Editing Ser Pounce-a-lot

{{Quote|Meow!}}

<onlyinclude>{{CreatureTransformer
|style         = {{{style|}}}
|name          = [[Ser Pounce-a-lot]]
|image         = DAO_Kitten_-_gift.jpg
|px            = 270x360px
|type          = [[Kitten]]
|rank          = 
|location      = [[Vigil's Keep]]
|affiliation   = [[Anders]]
|skills        = 
|class         = 
|variations    = 
|quests        = 
|appearances   = [[Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening]] <br> [[Witch Hunt]] <small>(mentioned)</small> <br> [[Dragon Age II]] <small>(mentioned)</small> <br> [[Heroes of Dragon Age]]
}}</onlyinclude>

If [[the Warden-Commander]] gives [[Anders]] a [[kitten]], he dubs his new pet: '''Ser Pounce-a-lot'''.

== Involvement ==
=== ''Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening'' ===
After Anders is [[Gifts (Awakening)|gifted]] Ser Pounce-a-lot, he becomes an item in the inventory. Using Ser Pounce-a-lot has two effects. Out of combat, Anders will talk to the kitty (see Dialogue below).

Used in combat, Ser Pounce-a-lot will instantly revive all party members as long as one member is able to use him. Party members are revived with a fraction of their health and no stamina or mana.

=== ''Witch Hunt'' ===
While browsing the [[Circle Tower]]'s library in ''[[Witch Hunt]]'' the Warden can discover a mention of Ser Pounce-a-lot in the book ''[[Spirit healers|Spirit Healers]] through the Ages'' found in the School of Spirit section: "Folded near the back of the book is a very old sheet of notes scrawled by a young apprentice.  In the margins are various sketches of [[Templar Order|templars]] being eaten by a fierce tiger named Ser Pounce-a-lot."

=== ''Dragon Age II'' ===
Ser Pounce-a-lot is also referenced in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', in party banter between Anders and other companions. Anders has lost the cat by the start of the game and misses having a feline companion very much, even going so far as to leave a saucer of milk outside of [[Anders's Clinic|his clinic]] in the hope of attracting some. Anders also recalls the cat while talking to the [[Dog (Dragon Age II)|Dog]] in [[Gamlen's House]] in Act 1.

Evidently, the [[Grey Wardens]] forced him to leave the cat with a friend in [[City of Amaranthine|Amaranthine]], concerned that keeping him was making Anders "too soft."

== Locations ==
:{{:Vigil's Keep|style=iconmini}}

== Dialogue ==
* '''Anders''': Who's the pretty kitty? Yes you are!
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': Does this make you my familiar, Ser Pounce-a-lot? What do you think?
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': What do you think of your name, Ser Pounce-a-lot? Do you think it's appropriate?
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': Shall I train you to become a vicious attack kitten? (Snarls)
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': Hello Ser Pounce-a-lot. Still intact, I see?
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': Are you hungry, Ser Pounce-a-lot? I have some dried mackerel you could nibble on.
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': You know, mages created [[mabari]] hounds. Maybe I could make you just as smart as those stupid dogs.
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)
{{-}}
* '''Anders''': Maker's Breath, kitty! What have you been eating!
* '''Ser Pounce-a-lot''': (Meow!)

== Trivia ==
* When Anders talks with Ser Pounce-a-lot, his lips move when the cat says "Meow" as if it were Anders saying "Meow". Occasionally another character may say "Meow" instead.
* Ser Pounce-a-lot was intended to be featured in [[Anders's Clinic]] in ''Dragon Age II''; however, the developers did not have enough time to make a new model. It was later suggested that Anders have a cat skull on his staff, but [[David Gaider]] said that it was "too mean".<ref>[http://dragon-age.livejournal.com/475507.html "Ser Pounce-A-Lot"]. Livejournal. Retrieved February 5, 2014.</ref> 
* When asked who actually took Ser Pounce-a-lot away from Anders, David Gaider joked "Nobody. Ser Pounce-a-lot was possessed by [[Justice|the spirit of Justice]], and transformed his body to look like his former owner. Then one day he chased a mouse onto a ship and ended up in Kirkwall. It was the weirdest thing."<ref>{{BWF|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802214300/https://forum.bioware.com/topic/216795-your-random-dragon-age-question/?bioware=1|title=Your Random Dragon Age Question?|author=Gaider, David|date=20 May, 2011|access=March 1, 2014}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="210" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center" orientation="landscape">
SerPounceHoDA.png|Ser Pounce-a-lot in ''[[Heroes of Dragon Age]]''
Ser Pounce-a-lot HoDA tier.jpg|Artwork of Ser Pounce-a-lot's tier progression in ''[[Heroes of Dragon Age]]''
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

<!--Categories-->
[[Category:Creatures]]
[[Category:Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening creatures]]
[[Category:Heroes of Dragon Age creatures]]
[[Category:Notable animals]]
<!--Interwiki links-->
[[pl:Pan Skoczysław]]