Griffon

Griffons, or griffins, are carnivorous creatures with the head, front legs, and wings of an eagle and the body and back legs of a lion. They are related to the hippogriffs.

Appearance
Griffons have a body in roughly the shape of a lion or other quadruped, but their front halves are feathered and their front legs are an eagle's talons. They have an eagle's head and wings. Their back halves are covered in fur and appear as the hindquarters of a lion.

Abilities
Griffons have advantage on sight-based Perception checks and can attack with both their beak and their claws.

Distribution and domestication
After the Chroma Conclave was defeated, Fort Daxio's Gale Regiment tamed a variety of griffons, hippogriffs, and wyverns to ward against airborne threats.

There has been a population of griffins near Zephrah at least since 789 PD.

Between 812 PD and 836 PD, poachers frequent into the Summit Peaks to slay all the parents and steal griffon eggs, leading them to extinction.

Soldiers of the Kryn Dynasty tamed ash-gray griffons of the Xhorhas for the military purposes and clad them with armor.

Rastum Den, a Dwendalian encampment on the edge of the Pearlbow Wilderness, breeds and trains military griffons for Righteous Brand riders. One of their divisions patrol the sky's of Rexxentrum.

Exandria Unlimited
During the Age of Arcanum, Zerxus Ilerez had a griffon companion and mount named Tempus, who was purple and patterned with constellations.

Campaign 1: Vox Machina
When Keyleth was a child she found a male baby griffin that got separated from his mom. The half-elf captured the creature and tucked him up under her shirt.

At some point before 807 PD a team of poachers had two young griffins among the beasts they had captured. When Vex'ahlia attacked the poachers in their camp and found Trinket, she also freed the griffins, that run away to the forest.

On their mission to deliver a Horn of Orcus to safety in the Platinum Sanctuary in Vasselheim, Kima of Vord and Vox Machina boarded a skyship named Deera to travel over the Ozmit Sea. During the voyage, the ship was attacked by a group of bandits riding a griffon and three wyverns. While flying up and over the edge of the Deera, an already heavily wounded griffon was pierced by a crossbow bolt from a guard, sending it off the side of the ship to slowly find itself embraced by the ocean waves.

Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein
To ease the search for the Chantry of the Dawn and Yasha, Caleb Polymorphed himself into a giant eagle and, taking Nott, launched into the air. However, they were immediately spotted by three griffon riders who give chase. Caleb dropped the spell, safely landed himself and Nott using Feather Fall, and distracted the remaining one who managed to kept up with their actions. Nott, using Phantasmal Force, convinced the rider that his griffon was running away.

Trivia
Vess DeRogna has a griffon-shaped door-knocker.