Gryphons | 4

Guardian of Joy Moon Miahzae

Bonded: 05-30-12
Bonding: The Guardians — Grimm
Rank: Moon
Gender: Female

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Queen she is, but that doesn’t mean she’s a commanding presence. No, this moon prefers quiet, romantic dinners, long walks on the beach, and or curling up in front of the fire with a good book. She’s a happy creature, make no mistake about that — bubbly and eager to embrace the joys of the world, but she will always shy away from conflict. Happy and active as she is, the Moon is a shy girl. Violence and anger makes her shut down and hide from it. She’s not going to step into danger, not going to walk through Hell to command anyone and anything there. Honestly, the Moon doesn’t seem all that interested in commanding anyone or anything; she isn’t going to be the one you can go to to get results. She’s not going to step in between warring factions of your shinies and soothe things. She won’t make the decisions you want her to, and she’s not going to impress you with her words of peace and wisdom.

She simply wants everyone to get along. She’s rather bouncy and active, eager and accepting, and she just wants everyone to have fun. She wants laughter and parties, wants everyone to be bright, and joyful, and okay with themselves and the world around them. She’ll be a best friend, and she really will try to listen to your problems and help you with them…but she’s never going to be a ‘take charge’ kind of girl. She doesn’t want it, that kind of power, and there’s nothing you can do to push her into it. The Moon is always going to be happy to accept those around her for what they are (as long as they’re not yelling at her, or yelling in general), and she expects the same kind of acceptance in return. She’ll respect you, love you, be at your side, and she will try, oh so hard, to make you happy and to make you love life.

She’s worth it, even if she’ll never take charge as many expect those of her rank to. Give her the acceptance, patience, and love she needs, and you’ll have a best friend and a deep bond for the rest of your life.

Mindspeak: Bold #383838


The White Eye Star Alam'ae

Name Meaning: Sun - white eye, 40 Eridani A
Bonded: 12-01-12
Bonding: Half Price Day Redemption
Rank: Star
Gender: Female

Alam’ae is a watcher, quiet and observant there is something motherly in the way that she approaches the world, like a distant mother watching her children with a stern sort of affection. It’s a surprisingly powerful effect, that sort of unshakeable reassurance, but at the same time you can’t shake the feeling that she is definitely the kind of person that you don’t want to cross. You’ll rarely see her temper however, she is far more likely to approach things she finds irritating with more of a quiet exasperation, making her rare temper all the more terrifying when it does surface. She is not the one you want to go to for a gentle disposition, she’s not so good at being empathic or kind, and rather she’ll be rather blunt with you when you’ve done something wrong. Mostly it’s constructive though, and she’s just as willing to detail how you can do it right next time as she is to point out how you did it wrong this time. We all make mistakes, after all, and it is through owning up to our mistakes that we grow as intelligent beings.

Pure white of hottest fires she is certainly a sight to behold, a body thick with muscle and feathers completely pristine she has no problem making herself heard when she needs it. Or when she doesn’t, for that matter, her presence is far from being a quiet one. Standing the full and stern nine feet that is standard for a Star, it’s hard to place just how old Alam’ae is exactly. She has a wisdom in her golden eyes that seems she should be older than she actually is, but she certainly doesn’t behave as one particularly elderly and it certainly doesn’t show in her actions. A forceful body with steady hands and broad, powerful wings, and it is on her wings that the silver you usually find lining a Star’s feathers is brightest, a gleaming shade of newly cast finery easily takes over the pristine white that makes for most of her body.

Mindspeak: Bold #FCC28E


Origin of Information Star Quitrikae

Bonded: 04-17-13
Bonding: The Temple of PIF — 10 Year Anniversary
Rank: Star
Gender: Female

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Quirkiness permeates almost everything about this Star, from her name to her appearance to her personality. It’s not unusual to find her humming some long forgotten tune to herself, or otherwise being just generally lost in her own thoughts. You would do the same if you had half as many thoughts running through your head as she does, it comes with the territory. Determinedly cheerful she’d rather like it if everyone shared in her good humor, though she recognizes that’s not necessarily possible and if you’re truly determined to be miserable she’ll leave you too it, she’s not going to let you bring down her good mood. There are times it seems a bit forced, though, and when no one is watching she can be quite somber in her thoughts, as though she knows something that leaves her feeling very sad. She does her best to counteract it, though, and she’ll do the same for you if she thinks you’re feeling a bit under the weather.

