The Vulture was a pet of Calibos, he was sent every night to visit princess Andromeda to take her spirit to the marshes so that a new riddle could be handed to her. When the Vulture arrives on one particular night, Perseus using his invisible helmet visits Andromeda and sees how the Vulture takes Andromeda's spirit away. It is in that one moment that Perseus realizes that his destiny lies within the secret that Andromeda carries. Andromeda's spiritis carried away by the vulture in a small cage far away to the realm of Calibos; the marshes, the place where Calibos dwelled. The next evening after the capture and taming of the winged horse Pegasus, Perseus follows the Vulture across the sky and arrives at the marshes. With his invisible helmet he hears the riddle given to Andromeda by Calibos.