Harpies

Harpies

Details

Race:
Demon

Imprisoned:
Forbidding

Books

Appeared In:
The Elfstones of Shannara
Jarka Ruus
Tanequil
Straken
Bloodfire Quest
Witch Wraith

Mentioned In:
Wards of Faerie

Other

Referred To In:
The World of Shannara

Harpies were imprisoned on the Forbidding.

Description

Vulture-like birds, wingspan of at least a dozen feet. Face of a woman with sharp, bony features. Mouth jutting and pinched like a beak. Eyes hard and bird-like.

History

Flesh eaters that preyed on men and animals alike.

Were exiled beyond the Forbidding in the Age of Faerie.

The Elfstones of Shannara

They appeared when the Forbidding collapsed.

Jarka Ruus

A number of Harpies flew overhead when Grianne Ohmsford was travelling with Weka Dart.