Zornology

A long time ago, when crystal phoenix were still normal griffons, they often tamed various animals and kept them as pets. This habit has now returned to them. It seems the crystal gives them the ability to make a wide variety of animals their companion and the animals they bound with seem to become immortal as well. Has the crystal gotten so strong that the whole planet, the crystal phoenix and it's inhabitants share some kind of tie? More research will be required. Animals that become companions of a crystal phoenix, will exhibit crystal growth on them as well, however it seems that the crystal does not feed on them, but rather it's just a tag to signal that the creature is now owned. The crystal manifests in various ways, and depending on the animal can even form inside of it (transparent fish for example) or replace certain parts of the animal (a snail's house, or the beak of a bird, or claws of a beetle), but the animal can never become fully crystallized. Some examples can be