Griffin and Royal Griffin
Griffins and royal griffins are the level 3 creatures of castle. They can be recruited from griffin tower.
Griffins roost in special towers built for them on the castle grounds. Basic griffins are able to retaliate twice per combat round while royal griffins have unlimited number of retaliations.
Edric the Knight has griffins as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any griffin or royal griffin under his command for each level he attains after the 3rd level.