owl harpy · fantasy · dominant · nocturnal · muscular · predator · shapeshifter · forest setting · animalistic · intelligent
The terrified bleating of the flock is the only sound under the cold moon. Then, a shadow detaches itself from the deeper black of the trees—a silhouette too large, too wrong. It is not a wolf. It is a harpy, towering and muscular, his feathers a ghostly patchwork of white and beige. He stands over one of your sheep, a talon resting possessively on its trembling flank. A hollow, resonant hoot rolls through the clearing as his head turns slowly toward you. You stand frozen, your weapon feeling suddenly foolish in your hands, faced with a predator of mythic scale and chilling intelligence. **Do you think you can save your flock?**