After a successful night's hunting, Beberu the old pride male, and his family, are gathered together, unaware of two nomadic males nearby.

Beberu, the old pride male, is chased out of his territory by two nomadic males which then kill the cubs and mate with the lionesses.

Kidogu the male cub is reunited with his mother. As the weeks pass, he is introduced to the rest of the pride and joins them after a successful night's hunting.

Now more than a year old, Kidogu is old enough to join the pride when they go hunting and he successfully targets a herd of wildebeest when he goes hunting at night.

Now more than two years old, it is time for Kidogu to leave his family and find a territory of his own. An encounter with a group of elephants has tragic consequences.