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It’s been a long time since I done this, but we got a bunch of new members so I thought I’d do this, and also go a bit into how can the grifix owners contribute to the lore of the grifixverse 

But first let’s talk a bit about some random lore of the divided grifix!

The Sky Burial

I’m still unsure about the ways the Everfree Village and the Lost Tribe bury the dead, but I know exactly what the divided grifix do!

The Grifix live their life taking from nature and from other animals. Any dead body will help another survive. No corpse goes to waste in the gorge, there is always something that will prosper from the dead. Why should the grifix dead be any different? The Divided Grifix take the deceased ones to a high place with a ceremony, and after that they leave the corpse there, covered in whatever flowers they can find in the rocky gorge. If it’s winter, they put rocks they find pretty on the corpse, and a bit of snow, but they don’t cover it. After that they leave, so the vultures and other animals can gather and feed from the corpse. This way, after taking from nature their whole life, they return what they can back to it, as a way of thanking the world for allowing them to live so far.

You may recognize this practice from the Tibetan buddhists, I always found it such an interesting practice. And I believe it fits the divided grifix very well  (though it’s not exactly the same)

The Camp of the Divided Grifix and the Cave Paintings

I went a bit into how the camp of the divided grifix looks, but I’d like to clarify a bit, especially the cave part, since I never drew it completely.

The Camp is mostly a round area, surrounded by tall walls. Some areas are climbable, allowing the grifix to go up the walls (reminder that a lot of divided Grifix don’t have wings, so they aren’t all capable of flight). On one side, the walls don’t close, leaving a part where they can easily walk out. On the opposite side, there’s a cave. The cave entrance goes somehow laterally, and it’s not very big. Exactly opposite of the wall opening there is Nebula’s tombstone, close to the cave entrance, small colorful flag garlands hanging over it. From the cave there is a small spring flowing out. It’s really small, you can easily step over it and it doesn’t even have to be a big step. It flows from the cave out the wall opening, cutting the camp in two. It’s a good source of water, and it flows throughout the year, rarely ever drying. On the walls of the cave there are cave paintings, done by Grifix throughout the ages. Most of them are paintings of Mother, but there are also paintings of Milky Way, Andromeda, Thunder and sometimes Wolf. Mother is portrayed as the main goddess, of death, Milky Way the secondary goddess, of life. Andromeda is the main antagonist of their mythology, but Milky Way is also often portrayed as a negative character. Thunder is a secondary goddess, her persona being connected to the tree of the universe, being somehow a goddess of faith and destiny, but that doesn’t play a very big role in their culture. Wolf is pretty forgotten in their mythology. He does exist, but his persona is mainly ignored and rarely drawn on the walls. All the stories and paintings originated from Wolf, who decided to paint images of Nebula on the cave walls, and then his son, who decided to paint all his family. However, the stories got altered with the generations, even forgotten sometimes. The Grifix tried to come up with an explanation for the images, so they godified the characters in the pictures, thus creating their own mythology.

PS: there are also crystals deeper in the cave!

Here’s a little illustration of Nebula’s tomb I did a while ago. The cave is right behind those rocks, you can enter from the left, hope this makes it clear eno

Now these are all the lore crumbs I have for now! 

But as always, I am always looking for suggestions, ideas, questions or anything that can help expand the lore! There is no way I could’ve come up with all the grifixverse lore on my own. So I’m telling this to everybody, and especially new owners (cause they might bring some fresh stuff), if you have any lore ideas, questions, anything! Please ask. It helps so much with developing the species! Any random question, even if you don’t find it important, can lead to a lot of new stuff! So don’t be shy! I’m always looking for new traditions, legends, holidays for the Grifix, so these are a few of the things you could come up with! Also, I’m reminding all of you that this is the easiest way to earn rights for the species: helping me expand the lore!

But please, ask any of these things on the discord server, it may bring more people into the discussion.

Now that is all for now, see you next time, and have some wonderful holidays!

This has been first posted on Amino. All the information here will be uploaded on the site eventually, this is just for archive purposes.
Date: 12/25/21

Hello again! Today I’ll be introducing officially a bunch of new traits that have been actually used before, and also clarify some old ones! I’ll start with the clarifications, leaving the best for the last ^^

1. Spiky hair?

This has kinda been ignored a few times, even by me... but I think I have a better explanation than the old one for this.

Basically, what I meant from the beginning, was that the Grifix have a different hair texture than the ponies. The pony hair is a lot like the human hair, being somehow silky, while the Grifix hair has a texture closer to wool. It has much thinner and dense hairs. This makes it harder to keep untangled so they usually keep it shorter, and naturally it’s not very curly and rather spiky. But there can be exceptions ^^

2. Winter coat

I first introduced this trait hoping that it would get the Grifix protected on Equestria Amino, but that didn’t happen. I kept the winter coat as a thing up till now but people pretty much ignored it and tbh I didn’t quite like it so much myself.

So, from now on, this’ll be an epic trait.

