Due to a recently popular book series called the Twilight saga, supernatural creatures, such as werewolves and vampires, have become increasingly popular. In the series, the vampires and werewolves have fought in more than one novel. The werewolves have killed vampires, and the vampires have injured the werewolves, or shape shifters; but in this series, these mythical creatures have not had to take on any other make-believe creatures.
But what if they did have to?
What if the werewolves, such as Jacob and Seth, were forced to fight against centaurs or gryffins? Who would win?
Would the werewolf win because of it's human intelligence combined with it's animal speed? Or would the gryffin win because of it's eagle's extraordinary vision coupled with being a majestic lion?
Personally, I would side with the gryffin and bet that it would win the battle. But many others would not.
Werewolves have been said to have super regenerative capabilities, so, even if a gryffin does attack and injure it, it will heal extremely fast - faster than humanly possible. Werewolves can see extremely well in the dark, can hear the beating heart of its prey, and can track its prey for miles by scent alone. So, then, why do I not have faith in the werewolf's ability to win this fight?
Because gryffins are part lion, it makes them courageous, along with being stronger and faster than any human. And because gryffins are also part eagle, it gives them the ability to fly, for they are born with wings, enabling them to escape the werewolf if it was attacking.
I would cheer the gryffin on for many reasons, including those just listed, but just one stands out to me in particular.
My main reason for believing the gryffin would win this battle is that the werewolf is primarily human, with just the ability to shape shift into a wolf. Now, this may not seem like such an impressive argument at the moment, but let me just explain something, or, rather, ask something. Has there ever been a human who didn't stray from the path they were on, or do something they weren't supposed to? The answer, in my opinion, is no.
Humans, ever since our beginning, have been a fickle and frivolous species, disobeying even the wisest of people. Take Adam and Eve for example. Supposedly, even as the first two humans on Earth, they violated the rules and ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Werewolves are volatile and whimsical, taking after humans in that regard, whereas gryffins take after both lions and eagles in that they are determined and strong creatures, not straying from their path once it has been found.
Being both human and wolf is a deadly combination, but, opposing the best of the gryffins - who are said to be both the Kings of the Beasts and the Kings of the Air - werewolves don't stand a chance.
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