Gryphon Cliffs

Gryphon Cliffs is a narrow rocky canyon many feet up into the air located in the far southern region of the continent. A deep river home to eels and colorful fish runs at the bottom of the ravine between the clustered cliff faces where the largest population of gryphons in Bahlmorea make their nests and mating grounds.

Jungle trees and vines grow on the sides of these cliffs, but at the top of these plateaus are just bare uneven rock and often the place of fighting and breeding for the dozens of gryphons that live here.

It's dangerous not only because of slippery rocks and extreme heights, but also because of the gryphons, who tend to be very protective of their young when threatened. Males are also aggressive and would lash out at anything that poses a threat to it.

However, gryphon eggs are more valuable than gold so it's often a customary ritual for young tribesmen and women to steal a gryphon's egg from its parents. Many don't survive needless to say. Those who do go on to raise the gryphons themselves.