For years, Midnight watched her mother slowly sink further and further into the cult. At first, it was a few riots or protests. Then it became orgies and other acts. Midnight froze up for a minute after she told me that. Seeing a bunch of guys come in to have "fun" with your mom does wonders for a developing griffon. Eventually, after her mom climbed the ranks, they went further. Kidnapping and maiming innocent griffons, or even flaying their victims alive! They'd sneak into temples to the other gods at night and use the entrails to desecrate them. 