Born on Kelvo Five and educated to be a bodyguard, including weapons tactics and unarmed combat. Highly disciplined and has no thoughts of himself, just who he is protecting. Fast enough to snatch coins from people's hands before they can close them. Dangerous and thought to be psychotic.

Born to the sounds of battle, Griff was orphaned shortly afterwards. A Japanese sensei (martial arts expert) rescued and raised him, and taught Griff everything he knew. On Griff's fifteenth birthday his master revealed himself as a samurai-class ninja master and progressed his training in the art of ninjitsu and protection styles. Upon completing his training, Griff tried his new skills on a Klingon and a Nausicaan. To everyone's surprise he beat them, barely getting a scratch. Griff found the only way to release himself from his master was to defeat him in battle. He made the challenge and defeated his master, taking a wound to his chest approximately seven inches long. Although cosmetic surgery could obliterate this scar, it remains as a proud memento of his training and rite of passage.

Griff foregoes the usual ninja dress. He is capable of demolishing opponents and is adept in the use of high explosives and booby traps. Griff always wears a weapon of some description, normally a phaser-type weapon, and never fails to carry at least two knives secretly on his body. He uses weapons from all cultures but prefers ninja weapons, including the katana.