Editing The Parabolan Panther

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|location = [[London]]<br>[[Parabola]]
|alias = The Marchioness of the Great Sky Desert
|relationships = The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Seven Dead Cities (mate)<br>Parabolan Kitten (offspring)<br>[[Maybe's Daughter]] (niece)<br>[[The Ophidian Gentleman]]
}}<blockquote>''"In London she's a slim torbie with a preference for mackerel. But behind the mirrors she is sleek and dark as wood-smoke, and final as arsenic."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther|Parabolan Panther|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
The '''Parabolan Panther''' is a disgraced feline noble. She appears in the real world as a torbie [[cat]] with a damaged ear,<ref name=":0">[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"The tortoiseshell-tabby with the ragged ear has a favour to ask. 'I must visit the other place. However, due to my present circumstances I'm forced to use the back way in. And for that, I need you."''</ref> but in [[Parabola]], she is a sleek black panther.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther|Parabolan Panther|Fallen London|}} ''"In London she's a slim torbie with a preference for mackerel. But behind the mirrors she is sleek and dark as wood-smoke, and final as arsenic."''</ref> She moves between [[London]] and the world of dreams with uncanny ease, and her knowledge of Parabola is extensive; she knows where the mirrors lead and how to go through them.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''""This is the one. In we go. Chop chop." You reach out a hand. The surface yields like butter. As you push through, the cat tangles between your feet. You stumble into an abrupt, moist heat. Sleepy green light washes over you. Trees rise on every side. Jungle ferns unfold their waxy leaves."''</ref> She is not above using the methods of the [[Fingerkings]]<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"She looks around thoroughly, paying particular attention to the chimneys and window-sills. "If my honourable peers caught me using our enemies' tricks... Well. It would be unfortunate.""''</ref> or other unconventional means<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"Your companion twitches her whiskers as if she's about to do something distasteful. She nudges you towards the surface of the shield. Together, you pass through it. There is a reeling, vertiginous sensation. [...] A heavy jungle heat replaces the Neath's comfortable chill. The park's solemn meres are gone, and hulking trees rise around you."''</ref> to traverse Parabola.

Once, the Panther was the '''Marchioness of the Falling Sky Desert'''.<ref name=":1">[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"Before her exile she was the Marchioness of the Falling Sky Desert. He is the Minister Plenipotentiary for the Seven Dead Cities (a very lowly position in the grandiose peerage of cats). Even before her disgrace their relationship was a scandal. They met during the battle of the Smoking Shore, where he earned his limp and she saved him from an Ophidian Gentleman."''</ref> She waged dream-wars against the Fingerkings alongside her fellow "Marcher-lords" (possibly nobles of the [[Mirror-Marches]]). In a battle at the [[Dome of Scales]], she was nearly killed by a falling column, but was rescued by one of the enemy<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"We fought them here, you know," your panther tells you, conversationally. "Myself and the other Marcher-lords. I got pinned under this column when it fell. It would have been the end of me, but an enemy showed an uncharacteristic moment of weakness."''</ref> — likely the [[Ophidian Gentleman]], as he shows a lingering but unrequited affection for her.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''""There is no need for violence, Marchioness. I only came here to tell you that I missed you." He leaves."''</ref> This act of mercy caused her fellow cats to doubt her loyalties. The Panther was accused of treason, stripped of her rank, and "banished from her own dreams," and she indicates that the [[Duchess]] may have had a hand in the punishment.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"You pole your way across the lake as the panther trails a dreamy paw in the water and tells you of her exile. How she was accused of consorting with the enemy, stripped of her titles and banished from her own dreams. "The Duchess' justice is not kind," she murmurs."''</ref>

Before her exile, the Parabolan Panther met a leopard<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"A sinewy leopard"''</ref> during battle after saving him from the [[Ophidian Gentleman]];<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther|Parabolan Panther|Fallen London|}} ''"They met during the battle of the Smoking Shore, where he earned his limp and she saved him from an Ophidian Gentleman."''</ref> her mate's full title is Minister Plenipotentiary of the Seven Dead Cities.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther|Parabolan Panther|Fallen London|}} ''"Before her exile she was the Marchioness of the Falling Sky Desert. He is the Minister Plenipotentiary for the Seven Dead Cities (a very lowly position in the grandiose peerage of cats). Even before her disgrace their relationship was a scandal."''</ref> Their affair was already scandalous due to a large difference in rank, and became even more so after the Panther fell into disrepute.<ref name=":2" /> Regardless, she continues to search for her mate in Parabola, checking memorial inscriptions to ensure he has not fallen in battle.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Parabolan_Panther Parabolan Panther, ''Fallen London''] ''"The statue is covered in names and titles. Most are old, but some are freshly engraved. It's these your panther pays close attention to. "He's not there," she says, with relief. "Good. Good. Let's go home, shall we?""''</ref>

The Parabolan Panther is the sister of the tiger-count<ref name=":12">{{Citation|1=https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Maybe's_Daughter|2=Invite her to dine with you|3=Sunless Sea|4=}}''"(I know my father. I'm a countess on his side, actually.)"''</ref> who had an affair with [[Lilac]] and sired [[Maybe's Daughter]].<ref>{{Citation|1=https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Maybe_a_Mother#That_night_-|2=Speak with the tiger|3=Sunless Sea|4=}}''"I understand you've become involved in my daughter's intrigues. (And my sister's. Is she really serving as a mascot?)"''</ref> This makes her Maybe's Daughter's aunt. (Or perhaps Maybe's Daughter's Father's Sister?)
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