Stirge

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Job: Family: Giant Bat Crystal: Wind Weak to: Wind, Light

Stirge

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Middle Delkfutt Tower	27-29	Bat Wing (???%)		7	A, H
Ranguemont Pass	30-33	Bat Fang (???%) Bat Wing (???%) Fiend Blood (???%)		41	A, L, H
Oldton Movalpolos	33-36	Bat Wing (???%) Beastman Blood (???%) Fiend Blood (???%)		11	L, H
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Notes

The Stirge in Ranguemont Pass has between 700 and 1000 HP.

Historical Background

In Roman mythology, the Strix (also spelled Striga. Plural: Striges), was a vampiric bird. This bird (owl) fed on human blood and human flesh. Striges were once humans. They were cannibals who were transformed into vampiric owls as punishment. Striges were viewed as harbingers of ill omen, such as war and strife. Strix is a loan word from Greek and means "owl". Stirge is a corruption of the spelling which occurred in recent times.