Garuda

Garuda are a species of powerful magical beast depicted in the world of Reign of the Seven Spellblades.

History
Garuda come from the country of Indus, located on the continent of Azia. Due to their origins, they are also known as demonic Indus birds.

According to Oliver Horn, Garuda are considered to be divine beasts.

In the first light novel, a Garuda was captured and kept in the colosseum of the school labyrinth, before being unleashed upon the students by Vera Miligan, it wounded and maimed many students before it was finally slain by the combined efforts of Nanao Hibiya, Oliver Horn and Richard Andrews.

Appearance
Garuda are large, bird-like creatures with bright red feathers. It stands taller than the average human. They have blue eyes, two large wings, and long tail feathers. Unlike most nonmagical birds, garuda have a humanoid body with 2 clawed arms and 2 clawed feet in addition to their wings.

Abilities
Strength: Garuda are extremely strong and powerful creatures, capable of effortlessly tearing through countless opponents like mages, and throwing them away with ease.

Talons: Garuda use their talons on their hands and feet as their main melee weapons, their talons are sharp enough to cleave through human bodies and smash through solid stone, though they can still be blocked by strong swords.

Speed: Garuda are very fast creatures, and are also agile enough to dodge multiple attacks from enemies when both running or flying.

Durability: Garuda are durable enough to withstand multiple attacks such as sword strikes from sword users such as Nanao, though their necks are still a weak spot.

Flight: Garuda use their powerful wings to fly at high speeds through the air, and are capable of diving down at high speeds to crash into their opponents.

Elemental power: Garuda have wind and fire spirits to assist them with unleashing their elemental powers over wind and fire, they can use wind to boost their speed, protect themselves with a wind barrier and unleash gusts of wind to blow enemies away. However, if most of their feathers are missing from their body, they lose their ability to utilize their elemental powers to their fullest.

Trivia

 * The Garuda in real-life mythology is a bird-like Hindu demigod who is primarily depicted as the mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu. Garuda is described as the king of the birds and is a kite or eagle-like figure. He is shown either in a zoomorphic form (a giant bird with partially open wings) or an anthropomorphic form (a man with wings and some ornithic features). Garuda is generally portrayed as a protector with the power to swiftly travel anywhere, ever vigilant and is the enemy of every serpent. He also goes by the names Tarkshya and Vainateya.