Garuda

The golden-winged king of the birds and the sworn enemy of the serpent, whose wings are so vast they can block out the sun and shift the tides of the ocean. He is the loyal mount of the Preserver, carrying the weight of the divine with a speed that outruns even the swiftest of thoughts. Why do we crawl upon the earth when we have the capacity to soar toward the absolute? He is the symbol of heroic courage and the force of the sky that keeps the venom of the underworld at bay.