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I'm pretty sure the lion thing that getting an eternal piggyback ride on Godfrey is specifically there to keep Godfrey's savage warrior bloodlust in check, at least until the tarnished challenges Godfrey enough that he decides to go all out. Godfrey was always a savage warrior who was just larping as a leader-type after he agreed to serve as Elden Lord for Marika.