Mallery

The Basics

Background

The 23rd princess of the Witchwing clan, Mallery, lives a life unbefitting of a harpy princess. Though, that’s probably due to her lack of desire to be a princess. She didn’t see a reason to stick around and fight with her siblings over who would be next in line. So she left her home up in the mountains in search of a new home far away from her clan. Eventually, she found the nexus, and the park covered a large portion of the area. A new area filled to the brim with prey of various sizes.

Personality

Cheerful, airheaded, and impulsive are just a few adjectives that describe Mallery perfectly. Personal space is a term she simply doesn’t understand. Beings who interest her and are smaller will quickly find themselves adjusted and questioned hundreds of feet off the ground. Though, people should choose their words carefully; many victims have plummeted to death after rudely demanding that she let them go.

Though playing nice with her after being abducted, unfortunately, will not guarantee your safety as it isn’t uncommon for her to devour those she’s grown tired of. To make matters worse, her attention span is quite lacking.

Notable Traits

Wings

Mallery’s wings are covered with black feathers with soft white feathers mixed in. The edges of each feather are covered in a micro comb-like structure similar to that of owls. This dampens the sound profile of her wings, making it more difficult to hear her when she is flying. Much to the dismay of her prey, most will not hear her coming. This also damps the sound of her hovering though her wings create larger gusts when hovering. While Mallery lacks any magical ability, thanks to her clan, her feathers possess necromantic properties which can be used to enhance such magic. The only problem is that getting a hold of a Witchwing’s feathers is an incredibly dangerous task. Most feathers that have broken off or are removed by preening her wings are usually nearly worthless.

Digestive Tract

The first thing that prey will notice when sliding down her throat is the oppressive tightness of her throat. Due to her lack of proper hands to help restrain prey during the swallowing process, Mallery and others of her clan have well-developed throat muscles. These muscles are used to clamp firmly down on prey and drag prey in a given direction. Once the prey has entered her throat and begins sliding down, their fate is sealed. The walls of her throat are covered in deep ridges which allow her throat to grip prey and, with each ripple of her throat, drag prey deeper into her body. This allows her to continue to fly while swallowing down a squirming morsel.

The valve which leads to her stomach opens just enough to allow prey to slide through before sealing shut behind the food item once it has been deposited into her stomach. Much like her throat, her stomach is incredibly tight, almost like a vacuum-sealed bag. Once prey has been deposited into her stomach, it sags downward, causing the valve which leads to her intestines to rise, making it more difficult for prey to escape her stomach. Her toned abdomen muscles exert a constant pressure against her stomach while also making each churn of her stomach feel like it is trying to compact her prey.

Prey who manages to find the valve and overcome the muscles that keep her stomach and intestines separated, will find their effort wasted. Once opened, the valve reveals a dense porous channel that leads to her intestines. This channel prevents large solid materials from being pushed into her intestines which haven't been fully broken up. This leaves the only method of reaching her intestines after being pulped by her stomach.