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Harpuia is a fictional character in the Mega Man Zero video game series.

Character history

Leader of the Rekkuu Gundan ("Army of Fierce Sky") with the title of Kenshou ("Sage General"). Harpuia's schematics were based on that of Mega Man X with certain modifications. He is one of the Four Guardians of Copy X and oversaw a pupil, Herculious Anchus. Like the other Guardians, Harpuia is fiercely loyal to X and Neo Arcadia.

Once Harpuia led an expedition to a Sunken Library (the same Sunken Library that appears in Mega Man Zero 3) to retrieve data from the ruins. Within this expedition was the Reploid, TK-31, whom later adopted the name Elpizo (Japanese version, Elpis).

Harpuia's first appearance is in Megaman Zero 1, where he killed an entire Resistance Team on the ruins of a highway and nearly killed the Reploid, Colbor, had Zero not intervened.

As a faithful Guardian, he defended Area X where Copy X resided but was defeated. After his defeat, he once again leapt to defend Copy X from Zero but was told to stand down by his Master and did so. Copy X was defeated soon after.

With the defeat of Copy X, Harpuia was appointed Leader of Neo Arcadia by the Neo Arcadian Government. Under his guidance, Neo Arcadia continued to route out the Resistance, though surprisingly, it was he who found Zero unconscious in the desert and returned him to the new Resistance Base.

It is possible that Harpuia knew that Copy X was a fake and knew that Original X was in the Sanctum of Yggdrasil where the Dark Elf was sealed away. When Elpizo tried to infiltrate the sanctum, which was out of bounds even to Neo Arcadia's Highest Executives, Harpuia rushed to the Temple of Wind to halt Elpizo's progress.

He succumbed to the power of the Baby Elves, however, and was forced to fight Zero whilst Elpizo made his escape. After his defeat by Zero's hand, he pleaded with Zero to protect X's body upon being defeated.

Harpuia recovered after his defeat at the Temple of Wind and later took part in a Mission to investigate a fallen spaceship, in which resided the banished Reploid, Omega. He defeated Omega, but ceased his attack when Copy X-MkII and Dr. Weil interceded. Harpuia reluctantly followed the new Copy X and Dr. Weil, but when Weil fired a missile containing Omega into a human settlement, Harpuia rebelled and fought against the improved Omega.

Omega defeated Harpuia and through the rest of the events of Mega Man Zero 3, Harpuia underwent repairs in the Resistance Base. After the repairs were complete, Harpuia initially refused to stay with the Resistance and work with them, but appeared during the last battle against Omega to help Zero.

Harpuia did not appear in Mega Man Zero 4, but it is clear that he was not in Neo Arcadia when Craft destroyed it from Ragnarok. Artwork from the Remastered Rockman Track - Physis clearly shows the Four Guardians along with the cyber-projections of Original X and Phantom, watching the remanants of Ragnarok falling from the sky.

Personality

Harpuia has a distinct set of personality traits. While under the leadership of Copy X, he was a ruthless and cruel enforcer. He slaughtered an entire group of Resistance soldiers without a second thought, and intended to do the same to Zero. While on the surface he appears to be a controlled madman, he exhibits different traits after the fall of Copy X, including the surprising revelation that he does not really want to destroy the Resistance, but merely protect the humans. His sense of duty as revealed in Mega Man Zero 2 indicates a far deeper personality than the other two remaining Guardians. On a deeper level, Harpuia is the most like the original X.

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