I am always some parts shocked and frustrated by the fact that most fantasy works have all too few members in the way of felines. It is such a rare, difficult effort to find something that permits it or even encourages it. I reason it really is too much to ask to ask for magically inclined beasts to be more than a peripheral element. Yet, each and every time I try and try again, hoping to partake in one where they might be the lead or at least direct company with the main cast of characters. They are always, if anything, reduced down to mere "kitty cats" or familiars, at best animal companions, but so very, very rarely magical or fearsome things in their own right alone. It is one of my most beloved niche genres and with almost no representation.