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{{Character|image1=tomblion.png|caption1=|location=[[The Tomb-Colonies]]}}<blockquote>''"'...it attempted to bite me, although without any real conviction. Honestly, I think it was glad of the attention. It pursued me down Cantersotts Way as far as the harbour, with its keeper wailing and running behind, shedding the occasional keeperly digit...'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...but_then,_we_are_all_maltreated_here...%27|'...but then, we are all maltreated here...'|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | {{Character|image1=tomblion.png|caption1=The Tomb-Lion|location=[[The Tomb-Colonies]]}}<blockquote>''"'...it attempted to bite me, although without any real conviction. Honestly, I think it was glad of the attention. It pursued me down Cantersotts Way as far as the harbour, with its keeper wailing and running behind, shedding the occasional keeperly digit...'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...but_then,_we_are_all_maltreated_here...%27|'...but then, we are all maltreated here...'|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
The '''Tomb-Lion''' was once a performing animal for a show or circus, but it was unfortunately mistreated and now resides in the [[Tomb-Colonies]].<ref name = "curious">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/I_Met_a_Curious_Creature|I Met a Curious Creature|Fallen London|}} ''"'The bandaged lion was once a performer in some travelling show or circus. It had been maltreated...'"''</ref> It is accompanied by a keeper,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...but_then,_we_are_all_maltreated_here...%27|'...but then, we are all maltreated here...'|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] its keeper wailing and running behind, shedding the occasional keeperly digit..."''</ref> and is wreathed in bandages and a rather horrid odor.<ref name = "curious"/><ref name = "item">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tomb-Lion|Tomb-Lion|Fallen London|}} ''"Regal and threatening. But, dear God, the smell..."''</ref> Despite its squalor, it is loyal and seemingly quite intelligent,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...I_made_overtures...%27|'...I made overtures...'|Fallen London|}} ''"'I gained its loyalty through a substantial kindness.'"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Duplicate_the_tail_of_a_Tomb-Lion|Duplicate the tail of a Tomb-Lion|Fallen London|}} ''"The Tomb-Lion is not best pleased to be asked to enter a butcher shop, and not much reassured by the signs advertising 'NO-KILL MARROW'. But once its tail is duplicated [...] it is intrigued; [...] it wants a set for itself. Wearing one's own tail as a necklace makes a notable adornment."''</ref> and it retains its regal demeanor and aggression towards disrespect.<ref name = "item"/><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...but_then,_we_are_all_maltreated_here...%27|'...but then, we are all maltreated here...'|Fallen London|}} ''"'I amused myself for a little [...] '...it attempted to bite me, although without any real conviction. [...] It pursued me down Cantersotts Way as far as the harbour, [...]"''</ref> Its diet is mysterious; it shows no interest in any kind of food, and it is unknown whether it eats at all.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...so_I_set_myself_the_task_of_feeding_it_up...%27|'...so I set myself the task of feeding it up...'|Fallen London|}} ''"It refused everything! Live bats, dead bats. Mushrooms, [...] Fish, [...] It became affectionate, however [...]"''</ref> | The '''Tomb-Lion''' was once a performing animal for a show or circus, but it was unfortunately mistreated and now resides in the [[Tomb-Colonies]].<ref name = "curious">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/I_Met_a_Curious_Creature|I Met a Curious Creature|Fallen London|}} ''"'The bandaged lion was once a performer in some travelling show or circus. It had been maltreated...'"''</ref> It is accompanied by a keeper,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...but_then,_we_are_all_maltreated_here...%27|'...but then, we are all maltreated here...'|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] its keeper wailing and running behind, shedding the occasional keeperly digit..."''</ref> and is wreathed in bandages and a rather horrid odor.<ref name = "curious"/><ref name = "item">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tomb-Lion|Tomb-Lion|Fallen London|}} ''"Regal and threatening. But, dear God, the smell..."''</ref> Despite its squalor, it is loyal and seemingly quite intelligent,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...I_made_overtures...%27|'...I made overtures...'|Fallen London|}} ''"'I gained its loyalty through a substantial kindness.'"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Duplicate_the_tail_of_a_Tomb-Lion|Duplicate the tail of a Tomb-Lion|Fallen London|}} ''"The Tomb-Lion is not best pleased to be asked to enter a butcher shop, and not much reassured by the signs advertising 'NO-KILL MARROW'. But once its tail is duplicated [...] it is intrigued; [...] it wants a set for itself. Wearing one's own tail as a necklace makes a notable adornment."''</ref> and it retains its regal demeanor and aggression towards disrespect.<ref name = "item"/><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...but_then,_we_are_all_maltreated_here...%27|'...but then, we are all maltreated here...'|Fallen London|}} ''"'I amused myself for a little [...] '...it attempted to bite me, although without any real conviction. [...] It pursued me down Cantersotts Way as far as the harbour, [...]"''</ref> Its diet is mysterious; it shows no interest in any kind of food, and it is unknown whether it eats at all.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%27...so_I_set_myself_the_task_of_feeding_it_up...%27|'...so I set myself the task of feeding it up...'|Fallen London|}} ''"It refused everything! Live bats, dead bats. Mushrooms, [...] Fish, [...] It became affectionate, however [...]"''</ref> | ||
