Inktober Monstrosities: W for Wemic

Wemics for all intents and purposes lion centaurs. Lion-human hybrid creatures are abundant throughout ancient mythology like the sphinx and the shedu. While creatures similar to the wemic figure in both ancient Assyrian carvings and medieval heraldic devices, it has never really attained the same popularity in myth and fantasy as its equine cousin.

In D&D the wemic first appeared in a set of monster cards printed in 1982. It was then reprinted in the Monster Manual II for first edition AD&D the following year. For second edition it was first printed in the Monstrous compendium, Forgotten Realms appendix, and although it reappeared in the "generic" second edition Monstrous Manual , for the third edition it was printed in the Monsters of Faerun supplement.