My character for the DA gryphon group Windsonde ( http://www.windsonde.deviantart.com ) is now complete (well, except for the juvenile markings, but I don't have enough time). I know most people think seagulls to be the 'rats of the sky' as it were, but growing up on an island myself, I hold a lot of liking toward them and personal connection. From what I have seen of them, I find it almost hard to believe that Great Black-Backs are the largest gulls in the world oO. Strange!

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Aery Name: Twistoult
Character Name: Augi
Character Species Combination: Great Black-Backed Gull/Domestic Cat (Larus marinus/Felis catus )
Rank: Young Gryphon
Gender: Male
Character Personality:

Augi is almost your typical Great Black-Back: opportunistic, and quite the bully when it comes to anyone else finding food when he knows about it - if the victim is smaller or weaker, or sometimes even when they aren't, he will attack them until they relinquish their catch, often forcing them to regurgitate their prize. He tends to be relatively simplistic in nature, often more than content to ride the currents and be on the lookout for a hapless crab than to catch up on the day's juicy gossip. He will often tease his food if it is still alive, almost to the point of torture, and he especially loves ripping off the legs of crustaceans for no real reason at all. He will also drop molluscs from as high a height as he can, often making a game of it where his friends can participate if they so choose.

Augi tends to be rather suspicious of other gryphons at first, but if he is in a good mood, he can make friends with others, usually being other larids and seabirds due to their commonality. It will be a rare circumstance where he will actually go into deeper conversations with his peers, but when he does, many times his friends are jarred to the point of alienation by his poetic and deep musings on the natural world around him (even the crabs that he tortures). All that time alone in his surroundings has to culminate into something, right?


Character and art © Stephanie Dziezyk/LeccathuFurvicael 2010. Do not redistribute, copy, alter, etc., any portion of this image without personal and direct permission from the artist.