Princess Merida is a tomboy who prefers archery and riding horses to learning how to be a queen. When the other clans of the kingdom announce their sons as potential suitors for Merida, she rebels and chooses to compete in an archery tournament for her own hand. Her actions anger the clans and her mother, Queen Elinor, who casts Merida's bow into the fire. Merida runs away into the woods and seeks help from a witch, who grants her a wish that turns her mother into a giant black bear. Merida must break the spell before her mother is killed by the king and his men