Birdy

*Note: This article contains heavy **spoilers**! Read with caution!*

**Birdy** is the tribal chieftain of the Ouroboros Bandits in *Phoenotopia: Awakening*. Similar to the Bandit Boss in the original game, players are not fighting her directly when she is first encounter, but are instead challenging the Great Drake whom she commands.

## Events in Phoenotopia: Awakening

Through the conversations with the Ouroboros Bandits in the hideout, it is learnt that Birdy has only assumed her position as the tribal chieftain recently. However, the means she used were questionable, leading to some distrusting her leadership. This may have also played a big part in allowing Gail, an outsider, to challenge Birdy in the first place.

When Birdy is first encountered in Den of the Drake, she commends Gail for her effort in making thus far before summoning the Great Drake with her flute (and Doggy Biscuit). Upon emerging victorious, Gail captures Birdy and brings her to justice, which is the Atai Town prison.

## The aftermath

When Gail later visits Birdy in the prison, she is seen placed next to Zeke. While initially Birdy sees Zeke as an enemy for assisting Gail prior, they soon open up more to each other as Gail brings along delicious treats, namely Berry Fruit, Lune Fruit, and Cooked Drake Tails.

The next time Gail returns after handing over Cooked Drake Tails, Zeke can be seen sleeping, which allows Birdy to explain her motivation privately, particularly in why she blew up the bridges in the first place (albeit the prison guard is listening right nearby).

Turns out Katash, the leader of the Kobold invaders, was searching the whereabouts of the Phoenix weapons in secret, and would like someone else to draw the attention so that this operation can be held in secret. After displaying the advanced technology in his weaponry, Birdy knew that Katash's plan was inevitable, so she took his offer while she had the chance, and tricked Adar into giving her the huge amount of explosives required for the bridge destruction.

These two prisoners are later sent away whether the players is listening to her story or not.

## Transcript for her story

* Hear about the Kobold
	+ **-Birdy-** The first time Katash appeared before me, it was in a flash of light...
	+ Fades to black, Katash is shown laughing
	+ **-Birdy-** I thought he might have been an angel. But his face told me otherwise.
	+ **-Birdy-** He had all this advanced technology... A sword of light... A gun that shoots fiery missiles...
	+ **-Birdy-** It made me question how much I knew of the world...
	+ **-Birdy-** He said his group was on an important mission. And that the world we knew would soon change.
	+ **-Birdy-** They were looking for something hidden in our world...
	+ **-Birdy-** It was absolutely essential that their search be carried out in secret.
	+ **-Birdy-** And so he wanted my group to stir up trouble... to draw attention.
	+ **-Birdy-** He offered me a deal. If I helped him, I could rise high in the world to come...
	+ Showing a bright white silhouette of a winged figure.
	+ **-Birdy-** And he would even put in a good word for me to his "Master."
	+ **-Birdy-** And the way he spoke of his master... it was like he was describing an absolute divine being!
	+ **-Birdy-** Having seen Katash's power first hand, I thought I'd better get on the good graces of this "Master" while I had the chance!
	+ **-Birdy-** If I didn't take it, someone else surely would. I even tried to rope Zeke in on it.
	+ **-Birdy-** Ouroboros Rule 5. Always seize an opportunity...
	+ Fades out of black screen and returns to jail
	+ **-Birdy-** To help me out, Katash implanted this device on the Great Drake. Made it all docile and tame.
	+ **-Birdy-** It was his idea I target the bridges.
	+ **-Birdy-** I was waiting further instructions, and then... well, you happened.
	+ **-Birdy-** It all feels like a dream now...

* Talking to Birdy again (1)
	+ **-Birdy-** I met him but once. Perhaps I was just a pawn in his scheme...
* Talking to Birdy again (2)
	+ **-Birdy-** I'm not making excuses for what I did.
	+ **-Birdy-** I'm just telling you why I did it.

## Trivia

* The beginning of Phalanx's theme is used in Birdy's Intro before the flute section
	+ Her flute playing was meant to emulate the feel of the melodica cover of Jurassic Park's theme song, as mentioned in the official AMA event held on 2021 Feb 12th
* If you hit Birdy during the Great Drake fight (with a Slingshot or Civilian Crossbow), she would drop 5 RIN per hit, up to 50 R

## References

1. ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1UIe\_8QXRVpogYmM1xysmbHTw4VGpd0hrQZPC1Xl7o