The Starveling Cat

The Wretched Mog, Sunless Sea's Starveling Cat.

The Starveling Cat. 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 features in Sunless Sea as the Wretched Mog.

Poets have written rhymes about it for centuries...

"The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat...

...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!"

The Starveling Cat! The Starveling Cat! Art from FL.

...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!"

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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..."