Gryphon

Gryphon: Animal
Dr. Sheepshank's account on the Gryphon from the Book of Myths and Legends:"Beast the First: The Gryphon""The dread Gryphon is known for its duality. All nations instantly recognize its lion’s body and eagle’s head, but fewer know of its paradoxical inner nature. The Gryphon is slow to anger, but once angered, it is infinite in its thirst for vengeance. It will slay indiscriminately when it feels threatened, but eats only mountainous grasses. When it sleeps, it purrs like a housecat—but woe to the warrior who tries to wake the Gryphon.""Nevertheless, the Gryphon can be a companionable creature and longs for its own kind. Unfortunately for this secretly social beast, its species has been slowly dying out over the past thousand years. The last known Gryphon was spotted on the crest of Bleak Peak four hundred years ago, howling into the night. It is largely assumed that this Gryphon eventually died of loneliness."(Source: http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/kyngdom-new/node/205679)