The territory she rules is information, and she is certainly full of it. The good and the bad, and she knows every last bit of it, making her a true font of information. That much knowledge can weigh very heavily on one mind, and it’s no surprise that she tries to stay cheerful in the face of death tolls, disease, and natural disasters. It’s not the information she likes to share. She has a much greater fondness for those little things that no one really needs to know, bits of trivia and information that just aren't important in the grand scheme of things. Oh sure if really pressed she could tell you something important, but she resists discouraging and pessimistic facts as much as she can, and will instead let you know that the dog on the Cracker Jack packaging is named Bingo.

Quitrikae certainly holds to the ideal of a metallic Star, though her appearance is simple there is just a bit of a shiny glitter to her fur and feathers. Shiny platinum covers her small frame, giving her quite a pretty effect in the light. She is not purely platinum though, copper runs in streaks over her sides and down her legs, starting with tiny speckles at the edges of her brown eyes and getting thicker as they travel across her body, with a thick, bold streak running down her spine, staring between her ears and running all the way down her tail, stopping just before her tuft. The copper stripes get thicker as they reach towards her haunches, creating a bit of a cross hatching pattern of her back and legs. Her wings are not exempt, with each feather lined in glittering copper, with random streaks running across them with seemingly no pattern. Even the length of her tail has little ringlets, some thicker than others. Her frame is small and she's light on her feet, with an almost permanent skip in her step or cheerful flick of her wings.

Mindspeak: Bold #D2B69D


Origin of Seasons Nebula Jayae

Bonded: 04-17-13
Bonding: The Temple of PIF — 10 Year Anniversary
Rank: Nebula
Gender: Female

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What time of year was it? Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter? Be careful when you choose to approach this Gryphon, for the season heavily influences her every move. Most of the time, Jayae is a calm, respectful being; almost always you will find her indulging in silence and the peace of the outdoors. She fits in well with the jungle atmosphere. She is not the social person, preferring the company of just one or two individuals that she gets along with. You will find she is most sociable, if you could call it that, with Tokus; the species really seem to speak to her as a whole. Two heeds of warning when you seek out Jayae, however; never interrupt her when she is truly one with nature. You will know, as she will be completely still, eyes closed and oblivious to anything around her. Another, is the time of year, as mentioned before.

You see, as the Origin of Seasons, she takes on a trait of the season that has supremacy. During the spring, you’ll see her much more energetic, lively and even a bit more social. She’ll also be a bit more optimistic, less realistic and more of a dreamer. During the summer she is almost lazy, content to stay out in the sun and not move. But she’ll also have less of a grasp on her temper, a wider range in attitude throughout the day- the others like to joke and say that summer is her PMS season. In autumn, she is sluggish and downtrodden; much more pessimistic, but also much more reasonable, a good listener and very empathetic. And then in the winter, she is at her most dangerous. She is cold-hearted, quiet and extremely anti-social. She much prefers silence and solitude, and if you disrupt her, well; be prepared for the worst blizzard of your life.

A neutral orange covers the majority of her body. Ice blue socks start on her legs, then gives way to only tiger stripes up her back legs and on both flanks. A darker, reddish orange lies beneath the strips in back, spotting on her tail, sides, shoulders face and front legs. Green appears, bright spring green on her cheeks, chest and belly. Her feathers are tri colored; the smaller tufts hugging the muscles of her wings ice blue, the next tier fresh green, and the last the same orange that covers the majority of her body. Lastly are two sun-yellow eyes peering out from her face.

Mindspeak: Italic #3BEF2E