Series.
- She will face Tino Tonitini, Sunset Shimmer, the Rainbooms and their friends in Tino Tonitini and the Rainbooms Get Tangled: The Series.
- She will face Connor Lacey and the Irelanders in The Irelanders Gets Tangled: The Series.
- She will face Sora and his friends and Sora Gets Tangled: The Series.
- She will face Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends in Thomas' Adventures of Tangled: The Series.
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