

Kuro is an extremely powerful foe, wielding abilities that prove to be the death of Ori nearly every time they cross paths. As the Spirit Tree's light fills the realm, Kuro perishes in its glow.Īfter Nibel returns back to normal, Kuro's unborn chick is taken into Naru's care where it begins to hatch shortly afterwards. She takes Sein back to the Tree to restore Nibel's balance.

Seeing Naru in such distress reminds Kuro of her own grief, making her realize that her actions have made her into the monster she saw the Spirit Tree as. A revived Naru, having travelled to the mountain to find Ori, embraces her child and stirs something within Kuro. She chases them through the burning ruins of the nearby forest and stops them from reaching the Spirit Tree, knocking Ori unconscious. Kuro pursues them out of her home and back to the frozen wastelands near the Forlorn Ruins where Ori is narrowly able to escape.Īt the climax of Ori's journey, Kuro arrives at Mount Horu to stop Ori from restoring the Element of Warmth. After restoring the Element of Winds, Ori and Sein discover Kuro's nest and the truth behind her actions. As they are falling, Kuro attempts to kill them, but Gumo saves them from her talons of hate. Ori first crosses paths with Kuro immediately after escaping the Ginso Tree, creating an impact that sends Ori flying off to the ground below. Kuro's real name is not stated until later. Towards the beginning of the story when Sein first explains to Ori why Nibel has decayed, Kuro is mentioned indirectly by both Sein and the Spirit Tree before her physical appearance as "she" and "her". Over the years, Kuro had hunted down the Spirit Guardians that she believed would threaten her remaining child by restoring the Spirit Tree's light, subsequently killing them. She took away Sein, the source of the Spirit Tree's light, causing the forest of Nibel to wither. To protect her remaining unborn child and in revenge for killing her other three, Kuro launched an attack on the Spirit Tree and the Spirit Guardians that were gathered there. Jeremiah Ole Moonka is the school administrator.Originally a mother of four hatchlings, Kuro lost three of them to the Spirit Tree's light when the sheer intensity of the Light Ceremony leaked into her nest in search for Ori. Loita High School, the only secondary school in Entasekera Area and the entire Loita Division is also found in the big southern part of the Loita Forest. However, the episode lists the location as Tanzania, not Kenya, even though the Maasai Mara is in the northern part of a game reserve based in Tanzania. They also spoke of the existence of a muddy pool that pulls the victim in and drowns them, and of the existence of giant warriors in the forest who pounce on their victims, kill them and then cannibalize them. The forest was featured on an episode of The Wild Thornberrys which was called "Naimina Enkiyio." In the episode, three Maasai children tell Eliza Thornberry about the legend with further details, such as the existence of a monster who supposedly grabbed the young girl, dragged her to its hiding place and never let her go. Family members and Maasai warriors marched through the forest to find her, but the girl never came out. The calves eventually returned home without her. The girl went into the forest to find them. According to the legend, the girl was taking care of some animal calves when some of them got loose and wandered into the forest.

The translation of "Forest of the Lost Child" is based on a Maasai legend about a young girl. The Loita Forest, also known as the Loita Naimina Enkiyio Forest or the Forest of the Lost Child, is an upland forest directly adjacent to the plains of the Masai Mara and the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.
