
Merrevail (S."Blackwings") were harpy-like creatures of the night, described as ghastly hybrids between mortal women and great bats. These beings were the lesser and degenerate female descendants of the Morgothic Vampires, ancient horrors of the First Age. Not all of them had intelligence on their own, many were of only beastly mind, but those that had, ruled their society of nests and eyries. Their male counterparts of the Morroval, known as Mervyl (Sindarin for "Black-slave"), were inferior in both strength and intelligence, relegated to a subservient role within their strictly matriarchal society.
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- LOTRO