Regarding the origin of the harpies, there are many different theories across Azeroth.
One of the most widely circulated rumors says that harpies were once night elves, and were transformed into half-human, half-bird form by some kind of curse.
This theory is widely circulated among the people, mainly based on the curvaceous upper body and beautiful appearance of the harpy.
However, for Sarlayan, who had long known the true origin of the Harpy from the barrage, this kind of folk rumor that had no place in the world made him smile bitterly.
Harpies, unlike Naga, have no blood relationship with the night elves. They are actually the descendants of Aviana, the mother of all birds and known as the demigod messenger.
Before the Wild Demigods officially joined the War of the Ancients, Cenarius was the first to find Avina perched in the canopy of Garniel, and entrusted her to convey the message of the Burning Legion's invasion to the other Wild Demigods.
As the mother of all birds, Avina's flight speed is far beyond that of ordinary birds.
In just a few days, she flew throughout Azeroth, delivering the news entrusted by Cenarius to the ears of every wilderness demigod.
It is precisely because of this achievement of transmitting news at super high speed and connecting all the wilderness demigods that Avina was given the honorific title of demigod messenger by demigods and mortals.
However, compared to those wilderness demigods such as Malorne, Ashamane, Goldrinn, Agamaggan, Ursoc, and Ursol brothers with outstanding combat capabilities, Avina's combat ability is in the semi- Relatively low among gods.
In terms of overall combat effectiveness, Avina is even inferior to Cenarius, who was always looked down upon by Goldrinn.
As a courier of the coalition forces, Avina has been active on the front line for a long time. She shuttles back and forth over the battlefield with her speed that is difficult for the enemy to match.
There is a saying in the world where Danmu is located, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will not get wet.
After noticing the powerful intelligence support Aviana's existence provided to the coalition forces, the Burning Legion quickly formulated a hunting plan specifically targeting her.
Under the prepared ambush of a large number of doomsday guards with the ability to fly, Avina ran into the trap and struggled for a long time. In the end, she was outnumbered and pierced by a spear. She fell from the sky while spraying hot blood.
Aviana's mother tree, Garnier, withered quickly with her death. Cenarius and Malfurion, who came after hearing the news, only had time to pick the last tree from Garniel's trunk. Root shoots.
Incidentally, the acorn that later planted Nordanir hung on this last Garnier twig.
During the War of the Ancients, the harpies also joined the coalition forces with their mothers and participated in the battle against the demons.
The air force brigade composed of harpies provided important protection for the coalition forces. They fought side by side with the dragons and struggled to withstand the waves of attacks from massive doomsday guards.
Just like the quilboars who surrendered themselves and lost the protection and guidance of the demigods, after the end of the War of the Ancients, the harpies who had made great contributions in the war also quickly fell.
They no longer guard the sky for other races in Azeroth, but spread out to inhabit every corner of Kalimdor, often plundering other races that pass by.
Since there are no males among the harpies, if they want to have offspring, they can only kidnap males from other races for mating and egg-laying.
Don't think that this is some glamorous experience. None of the men captured by the harpies can come out alive.
Without Avina's integration, the harpies have split into countless clans. Each clan will have a matron who leads the clansmen. This is similar to the large number of orc clans.
Normally, different harpy clans do not cooperate with each other, but instead fight each other for resources.
Therefore, the number of harpy bandits that Sarlayan had seen before rarely exceeded 100, and he had never seen thousands of harpies gathered together to fight for the same goal.
Yes, during his travels in Kalimdor, Sarlayan was also targeted by harpies.
However, with his strength, just a few dozen harpies could not pose much threat at all, and Sarlayan was too lazy to talk about this kind of thing.
The Emerald Dream can theoretically accommodate the souls of all creatures in Azeroth after they enter the dream, but not everyone can easily enter the dream.
The Green Dragon Clan, led by Sleeper Yin Sera, will strictly screen the qualifications to enter the dream with the assistance of Dru Yin.
Sarlayan suspected that the more than a thousand harpies in front of him should be the total number of harpy souls that have been able to enter the Emerald Dream over the years.
This means that the harpies have been preparing for this raid for at least ten years, or even decades. They are obviously determined to win regardless.
Judging from the number and defensive formations of the ferocious birds at the scene, they obviously lacked sufficient defense against the Harpy's surprise attack, and were defeated steadily shortly after the battle began.
As an outsider, Sarlayan did not want to get involved in the conflict between the harpies and the night elves, but he could not guarantee what the harpies would do with Aviana's soul egg.
In order to ensure that Aviana can be resurrected smoothly when the major subplanes are closer to Azeroth, Sharlayan cannot watch her being taken away by the harpies.
