Griffin

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> *"A question I ask myself every day." - Griffin*
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**Griffin** is the main character of the Compass Project series, first appearing in Sirocco. She is an avio who has lost her wings, but still retains the phantom limb sensations of their presence.

She is also an Amethyst Elite who was demoted from the rank of Diamond, before the events of Sirocco and has been working hard to be reinstated as a Diamond once again. She is also formerly part of Project Mistral.

## Appearance

*"They never said blue isn't a natural colour for Avios."*

Griffin has olive skin, dyed indigo-blue hair, held back in a ponytail usually, yellow eyes with blue around the pupil, and a scar running from her hairline down through her left eyebrow and eye, to her jaw. There is also a scar on her neck and lip. She also has some freckles.

#### **Synth Features**

From the concept art, she has dark blue-black feathers that go across her cheeks, neck and shoulders with some yellow and white markings. Her feathering covers most of her body, including her torso, stomach, and thighs.

In Sirocco, it is stated that her wings have been removed, leaving deep scars into her back which are still very sensitive and tender. Even though her wings are missing, she still retains her tail feathers though she has plucked them substantially to just a short 'hen's-rump' of yellow feathers.

In Gregale, it is shown that Griffin's natural hair colour changes with temperature, and that she has opposable thumb-toes that she can utilise like hands but hides them. When it is hot, her hair at the roots becomes blonde to white, and when it is cooler, it becomes dark brown to black.

## Personality

Griffin is a proud and highly protective individual, who throws herself all in when she finds a cause worth defending and investigating, standing by her guns (both figuratively and literally) to make sure that the job is done properly as an Amethyst. She is highly stubborn and tenacious, and resents being given orders that go against her Amethyst code of disarming over killing and giving all those arrested the right to a fair trial, and will talk back to superior officers if she disagrees with their demands.

It's shown that she has a tendency to overthink, and has to stop herself before she gets carried away or gets distracted from the situation. She also does her best to compartmentalise and lock away any triggering memories that might compromise her, but this doesn't always work. When she gets overwhelmed she becomes unable to talk.

When she is stuck on a problem she will write things down and lay out all of the steps and things she needs to know to better organise her thoughts.

## History

Griffin's history is as of yet, not fully known, but there is mention that she originally comes from a former Aura project called Mistral.

#### **Mistral**

Not much has yet been revealed about Griffin's time in Mistral, however at some point she was moved to a safe location and put into the care of who Griffin calls Lady. Lady appeared to own an apartment and synths (Lapins) and was not tolerant of Griffin's behaviour and appeared to be highly jealous and envious of Griffin's wings and their appearance. During her stay, the events of Broken Arrow occurred and Lady took it upon herself to remove Griffin's wings for herself.

#### **ARCDA Training**

Griffin makes mention that she had some former Amethyst team mates called Swift, Petrel, Rainier, and Haulier, but they were never close.

She was dragged back to the Diamond dispatch bunker by Nico and Mykonos, and argued with the Major and Commander on her behaviour. It is not fully understood yet as to what happened, but after this event she was demoted back down to an Amethyst rank and has since been on parole.

#### **Sirocco**

In Sirocco, Griffin is first introduced during a mission where she has to take out a target that is at a party in an apartment over 2km from her position. During this, Nico teases her that he can do her job for her if its too hard, to which she then takes the shot and escapes before the sound can draw too much attention. After this she regroups with Nico at their field base where she is instructed to return to the Ozarks Bunker for a new briefing after she complains that she isn't a Sapphire and resents having to take assassination jobs.

#### Gregale

During Gregale, Griffin meets Eve Mira who was pulled in to judge the case of the Sirocco sisters and granted them permission to continue living where they were all placed, however she does request that Griffin join Gregale. Though she says that it is for Griffin to take care of her son, it is also to try and compensate her for her lost wings.

## Abilities

* **Sharpshooter**

Griffin carries a Fénix model semiautomatic pistol that she has modified to her own preferences. She is an exceptionally good shooter, capable of using a sniper rifle to perform a head shot at over 2 kilometres in the wind and rain, though her preferred style is quickfire. She has very good aim when it comes to shooting at hands, with her intentions usually being to disable rather than kill.

* **Endurance**

Griffin regularly runs and can fight tirelessly for a long time, even when starving and with a lack of sleep.

* **Barometer and Gyroscope**

In Gregale, when flying, Griffin displays an innate awareness of how high she is flying, where north, is and what the weather is changing to.

* **Siren (Suspected)**

According to Dr Aryan Kane, Griffin has an undiscovered ability he calls Siren which makes people obey what she tells them to do. Griffin has her doubts about this ability being real.

## Relationships

* Nico

Griffin's relationship with Nico is complicated. He has known her the longest and often treats her as though she needs protecting and babysitting. In Sirocco she tolerates it but when she finds out that he has been lying to try and control what happens to her she looses a lot of respect and patience for him. In Gregale this is almost completely extinguished when he starts ordering her about and grabs her.

* IO

Griffin finds IO sweet and adorable although initially she is very cautious of IO as as far as Griffin is concerned, IO was a feral. After this Griffin has a sense of protectiveness over her.

* San

Though initially the two fought, Griffin understands San is just protective and passionate about everything.

* Xavier

Despite their opposing roles, Xavier and Griffin get along well with one another. Xavier recognises that Griffin is just doing her job, and Griffin is curious as to why Xavier is unlike other CETUS Preternaturals.

* Mykonos

Her former handler from when she first became an Amethyst, Griffin has a great deal of respect for Mykonos, even if she doesn't always agree with his decision or behaviour. He is her voice of reason even when he is not there.

* Mr Ludlow

Mr Ludlow is a prominent figure in Griffin's life as he is responsible for her rescue and placement in Core, however she has a deep fear of him which goes as far as him appearing as a hallucination when she's afraid. This stems from a fear of being returned to Mistral or moved elsewhere.

##### **Gregale Team**

* Cinta
* Immortal
* Westwind
* Faraday
* Sweet
* King

##### **Former Team**

Her former Amethyst team mates were called Swift, Petrel, Rainier, and Haulier. She doesn't miss them, and narrates for Haulier "if she ever saw him again, he would require immediate medical assistance."

## Gallery

2023 Version of GriffinGriffin with both plucked feathers and a more natural lookConcept ArtConcept Art Griffin 2017
## Quotes

* "I've a high-calibre rifle in my hands. I'll do more than just break your heart if you don't shut up."
* "If I'm going to be utilised as an Amethyst, I need investigatory reconnaissance work, not assassination work. I'm not a Sapphire, and I do not need a babysitter on every mission."
* "You keep *helping*, and I'll start *punching*."
* "You are not a feral. Use your words."

## Trivia

* In older concept art, Griffin had no feathers anywhere than other on her back, and lacked the ear-tufts of canonical Avios. She also had a tattoo across her face below her eyes.
* She is the first Amethyst Elite shown in the series.
* The name Griffin comes directly from the mythological creature, griffin, because she liked the mythology behind it.
* Her former name was Fairy.
* She has PTSD and Anxiety, and does her best to maintain it and keep it under control but it does slip sometimes.
* T.Hearts strongly associates the song *Hawk Eyes* by The Kicks with Griffin
	+ *Eagle eye, feather light /Razor sharp just like a knife /Systematic, post traumatic /Girl is on the fly /Breathe in let it out /Taste your heart and spit it out /Face down in the dirt /Fall in love she'll make it hurt*

* The colour theme for Griffin is Blue and Yellow.

## References

1. ↑ T.Hearts / Blue-Hearts Compass Series Gallery
2. ↑ *Hawk Eyes,* The Kicks

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