Harpy enemy line

A Harpy as they appear in Dark Dawn.

The Harpy (ハーピィ), Virago (ハルピュイア Harpyior), and Harridan (サイレンハーピィ Siren Harpy) are enemies that are randomly battled throughout each game in the Golden Sun series. These monsters, resembling humanoid bird creatures without beaks, are palette-swapped variants of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games. This is the only enemy line in the series in which each variant is present in all three games.

In Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Harpy

A Harpy is a blue variant with yellow eyes, and it is level 10 in Golden Sun and level 12 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun it is battled throughout Mercury Lighthouse. In The Lost Age it is battled throughout Air's Rock.

In the first game, none of the Harpy's statistics are as strong as the Siren it is often fought alongside, and it is also outperformed by the Lizard Man in durability. It is generally not something to watch out for there; in The Lost Age on the other hand, it's easily the best enemy on the exterior portion of Air's Rock, and is outperformed by the Mummy in the interior portion of the dungeon only by a small margin.

A Harpy's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Harpy	105	0	104	25	46	4
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   48   7		1	38	53	Elixir	1/16

A Harpy uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Shriek	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that launches rings of green energy through a targeted Adept. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 30. Harpy uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.

Virago

A Virago is a light-green variant with violet eyes, and it is level 17 in Golden Sun and level 24 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun it is an enemy that does not appear in random encounters at all, only appearing as parts of limited scripted encounters along with other enemies, namely one alongside two Man o' Wars as the third battle on the Tolbi-bound Ship and two alongside the Hobgoblin at the entrance to the first dungeon floor of the optional Crossbone Isle. In The Lost Age it becomes a traditionally battled random enemy, appearing throughout Aqua Rock.

In the first game, since only three are ever fought, two of which are weak "assistants" to a bigger enemy, they should be no problem at all to deal with area-of-effect offensive Psynergy. The same could be said of its appearance in the second game, where from the start of Aqua Rock it is quite outperformed in all stats by the Roc, which itself is hugely outperformed in Agility by the Faery, and that is not to mention the other stronger monsters fought throughout the dungeon interior.

A Virago's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Virago	185	0	199	47	89	4
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   48   7		1	87	120	Elixir	1/16

A Virago uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Banshee Howl	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that launches rings of purple energy through a targeted Adept. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 70, and there is a chance that the hit Adept will be inflicted with the Stun status condition. Virago uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.

Harridan

A Harridan is a whitish-red variant with turquoise eyes, and it is level 22 in Golden Sun and level 27 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun it is randomly fought throughout Suhalla Desert, and one of them appears alongside two Stone Soldiers as the monsters supporting the Lizard King mini-boss that is fought in a scripted battle in front of the fifth dungeon floor of the optional Crossbone Isle. In The Lost Age it is battled throughout Tundaria Tower, Ankohl Ruins and the earlier, easier portion of the optional Treasure Isle.

In the first game, it is the fastest of the enemies fought throughout Suhalla Desert, and its attacking and power is about the same as the others, with less durability in comparison to them. In the second game, though, it is nothing special, with monsters like the Minotaurus providing higher threat levels with all of its statistics being higher.

A Harridan's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Harridan	231	29	261	66	118	8
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   48   7		1	150	164	Nut	1/32

A Harridan uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	2/8 (25%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Banshee Howl	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that launches rings of purple energy through a targeted Adept. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 70, and there is a chance that the hit Adept will be inflicted with the Stun status condition. Harridan uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.
Crazy Voice	2/8 (25%)	{{{command3usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that generates a batch of small glowing purple musical note symbols that floats into a targeted Adept and shatters. Deals a Jupiter-based attack to the target's PP meter with a base power of 10. Harridan uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.
Wind Slash	2/8 (25%)	{{{command4usedwith}}}	Psynergy costing 9 PP that projects a moderately wide glowing purple swath of energy through each of multiple Adepts. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 50 and a range of 3. Harridan uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.

Category:Psynergy-capable enemies in Golden Sun | Category:Psynergy-capable enemies in The Lost Age

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Harpy

A Harpy is a light blue level 11 variant with purple-tipped wings. It is randomly fought on Passaj Mountain Climb, the overworld region between Passaj and Kaocho, and on the surface of Ayuthay; in all locations, they are only fought until the Grave Eclipse occurs.

A Harpy's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Harpy	113	0	110	28	52	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   48   7		1	103	59	Elixir	1/8

A Harpy uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Shriek	2/8 (25%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 30. Harpy uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.

Virago

A Virago is a violet level 28 variant with orange-tipped wings. It is randomly fought in Belinsk Ruins.

A Virago's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Virago	284	0	293	105	159	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   48   7		1	628	144	Elixir	1/8

A Virago uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	7/8 (87.5%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Stunning Shriek	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 70, and there is a chance that the hit Adept will be inflicted with the Stun status condition. Virago uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.

Harridan

A Harridan is a blue level 34 variant with light blue-tipped wings. It is randomly fought in the Eastern Sea region outside the Grave Eclipse.

A Harridan's statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Harridan	346	20	354	144	199	??
Elemental Resistances		Turns	Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127   72   48   7		1	1175	161	Crystal Powder	1/16

A Harridan uses these battle commands:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	5/8 (62.5%)	{{{command1usedwith}}}	Standard physical attack.
Stunning Shriek	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command2usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 70, and there is a chance that the hit Adept will be inflicted with the Stun status condition. Harridan uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.
Crazy Voice	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command3usedwith}}}	Enemy ability that deals a Jupiter-based attack to the target's PP meter with a base power of 10. Harridan uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.
Wind Slash	1/8 (12.5%)	{{{command4usedwith}}}	Psynergy costing 9 PP that deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with a power rating of 50 and a range of 3. Harridan uses this with a Jupiter elemental power rating of 110.

Category:Psynergy-capable enemies in Dark Dawn

Cultural References

Harpy, Virago, and Harridan are all archaic insults against women in general in some form:

• Harpy, as a term, has connotations that are comparatively evident due to the familiarity of the mythological creature in Greek myth that has that name, wherein it is a winged death-spirit with a woman’s head and a bird’s body. The name comes from the ancient Greek word “harpázein” meaning "to snatch". It is often envisioned as a violent creature, and much popular culture, Golden Sun included, depicts it as making piercingly loud, shrill shrieks.
• Virago technically denotes a strong, brave, or warlike woman, which seems to be a positive aspect and was viewed as such initially. However, since this was viewed as a departure from the normative gender roles of society that were in place in England at the time, Virago became a pejorative to demean women who acted aggressively.
• Harridan is a woman regarded as scolding and vicious.