Although now retired, Sister Nadela is surely the most famous of the handful of those Sisters of the Lion who have caught and tamed a lion as their mount (in 17.21). If the tales are true, Nadela was able to easily tame her beast by ducking under it and grasping its testicles as it leapt at her, even pausing to laugh and comment about the weakness of males as she brought her lion down whimpering to the ground.
Her lion yet lives; thought it is old and toothless. The pair enjoys a quiet life looking after a herd of sheep (in 18.19) that Nadela keeps penned not far from the Forked Castle (17.18). However, the lion (who, to the great annoyance of the Duke, Nadela named Cuddles) is very protective of the lambs that it allows to gambol around it and will leap arthritically at any who harass them. Nadela herself keeps herself spry by driving off overly persistent suitors from Lady Tyhon’s halls.
Hooks:
- Is Nadela related to any Thringish Ladies or was her mother a commoner?
- What adventures have she and Cuddles had?