Lost Treasure of Griffonstone

(Spoilers)

Daw, good seeing some redemption for Gilda! I liked how much of a run-down shithole Griffonstone was too. Naturally, it obliterates my backstory for Gilda, but yeah, I liked that she came from poverty, and had zero idea how to talk to other people. Always imagined G having no family or friends, and being very, very defensive from her childhood.

Totally going to work a baking powder joke into the next chapter.

Comments

[Celestias Paladin]

I really need to watch the episode then... querstion is Griffinstone just a city or the entire Griffin homeland?

[Wade]

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I thiiink it's supposed to be the whole Griffon homeland. It had their king and the "golden idol that united a whole species," so, it's probably just supposed to be the entirety of griffondom.

People could probably get away with saying it was just their capital, though, I imagine.

[Celestias Paladin]

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...capital of the Griffin Kingdoms then, might be able to work it into my headcanon, already got two separate Griffin nations

[Wade]

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Yeah, but the time of the episode, griffons didn't have a king anymore, so you could easily say they'd splintered apart in the generation or so since the king left.

[Celestias Paladin]

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Still could work with it, the Kingdoms broke away from the Griffin Empire... Or could have Griffinstone be in Equestria territory (next to Baltimare) which was a Grffin colony until it was annexed.

So Gilda redeemed herself? And how long before the fandom screams bloody murder?

[Wade]

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Heh, yeah, most of the episode she was her usual furious self. I'm kinda curious if people are going to like her more or less after this one.

I was not even remotely expecting Gilda to get another episode, so color ol' Wadey delighted.

Tons of new poses and facial expressions too~

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Also some really awesome pictures from griffon history: http://rosieu.tumblr.com/post/119690505989/i-like-the-grim-and-dark-atmosphere-of-this

[Primrose]

Bro, they went DEEP for the lore in this ep.

Apparently the monster is called Arimaspi, a creature from ancient, Eastern European mythology, specifically the Scythians. From Wikipedia:

The Arimaspi were a legendary people of northern Scythia who lived in the foothills of the Riphean Mountains, variously identified with the Ural Mountains or the Carpathians.[1] All tales of their struggles with the gold-guarding griffins in the Hyperborean lands near the cave of Boreas, the North Wind (Geskleithron), had their origin in a lost work by Aristeas, reported in Herodotus.

>Gold guarding griffins
>Boreas
>Hyperborean Mountains

Seems to be a retelling of sorts, with more stuff on the gryphons

[Wade]

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Dude I adored that monster. Just this hulking goat demon thing. So rad.

I had zero idea griffons even had a real-world mythological history beyond "these monsters are half eagle half lion." That is awesome.

[Celestias Paladin]

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Depends on the fan I guess.

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Hmm... That would work quite perfectly with my headcanon. I do think of the Griffins, apart from the tropical griffins, being native to the northern mountains ranges.

[Treilacl]

I personally loved this episode and it's world building. I particularly loved the 'fall from grace' part of the griffon storyline.