Harpy Harpies resemble a cross between a night elf female and a hunting bird , with long talons for feet and large graceful wings for arms . Harpies originally hail from the Stonetalon Mountains , but have since spread out across Kalimdor and Northrend . Legends about harpies claim that they descend from a group of female night elves who betrayed Queen Azshara , and were cursed as punishment . No males have been reported , so ( rumor has it ) harpies breed with captive males of many species , though they prefer elves , human s or orc s to either smaller or larger species . The males of another species fills the role for a time , after which they become food for the nest . In lean times , harpies can lay unfertilized eggs that become female copies of the mother . Vicious and predatory by nature , harpies are the bane of all other life in the areas where they take root . They have been raiding tauren settlements since time out of mind , and it can only be assumed that they are as much a plague on the quilboar s and others . The only race rumored to have any peaceful relationship with the harpies are kobolds , who trade their scavenged tools and weapons for information and protection . Harpies are an extremely unclean race . Their nests are obvious by the stench on the wind . They are immune to infection and other diseases that stem from rot or contamination . This immunity does not extend to the toxins of plants , animals , or any magical effects . Once content to confine themselves to their ancestral home in the peaks of the Stonetalon Mountains , the feral and vicious harpies of Kalimdor have spread their influence across the length and breadth of the continent . The vicious winged women have taken to raiding unsuspecting caravans and savaging any who cross into their territories . Their nests , littered with the gruesome remains of their victims , are now a common sight from the arid mesas of Durotar to the lush forests of Teldrassil to the icy reaches of the Dragonblight and the Storm Peaks . If not driven out , they quickly range out attacking anything and everything they can get . Harpies are clearly very intelligent , since they are able to communicate with other races when they wish to . The common echelons of harpy society attack with crude weapons or simply with their razor sharp talons . They are well used to the ways of divine magic and treachery . The more elite harpies tend to be masters of elemental storm magic and are much more dangerous . These vile , unscrupulous winged women live only to cause mischief and sorrow . Hailing from the windy Stonetalon Mountains , the harpies are masterful at ambushing hapless caravans and foolish travelers alike . In " World of Warcraft " , harpies are found in Teldrassil , the Stonetalon Mountains , Feralas , Mulgore , the Thousand Needles , Alterac Valley , the Dragonblight , the Storm Peaks , the Barrens , and Durotar . Matriarchies . Harpy groups are called matriarchies . Bloodfeather . In Teldrassil , the harpies have sought to nest on the night elves ' own homeland . Recently grown , the great tree is a perfect location for the Bloodfeather matriarchy who have already started laying eggs to increase the size of their tribe . The night elves are struggling to keep the number of harpies down , and give out bounties for Bloodfeather belts collected from dead harpies . They may be led by Fury Shelda . Bloodfury . In the Stonetalon Mountains , the tauren are having their own problems with the harpies . The Bloodfuries are the source of the increasing number of harpies in Kalimdor ; they encroach upon all likes of life preventing the innocent from leaving their boundaries . Their leader , Bloodfury Ripper , is all but a queen to the Bloodfuries . She makes her home in the Charred Vale , close to Desolace where she is busy keeping out the tauren and night elves who are trying to regrow the forests . Their plumage is red and white . Coldwind . Harpies located in the Coldwind Heights in the Dragonblight . They are led by Mistress of the Coldwind . Dustwind tribe . Dustwind harpies have settled down in the dry gulches and ravines of Durotar , much to the annoyance of the recently settled orc s . The harpies assault caravans on the road south of Orgrimmar , and have laid claim to a relatively large pocket of passages in the jagged rises just north of Razor Hill . They have blue and red plumage . Frostfeather . Harpies located in the Storm Peaks . They are led by Sirana Iceshriek . Northspring . More harpies nest in the lush tropical forest of Feralas . The Northspring harpies are among the most dangerous of the matriarchies , and can quickly slaughter the unwary traveler lost in the wilds . As with most of their habitats , the harpies in