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This is an improvement of the Grey Griffins series article based on the feed back of the PR. This is not an article or the final draft of what will be added to the Grey Griffins article. King Rock ^{Go 'Skins!} 22:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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Grey Griffins is a novel series written by American authors Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis. Cover illustrations in the series are by August Hall and cover designs by Richard Amari. The books are published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. The series tells the adventures of the Order of the Grey Griffins. The four members of the order: Max Sumner, Natalia Romanov, Ernie Tweeny, and Harley Eisenstein, embark on magical missions in a quest to save the world.

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Grey Griffins is a childrens book series written in collaborative writing by Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis. The series consists of three books and a expectant fourth installment in 2009. The series follows the story of Max Sumners and his friends as they embark on magical missions in a quest to save the world.

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The Grey Griffins series follows the story of twelve year old Grayson Maximillian Sumner III (Max) and his friends: Natalia Romanov, Ernie Tweeny, and Harley Eisenstein who form the Order of the Grey Griffins. In the beginning of the series, the Grey Griffins play a card game named Round Table. Their trainer in the game Iver plays with them when Max plays the Oberon card. After the game is over, Max recieves disturbing news that his grandfather: William Caliburn dies in a mysterious acident. The night of the acident Max dicovers a magical book in his Grandparent's and acidentally summons a spriggan by the name of Sprig into the world. Max takes the book home and starts to recieve strange nightmares(ussualy nightmares of his death). Max soon discovers that he has released Oberon the King of Shadows. Max soon discovers that he is a decendant of a long line of Templar Knights who all have guarded the Codex. Max dicovers that there are faries and magical creatures every where in the world and that most of them must be destroyed. Max is later told that Oberon was not yet released into the world and was still residing in his gate. He then fights and defeats Morgan le Fay and closes Oberon's Gate forever.

In the second installment of the series, The Grey Griffins travel to Scotland with Max's bodyguard Logan for Christmas. The Griffins soon discover that an ancient society of werewolfs has been resurected and are were planning to bring the end of the earth with the help of the The Spear of Ragnarök. Soon Max starts having super-natural burst of energy when he becomes enraged.Max had never met his father unt il he was tricked by Morgan le Fay and his father into finding the peices of the spear and bringing it to their base in Anartica. Once the spear was handed over to Max's father, Ernie was put into a magical coma putting him in the hospital under critical condition.

In the third installment of the series, The Grey Griffins embark on a journey to stop the end of the world by traveling into the pits of the Underworld. The Grey Griffins constantly are visiting Ernie is the hospital as he drifts farther into his magical coma...also Max's father(Lord Sumners)and his army of wolfs destroy Templar outpost across the world. Soon, the end of the world begins and there is only one way to stop the end of the world, traveling into hell, and finding the Eye of Odin. With the help of the Codex, Max's new power triggered by his emotions, the help of the T.H.O.R. special angency, and the Grey Griffins, Max confronts his father at the world tree. Lord Sumner's stabs the world tree taking on it's power and is forced to fight The Great Dragon, and wins after Max decides to help his father and kill the dragon with the spear. The spear is then stolen by a T.H.O.R. agent(Athena)who works for The Order of the Dragon

Each of the Griffins have a special talents making them each useful in a serious situation. Matalia has a pink book of clues which she uses to record all useful information that is found during missions. Harley is the burly member of the Griffins. He own a iron ring which he uses to punch faries as a weakness. Ernie was once the weakest link of teh four but ever since he was saved by Fairy Blood, he has become a changeling. Everyday he gains new powers and becomes a fairy everytime he uses one of his powers. Max is the guardian of the Codex, he can fire Skyfire from his arm using the Codex.

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The Grey Griffins series follows the story of twelve year old Grayson Maximillian Sumner III (Max) and his friends: Natalia Romanov, Ernie Tweeny, and Harley Eisenstein who form the Order of the Grey Griffins. In the beginning of the series, the Grey Griffins play a card game named Round Table. Their trainer in the game Iver plays with them when Max plays the Oberon card. After the game is over, Max recieves disturbing news that his grandfather: William Caliburn dies in a mysterious acident. The night of the acident Max dicovers a magical book in his Grandparent's and acidentally summons a spriggan by the name of Sprig into the world. Max takes the book home and starts to recieve strange nightmares(ussualy nightmares of his death). Max soon discovers that he has released Oberon the King of Shadows. Max soon discovers that he is a decendant of a long line of Templar Knights who all have guarded the Codex. Max dicovers that there are faries and magical creatures every where in the world and that most of them must be destroyed. Max is later told that Oberon was not yet released into the world and was still residing in his gate. He then fights and defeats Morgan le Fay and closes Oberon's Gate forever.

In the second installment of the series, The Grey Griffins travel to Scotland with Max's bodyguard Logan for Christmas. The Griffins soon discover that an ancient society of werewolfs has been resurected and are were planning to bring the end of the earth with the help of the The Spear of Ragnarök. Soon Max starts having super-natural burst of energy when he becomes enraged.Max had never met his father unt il he was tricked by Morgan le Fay and his father into finding the peices of the spear and bringing it to their base in Anartica. Once the spear was handed over to Max's father, Ernie was put into a magical coma putting him in the hospital under critical condition.

In the third installment of the series, The Grey Griffins embark on a journey to stop the end of the world by traveling into the pits of the Underworld. The Grey Griffins constantly are visiting Ernie is the hospital as he drifts farther into his magical coma...also Max's father(Lord Sumners)and his army of wolfs destroy Templar outpost across the world. Soon, the end of the world begins and there is only one way to stop the end of the world, traveling into hell, and finding the Eye of Odin. With the help of the Codex, Max's new power triggered by his emotions, the help of the T.H.O.R. special angency, and the Grey Griffins, Max confronts his father at the world tree. Lord Sumner's stabs the world tree taking on it's power and is forced to fight The Great Dragon, and wins after Max decides to help his father and kill the dragon with the spear. The spear is then stolen by a T.H.O.R. agent(Athena)who works for The Order of the Dragon

Each of the Griffins have a special talents making them each useful in a serious situation. Matalia has a pink book of clues which she uses to record all useful information that is found during missions. Harley is the burly member of the Griffins. He own a iron ring which he uses to punch faries as a weakness. Ernie was once the weakest link of teh four but ever since he was saved by Fairy Blood, he has become a changeling. Everyday he gains new powers and becomes a fairy everytime he uses one of his powers. Max is the guardian of the Codex, he can fire Skyfire from his arm using the Codex.