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Wild Birds contain a variety of demons that specialize in numerous fields. In general, Wild Birds have weak defense and a low hit point rate but are supporting attackers and magic casters. They have a balanced rate between their hit points and magic points and prefer to use Force-based attacks. They have a high Speed status, so their long range attacks are effective.

Harpy

Main article: Harpy

In Greek mythology, a harpy was one of the winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas. The literal meaning of the word is "that which snatches" as it comes from the ancient Greek word harpazein, which means "to snatch".

They were vicious, cruel and violent. They lived on Strophades. They were usually seen as the personifications of the destructive nature of wind. The harpies in this tradition, now thought of as three sisters instead of the original two, were: Aello ("storm swift"), Celaeno ("the dark") — also known as Podarge ("fleet-foot") — and Ocypete ("the swift wing").

Macha

Main article: Macha

A goddess of war in Celtic mythology. Also known as the goddess of the dead. Her hair is red, her clothes are crimson, and she gallops around the battlefield on a one-legged, blood-red horse. She is the goddess of horses, war, and sovereignty. She also symbolizes the red color of blood. Her name appears in countless legends, where she is also revered as a goddess of the harvest.

When Macha fought the demon king Balor, the great-grandfather of Cu Chulainn, she became entranced by Balor's evil eye and saw a vision of her husband's and family's demise. The shock was so great that her very heart was torn asunder, killing her.

Like Hecate, the Greek goddess who was represented by three aspects, the goddesses of victory and destruction, Morrigan and Nemain were held to be different aspects of Macha, forming one goddess with three aspects.

She is sometimes conflated with Macha, the king of horses ridden by the hero Cu Chulainn.

Ocypete

Main article: Ocypete

The middle of three sisters ruling the three Harpy Sisters, and the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and Electra. She serves the god of the Underworld, Hades, capturing those who defy their deaths and delivering them to her master.

The three Harpy Sisters are sisters of the rainbow goddess Iris, making them cousins of Medusa and the Gorgons. Harpies are frequently portrayed messily devouring their prey or in other unflattering situations. But in Crete, their place of origin, they are often depicted as beautiful.

Celaeno

Main article: Celaeno

The youngest of three sisters ruling the three Harpy Sisters, and the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and Electra. Her name means "darkness" or "black cloud". She has the head of a woman and the body of a bird. The Harpies are ugly and terrible to behold, and emit an evil odor, but Celaeno and her sisters are exceptions: they are blessed with beautiful faces and graceful limbs, and thye give off a fragrant aroma.

Celaeno was the wife of Zephyrus, god of the west wind, with whom she had three children. The Harpies live in the sacred Dikti Mountains of Crete. They are considered goddesses of death as well as divine manifestations of the wind.

Aello

Main article: Aello

The eldest of three sisters ruling the three Harpy Sisters, and the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and Electra the Oceanid. Her name means "storm" or "gale". She has the head of a woman and the body of a bird. As queens, Aello and her sisters are blessed with beautiful faces and graceful limbs, and give off a fragrant aroma. Some sources claim there is also a fourth sister named Podarge.

The Harpies live in the sacred Dikti Mountains of Crete. They are considered goddesses of death, and at the same time goddesses of rainbows. They are believed to be divine manifestations of the wind.

Badb Catha

Main article: Badb Catha

In Irish mythology, the Badb [Bibe] was a goddess of war who took the form of a crow, and was thus sometimes known as Badb Catha (battle crow). She often caused confusion among soldiers to move the tide of battle to her favored side.

Badb is apart of a triple goddess of war, along with Morrigan and Macha, in Irish-Celtic mytholgy. She is associated with crows and ravens.

Badb is one of the three goddesses, Eriu and Fotia/Fodla being the other two, that Ireland was named for.

Morrigan

Main article: Morrigan

The Morrígan ("terror" or "phantom queen") or Mórrígan ("great queen") (also known as Morrígu, Morríghan, Mor-Ríoghain, sometimes given in the plural as Morrígna) is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have once been a goddess, although she is not explicitly referred to as such in the texts.

She is associated with sovereignty, prophecy, war, and death on the battlefield. She sometimes appears in the form of a crow, flying above the warriors, and in the Ulster cycle she also takes the form of an eel, a wolf, and a cow. She is generally considered a war deity comparable with the Germanic Valkyries, although her association with cattle also suggests a role connected with fertility, wealth, and the land.

She is often depicted as a triple goddess, although membership of the triad varies; the most common combination is the Badb, Macha and Nemain, but other accounts name Fea, Anann, and others.