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Female gryphal!
10 years ago
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I don't yet have an image specifically for female gryphal, but i would like to take some time to talk about them.
you (hopefully) have seen the gryphal documentary pages about the male gryphal that I have been slowly having art produced for and breed write up attached to them. well, the females are as different as an entirely different species. Much of this comes from the specific purpose they are designed for.
While the males are savage and often grotesque monsters, the females are gryphonic beings of an almost unearthly beauty, very much not built for combat. This is primarily because they are built to be breeders. With the males being too savage to breed without killing their mate, it became necessary to create the female to breed with male gryphons. These unions can produce male and female gryphon children as well as female gryphal children without outside interference. The natural breeding processes do not cause hybridization with their gryphon mates. As breeding stock, their creator saw fit to tweak their metabolism to help them keep a rather appealing appearance by causing them to have great difficulty in gaining body fat.
Most people would not be able to tell the difference between a female gryphal and an attractive female gryphon. One would have to know what to look for to tell the two apart. For starters, female gryphal are always falcon based, though their cat base looks very similar to the lion based gryphons, they are based on a long extinct feline species for the firm haunches that required less muscle mass to maintain. the tell tale differences in the two cat bases are a somewhat long tuft of fur along the back of each foot up to the ankle portion. the tail tuft is another key sign as it is nearly twice as long with the entire coat being very fine and silky. The softer coat extends to their feathers as well, leaving them naturally glossy in appearance. This does sacrifice the crisp air cupping ability of a gryphon's feathers, reducing their strait flight acceleration ability while increasing their ability to slip through the air in rather agile aerobatic dances and slightly faster dives. While gryphon eyes tend to be mostly amber and brown, female gryphal eyes can be any shade one would see in any human or gryphon. They do not share the rusty red pigmentation of the male's eyes. Female gryphons of the falcon base can at times have the long talons and bird shaped foreclaws, this is not true for female gryphal, they always have a hand shaped 'forepaw' with very short talons that are more akin to thick fingernails complete with five finger like digits. They do not have a true ear as some gryphon species are prone to have, but they have small, dainty feathered tufts that serve the same purpose. These tufts and be perked and flattened back like real ears to express emotions. As far as their coloration goes, female gryphal can range through all the natural colors of the raptors and cats they are based on, ranging from black as the deepest pitch, through the full array of grays, browns and tans, including white markings. While all black has been seen some what often, pure white has only been seen once and is highly unlikely to ever appear again. while their colors are more natural, they can have exotic markings, such as calico mottling along their under belly or a shock of white/black.
As far as personality goes, female gryphal are as diverse as any other species. They can be bright and bubbly or dark and brooding with everything else in between. One thing that does remain universal is a powerful maternal instinct. even the most irritable female gryphal softens and cares for any child in need of her care. Despite their natural lack of suitability for combat, a female gryphal will fiercely defend any smaller and/or weaker creature that has triggered her maternal instincts. Only preserving herself for her own full nest would drive a female gryphal to abandon a child in danger or need of any sort. And while they are so focused on children, no instance of pedophilia has ever been committed by a female gryphal.
Now this all seems pleasant and very pretty doesn't it? I believe it is time to step into the dark side of female gryphal. Since they were created to be breeding stock, their dark creator decided to make sure they had no choice but to mate and thus created their bodies to be lethally dependent on a specific enzyme only released after the body receives semen after sexual activity. One sexual encounter releases enough to last for thirty days. This creates the infamous gryphal cycle. If they do not mate within thirty days, their body will begin to rapidly weaken and deteriorate over the course of two weeks until death. an herb was discovered on another world that has been found to extend this cycle by up to fourteen days. The twisted nature of their dark creator and this lethal enforcement of his will upon them created a deep resentment amongst the female gryphal. Their subtle quiet actions were quite instrumental in his downfall. As they have different personalities, some female gryphal struggle against this biological chain of forced sexual activity while still others embrace it with every bit of enjoyment and unfiltered glee. it is not unusual for an unattached female gryphal to have several male gryphons keeping themselves in close proximity to take advantage of her cycle in hopes of claiming her biological needs as a prize. Most males see them as people, but many they would be forced to interact with see them as objects of enjoyment and conquest, causing a great many female gryphal to distrust males in general. Bisexuality is not uncommon amongst their numbers for this very reason as they often find solace and love in one another before they trust the sincerity of any male attempting to court them. While many would be if it were possible, the cycle prevents true homosexuality for female gryphal, they simply must have a male on a regular basis. many gryphal relationships are often very strained based on the subject of the cycle.
Socially speaking, many females view female gryphal as easy harlots and mindless bimbos, while this couldn't be further from the truth. Before they were intended as breeding stock, female gryphal were meant to specialize in combat magic, causing mage gift to be fifty percent more common in their numbers than in other species. However, they were able to hide their gifts from their master and make him believe the endeavor was a failure. He seen no reason to alter their naturally sharp minds and learning advantages. This does not mean that female gryphal are naturally geniuses, it just means they are simply not stupid by any means.