Specifically, all grifix get thicker fur during the winter, but they don’t change it’s colors. If a grifix has this trait, not only do they get thicker fur during the winter, but they also change their fur colors to an animal pattern.

If you want your grifix to have this trait, from now on you’ll have to include it in their reference.

3. Goat nose

This is just a pretty basic trait. It’s Epic. The Grifix would just have a goat nose. You can see the example here:

4. Hair fluffs

This is a bit more complicated. The Grifix having this trait do not have hair at all. Instead, they have fluffs covering their head and tail. Those fluffs can’t grow very long and have the same color as the rest of the fluffs. If case the Grifix has a different fluff material, the hair fluffs also have that material. So it can look like they have feather, cloud, smoke etc. hair. But those are actually fluffs.

Examples for this trait on characters (cause some characters already have it):

Has the legendary version

Has the legendary version, but with feathers

 

5. Sphirix constellation

In this trait the sphirix has a constellation inside. This is a legendary trait.

Example:

Art by kazoowary

That’s all! There might be a while until I’ll update these traits in the traits wiki, so sorry about that... anyway, see you next time ^^

This has been first posted on Amino. All the information here will be uploaded on the site eventually, this is just for archive purposes.
Date: 01/23/21

In the Tribe, there are Grifix with animal names and grifix with plant names... but what about names of unliving things? Why is Soleila named... Soleila (meaning Sun)?

Well the answer to that is... there are grifix with names of unliving things, but they are neither Warriors or Healers! But they are all part of one ancient family, the Starfell Clan. But the story of this family is quite a complicate one and it will take us into some older questions about the Grifix, such as incest.

To begin with, the grifix from the Starfell Clan can only marry grifix from the Starfell Clan. Practically, incest. So now... how did this last for almost 2000 years? Why are they still... living and mostly healthy? Well as you might know, the Grifix breed through magic. They also live naturally in very small communities so incest doesn’t affect them as much. But still, they don’t practice it with their close relatives. It’s weird and they wouldn’t usually do it. So in conclusion to that, the Grifix are not affected by incest but it’s still mostly prohibited for them, out of moral matters.

Going back to our main subject, WHAT is the Starfell Clan?

They are an ancient family descending directly from The Butterfly First Warrior, Bluebell. They take pride in their pure blood and only breed with other Clan grifix. In the Tribe hierarchy, they would be under the healers but their blood legacy earns them a lot of respect. Even though they are neither warriors or healers, they do have a purpose and that is providing pure blood queens and serving the royals. Whenever a new king steps up, they will marry a female from the Starfell Clan, which has been raised especially for that. The other young females of the Clan become servants for the Queen and the Priestess. The Clan is so conservative, as they never show their face in front of a grifix from outside the Clan, excepting the Priestess. If someone else were to see their face, most of the Clan grifix would feel threatened and panic.

But what did the thousands years of incest do to this family? Well one effect is that they are usually more ill than other grifix and their immunity is not very strong. But there is one other effect, which only rarely pops up at the Clan grifix. Sometimes, a grifix is born with a special ability: seeing sphirix. It’s a rare ability but they never know how the tribe would react to it. Some grifix with this ability have been killed by the other grifix, some punished by the First Warriors for having too much power, while others learned to use this ability and rise through the Tribe hierarchy by pleasing the First Warriors. Most of them however... keep it a secret even to fellow Clan grifix.

Their symbol is the crowned eye, a symbol which is only worn by royalty in the Tribe.

You can see that the King, Queen and Yantarka have this sign on their mask

But what if a Clan grifix falls in love with a grifix who is not from the Clan?

Then they can choose to leave the Clan. They lose their legacy and become a warrior or a healer. They can still keep the crowned eye on their masks or outfits, and even their children can have it.

Unlike other parts of the hierarchy, they do not have a specific outfit, but they always wear something. You can take as example Rust:

That is pretty much all the info. Wanna make a grifix part of the Starfell Clan? That’s okay but keep in mind that the design and backstory will have to be approved by me, and if they’re not they’ll just become a warrior or healer. Unless you are a co-owner, it’s very unlikely that I will allow you to create one that has the ability to see the sphirix so don’t ask me about that.

The MYO is closed for now, but it’s very likely I will open it again at some point, so look forward to it!

That is all for today, see you soon with some other grifix lore updates!

This has been first posted on Amino. All the information here will be uploaded on the site eventually, this is just for archive purposes.
Date: 01/03/21

Oop it has been a while since the first update blog... well there are definitely more to come and some pretty big stuff I’m working on but for now I have an urgent update to make and also another minor one so I thought I’d dump em here together.

First,

Sphirix Trauma

As you all may know, the sphirix is actually the soul of the grifix, which takes shape using their magic. So when the soul is wounded (aka you gets a trauma), what happens to the sphrix? Well it gets wounded too! The wounds can be minor and heal as the trauma heals, or be permanent and then the sphirix ends up scared for life. This mostly happens in the case of childhood trauma, since those traumas are the most likely to stick and affect someone during their whole life.

And now the most important update,

The Tribe’s Scouts

The Grifix tribe is constantly traveling. They sometimes stick in one place for a few weeks, months or just a day. But mostly, they’re constantly traveling.

