Glaive the Tyrant By Coelacanth0794 Watch

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Prior to the unification of the Griffons by King Grover, the Griffons were more tribal and semi-nomadic, settling where there was more glittering gold, eager to find and clutch as many trinkets and baubles as they were able to. Leaders eventually rose to create order and law among these groups, and oftentimes these tribes clashed against each other in the hopes of taking the other's loot. Over time, some leaders became more corrupt by greed, which was rampant among the groups of Griffons, and became more akin to dictators and tyrants than benevolent leaders.



Glaive rose to leadership when he was fairly young and ruled his group with an iron fist, along with the weapon he had claimed for himself and gave his namesake. His real name has been forgotten to time, and all that is known is the brutality he led in pursuit of artifacts and golden bits. He was eventually brought down and killed by a (temporary) alliance between two other Griffon tribes. The unification by King Grover, a previous tribe leader who encountered the Idol of Boreas, happened approximately 86 years after Glaive was extinguished.



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More of a sort of overglorified doodle on this one. I liked the idea of a historical tyrannical griffon figure a la Genghis Khan or even Joseph Stalin, though that's a looser connection.

I was tossing up whether this should go in scraps but I already did digital cleanup so I'm putting it in my main gallery.

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Published : Mar 5, 2017