Steeling is an Avian/Steeling-type enemy in Final Fantasy XII found in various locations throughout Ivalice.
Steeling has various versions, but all of them are weak. In the original versions, the Armguard accessory was a rare steal from them, but the function of the accessory was changed for the Zodiac versions and it has been replaced (the player can now steal a Potion from the lower level versions and Kotetsu or Handaxe from the higher level ones).
Being an avion possessed of clawed hands and a deep purple hue as thought 'twere cut from the dark cloth of night. From the records of the naturalist Merlose: 'Liveth they in the dark places, feeding on the life-humors of other monstrosities.' It is known to modern natural philosophers that they are not 'guided through the black by the devil's hand' as was once suggested, but instead that they employ a cry of such high pitch that it is as silence to hume ears, and by its echoing do they navigate with uncanny precision. It is a peculiarity of their ilk that they hunt often in packs, whence comes our expression 'Wings o' leather, flock together.'
