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This lovely beast I've been drawing for almost ten years finally got a watercolor picture of her! The matriarch of the hrionieten, a wingless distant cousin to griffins, is as old as the ice that layers the land she oversees. She and her population of lesser hrionieten have lived comfortably in the fortress that is the glacier caves since the ice dragons fled their home. They are the top predator in the land they inhabit.
Their relations to griffins is seen in their wickedly hooked beak and sharp talons, although they've developed large fangs from their lower jaw and only have two talons to each forearm, wit her three on their feet. They have feathers, and they're soft upon hatching, but cold and moisture shapes their feathers over time into sharp protrusions capable of harming others (and sometimes themselves).

Description
This lovely beast I've been drawing for almost ten years finally got a watercolor picture of her! The matriarch of the hrionieten, a wingless distant cousin to griffins, is as old as the ice that layers the land she oversees. She and her population of lesser hrionieten have lived comfortably in the fortress that is the glacier caves since the ice dragons fled their home. They are the top predator in the land they inhabit.
Their relations to griffins is seen in their wickedly hooked beak and sharp talons, although they've developed large fangs from their lower jaw and only have two talons to each forearm, wit her three on their feet. They have feathers, and they're soft upon hatching, but cold and moisture shapes their feathers over time into sharp protrusions capable of harming others (and sometimes themselves).