The Nine Lives of Chloe King uncover that she is a descendant of an ancient race called the Mai. She discovers she has nine lives and is told by Jasmine and Alek that she alone can protect the race from human assassins, who have hunted them for thousands of years. The Mai are an ancient race of supernatural beings, the mortal descendants of the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet. Chloe learns she is a member of them on her sixteenth birthday. The Mai once acted as defenders and companions of the human race, first as guardians for Egyptian pharaohs. Descendants of the Egyptian cat-goddess Bastet, the
Masters of the Universe the clutches of Hunga the Harpy); and her daughter Glimmer (pink-haired magic-user, with the ability to manipulate light); with the main cast of the "Princess of Power" cartoon also including, the skilled archer Bow (the main male heroic character of the series), Bow's timid companion Kowl (a flying owl/koala-like creature with large rainbow coloured ears), the absent minded magician Madame Razz and her wise-cracking sidekick, Broom. Also appearing in many episodes are the small imp-like forest-dwelling (mainly Sprockett, Spritina, and Spragg) and the mystical , who serves as a 'Sorceress of Grayskull-type' guide to She-Ra, residing high atop Mount Skydancer