Gryphon

Gryphons have the body of a black panther, and the face and feet of a raven. Their eyes are beady red and they have a long sharp beak.

The Son of Neptune
Hazel sees a gryphon in a cage when the group is captured by the Amazons. A large group of gryphons attack the train Frank, Percy, and Hazel are traveling on. When Percy is carried away by one, Frank shoots it with an arrow and Percy falls in the nest. Frank also uses his last charge of his spear to make Gray defend the people on the train. While in the nest, Percy holds them off by threatening to crush their eggs. They escape by hiding under a large northern giant who becomes annoyed by the gryphons and freezes them with his breath.

Abilities

 * Gryphons can fly at high speeds
 * Their beaks, claws and talons are extremely sharp
 * They have a sleek and stealthy design, so they are fast and sneaky

Trivia

 * Gryphons lay golden eggs and seem to collect objects that look golden.
 * Percy thought a Gryphon looked like a lion with wings.
 * An Egyptian Gryphon appears in the Kane Chronicles, it has slight differences.
 * Gryphon are present in many mythologies, since Egyptian until modern.
 * It has still continued to be a favored decorative theme in Archaic and Classical Greek art.