[i]I observed what my brethren had just created, and decided that this knowledge will be useful to my griffins. So, without him looking, I stole a small amount of this wisdom of tools and imbued it in the minds of my most talented griffins. They, to my surprise, ventured outside the traditional tools of axe and spade. They began creating weapons. Swords. Shields. Throwing knives. Pikes and spears. And also different kinds of armor, from breastplates to shinguards, all made out of bronze and steel. Soon, via my griffin vessel I received the first blueprint for a siege machine. In the same council meeting, a particular general suggested the idea of making Ivira an empire. I brooded over this. Certainly, the humans needed a fight.[/i]