winged lion

Appearance

As its epithet describes, it looks much like a lion with large, eagle-like wings sprouting from either side of its ribs.[1] It has a yellowish orange fur. However, it has had many forms in the past, Including a sheep-like form, and a form resembling a pig.

Personality

The Winged Lion is a hungry, gluttonous demon that consumes the desires of beings near it. It is capable of granting wishes, which it often does as it devoured one's desires. Before the events of the manga, it was a small alien creature that consumed the desire of small animals before discovering that the desires of humans were tastier and more filling. In this discovery, it gained its own desire to consume the world. The Winged Lion is at first seemingly concerned for Thistle and the Golden Country's well-being and is urging Laios to kill Sissel to that end. This is a ruse to reach it's own end and consume the world and grant all of humanity eternal happiness within its stomach.

Abilities

In addition to all the usual abilities of a Demon, the Winged Lion has the ability to appear in prophetic dreams to the people of people.[6] The Winged Lion is able to communicate to humans through both dreams and some items marked by the symbol of the winged lion,[7] likely as an extension of its ability to manipulate the creatures of the Dungeon. Additionally, while the Winged Lion proclaims to grant wishes, it is shown to have either limitations or simply an ability to ignore the intent of the one making the wish, as seen when it created a Doppleganger replacing the dead of the Lord of the Dungeon rather than resurrecting them.