But where do they go? How do they know the road they will take is good?

Here is where the scouts come in!

Those are a few selected warriors that are the fastest and have the most stamina, being able to travel long distances fast and investigate the ground around the path they take. For those there’s almost no rest. When the tribe stops to rest, they have to go exploring to find the next route they will take, and they have to go until they find a good place for the tribe to camp the next night. Sometimes they go even further, planning the tribe’s route for the next weeks or even longer.

They’re used to not getting very much rest, and even in the case the tribe sticks in one place for longer they keep exploring. It’s quite hard for them to stick in one place.

Their armors are also much better for exploring than the other warriors’. This is how they look:

I’m sorry but I won’t make other bases for this outfit. If I’ll have to use it on another base in the future, I promise I’ll make the base first so it can be used by others too but I’m too tired to do this on more than one base.

Well this is pretty much all! Have a great day everyone ^^

This has been first posted on Amino. All the information here will be uploaded on the site eventually, this is just for archive purposes.
Date: 12/14/20

From now on I’ll do species updates in blogs like this, including a bunch of updates from different subjects.

Grifix Dreams

This is a new magic manifestation I’m introducing now. All this happens because of their magic flow.

When two grifix that have a strong bond sleep together or close to each other, they can have common dreams! This manifests like a single dream, in which they are both together.

However, this also depends on their state of mind, so if they need some alone time they don’t have this kind of dream.

Grifix Deities

The Grifix never had deities, for they worship their ancestors. But the Queens always played a very important role in the village, and even after their death, their soul will forever keep watch of the village. That’s how, he queens got to be something similar to gods for the grifix. Each king and queen in their history keeps watch of a part of their life. So here’s what each Queen and King is the “god” of:

Starla: Goddess of Day, Light, Sun, and everything that lies on the sky during the sun time.

The Forgotten: Goddess of Snow, Blizzards, Cold and Winter, but also of the home and family.

Umbra: God of Shadows, War and Nightmares.

Rosa: Goddess of Love, Friendship, Beauty and Nature.

Eclipsa: Goddess of Night, Moon and Traditions.

Selenara: Goddess of Stars and Dreams.

Please keep in mind that “God” and “Goddess” are not terms known and used by the grifix. They’re just for you to understand better what they represent ^^

Selenara is still alive, but it’s pretty clear what she will be the “deity” of. She has dreamwalking abilities, though not as strong as Luna’s. Unlike the ponies, the grifix are pretty much able to deal with nightmares themselves (like the humans). Still, Starla has the ability to enter grifix and other creatures dreams, and she can also influence them if needed.

Servants Jobs

This is really important, please read.

There are a couple of grifix that work in the castle and take care of the Queen. Those are the Castle Servants. But what do they do exactly? Well they’re split in a few categories:

CASTLE GUARDS - those are mostly warriors, more exactly guards. Supervisors usually are not sent to do this job. They don’t have this job all the time, only a few of them. All the warrior guards have an order in which they must go and guard the castle for a short period of time (a few weeks). This way there are always guards there to guard the Queen. Those keep watch of her room all night and day, and also patrol the castle. So they pretty much do what castle guards do.

THE CHEF - a grifix which makes food for the Queen and the servants (if you want your grifix to have this job, please pm me ^^ preferably not very young Grifix though.)

COOK HELPERS - grifix that help the chef with cooking.

HOUSEMAIDS - female grifix that keep the castle and everything clean, serve the food, prepare the Queen wardrobe etc.

THE QUEEN’S PERSONAL MAIDS - a few of the best and most loyal housemaids. They are always close to the Queen and she can call them anytime. They keep her personal room clean and bring her food in her room if needed. Help her prepare for the day, and all sorts of personal jobs. They are the closest grifix to the Queen and the only ones allowed to enter her room without permission or when she isn’t around.

LIBRARIAN - the castle has a very important library that contains all sorts of books and old grifix writings. A small section of the library is opened to the other grifix, but the biggest and most important part of it can only be accessed by the librarian, the Healers, Frozen Mountain and the Queen.

I’ll go more into this library in a future post. Also, please don’t create the librarian! I want to make her myself.

All the servants (except the guards, unless they are permanent ones) can live in the castle (they are given their own room), but are also free to live in the village if desired. While the servants are on duty, they all must wear the special feather ornaments which are the castle servants symbol.

The feathers can be any type of feathers, but the little wool balls are always the same colors.

If you want your grifix to be a castle servant, or already is but you want to clarify what exactly their job is, please pm me. Note that if your grifix becomes a servant, their reference will have to include the feather ornaments (you can do a version with and one without). Also if you want your grifix to live in the castle as a servant, just say.

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Well, that’s all for today! Have a wonderful day or night or whatever it is where you live ^^

Again, thank you to all the co-owners for ideas and advice, and especially Kazoowary for coming up with the servants roles.

This has been first posted on Amino. All the information here will be uploaded on the site eventually, this is just for archive purposes.
Date: 08/27/20