Griffon

Griffons are carnivorous creatures with the head, front legs, and wings of an eagle and the body and back legs of a lion.

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.

Actions
Griffons can attack with both their beak and their claws.

Known s
Zerxus Ilerez has a griffon companion and mount named Tempus, who is purple and patterned with constellations.

Vox Machina were attacked by a griffon-rider and their griffon while traveling via skyship over the Ozmit Sea. Griffon riders are trained in Rastum Den by the military of the Dwendalian Empire, and the Mighty Nein noticed them overhead in Rexxentrum during a suspected attack from the Kryn Dynasty.

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