Mairianne Destiny
Female
18 years
Mythical creature: Griffin
Relation to main: Roommate
Human Appearance:

Personality:
Mairianne is very outgoing once she gets to know someone, often smiling, but she doesn't talk much, and although not shy, isn't always sure of herself. She's still acclimating to the human world, and although one of the more intelligent griffins, she doesn't always understand human things or the reasoning behind human thinking. She will sometimes lapse into the griffin language when she gets too excited (which sounds like a combination of whistles, growls, and chirps), is passionate about all things aircraft (she's studying to become an aerospace engineer, which builds planes), one of the few human things she enjoys, likes shopping (for both griffin and human wear, one of the other human things she enjoys), and is a complete hoarder of things she believes have value, but it's okay because she has a magic chest that can hold a lot more than it should. She's extremely tidy with some things, then a utter slob with others, keeping her schoolwork station spotless, as well as her book shelf, but the things in the bathroom and on her bed and her clothes are heaped together haphazardly (the clothes are less noticeable though because she heaps them haphazardly together, in a magic wardrobe).
History:
Mairianne grew up with her griffin family in a low-human-populated town in the central United States, a small town even with all the magic folk, but she was busy enough with her knowledge-loving griffin mother and riddle-telling griffin father. She grew up to love knowledge like her parents, but is also obsessed with all things flying, loving to fly on her own, but wishing to be able to fly even where her griffin form couldn't. She was homeschooled, but passed the standardized tests and advanced placement exams in Physics, Calculus, etc. with flying colors, earning her place in such a prestigious school with ease.
Creature Characteristics:
Traditionally: A griffin is a creature with the head, chest, wings, and forelegs of an eagle and the torso, hindquarters, tail, and hind legs of a lion; in the past, each griffin differed in intentions, intelligence, and innate abilities as humans do, some evil, some unbelievably intelligent, others quick flyers, etc. Most, however, are powerful flyers and fighters, have at least a little magic, and have at least average intelligence. They speak their own language as a griffin that not many can understand apart from griffins, although they understand most other languages.
Modern Times: In today's times, there are a fairly decent number of griffins; they aren't able to fly around as much in modern times as in the past, what with all the technology, but they get enough exercise flying low, in human-rid places, and in special magical facilities that are set up around the world for magical beings to be themselves in, often disguised in gyms, with a magic door someplace within. All griffins have a name which involves/implies flying, eagles, or lions within it. (M-air-ianne.)
Creature Appearance:

Detail on head ->
http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/2/29/292d17bb_griffin20or20mythological.jpeg, but brown eyes