If Onyxia, whose strength has reached the level of a demigod, charges in, even if she cannot completely repel the enemy, she should be able to escape with ease.
However, Onyxia was still carrying several "oil bottles" on her back at this time, and one of them was still sick.
When receiving Sarlayan's instructions, the Black Dragon Princess visibly hesitated.
Valeela also frowned and asked, "Are you sure you want to follow us in the attack? In your current state, just a few harpies can capture you."
Sarlayan smiled and spread his hands: "Aren't you still protecting me? I hope to go to the front line in person to understand the actual situation."
Withdrawing the smile on his face, Sarlayan looked thoughtfully at the harpy army with high morale.
"Are these harpies really just trying to take back Avina's soul egg? I always feel that there is another purpose behind them... Or maybe someone is taking advantage of these harpies' eagerness to bring back the Mother of Birds' long-cherished wish. "
Although Jaina is not good at guessing people's hearts, combined with her recent experience, she was very smart and quickly made connections.
"Do you suspect that Varosen is up to something?"
"Um."
Sarlayan nodded sternly: "People from the Ancient God faction are very good at deceiving people. As the king of dream demons, Varoson obviously has the ability to sneak into the Emerald Dream without Yin Sera noticing."
"I don't think he would have done nothing all these years, otherwise the dream sub-plane created by Enzos wouldn't be such a desolate scene."
If Varosen had already made up his mind to farm and develop first, he would definitely develop his base camp first.
However, according to what Sarlayan and his party had seen before, Varoson did not do this, so what exactly he did in the years after succeeding Xavius as the King of Dream Demons... is very intriguing.
"Oni, no matter whether my guess is correct or not..."
Sarlayan patted Onyxia's strong scales and said, "As long as you can rush into the enemy's camp and capture a high-status harpy leader, you should have a way to pry information out of her mouth, right?"
"Haha~ That goes without saying."
Onyxia chuckled confidently and said, "Okay, sit tight then... Valeera, Stellagosa and Jaina, protect him, I'm going to speed up!"
Tinagosa jumped up and down in displeasure and shouted, "Why did you ignore me?"
Onyxia was not in the mood to comfort her little sister at the moment. After confirming that Sarlayan had lowered her center of gravity and was ready, she flapped her powerful wings fiercely.
The huge black dragon caused a lot of noise when flying at full speed. The harpy who was still busy in the frontal assault quickly noticed the threat from the rear.
However, their small bodies could not stop the huge adult black dragon.
"Roar!"
Before Onyxia burst into the enemy formation, she first sprayed out a charged dragon's breath. The feathers on a large number of harpies were ignited by the shadow flame dragon's breath, and they fell from the sky screaming.
Onyxia ignored the few remaining soldiers on the way, and used the extremely defensive black dragon scales to withstand the attack and forcefully rammed in.
Before Onyxia took action, Sharlayan used the Eagle Eye technique to lock in advance a harpy who looked like the leader.
Under his instructions, Onyxia charged straight in the direction of the leader harpy.
"It's now!"
Sarlayan, who was in poor health, did not take action personally. Seeing that Onyxia was not far from the target, he calmly ordered: "Stella, trap her!"
"Little squirrel, use the hook lock to pull her over!"
Valeela retorted reflexively: "Don't call me little squirrel!"
Although she said so, her body still followed Sarlayan's orders honestly and started to act.
"Buzz!"
Stellagosa took action first, and a mini black hole made of arcane magic appeared directly in front of the harpy leader with more ornate feathers.
The huge suction force trapped her in place, unable to move. She could only scream and flap her wings, but it had no effect.
Under Sharlayan's (or barrage's) suggestion, Valeela had specially crafted two strong hook locks a long time ago. After a long period of practice, she has been able to skillfully use them in battle.
The hook lock played a big role in Valeela's previous battle to capture Calgar Thornrib.
"Wow!"
The sharp front end of the rapidly extending hook lock accurately hooked on the harpy leader's collarbone. Stellagosa dispersed the mini black hole in time, allowing Valeela to pull the harpy leader who was struggling too much. Pulled back.
In order to prevent the target from losing too much blood, Tinagosa also "thoughtfully" used the Holy Light spell, which she was not very proficient in, to treat her wounds, and knocked the harpy leader unconscious with a stick.
"This skillful technique..."
Stellagosa's brows jumped: "Why do I feel like I've seen it somewhere?"
Onyxia, who had already begun to break through the encirclement, laughed loudly and said: "Of course you have seen it before. This was my special technique when I played sap with Chromie."
"Onyxia!"
Sarlayan couldn't help but comfort Stellagosa, who was a little angry: "We'll talk about it later. We should withdraw."
