Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-24701421-20140918121055

 Griffin 

Species: Griffin Species, believed to be distantly related to Chimera Species

Habitat: Mountains

Disposition: Proud, Motherly, Devoted

Diet: Meat

Possessing the clawed paws of a lion for feet, the clawed talons of an eagle for hands, the wings of an eagle and a lion’s tail, griffins are both powerful and majestic even in the current age of mamono. Despite their pride, they possess strong motherly instincts which make them exceptionally friendly to children. They are also exceptionally devoted wives, even by mamono standards, as they will only accept one male as their husband for life. However, like all mamono, they do possess a lustful side and they are not above raising boys into suitable husbands. Depending on the circumstances, a griffin may even consummate her relationship with her chosen “husband-to-be” before he fully matures, although griffins generally do try to restrain themselves from doing so to the best of their abilities.

Griffins have a fierce rivalry against dragons as both are powerful and proud creatures. Like dragons, their exceptional abilities allow them to assume the forms that they once possessed during the age of previous Demon Lords thus allowing them to act as mounts with the body of a lion along with the wings, front talons and head of an eagle. However, while their rivalries would often lead to bloodshed in the past, the griffins and dragons of the current age would more likely just quarrel over men much like the elves and dwarves of the current age. Common insults include “Shota-Phons” for griffins and “Ero-Gons” for dragons.

The feathers and claws of a griffin are famous for having medicinal qualities such as curing blindness. However, due to their pride, they will only willingly offer their claws and feathers to those that they feel truly deserve their aid or those that are willing to pay a high price for them. As such, they can develop hordes much like a dragon which they will protect almost as fiercely. However, as stated before, they possess strong motherly instincts and will gladly help a child for free. Not surprisingly, this trait baffles certain mamono such as dragons.

Besides the main species, there is one notable subspecies of griffins known as “Gryphons”, griffins that are found in Wonderland. Strangely enough, gryphons are not affected by the uniquely lustful magic of the place although they are exceptionally protective of alice mamono. As such, it can be argued that both griffins and gryphons are still one and the same species.  