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''[[File:Wretchedmog.png|thumb|250px|(art from Sunless Sea)]]''
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'''The Starveling Cat '''is a horribly angry, mangy, mind-reading, lying beast that's always Unaccountably Peckish and has somehow lived for millennia. Probably because it has nine lives. And is connected to [[Mr Eaten]] in some way. It is otherwise known as the Wretched Mog.
{{Character
|title1 = The Starveling Cat
|image1 = starveling.png
|caption1 = God help us all. Art from FL.
|location = [[Fallen London]]
|allegiance = [[Mr Eaten]] (?)
|alias = The Thing from the Wardrobe
|relationships = [[Mr Eaten]]
}}''"Whose name's on your collar Mr Starveling Cat?" "Come closer, my dear, if you want to read that..."''


Poets have written rhymes about it for centuries...
''"The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! It leaps from the box like an acrobat! The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! It claws your face like a rabid bat! The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! If only we could stamp it flat! The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! Don't expect it to stay on the mat!"''


''"The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat...''
'''The Starveling Cat '''is a horribly angry, mangy, mind-reading, lying beast that's always Unaccountably Peckish and has somehow lived for millennia. Probably because it has nine lives. And is connected to [[Mr Eaten]] in some way.__forcetoc__


''...Louder than a dog! Taller than a rat!" (How very ...specific.)''
==''"The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat!...''==
''...Louder than a dog! Taller than a rat!"''


''...Comes for the child who acts like a brat!"''
''...Comes for the child who acts like a brat!"''


''...It knows what we think! And we don't like that!"'''' (''''We certainly do not 'like that'.)''
''...It knows what we think! And we don't like that!"'<nowiki/>''' '''''


''...It likes your bones! It prefers your fat!" (Yuck!)''
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''...It likes your bones! It prefers your fat!"''


''...Jumped down the well for a good long chat!"''
''...Jumped down the well for a good long chat!"''
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''...Swims like a bloodfish! Tastes like a sprat!"''
''...Swims like a bloodfish! Tastes like a sprat!"''


''...Warm as a lizard! Fragrant as a bat!" (Cats are supposed to be cute!)''
''...Warm as a lizard! Fragrant as a bat!"''


''...Why does it look at us like that?"''
''...Why does it look at us like that?"''


''...Wraps round your throat like a cheap cravat!" (Yes, it can haz cheezburger! It can haz anything it wants!)''
''...Wraps round your throat like a cheap cravat!" ''


''...Look what it did! To your nice new hat!"''
''...Look what it did! To your nice new hat!"''
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''...Soiled your soul and became fat!"''
''...Soiled your soul and became fat!"''


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==Some More Starveling Poetry==
 
[[File:Starveling.png|thumb|left|(art from Fallen London)]]


''"Starveling Kitty! Starveling Kitty! Ruled the roofs of [[The Fallen Cities|five stolen cities]]!"''
''"Starveling Kitty! Starveling Kitty! Ruled the roofs of [[The Fallen Cities|five stolen cities]]!"''
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''"The Sterveling Ket! The Sterveling Ket! What did it find in the oubliette?"''
''"The Sterveling Ket! The Sterveling Ket! What did it find in the oubliette?"''


''"Whose name's on your collar Mr Starveling Cat?" "Come closer, my dear, if you want to read that..."''
''"Whose name's on your collar, Mr. Starveling Cat? Come closer, my dear, if you want to read that."''
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"Whose name's on your collar Mr Starveling Cat?" "Come closer, my dear, if you want to read that..."

"The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! It leaps from the box like an acrobat! The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! It claws your face like a rabid bat! The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! If only we could stamp it flat! The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! Don't expect it to stay on the mat!"

The Starveling Cat is a horribly angry, mangy, mind-reading, lying beast that's always Unaccountably Peckish and has somehow lived for millennia. Probably because it has nine lives. And is connected to Mr Eaten in some way.

"The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat!...[edit]

...Louder than a dog! Taller than a rat!"

...Comes for the child who acts like a brat!"

...It knows what we think! And we don't like that!"' 

...It likes your bones! It prefers your fat!"

...Jumped down the well for a good long chat!"

...Quick as a ratgun! Sharp as a gnat!"

...Sharp as ravenglass! Blunt as a bat!"

...Sits on your chest when you're sleeping flat!"

...Swims like a bloodfish! Tastes like a sprat!"

...Warm as a lizard! Fragrant as a bat!"

...Why does it look at us like that?"

...Wraps round your throat like a cheap cravat!"

...Look what it did! To your nice new hat!"

...Mangy as a goat! Mad as a bat!"

...Steals from your pantry! Blames it on a rat!"

...Stole your shoes! Ate your cravat!"

...Want to lose a hand? Give the beast a pat!"

...Won't sit on a cushion! Won't sit on a mat!"

...It eats anything! But it won't eat that!"

...Promised you a secret! Brought some rotting rats!"

...They put it in a box! And it hated that!"

...Wore your soul like a jaunty hat!"

...Coughed up some bones on your shiny spats!"

...Perched on top of an Exceptional Hat!"

...Brought a spirifer with a rope cravat!"

...Soiled your soul and became fat!"

Some More Starveling Poetry[edit]

"Starveling Kitty! Starveling Kitty! Ruled the roofs of five stolen cities!"

"The Sterveling Ket! The Sterveling Ket! What did it find in the oubliette?"

"Whose name's on your collar, Mr. Starveling Cat? Come closer, my dear, if you want to read that."