This Lich Requests More Remuneration

Harpies are a terrifying breed of monster, with bodies and faces like women, but instead of arms, they have wings, and their legs end in eagle’s talons.

According to unofficial history, there was an elf girl who chanced to see the face of the Deity Corellon and couldn’t forget him, waiting in the forest for his return.

But she died without a glimpse of him again, and her resentful spirit became the first harpy.

Of course, there’s another more explicit version that blames Corellon for leading her on and then abandoning her, which turned the elf girl into a monster out of spite.

Amberser didn’t quite believe this second version.

Take the Magic Goddess, for example, who slept with her follower just once and never appeared again.

Is that to be spurned? That’s what I’d call a blessing of the divine.

The Magic Goddess isn’t even known for her beauty, and that’s still called divine grace. Corellon, on the other hand, is said to be the most beautiful Deity—just look at Katherine. Even if you magnify Katherine’s charm a hundredfold, it might still fall short of Corellon’s beauty.

If a god like him sleeps with you once, you should consider your ancestors blessed. Still blaming him for betrayal? What, you wanted to be the next goddess queen or something?

So it’s more likely the first case, where the elf girl’s unrequited love for the Deity turned her into a monster.