Siren

Sirens are distant cousins of the harpy race, fully carnivorous they have the body of a bird with the head of a human woman. They are less intelligent than their sapient counterparts and have a diminished charming effect, having to rely on hunting prowess as their prey will not fully be lured in. Some believe that siren's were a mistake on the part of the god who created them with harpies being what they initially intended. There is little scientific evidence of this, though.

## Sociocultural Information

### Distinction(s)

Bird body, human head; enhanced digestion system; oval feathers

## Physical Traits

Sirens have the feathered body of a large predatory bird with male sirens typically having richer and more vivid coloration than females. Their feathers are oval in shape. Males can be colored yellow, green, or blue with black and/or white adornments. Females can be colored brown, grey, or tarnished yellow with black and/or white adornments. Their feet have four prongs tipped with 3 inch long talons used for grasping prey. Male sirens stand at around the size of the average human at 7-9 feet tall while female sirens stand at twice the size of the average human, about 12-15 feet. The siren's human head was typically relative to the size of their body filled with sharp jagged teeth that were heavy so that the creature could easily crush the bones of its prey or enemy.

## Behavior

Siren's diminished charming effects of their voice force them to be far more compentent hunters than harpies, because of this siren's often will hunt in groups of 5-10 known as a "choir" in which they will practice singing in harmony with one another which strengthens the overall charm of their song.

They are very social creatures with a preference for their own species rather than others but will associate with other predators such as falcons or hawks though this is most often in fights over territory or disputes on scavenged meals.

## Diet

Favored meals of the siren are small but supple critters such as mice, rats, weasels, and rabbits though in the case of a humanoid being lured in they will have a fight within the choir itself over who gets to eat them. One human can feed about 2-3 sirens. For more filling meals sirens will hunt larger mammals such as deer, elk, and laume.

While they are primarily carnivorous, they can also eat berries, herbs, and other such plants. In times of scarce sirens may eat certain fish like bass, sardines, and pike.

## Society

As mentioned before siren's will live and hunt in flocks of 5-10 in order to more easily captivate prey. Like harpies, they have a very rigid social structure with the strongest of them being the leader of the flock. If another wishes to challenge the current leader it is a fight to the death unless one submits to the other (a siren submits by laying down and turning onto their back, displaying their soft underbelly), whoever is the victory is the leader. In-fighting is extremely common in these flocks as each siren is battling for supremacy over the others.

Light any other bird a newly hatched siren is hairless, unable to fly, and unable to digest most foods unless it is chewed for them. Chicks hatched with any disfigurements or oddities, however small, are killed in order to the flock and species strong. During the first few months of the chick being born they are fed by their mother or father via reguritation but otherwise left within the nest. The largest part of a chicks diet is meat, primarily rodents as they are the easiest to catch and swallow, though they also will be fed berries.