Harpy and Harpy Hag

Dungeon creatures
Level 1
Troglodyte
Infernal Troglodyte
Level 2
Harpy
Harpy Hag
Level 3
Beholder
Evil Eye
Level 4
Medusa
Medusa Queen
Level 5
Minotaur
Minotaur King
Level 6
Manticore
Scorpicore
Level 7
Red Dragon
Black Dragon
Towns

Statistics
Harpy
Cost per troop  130
	Attack 6 Defense 5 Damage 1–4 Health 14 Speed 6 Movement Flying Size 1 Growth 8 AI Value 154
Special abilities:
• Strike and return
Harpy Hag
Cost per troop  170
	Attack 6 Defense 6 Damage 1–4 Health 14 Speed 9 Movement Flying Size 1 Growth 8 AI Value 238
Special abilities:
• Strike and return • No enemy retaliation
Portraits

Harpies and Harpy Hags are level 2 creatures of Dungeon. They are recruited from the Harpy Loft.

"Harpies - half-women/half-vulture in appearance - have a swooping attack that returns them to the hex they started from. Harpy hags attack with such violence their attacks cannot be countered." ^{RoE manual}

Even though it's not noticeable, they both have sharp teeth and fangs, as seen in the official renders and one of the Restoration of Erathia campaigns.

Special ability

Both harpies and harpy hags have a special ability to strike and return, which means that they fly next to their target, attack and return to their original hex. Harpies also receive retaliation before returning to the original hex, but Harpy Hags receive no enemy retaliation from their attack.

Dendroids have a special ability of binding, which works in an exceptional way to harpies when dendroids retaliate. After the retaliation, harpies return to their original hex as usual, and are bound after the return. This enables the dendroid stack to move or die without lapsing the entanglement causing the harpies to be bound down forever if not attacked or dispelled.

Heroes with a specialty

• Lorelei the Overlord has harpies as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any harpies or harpy hags for each level attained after 2nd level and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Horn of the Abyss

Harpies and Harpy Hags can choose not to return to the original hex. This is useful for preventing shooters from shooting.

See also:

• List of creatures