Wemic

A wemic was a creature with the upper body of a humanoid and the lower body of a lion. Like centaurs, they were considered "tauric" creatures. Wemics were found primarily in the grasslands of the Shaar, but also in many other lands of Faerûn,  such as the Stonelands of Cormyr.

Description
Wemics were larger and stronger than humans. A wemic could make great leaps with a running start. Their front claws were sharp, and they could fight with both claws and weapons at the same time. They could also rake with their back claws. They had keen eyesight and hearing. The human part of a wemic had feline characteristics around his or her eyes and ears, and perhaps in the nose and teeth as well. Males were generally represented as having long mane-like hair.

Society
Wemics were excellent hunters and fighters. They did not make settled homes, but generally followed the herds they hunted for food. A nomadic folk, wemics were often represented as barbaric, illiterate, and uncivilized creatures; they were famous for being highly superstitious. Others would describe wemics as nature-oriented people with a rich tradition of oral history. They lived close to the earth and were in tune with its magical forces.

Camps
The nomadic wemics of the Shaar would form a series of isolated campsites along their seasonal migratory paths. They would hunt the nearby pack herds for a given amount of time before rotating to the next camp, allowing other prides and occasionally the local loxo herds to use the temporary settlements in their absence.

Religion
Many wemics of the Shaar worshiped the lion-god Nobanion, and their shamans led tribal celebrations such as the festival of the Pride. However a few of the more savage of their kind venerated Malar, the Beastlord.

Subspecies
A rumored subspecies was the mountain wemic. It had essentially the same build, but the lion portions were replaced by those of a large cougar. Mountain wemics were slightly smaller than common wemics and generally solitary.

Notable groups

 * Golden Mane, this nomadic pride of wemics roamed the grasslands of the Shaar during the 1300's DR.
 * Legion of Lions, an order of wemic and werelion paladins that fought in service of Nobanion.

Appearances

 * Adventures:
 * The Return of Randal Morn
 * Novels:
 * Evermeet: Island of Elves