a knight with a face between a man's and a lion's
also known as knight, lion-faced knight, harsh seigneur with a leonine face and black teeth, devil-knight, lionish one, lion-thing, Lion-thing, lion-faced devil
A knight with a face between a man's and a lion's, clad in bloody armor, rode into Auxerre on a ghastly horse whose eyes were human mouths and whose hooves were hands. He carried a bloody axe head-down in his left hand as he entered the square from the river's direction.
A devil-knight with a face between a man's and a lion's, it rode a ghastly horse and wielded a bloody axe. Lately it had accompanied the pope and taken over the duties of the captain of the guard. It ripped Thomas's arm off and used it to spear Delphine before being stabbed through the head by Thomas's sword.
A lion-faced knight, once the pope's guard-captain, rode a monstrous horse and wielded a bloody axe. He maimed Thomas and Delphine before being stabbed through the head, a wound that smoked and swelled him. Fleeing the Archangel Michael, he crashed into a building and toppled it.
Appearance
- face: Face somewhere between a man's and a lion's · revealed ch.18
- armor: Armor was bloody · revealed ch.18
Actions
- Entered the square from the direction of the river, riding a ghastly horse with human mouths for eyes and hands for hooves · revealed ch.18
- Carried a bloody axe head-down in his left hand · revealed ch.18
- Growled 'Crossbows ready' · revealed ch.39
- Turned, faster than Thomas hoped, his axe already out, with recognition flashing in his little black eyes · revealed ch.39
- Leapt upon the cardinal's table and slashed with its axe at Thomas · revealed ch.39
- Ripped Thomas's arm off, the arm still gripping the spearhead · revealed ch.39
- Used Thomas's arm like a pick, driving the spear into Delphine's side · revealed ch.39
- Bit Delphine's legs off and flung her into the middle of the courtyard · revealed ch.39
- Feared the Archangel Michael so that he flew blindly into the top floor of the great chapel, toppling the building · revealed ch.40
Status
- Had lately accompanied the pope and all but taken over the duties of the captain of the guard · revealed ch.39
- Was stabbed through the face and out the back of the head by Thomas's sword, the gash smoking · revealed ch.39
- Staggered back, shaking furiously, growing larger and popping its armor · revealed ch.39
- Had its wound almost gone later · revealed ch.39
Nothing has been revealed about a knight with a face between a man's and a lion's yet at this point in the book.