#Griffons

[bookmothic-dyke]

Concept:

North American Hippogriffs and Griffons.

Having the avian part of a loon, and either an elk or mountain lion, as mammal parts respectively.

They’d have the most fucked up and haunting blood curdling calls.

I love them.

[nightingaletrash]

So here's a thought: griffons have a natural, inborn hatred of the Blight that is so overwhelming that they can't be put through the Joining. They will tear themselves apart before they accept it. Even Isseya's modified Joining couldn't make them accept it - the griffons simply became hyper aggressive and would fight to the death, no matter how badly wounded they became. They cared only to kill darkspawn, even at the expense of their riders.

Griffons are also hybrid creatures of cat and bird. You know who loved to create hybrid creatures? Who's whole deal is creating beasts and monsters? You see where I'm going with this.

So what if the griffons were created specifically for the purpose of fighting darkspawn? Like a sort of frontline defense to fight the physical symptom of the Blight, and their rejection of the Taint was a means to ensure that they wouldn't then be corrupted in favour of the Blight.

[camelidae]

All that important mischief-making tires a baby out.

[uchidachi]

He is the only thing that matters to me

[vigilskeep]

adult griffons are 12 feet from beak to tail with an even wider wingspan

males weigh over 1000lb, females are smaller but only slightly

smaller, lighter-weight grey wardens are typically chosen as griffon riders, to give the griffons the least burden for long flights or harsh conditions, but a healthy griffon can carry two fully armed and armoured warriors

their claws can “shred plate mail like damp paper”

they have a “musky leonine smell” which “vaguely recalled a tomcat in rut”

most griffons are variations of grey, while other colourings—fully white, fully black, or even rarer parti-coloured ones—are recessive but do occur

their eyes are typically yellow/amber (making assan’s blue eyes an oddity)

we hear about “the earthshaking rumble that passed for their purrs”, and at least one is described as “actually purring”

they’re territorial and short-tempered. it’s a bad idea to feed them when gathered together because they will fight. do not hand-feed even a sick one, you WILL lose fingers

they should be generally safe around people they know when unprovoked by them, though; it’s very alarming if they’re not. they are regularly capable of carrying an extra passenger, even if it’s a stranger, along with their rider

“a griffon would sooner hurl itself into a mountainside than it would accept servitude to a master it disliked. they were never servants, never slaves. a griffon was a partner and equal, or else it was a foe.”

they mourn a lost rider, and fight desperately to save a rider, even if to do it they have to bite into darkspawn, thus becoming tainted and dying horribly (they are usually trained to use only their claws against them)

[dragonagitator]

I actually teared up a bit when I saw this precious little baby in the trailer.

For those of you who haven't read the books, griffons were believed to be extinct in Thedas for hundreds of years until the Wardens found a clutch of unhatched griffon eggs in Last Flight.

That there's a baby one running around as a Warden's animal companion several years later suggests that not only were they successful in hatching those eggs, but also that they've been breeding more griffons. The griffons are making a comeback as a species!!!

(We know this one is still a baby because Wardens used to ride griffons into battle, and this one obviously isn't big enough for that yet.)

[shewolfofvilnius]

HOW IT STARTED:

HOW IT'S GOING:

[astralarias]

under the light of the moon, we float as silently as silhouettes along the path

[niofo]

thinking about how irl there is stuff pets can't eat, like chocolate being poisonous for dogs etc - do you think there are any historical records on what griffons can and cannot eat or the wardens had to figure it out by themselves? assan stealing a snack from davrin and then throwing up all over his bed bcos apparently griffons can't digest carrot after all :( and considering davrin met assan relatively recently maybe he'd have to brainstorm with bellara and lucanis to put together balanced meals for assan.

[feyrianedoesart]

A very good boy - Assan !

[feyriane]

My Hero of Ferelden is gonna appear out of nowhere and steal that griffon

[whoisnotmyname]

More bird wip

[nazrigar]

Beast Fables - Wyverns, Gryphons and other Avian Chimera Part 1

And the big worldbuilding focus of this month! Wyverns, Griffons and other Avian Chimera, for my Beast Fables setting.

Context: Beast Fables is my worldbuilding project, where everyone on land is some form of werebeast, while merfolk are the denizens of the seas and oceans. In the context of Beast fables, Chimeras are basically the temporary forms of animals that also have the Gift of Transformation as Werefolk do, usually involving borrowing traits from OTHER animals.

Birds have a multitude of chimeric morphs, the most famous are the universal Wyvern, a form all birds can transform into, and the Griffon, an iconic morph emblazoned in various segments of Werefolk culture.

[camelidae]

March and April originals are in my shop now – lots of cuties up for grabs, whether you like your critters fluffy, feathery or contentedly undead.

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[uchidachi]

Tonight we are thinking about bb griffon Assan giving Davrin lil kitty headbutts. We are thinking about him “preening” Davrin’s armor’s collar with his wee beakie. We are thinking about him making biscuits while being scritched between his wings. ❤️❤️❤️ cat-dad Davrin 😻😻😻