The Manticore

The Manticore is a Titan who resides in Titan Space 2, and who is the main source of information for the characters of Poorthwart: The Cataclysm when they visit the area to investigate the Mindpikes' claims that the Titans have been frozen for centuries, but are now coming to life again.

Description
The Manticore is massive in size, like all Titans, and has the body and head of a lion, with a human face. He normally moves on all fours, but is capable of operating perfectly well on his two hind legs. He is able to use his forelegs as legs or hands.

Personality
The Manticore is intelligent, and his personality can be laid back at times but then switch over to fury. He is cunning, as has been seen in his play of Weirdly Spears against Fortola Butane.

History
The Manticore came over from Titan Space 1 with the other Titans who were locked out and didn't want to wait to get back in. He participated in the slaughter of the Unknown Armies in Titan Space 2, and has presumably remained there ever since. At the time of the Cataclysm, he has been frozen for centuries by an unknown force, which could be external or something of the Titans' own choosing.

He wakes when he notices that the small Titan Slug-Sippet Friss collapses dead on his paw. He originally takes Selbeneer for a Titan, and assumes he had a good reason for killing the other Titan. When he finds out that Selbeneer is not a Titan, he assumes another Titan has committed the crime and fled West, but accuses Selbeneer of being an accomplice and threatens to destroy him. Fortola Butane challenges him to a game of Weirdly Spears, and defeats him after solving The Manticore's Game with the help of Fishdrack. The Manticore accepts the defeat with grace, but notes that he cannot stop the mysterious fleeing Titan from destroying anything he encounters.