Sirin

### Hide

Scaloid scales composed of bone, cosmine and covered in Keratin, these scales are small and very thin making them appear almost smooth especially from a distance.

## Ecology

### Nature

Appear friendly and curious, but more times than not are aggressive predators especially towards humans, though they are capable of affection towards humans as well usually with a single human of their preferred sexual preference.

### Prey

* A mix of smaller fish, crustaceans, snails and more.
* Preferred prey: Humans

### Predators

* Witchers(?)
* Krakens
* Leviathans

**Sirins** are intelligent aquatic beings related in some way to the ekhidnae, merpeople, the semiaquatic mouras and the southern lamias. Some scholars, in fact, consider the sirin to be the missing link between them.

## Physiology

### Human Disguise

In their human disguise, a **Sirin** physically resembles their cousin species the Nixa that of having the upper torso of a young woman but unlike their cousin not have the large wings that are characteristic to the Nixa, instead having a long snake-like tail with a diphycercal caudal fin. The illusion covers the hands adding an additional thumb to the four fingered form of the Sirin.

### True Form

From its head the **Sirin** has orbital sockets closer to the top of the skull as well as large backward facing vicious looking teeth which are fully concealed when the **Sirin's** mouth is closed, the ribcage of the **Sirin** is robust allowing for the development of advanced lungs. **Sirin** have distinctly human-like forelimbs similar to land-dwelling tetrapods that allow **Sirins** to pull themselves on to the shore for short periods of time. Their fingers are elongated and are webbed in-between, these hands lack opposable digits, limiting their articulation capability to swimming, sweeping, grabbing gestures and pulling itself across rocky land

## Abilities

### Racial Abilities

* **Merfolk Physiology**: **Sirins** are beings with the upper body of a humanoid and the lower body (in taur-style) of a sea animal/creature (mainly either that of a fish or cetacean).
	+ **Amphibian Adaptation**: **Sirin** are able to adapt to both water and land. They may live indefinitely in one (water) and spend long periods in the other (out of water).
	+ **Aquatic Adaptation**:
		- **Aquatic Breathing**:
	+ **Fin Manifestation**:
	+ **Gill Manifestation**: **Sirins** possesses gills at the base of their necks and just anterior of the pectoral girdle.
	+ **Scale Manifestation**:
	+ **Speed Swimming**:
	+ **Swimming Tail**:
	+ **Water Maneuverability**:

### Magical Abilities

* **Relative Appearance Alteration:** A **Sirin's** appearance differs depending on who sees them. The perceived appearance varies from person to person and can include changes in ethnicity, voice, and mannerisms to present anything from an ideal figurehead to something or someone most hated or feared by a viewer.
	+ **Illusive Appearance**: **Sirin's** have the power to create an illusive appearance.
* **Siren Song**: **Sirins** can emit astonishingly beautiful and enchanting singing voice capable of summoning/luring anyone who hears it to come towards the singer.
	+ **Beacon Emission**: **Sirins** can create a *magical* *beacon* that draws those perceiving it or only the one targeted towards the **Sirin**.
* **Sound Amplification**: **Sirin** can increase the strength, duration, and potential of sound to it's fullest, the effects may change depending on the original effects of the sound that has now been amplified.

## Behavior

### Confused for Mermaids

**Sirins** can be confused for **Mermaid** at a distance and to the uneducated, a **Sirin** unlike a **Mermaid** has a long serpent-like tail with a fan-like fin at the end it also possesses underdeveloped pelvic fins which they can use to hold itself up while out of water.

### Female Dominated Species

No known male specimens have been observed so far, but not enough human men mate with female **Sirins** either to support the **Sirin** population as such, male **Sirins** must exist as to whether they simply stay in settlements or are guarded by female **Sirins** is unknown at this time.

### Fickle

Although **Sirins** may sing to lure sailors to their death if they become partial to a sailor they may choose to save his life. **Sirin** biology curiously allows breeding with human males, though the child will be a **Sirin**.

### Hunting

**Sirins** are opportunistic omnivores that hunt mainly in the mesopelagic zone approximately 650–3,300 feet (200–1,000 meters) underwater, making it hard for them to run into mermaids who dwell in the epipelagic zone approximately 650 feet (200 meters) deep. Both species have been known to come to the surface, however. **Sirins** are capable of powerful but luckily short bursts of speed, they are not built for both speed and distance.

### Vocal Mimicry

**Sirins** are capable of producing vocalizations beyond those of which humans are capable. They are able to mimic the sound of a baby or child in distress to elicit an empathetic response in humans.

## Harvestable Parts

### Meat

Due to their sentient status and human-level intelligence, it is generally considered taboo to consume the flesh of a **Sirin**, though there are rumors revolving around the flesh of Merpeople that it can imbue the consumer with everlasting life and youth.

## Notable sirins

* Brun
* Ding
* Fon
* Blaímhnen
* Lirbhaish
* Óstrúa
* Blulmhí
* Ulbholai
* Fobhnemhnir
* Athreiblath

## Trivia

* **Sirin** is based in their mythological counterpart the *Sirin*.
* **Sirin** are free to use in stories and articles, all I ask is that you honor the lore present and if you make one add their name and a link to this page.