Until just after the birth of Christ there were lions all over southern Europe, from the Iberian penisula all the way east to the Middle East and India. The European lion survived in the Caucasus intil the tenth century or so. There are only a few hundred surviving examples of such lions in India still left today. They're normal lions, just slightly smaller.
As for the name of the mod, how about "Wolves in the Viking's Waters"?
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