Griffons of Nepherasta.

Griffons are majestic flying creature renowned for strength, intelligence, and vigilance. In Kyami they are known as the Watch Guardians of the East.. They came with the Shikara family years ago to settle the east coast in the kingdom now known as Korali.

The griffons of Kyami do not flap their wings to take flight, for their body weight is too heavy. To take flight a griffon must take off from a high place in order to catch the air currents and glide. Some griffons learn magical ways to get around this.

The griffons originated from the Black Wind Mountains, but enjoy the coast because of the ample supply of air currents. They are a mixture of cat and bird, or appear to be anyway. They can be of any wide variety of cat or bird and seem to have no limitation, though most are harpy eagle and lion.

Personality:

They are as patient as they are wise. They don't look down on those less intelligent as themselves and rarely get mad if they have to explain something more than once. Because griffons are so quite and serious most the time, many that don't know griffons well believe them to be angry.

Physical Description:

Griffons are a mixture of cat and bird. They can be of any wide variety of wild cat and bird of prey. There seems to be no limitations in the variety of these features on a griffon. Most tend to be harpy eagle and lion.

Relations:

Griffons do not care much for centaur, considering them to be half food. They get along best with the humans and pix-elves. They do not get along well with the smaller races preferring medium and large sized creatures.

Alignment:

Griffons are most likely to be lawful neutral, but in some cases they might be lawful good.

Lands:

Some griffons live in clans among the Black Wind Mountains. These griffons have less contact with the other races than the ones living in Serenity.

Language:

All griffons speak common and Auran, but might know other languages as well.

Names:

Griffons only have one name, they don't give themselves a family name, however, at times the griffons of Serenity will use the family name Shikara. Griffons names include Ebyntyd, Minaka, Caleeki, and Shalina.

Adventures:

Griffons are family orientated and only go off on adventures if the family wishes it so. Griffons of Serenity often go out with their riders seeking adventures so that they can move up in rank as a Winged Sentinal.

Traits:

Scent griffons have a heightened sense of smell. They know the smell of a familiar person as well as a human knows the sight of someone they know. They can smell things up to 30 feet away on a still day or indoors. They can smell up to 60 feet if the thing they smell is upwind from them and 15 feet if it's downwind. Strong scents can be smelled at twice the ranges above. Things that really steak, like skunks and dead can be smelled at triple the amounts above.

Fly by Attack: Griffons and attack an opponent while flying. They swipe at their prey with their front paws as they fly by their target.

Rake: A griffon can use it's hind legs to rake at it's prey. A griffons hide legs are more powerful than it's front legs, so this is one of it's most feared attacks.

Pounce A griffon can pounce on it's prey, much like a wild cat would.

Beak Attack A griffon's beak can take the head off a man with one snap of it's powerful jaws.

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