VincentASM Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 This is kind of trivial, but have people ever wondered where griffins suddenly came from in the world of Awakening? About 2000 years, during Marth's time, we never saw any griffins, except maybe on a country's national flag. I suppose you could ask the same question about the Taguel and we don't really have an answer for that either (except as a possible descendant of the Laguz). Although I did notice something minor when looking at the Griffon Knight concept art in the the Knights of Iris artbook... This will be obvious to some people, but griffins are half lion and half eagle creatures. Meanwhile, lions and eagles (well, hawks, but apparently they're close enough according to the developers) feature in FE9/10. Is it possible the Lion and Hawk Laguz somehow "evolved" and then devolved into griffins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icon of Sin Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Must've taken a pretty heavy night of drinking for Tibarn to get with Skrimir. Jokes aside, I'm actually surprised they didn't bring back the Wyvern Knight class instead, even if that one didn't make much sense either. A draconic mage class could've been interesting too. It's also pretty filler in terms of stats. Bases are nicely balanced and caps are essentially Bow Knight + 5 Defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Considering the Outrealm Gate, I wouldn't be surprised if griffons were "imported" from another dimension. Though as far as local theorizing goes... maybe natural evolution, someone playing mix-and-match with animals, or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Must've taken a pretty heavy night of drinking for Tibarn to get with Skrimir. Jokes aside, I'm actually surprised they didn't bring back the Wyvern Knight class instead, even if that one didn't make much sense either. A draconic mage class could've been interesting too. It's also pretty filler in terms of stats. Bases are nicely balanced and caps are essentially Bow Knight + 5 Defense. looooooooooooooooooooooooool but seriously, I guess I haven't really thought much about it... or used Griffin Riders. Maybe it is some kinda evolution/devolution of laguz....but to become mounted creatures? I dunno.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Emblem Fan Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Maybe they've just always been there and were never used by soldiers until now. *Shrugs* I bet it was just the developers wanting a new mount in the game and didn't think of an origin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renall Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Is there any reference to them in the script at all? Wyverns get mentioned plenty in Cherche and Gerome's supports and dialogue, but I don't recall a single mention of a griffon anywhere, ever. Maybe if there'd been a character whose base class was Griffon Rider we would've gotten some actual lore around them, but not even an enemy uses it as their baseline class. Edited May 16, 2013 by Renall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eefara Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I really have no idea. I don't even think they're used that widely by enemies in the game anyway, right? Maybe they're just naturally scarce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perlia Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Griffons are mentioned by Sumia in the Barracks/Event Tiles when asked about her dream. Supposedly they're pretty rare, since she always wanted to try fortune telling with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinigo Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I don't recall them explaining where wyverns originated from either... LET THE FAN THEORY FLOODGATES FALL DOWN AND RELEASE THE TIDES OF THEORISTS TO RAIN DOWN ON US. MWAHAHAHAHAH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book of Ereshkigal Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Wyverns are at least related to the Manakete, IIRC, if the wyvernstone is indicative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raine Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Well, when a daddy eagle and a mommy horse are extreeeeeeaaaaaaaaamly in love...~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I don't know if it was changed in the remake, but in the original Mystery of the Emblem, it was stated they were actually degenerated dragons. This is apparent since if you examine the Flying Dragons, you'll see they are indeed the same as the mounts, just without the armor and rider of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 (edited) Can we say they (The Griffins) flew from Zenobia? Because that would connect FE with Ogre Battle. One of my favorite series ever. Edited May 17, 2013 by Jedi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadykid Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Well, when a daddy eagle and a mommy horse are extreeeeeeaaaaaaaaamly in love...~ oh hi there Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raine Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 nya hahahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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