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The Four of Swords is a card about retreat and contemplation. In the traditional Rider-Waite deck, a young knight in armor is resting on a coffin. It's said (I couldn't find any references for this other than aeclectic.net) that knights would commission a sarcophagus before going off to battle, and if they came back alive, they would lie down inside it to meditate in thankfulness and humility for their safe return.
On Karn the place of retreat for the griff is different. Griff are fiercely solitary, and often disappear for days or weeks at a time into the remote mountains. A griff will stake out a lone campsite and respectfully avoid the camps of others. Woe betide the one who tries to disturb a griff in his place. Not only is it a gross social taboo, but chances are you'll end up in pieces at the bottom of a nearby cliff.
Alone, a griff can heal his mind and body. He can reflect on the struggles he has overcome and the fights still to come. It is a much-needed breather from the noise and chaos of life.
 
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Comments
Also, that story about knights and coffins is really interesting! :O
Yeah it was annoying not to be able to find more info on it.
I like the story about the coffins too, that's interesting.
Resting on a mountain sounds kinda nice. Hanging out with friends on a mountain sounds better though. XD If I was a griff all the other griff would probably kill me after a while, be like "dude that guy's annoying".
But yeah that would be wicked, a bird coming out of the sky that way.
I remember Aero biting me. Clearly I just didn't accept her fast enough as boss of all humans everywhere.
Maybe there's other griff that like company too. It's not like everybody has the exact same personality, it's just tendencies and culture.
They're big enough to carry a rsakk in shape or a nok, as long as it's not too big a rsakk.
I feel like there's got to be a game somewhere of skewering things though. Do they ever do that thing some types of birds do where they drop out of the sky real fast at a tiny target? That plus spears plus like a actual target board could be kinda awesome.
- j-t