A corrupted Gryph, who once led a normal life, as a normal working stryx, with a beloved rider. Tragedy struck in the form of a lightning strike during a casual job, downing and severely injuring the Gryph and her rider. She lay dying, and the rider pledged to remain by her side to the end and beyond, but soon fled for unknown reasons.
   Hurt and betrayed, she hung on, until a terrible being arrived before her, one who shared her lineage, but was no common stryx. He gave her a deal, a bargain, to serve him and he would save her life, and give her the strength to strike down the rider who betrayed her, and all other riders who would lure Stryx into trusting them. Blinded by her rage and betrayal, she agreed, and her wound was healed, though her mind was not.
   Now she is Spite, Habinger of Malice, as terrible and cruel as her master, though she does not have his taste for lengthy hunts and mind games, preferring swift and brutal murder. She has developed a macabe taste for the forbidden, no longer recognizable as the bird she once was.
   She is a mistress to Malice, despite their coupling going against nature and commen sense. Those unfortunate enough to survive the corrupted mating find themselves slave to the beast that is their sire, unfortunate and miserable wretches. Few escape, and fewer stray from their parents corrupted path.