Siren (Final Fantasy VI)

Siren is an esper in Final Fantasy VI who can be acquired as a magicite. It is her first appearance as a summon.
==Profile==
Siren is a slender, scantily clad humanoid figure. She has blond hair and carries a golden harp, and wears dark blue clothing.
Siren has a history of censorship in localized versions of Final Fantasy VI, as her original Japanese Super Famicom sprite depicts her with her rear uncovered. The western Super NES release added shorts or a skirt to cover her, but the PlayStation port used all original Super Famicom sprites, including the uncensored Siren. The Game Boy Advance port censored Siren's sprite in a different manner, with a strip of cloth over her rear. Siren's sprite in the discontinued mobile and Steam port is based on the original Super NES sprite, giving her what is more clearly a short skirt with slits on the sides, and this sprite is used in both the Japanese release and the western release. The Pixel Remaster sprite appears based on the discontinued mobile/Steam version with the graphical style matching the rest of the remaster.
==Story==
Siren was one of several espers captured by the Gestahlian Empire during their first raid on the esper world. The captive espers were taken back to the Magitek Research Facility at Vector and experimented on and their magic drained to develop the Empire's Magitek army.
At an unknown point, Ramuh attempted escape with Siren, Kirin and Cait Sith, but only Ramuh survived. He kept the magicite remains of his comrades with him as he went into hiding at Zozo. When the Returners met Ramuh while searching for Terra, Ramuh urged them to shut down the Magitek Research Facility and free the espers still held captive. To aid them in this, he turned himself into magicite and entrusted himself and the three magicites of his comrades to them.
==Gameplay==
Siren costs 16 MP to summon and casts Lunatic Voice (Hope Song in the Super NES and PlayStation versions), which inflicts Silence on all enemies with a hit rate of 136. At Level Up, she provides a +10% boost to HP gain.
Siren is not practical as a summon. The party will not often come up against groups of enemies that use magic prominently and are vulnerable to Silence, and for single enemies, the party can simply cast the Silence spell Siren teaches. She has some utility in the Cultists' Tower, where a fair number of enemies are vulnerable to Silence and can only use magic, and Siren costs little MP to summon and bypasses the innate Reflect status many enemies have. Her HP bonus is useless, offering a minor boost while other espers offer a larger one.
===Spells===
Siren is useful as an early magicite. The status spells she teaches have some use throughout the game, and Fire is the only offensive spell the party can learn aside from those taught by Ramuh, until they acquire Ifrit and Shiva in the Magitek Research Facility.
*Sleep x10
*Silence x8
*Slow x7
*Fire x6
==Gallery==
FFVI Siren.png|Lunatic Voice (GBA).
FFVI iOS Lunatic Voice.png|Lunatic Voice (discontinued mobile/Steam).
==Etymology==
de:Siren (FFVI)
Category:Espers in Final Fantasy VI
Category:Magicite in Final Fantasy VI