"So you seek Gryphons? I wasted my youth chasing their legend and you want me to help you do the same? What makes you believe they still exist? Obsessions carry a heavy price, my young friend, and it is not a debt which can be rescinded. Take care or a day will come when you realize you have wasted your life chasing ghosts. Gryphons were extremely powerful and even in death they can reach out from the grave and take your life, if you let them. Be sure. Be very sure. Time did not turn backwards for the Gryphon. You can be assured it will not do so for you."

"Old and toothless though I may be, know that I have never seen a Gryphon nor met anyone who I believed to have done so. The age of the Gryphon ended long ago. All that remains of them are contradictory legends, shrouded in myth. Sit and put yourself at ease. I will tell you all that I know for a price..."

"Gryphon were once quite common. They were an extremely powerful beast with the head of an Eagle and the body of a Lion. Lord of the earth and the sky above, Gryphon were the one beast no man could tame. Gryphon always came in pairs. Being monogamous creatures which mated for life, Gryphon would defend one another, to the death, even in the face of impossible odds. If a Gryphon died, its mate was soon to follow."

"As the world grew smaller, the Gryphon disappeared from memory. Some legends hold that the Gryphon were savage predators and that mankind ruthlessly exterminated them. Other accounts say the Gryphon died of disease and starvation during a great drought. Still others maintain that the Gryphon were the defenders of the divine and, disgusted with man's inhumanity to man, abandoned us to destroy one another."

"There is no way to know the true fate of the Gryphon. Perhaps they thrive somewhere beyond our reach. Perhaps the last of these majestic beasts has long since turned to dust. I know only that they are now immortal and exist in the boundless realm of our imagination. As you depart, know that it is unlikely we shall meet again, in this life. Heed the warning of an old man and be wary of what you seek, for you may find it..."