The Twelve Vessels

Six people Six animals. Each used for a highly dangerous experiment. Sadly they are the only ones who survived but the experiment dis work, six mages were formed and six mythical creatures. Each mage had two partners. There opposite mage: Light (Sharmen) with Dark (Eliot); Nature (Viki) with Weather (Jake); Water (Grace) with Fire (Phillip)
And the other partner was a mythical creature
Light; Griffin
Dark; Mix of many animals
Nature; Golem
Weather; Pegasus
Water; Sea Serpent
Fire; Phoenix