"Why no male for us?"

That is the simple five-letter sentence that unlocked the opening of Darian's Point...when the harpies are formed by magic. When Morriggan calls them forth, she makes them female, only, and once four are dead and she is trying to negotiate a truce between them and the men killing them, she finds they are not merely monsters. They are creatures of instinct and need.

So one of them pointedly asks her, Why no male for us? Why only females? Morriggan's response will be awkward and incomplete, because she does not want to admit she had lost her self-control and made them only from anger. She didn't think about them wanting companionship.

Which is kind of horrible, because part of the deal is they will remain solitary, living in the Moher Cliffs for centuries. Hidden and alone.

I've found that harpies come in all shapes of bird-type species. Male harpies (or alans) are larger and heavier than female alans (or harpies)...but I don't know if they can have offspring. Would they be sterile? Would their young come from eggs or birth like humans? I could just make it up on my own...

I am thinking the harpies have a more female appearance when not in flight. Almost elegant. Their wings folded in would look like a cloak of flowing hair. They would be more like bats' wings, with hands and fingers halfway along them. It may be a good idea for me to try and work up a sketch of them so I can reference it.

Still much to decide...but this is my new direction.