@draconicthorns || Continued from: [x]
The word falls from the exalt’s lips barely at a whisper, as he glances back at the princess’s mount, staring the creature deep in its crimson eyes as he contemplates the naming of the breed; ‘revenant’-- it is a word that he has come across in passing, but only by way of old texts, and the occurrences themselves were rare. Each were consistent, though; one raised from the dead to haunt the living. Perhaps such a name is fitting, if the creatures truly were born without heartbeats.
He stiffens slightly at the princess’s chuckling, feeling the hairs at the back of his neck standing on end; for reasons he cannot place, Anri finds himself intimidated by the woman before him, in spite of the advantages he would have against her on the battlefield should they ever come to blows-- she primarily wields an axe, and Falchion would no doubt make short work of her mount. And yet...
...She is dangerous. Perhaps she could be useful.
“...I have read reports, in my homeland, of veteran wyvern riders mounted upon a creature far different from any wyvern; the body of a lion, with the head, talons and wings of a bird of prey. They are called griffons, and all texts mentioning them only do so in a mythological or otherwise fictional sense-- no historical records of them exist, even in reference to ancient conflicts. They are a complete enigma. You would not happen to be familiar with such a creature, would you?”