Feralas clash with the local tauren tribe , base in Camp Mojache . They have greenish skin and dark pink plumage . They are led by Edana Hatetalon . Screeching . Aggressive harpies can be found within a cave in the Thousand Needles . In the back of the den , they zealously guard their gathered foodstuffs . They are led by Grenka Bloodscreech . Snowblind . The most powerful harpies in the world reside in the Icewing Pass and the cave at the end of it . Their close proximity to Dun Baldar has rendered them dangerous enemies , and the Stormpike Guard employs those who are not on the battlefront to attack them . Though they are fierce and formidable enemies when you invade their territory , any traveler should be safe if he stays on the path while passing near the unfrozen lake south of Dun Baldar . Windfury . The harpies of the Windfury matriarchy inhabit the new home of their ancestral enemies , the tauren , and some can even be found in Thunder Bluff . They have nests both in the southern and the northern parts of the great grasslands , and constantly harass travelers journeying to and from Thunder Bluff , situated on the nearby mesa . Their plumage is blue and white . They may be led by Sister Hatelash . Witchwing . Residing in the northern area of the Barrens in an area called Dry Hills , this group of harpies have been ravaging the Horde ' s caravan supplies . The lower sections of their group are led by so called lieutenants called Witchwing Slayer s . They stand out from the rest by wearing rings . They , in turn , answer to the leader of the matriarchy , Serena Bloodfeather . She is the sister of a harpy named Bloodfeather , who was slain by Rexxar , and her attacks on the Horde are inspired by a sense of revenge . It seems she is assisted in her leadership by Sister Rathtalon . Their plumage is black . In Legion . The Highmountain harpies are much larger and more aggressive than their cousins in the remainder of Azeroth . Speculation . Night - Elf relatives ? During the time before the War of the Ancients , certain night elves changed when they gave themselves over to Cenarius . This is a possible explanation given for the dryads and keepers of the grove . It is possible that the harpies are night elves who gave themselves over to Aviana . The death of Aviana during the war would have left them without their matriarch , and could explain their now brutal nature ( although Aviana herself was also hinted to having these streaks ) . Although it fits that the harpies would be connected to an ancient , much like the quilboar to Agamaggan and the furbolgs to Ursoc and Ursol , this is unconfirmed . Worshipped by Quilboars ? It is possible that quilboar s worship harpies as there are rocks with pictures of winged humanoids in quilboar areas . Possibly , there could be some other connection between quilboars and harpies . It is possible that these are just normal pictures . This doodad is found in ogre lands as well . Males ? Though no males of the species have been confirmed , their existence would seem to be implied by the needs of reproduction . The main belief is , like some species of birds , the sex ratio is highly tipped in the females favor , and more then likely , male harpies do exist but simply have not made an appearance so far . It is also possible that the rumors of raping males of other races is true . " Manual of Monsters " blatantly says that there are no male harpies and that harpies breed though rape , while " Monster Guide " says that there are no reported males and that the raping is rumor . Appearance in Northrend . Prior to the events in , it was thought that the harpies lived only in Kalimdor ; their appearance in Northrend proved otherwise , however . Their presence there is something of a mystery , though if the legend regarding Queen Azshara mentioned above is correct , then they existed before the Great Sundering and so some of them could have been trapped on the land mass that would become Northrend when it occurred . Myth . The ( Greek : αρπυια / harpuia , " snatcher " ) are described as vile birds with the chest and head of women in many sources . They are not prominent figures in ; they are a minor part of the high - profile tale of . They were bird - women who worked for the Olympians , and were assigned to punish the seer - for revealing too much of the future . Every day , as Phineus would sit down to a great feast , the harpies would fly down and gobble up all the food . When Jason finally arrived , the sons of the North Wind ( as a favor to , a goddess who supported Jason ) drove the harpies away to , never to bother Phineus again . The physical appearance of Warcraft harpies is quite consistent with the original descriptions put forward by and .