This is funnier than it should be, at least to me, it's kinda unfortunate and a little sad for the Quozl, yet at the same time it is pretty funny.

He doesn't HAVE to eat, the spells that bind him to the tower and his own nature mean he can go for centuries without eating if need be. Something has to done with intruder's bodies, though. And since he doesn't like to leave them lying around to rot, living or dead, down they go.

One of my fave chars of yours, a straight out Lawful Good that only devours those that give him no other choice.

His tower might be interesting to visit tho. Bet he has aome stories to tell.

I have an increasing number of preds who are nice but just happen to sometimes eat people. Maybe I am getting soft in my old age. 83

He does have this very.... interesting... symbiotic relationship with Goldfeather. He gets a periodic meal, Goldfeather gets to dispose of his more troublesome offspring, it's a win for everyone - but said offspring.

He isn't the only beneficiary of the gryphon's relaxed attitude toward parenting. Hialfi has eaten a gryphon or two and probably Thistlefur and Clack the copper dragon as well. The "four" are obvious targets if you mean to send your son on what he doesn't realize is a suicide mission.

That is pretty cool that and I fully understand that, though gryphons must ha e an odd taste to them.

It's also worth noting that he doesn't eat every intruder, just the bad ones or the ones too dangerous to merely chase away. If kids from the nearby town snuck in they wouldn't get a new feathery snakeskin outfit, for instance. 83

Aww -hugs the feathery floof- What a good boy. =D

He wouldn't need to, and being LG wouldn't want to. All he'd probably have to do is phase in behind them, solidify, and hiss, "BOO" and they'd show themselves out in record time. 🤣

typical kids once they find a nice hangout gut they never leave

More gryphon vore please!

...Top tier parenting from Goldfeather.

Like lion prides, there is only room for so many male gryphons. The ones who stay and are likely to try to overthrow him have to be dealt with somehow. Occasionally he eats them himself.

Oh. *Insert "Fine, I'll do it myself." meme.*

This isn't out of character for birds of prey in RL, actually. While they won't go so far as cannibalism, the moment they reach a certain point of maturity, their parents see them only as rivals and drive them from their territories, and if they refuse to go or want to stay and fight, they WILL kill them. Birds of prey are very protective parents, but they also aren't sentimental about their grown offspring. At all.

As Strega said, lions do this as well, because the pride has room for exactly one (1) mature male lion. Any others are rivals and intruders, to be driven off or (if necessary) killed.

Oh what a wonderful pred~!

I see a strange gem in the background.

The floating gem is keyed to one Goldfeather has. It's the magical equipment of a hotline.

It looks just like the strange gem boxes in Skyrim.

I don't remember those at all. I haven't played Skyrim in a long while.

I like teasing big gryphon studs in my snake coils also when I am a snake. X3
I mean giving the ma reason to squirm ^^

Cute snake creature I wonder if one of my characters could hang out with him. Those books look like they would be really interesting to read.