After playing Shin. a lot the past few days, I decided to give the Ancient Master the ability to make one of these thematic Japanese Mythical Lions each turn. Obviously the Ancient Master has other needs for his time, but if he is ever in desperate need, he can sit in a province and use a "summon allies" command to get 1 of these per turn:
These will only be available when version 1.5 comes out, which is not for a couple weeks at earliest. For the curious, it is a berserk 1 skill. Originally I had the Ancient Master making 2 of these per turn, hence the description they always come in pairs, but they are too tough to allow 2 per turn-even with Shin. who is not one of the top end Mp races.