A Golden Bear

The Golden Bear is a female creature of the Wild captured by humans and put on display in the town of Lorica is chains.

The Red Knight
The Goden Bear is captured with it's two young cubs, and put of display at the market town of Lorica. When some drunken soldier see the bear, they insist on bating the bear with dogs. But the bear won't fight. So a priest throws one of her cubs to the dogs who kill it. The bear is enraged and breaks her chains. She runs rampage through the market, killing many, including the priest, and then grabs her last remaining cub and flees.

A paladin knight, Ser Mark Wishart, is sent to track and kill the bear. The bear is eventually cornered by the knight, and they fight. The bear kills his horse, but is struck by the knight in turn. The bear grabs her cub in her teeth and flees.

The bear heads north, but it is grievously wounded. Before it succumbs to it's wounds, it gives it's last remaining cub, Lily, to some Jacks and asks them to get it to the safety of other golden bears.