Post by baha on Jun 25, 2006 20:45:43 GMT -5
Name of Species: Hippogriff
Homelands: Scythia Steppes, though also a few forests in Europe where bred Hippogriffs have gotten free
Prefered weapon: talons on the ends of thier bird like front feet
Unique Power: They are quick to escape from a battle due to thier ability to speedily travel over the ground and to take flight in the air, making them hard to catch and once caught it is hard to gain the trust of one.
Likes: Berries and nuts, Large feilds
Dislikes: Cold weather, strangers
Family Members: Griffon
Description: A Hippogriff is essentially the result of mating a Griffin (for all spellings see the Bestiary subject Griffin) with it's enemy the horse (more specifically a male Griffin with a Mare) so you get the bird like aspects of the Griffin such as the head, wings, and bird like front limbs along with the body and hind legs of a horse. Sometimes a Hippogriff may have the tail of a bird, though most of the time it is the tail of a horse. Hippogriffs are a smokey shade of gray with copper brown eyes. They are prideful creatures that may not be tamed easily for to be able to do so you must break it's spirit so it is more likely that you would be able to become a companion with the Hippogriff and the both of you becoming equals. Once a Hippogriff has become friends with someone you may expect it to help you no matter what due to the fact that they don't give thier loyalty lightly so it should not be taken lightly. A peice of poetry about the Hippogriff-
No empty fiction wrought by magic lore,
But natural was the steed the wizard pressed;
For him a filly to griffin bore;
Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest,
Formed like his sire, as in the feet before;
But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest.
Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found,
Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound
~Thomas Bulfinch's Legends of Charlemange
Homelands: Scythia Steppes, though also a few forests in Europe where bred Hippogriffs have gotten free
Prefered weapon: talons on the ends of thier bird like front feet
Unique Power: They are quick to escape from a battle due to thier ability to speedily travel over the ground and to take flight in the air, making them hard to catch and once caught it is hard to gain the trust of one.
Likes: Berries and nuts, Large feilds
Dislikes: Cold weather, strangers
Family Members: Griffon
Description: A Hippogriff is essentially the result of mating a Griffin (for all spellings see the Bestiary subject Griffin) with it's enemy the horse (more specifically a male Griffin with a Mare) so you get the bird like aspects of the Griffin such as the head, wings, and bird like front limbs along with the body and hind legs of a horse. Sometimes a Hippogriff may have the tail of a bird, though most of the time it is the tail of a horse. Hippogriffs are a smokey shade of gray with copper brown eyes. They are prideful creatures that may not be tamed easily for to be able to do so you must break it's spirit so it is more likely that you would be able to become a companion with the Hippogriff and the both of you becoming equals. Once a Hippogriff has become friends with someone you may expect it to help you no matter what due to the fact that they don't give thier loyalty lightly so it should not be taken lightly. A peice of poetry about the Hippogriff-
No empty fiction wrought by magic lore,
But natural was the steed the wizard pressed;
For him a filly to griffin bore;
Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest,
Formed like his sire, as in the feet before;
But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest.
Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found,
Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound
~Thomas Bulfinch's Legends of Charlemange