It was only in the last fifty years that we realized they were no longer

solely coming from the Barrens. They’d begun to take recruits,

teaching those who never bonded a gryphon to channel what was not

theirs to take, to upset the balance of magic by stealing it from the very

source.

The problem with mankind is we too often find our souls to be a fair

price for power.

—CAPTAIN LERA DORRELL’S GUIDE TO VANQUISHING THE VENIN

PROPERTY OF CLIFFSBANE ACADEMY