This is the female gryphal, I do hope you like them. There are deeper details regarding history and modern places in life that I am more than willing to answer if one wished to ask.
you (hopefully) have seen the gryphal documentary pages about the male gryphal that I have been slowly having art produced for and breed write up attached to them. well, the females are as different as an entirely different species. Much of this comes from the specific purpose they are designed for.
While the males are savage and often grotesque monsters, the females are gryphonic beings of an almost unearthly beauty, very much not built for combat. This is primarily because they are built to be breeders. With the males being too savage to breed without killing their mate, it became necessary to create the female to breed with male gryphons. These unions can produce male and female gryphon children as well as female gryphal children without outside interference. The natural breeding processes do not cause hybridization with their gryphon mates. As breeding stock, their creator saw fit to tweak their metabolism to help them keep a rather appealing appearance by causing them to have great difficulty in gaining body fat.
Most people would not be able to tell the difference between a female gryphal and an attractive female gryphon. One would have to know what to look for to tell the two apart. For starters, female gryphal are always falcon based, though their cat base looks very similar to the lion based gryphons, they are based on a long extinct feline species for the firm haunches that required less muscle mass to maintain. the tell tale differences in the two cat bases are a somewhat long tuft of fur along the back of each foot up to the ankle portion. the tail tuft is another key sign as it is nearly twice as long with the entire coat being very fine and silky. The softer coat extends to their feathers as well, leaving them naturally glossy in appearance. This does sacrifice the crisp air cupping ability of a gryphon's feathers, reducing their strait flight acceleration ability while increasing their ability to slip through the air in rather agile aerobatic dances and slightly faster dives. While gryphon eyes tend to be mostly amber and brown, female gryphal eyes can be any shade one would see in any human or gryphon. They do not share the rusty red pigmentation of the male's eyes. Female gryphons of the falcon base can at times have the long talons and bird shaped foreclaws, this is not true for female gryphal, they always have a hand shaped 'forepaw' with very short talons that are more akin to thick fingernails complete with five finger like digits. They do not have a true ear as some gryphon species are prone to have, but they have small, dainty feathered tufts that serve the same purpose. These tufts and be perked and flattened back like real ears to express emotions. As far as their coloration goes, female gryphal can range through all the natural colors of the raptors and cats they are based on, ranging from black as the deepest pitch, through the full array of grays, browns and tans, including white markings. While all black has been seen some what often, pure white has only been seen once and is highly unlikely to ever appear again. while their colors are more natural, they can have exotic markings, such as calico mottling along their under belly or a shock of white/black.
As far as personality goes, female gryphal are as diverse as any other species. They can be bright and bubbly or dark and brooding with everything else in between. One thing that does remain universal is a powerful maternal instinct. even the most irritable female gryphal softens and cares for any child in need of her care. Despite their natural lack of suitability for combat, a female gryphal will fiercely defend any smaller and/or weaker creature that has triggered her maternal instincts. Only preserving herself for her own full nest would drive a female gryphal to abandon a child in danger or need of any sort. And while they are so focused on children, no instance of pedophilia has ever been committed by a female gryphal.
Now this all seems pleasant and very pretty doesn't it? I believe it is time to step into the dark side of female gryphal. Since they were created to be breeding stock, their dark creator decided to make sure they had no choice but to mate and thus created their bodies to be lethally dependent on a specific enzyme only released after the body receives semen after sexual activity. One sexual encounter releases enough to last for thirty days. This creates the infamous gryphal cycle. If they do not mate within thirty days, their body will begin to rapidly weaken and deteriorate over the course of two weeks until death. an herb was discovered on another world that has been found to extend this cycle by up to fourteen days. The twisted nature of their dark creator and this lethal enforcement of his will upon them created a deep resentment amongst the female gryphal. Their subtle quiet actions were quite instrumental in his downfall. As they have different personalities, some female gryphal struggle against this biological chain of forced sexual activity while still others embrace it with every bit of enjoyment and unfiltered glee. it is not unusual for an unattached female gryphal to have several male gryphons keeping themselves in close proximity to take advantage of her cycle in hopes of claiming her biological needs as a prize. Most males see them as people, but many they would be forced to interact with see them as objects of enjoyment and conquest, causing a great many female gryphal to distrust males in general. Bisexuality is not uncommon amongst their numbers for this very reason as they often find solace and love in one another before they trust the sincerity of any male attempting to court them. While many would be if it were possible, the cycle prevents true homosexuality for female gryphal, they simply must have a male on a regular basis. many gryphal relationships are often very strained based on the subject of the cycle.
Socially speaking, many females view female gryphal as easy harlots and mindless bimbos, while this couldn't be further from the truth. Before they were intended as breeding stock, female gryphal were meant to specialize in combat magic, causing mage gift to be fifty percent more common in their numbers than in other species. However, they were able to hide their gifts from their master and make him believe the endeavor was a failure. He seen no reason to alter their naturally sharp minds and learning advantages. This does not mean that female gryphal are naturally geniuses, it just means they are simply not stupid by any means.
This is the female gryphal, I do hope you like them. There are deeper details regarding history and modern places in life that I am more than willing to answer if one wished to ask.
