His pride fell down to Earth and he slowly began to realize that battles couldn't be won if one didn't have the will to truly do so. However, things began to change when he suffered his first defeat in decades at the hands of Zero. He was proud to serve such a heroic leader and fulfilled any task given to him with absolute obedience and without any hesitation. Originally, Harpuia was a stubborn and loyal follower of X and later his duplicate Copy X. Personality ' You will pay dearly for your futile resistance, Zero!' -Sage Harpuia Harpuia's head appears at the helm, giving the impression of a human-headed bird, bearing a great resemblance to a Harpy. In his Armed Phenomenon form, Harpuia's armor expands to become a fighter jet aircraft in the shape of an eagle.

These changes are not depicted in his sprites. Harpuia received a small redesign in Mega Man Zero 3, altering the green and gold highlights along his body and shortening the white on his heels. He wields two identical energy-based Sonic Blades. His helmet is mounted with wing-like extensions that bear resemblance to a Valkyrie's helmet, and powerful wing-like thrusters are mounted on his back. His armor is colored green, symbolizing his alignment with wind and lightning. Like his siblings, Harpuia's armor is based on his biological data origin, X, with thematic alterations. Harpuia lives on through Biometal Model H in the Mega Man ZX series.Ĭoncept art detailing Harpuia's Mega Man Zero 3 redesign. He wields two beam sabers called Sonic Blades (ソニックブレード Sonikku Burēdo). He was a military general of Neo Arcadia, commanding the Strong Air Battalion (烈空軍団 Rekkū Gundan, literally 'Army of the Fierce Sky'). Harpuia was created from X's DNA data for the purpose of aiding humans resettling the Earth after the destruction of the Maverick Wars and Elf Wars. He served as the secondary antagonist in Mega Man Zero, the main antagonist for the first half of Mega Man Zero 2 (later an anti-hero), and a supporting character in Mega Man Zero 3.

Sage Harpuia, known in Japanese as Kenshou Harpuia ( 「賢将」ハルピュイア, 「 Kenshō」 Harupyuia, Kenshō literally meaning Intellectual Commander or Wise General), or simply Harpuia, is a member of the Four Guardians in the Mega Man Zero series. But, as long as they try to disobey humans, destroying them is my goal.' -Harpuia, Mega Man Zero 2 I don't think that justice is destroying Resistance forces.

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