Harpy (dove) - "Kalliharpy" or "Aphrodite's Harpy"
Realm: Hellas
Typical Height Range: Males - 5' to 6' /// Females - 4'9" to 5'9"
Typical Weight Range: Males - 80 to 130 lbs /// Females 75 to 120 lbs
Typical Alignment: N/L
Typical Marks: Aphrodite
Forcemarks: Aphrodite
Instinctive Traits: Promiscuity, Grace, Vanity, Respect for Protocol
Aphrodite's Harpies, or "Kalliharpies", are a far cry from their vulture-based counterparts. Their lines are smooth and graceful, their features fair, and most notably, they have a pair of human-style arms in tandem with their wings. Kalliharpies are also a good deal taller and more slender to varying degrees, and as a result, their flight lacks the power and nimbleness of most other flighted species, and they are able to carry aloft far less weight, and can't maintain flight nearly as long. As a result, these harpies use their wings to get from A to B, rather than to fight, search, and soar, as other harpies and stormwings do. As with other harpies, they cannot fly outrealm, and should they fly through a border, their glide dynamics are not as favourable. In compensation, however, their longer legs mean that they are very much able to walk from place to place, and some even learn to ride horses. Only their wings, backs, and tails are feathered, whle their limbs and elbows are scaled from the elbows and knees down. Their colours vary, but their feathers are most often a uniform colour.
Approximately 80% of Kalliharpies are female, an unlike their counterparts, they can only breed with males of their species or with fertility magics. This doesn't stop them, however, from frequently taking up short-term relationships outside of the species, and they're well-received by most in this role, since they are hygienic and beautiful. Their diet closely mirrors that of a human. Naturally, their relationship with vulture harpies is quite strained, and often hostile.
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