The Scarlet Griffin

The Scarlet Griffin is the titular artifact and the MacGuffin of the In Search of the Scarlet Griffin series. It was carved out of ruby and given magical abilities by the priests of Nisipoulis island, to honour the griffin, the local people worshipped. It has the power to create, but also destroy. However, it can only be used by people who are good, or possess the four traits of the mythical griffin - courage, valour, wisdom and persistence.
== History ==
=== Ancient times ===
The Scarlet Griffin was carved out of ruby around 3000 BCE to honour the griffin that led the inhabitants of Nisipoulis to a part of the island perfect to settle and grow crops on. The local priests blessed the figure and gave it magical abilities, so it could be used to defend their city.
With time, the stories about The Griffin circled the ancient world and many people were interested about it, including Garmatrol, who got to Nisipoulis sometime after 2400 BCE and managed to steal the idol from its temple. However, he couldn't possess its power, as he didn't meet the needed parameters. In result, he lost a half of his right arm and eventually got additional spikes growing on it.
Eventually, one of the locals had enough of the invaders seeking The Griffin's power and used it against them. Though he had good intentions, he also didn't have the four needed traits and thus he destroyed both the enemies and his city. Since then, the figure was forgotten and the Nisipoulis island was in ruins.
=== In Search of the Scarlet Griffin ===
The Scarlet Griffin became the main point of Jenny Brown's new mission in 2018. However, BSoD's Gang also took interest in it and decided to get the information about the idol from Jenny, by ultimately kidnapping her. As a result of her notifying Phil about her fate, Spyman's Cosmos also got involved in the search, as well as freeing Jenny. Ultimately, the following events landed BSoD's Gang and Spymankiller, who separated from his friends, on the Nisipoulis island. After defeating him, the villains forced Spy to get The Scarlet Griffin out of its cave, which he reluctantly did.
After getting through many difficult traps, Spy finally arrived in the main chamber, in front of the idol itself. He slowly approached it, with an intention of grabbing it, but after thinking about how powerful it was, Spy started to be tempted to use it against BSoD and the rest. He was gradually becoming corrupted and seemingly heard The Griffin speaking to him. At last, he got out of it and managed to get the idol before anything happened. He then wondered whether the artifact really spoke or it was just his mind and then asked himself how to get out of the room.
Eventually, Spy came back with the idol and was forced to activate its power, as the villains figured he was a good person, unlike them, in spite of Spyman thinking otherwise. However, after reciting the spell, nothing happened and right after that, Spy's friends showed up for the final battle. BSoD still managed to lay his hands on The Griffin though and activated it himself successfully, as due to not being a human person, he managed to skip the required conditions and become a powerful scarlet titan, who then created an army of constructs, that were copies of BSoD's Gang members. After a huge battle, during which the Cosmos were joined by the rest of their friends, the main four was able to get The Griffin and activate it as well, because as Phil noticed, each one of them possessed one of the four required traits. It worked out and they became another Scarlet Griffin titan, which was a merge of all of them. Together, they defeated Blue Screen and once again won. 
Following the showdown, Arthur took The Scarlet Griffin to Phalanx, which then handed it to the CPA, who locked it down in one of their secret warehouses. The artifact has remained there ever since.
=== The Thunder ===
It was briefly mentioned by General Stefanson during his interview on television, when he said he called Dr Saturn.
== Appearances ==
# In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 1/5 (mentioned)
# In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 2/5 (mentioned)
# The Thunder (mentioned)
# In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 3/5 (mentioned)
# In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 4/5
# In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 5/5
# Wish Upon a Clock 1/3
== Trivia ==
* At one point, during the initial development of the series in 2018, it was supposed to be called The Emerald Griffin.
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