Griffons

A beautiful but dangerous creature, the griffon looks like a crossing between a giant eagle and some large four-legged reptile. Its head, back and wings are covered in feathers, while its body and tails are covered in down feathers making it look like the creature’s body is clad in fur. While the feather coat of its head, back and upper side of wings are white, the body and underside of the wings are usually golden brown. Griffon cannot actually fly very long distances, usually only gliding on the winds for a few hundred meters. The griffon can live to be 45 years old. While griffons hunt alone they often nest together in colonies of 10 to 30 animals.

Griffons are native to the mountain ranges of the Southlands, but a few escaped domesticated specimens now also inhabit the mountain regions of the Northlands. The domesticated griffon is common in the Southlands but has become extinct in captivity in the north, as it had difficulty reproducing in the cold climate. The wild griffon stands 1.3 meters above the ground, not including the wings, and weighs about 125 kg. The domesticated griffon is slightly taller and much heavier than the wild species and weighs around 175 kg.

Alchemy
Griffon feathers and fur are good quality alchemical ingredients.