Siren (creature)

Siren is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series typically encountered as a boss or summoned monster. Often portrayed as a beautiful woman who plays a harp, her attacks usually focus on inflicting Silence on the opponent, but they sometimes also do minor damage.
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy V ===
Siren is a encountered in the Ship Graveyard. She deceives the party into letting their guard down to steal their souls by impersonating Stella Klauser and King Tycoon, but her attempt to ensnare Galuf by impersonating a girl fails when Galuf cannot remember her due to his amnesia. Galuf snaps the other party members out of their trances, and the Siren takes a more direct approach to taking care of the party.
Siren switches between a living and undead state at will. While living, she is weak to physical attacks, but elemental attacks are ineffective. While undead, Siren resists physical damage, but is weak to magic, especially Fire and curative spells.
=== Final Fantasy VI ===
Siren appears as an esper, and is one of the first four magicites. Her attack, Lunatic Voice, inflicts Silence on all enemies. As a magicite, she teaches Sleep, Silence, Slow, and Fire, and provides a +10% boost to HP upon leveling up.
Siren has had several alterations made to her sprites across releases due to censorship, as in the original Japanese release her buttocks is completely exposed. The North American SNES release completely covered it, the Advance release changed it to a ribbon across her rear, while the 2014 and Pixel Remaster releases changed it to a bikini bottom. The PlayStation release uses the original uncensored sprite.
=== Final Fantasy VIII ===
Siren is a Guardian Force drawn from Elvoret at the top of the Dollet Radio Tower during the SeeD field exam. If the player misses Siren, they can draw it from Tri-Point in the final dungeon.
She is the weakest offensive Guardian Force and focuses on status effects: her Silent Voice inflicts non-elemental damage and Silence on all opponents, she learns status attack and defense junctions and a command ability that heals a party member from status ailments. She has a refine ability that lets one create status healing items from monster spoils. Her other unique abilities are Mag Bonus, that yields a permanent stat boost upon level up; Move-Find that lets the player see hidden save and draw points; and refine abilities for making curative magic and magic stones and other tools.
Her compatibility item is Silence Powder and her compatibility is also boosted by casting status ailment spells in battle. Her opposing Guardian Force whose summoning deducts her compatibility the most is Carbuncle. Her Triple Triad card is won from the Pub Manager in Dollet.
=== Final Fantasy XI ===
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Siren appears as an avatar in the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel storyline. Her title is The Forgotten Avatar. The player battles Siren who was being controlled by a masked man. During the battle, Siren uses songs like a Bard. She still has her Lunatic Voice which inflicts Silence, but her worst attack is Entice, which charms all players in an area of effect.
After finishing Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, Seekers of Adoulin, and some other prerequisites, players can do a quest to gain her as a summonable avatar.
=== Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings ===
Siren is the Rank 2 Water Aerial summon. Her normal attack, Kickline Dance, can inflict Stop, but she has no special attack. Her appearance follows that of the Sprite enemy in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
=== Final Fantasy XIII ===
Siren makes a minor appearance during the Pompa Sancta in Nautilus Park. Also, there is an area of Eden named Siren Park, which is named after the Siren who appeared during the Pompa Sancta.
Alongside the mascot used in Nautilus Park, a fal'Cie by the same name also exists. A statue of this fal'Cie is seen in Bodhum during a flashback where Serah Farron tells Snow Villiers that she is a Pulse l'Cie. Siren, alongside Carbuncle, is the only fal'Cie to also share its name with a mascot in Nautilus Park. Ramuh also originally shared its name with a fal'Cie, however, the Ramuh fal'Cie was not included in Final Fantasy XIII in the end.
=== Final Fantasy XIV ===
The Siren is a boss that is encountered twice in A Realm Reborn. The Siren is first encountered in during the main scenario. Here the player does not battle the Siren directly, instead fighting its minions while the Siren supports them from beyond the player's reach. It flees once its minions are defeated. The player can later encounter it again as the final boss of , where they may defeat it for good.
The Siren is but one of a race of sirens known to draw sailors to their deaths with their enchanting voice. Other sirens under various names may rarely be encountered as bosses.
=== The Final Fantasy Legend ===
The Siren is an enemy encountered on the 10th floor of the Tower, and a potential transformation for the party's monster units.
=== Final Fantasy Legend III ===
The Siren is an enemy and potential transformation for party members.
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions ===
Siren is an enemy encountered in the Pirate Hideout. It can cast Entice to inflict Confuse or cast Silence on a character.
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions II ===
FFD2 Aemo Siren 1 Artwork.png|Siren
FFD2 Aemo Siren 2 Artwork.png|Siren α
FFLTNS Siren Omega Artwork.jpg|Siren Ω
Siren can be obtained as a summon through the game's summon drawing shop. Two alternate variants, Siren α and Siren Ω, also appear as summons. 
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
PFF Siren FFV.png|Final Fantasy V Siren
PFF Siren Sprite.png|Final Fantasy VI Siren
The Final Fantasy V Siren appears as a boss, while the VI version appears as a summon.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
'"The Final Fantasy V Siren appears as a boss in the Ship Graveyard record.
=== Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
Siren is both an enemy and summon. Unlike the other espers present in the game, Siren is the only one encountered normally through the main story. As a summon, Siren performs "Lunatic Voice," dealing water magic damage and potentially putting enemies to sleep.
====War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius====
Siren appears as an obtainable summon and vision card. Its party ability is Water Attack Up 21 and Water Unit Fire Attack Res Up 0. Its bestowed effects are Water Attack Res Up 4. It is illustrated by G-ROW Art.
=== Mobius Final Fantasy ===
Siren appears as an ability card.
=== World of Final Fantasy ===
Siren is a Mirage whose ability is Silent Voice.
=== Final Fantasy Trading Card Game ===
Siren from Final Fantasy VIII appears as a water-elemental card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
501a Siren.png|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
560a Siren.png|World of Final Fantasy.
Siren from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and World of Final Fantasy appears on Triple Triad cards in the version available via the Final Fantasy Portal App.
== Merchandise ==
Siren from Final Fantasy VIII has appeared in some merchandise. The Guardian Forces featured in action figures with two versions available, translucent and colored. Siren's translucent version is green. Siren's action figure includes a harp and a Cactuar figure. The Japanese version of the action figure also includes the arm part of Ragnarok; if one collected all the Guardian Force figures, they could use the parts to assemble a Ragnarok. Some of the Guardian Forces also appeared alongside the player party members in limited edition statues Transcendent Artists Collection; Siren appears with Rinoa.
Siren-GF-Action-Figure.png|Siren's action figure.
TranscendentArtistsCollectionFinalFantasyVIII1.jpg|Transcendent Artists Collection: Final Fantasy VIII.
Siren~_Figure.jpg|Final Fantasy Creatures Figure Collectible.
== Etymology ==
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Category:Recurring enemies
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