Sirens

## Magical Prowess:

Every siren is born with bewitching powers that are unleashed through song, though they may not reach their peak until about 15 years old. They all have generally the same strength, but their powers only work when someone is within earshot; after that they are doomed. It must be noted, however, that a siren's powers do not work on other full sirens.

## Appearance:

### Possible Hair Colors:

Hair colors can vary between electric blue and sea green, and to darker tones such as purple and kelp green, and basically all the colors of coral.

### Possible Skin Colors:

Skin colors can also vary in color, though the most common are lavender purple, sea blue, and sea green. Some sirens also have glowing highlights in their skin, though this is largely specific the Rheoli Subspecies.

### Possible Eye Colors:

Eye colors can run all over the spectrum, including colors that humans cannot have. Some of these include purple, very pale greens and pastels of all kinds.

### Possible Heights:

For fully grown male sirens, the average height is 6'3", and for fully grown female sirens, the average height is 5'7".

### Gills and Fins:

All sirens, no matter what age, sex, or subspecies, has gills on their neck, shins, and webbed toes and fingers. They are always match the color of the hands, which change color to an almost white version of whatever color they were originally when the siren becomes enraged or especially violent.

## Society:

### Government:

The reigning Siren Monarch is King Neptune the 5th, who has been on the throne for 20 years now and is married to Queen Nereid. They have 3 children, Princess Mariana, Prince Aegaeon, and Crown Princess Ceto. King Neptune has only 1 sibling, that being Princess Atla, and daughter, Lady Marina, who currently lives in Rodaria. The Siren Monarchy is absolute, though isolationism and their tendency to not stray far from the water makes them little threat to those who live above it. In their society, the royal family, and mainly the monarch and the crowned heir, are treated with the highest respect and honor, no matter what subspecies they're in, and if not, it is punishable by death.

### Families:

Siren families are structured very similarly to human ones, in the sense that the parents take care of and nurture their young until they're old enough to fend for themselves. The normal Siren family typically consists of 3-7 beings, though in some rare cases can have more. Every family follows the decrees of the monarch, as treason can sometimes result in death. Parents teach their children to sing the moment they can make noise, and there's a test that all the 4-year-old take to determine what sub-race they belong to . Siren parents also mate for life, similarly to humans.

### Social Classes:

As per tradition, if you are born a Rheoli to a non-noble family, your entire family moves up at least one place on the social ladder. Lorano are always regarded as the lesser of the 3 subspecies, as it is the most common and not as blood exclusive as the other 2. This is partially because all half-sirens are Lorano, no matter what their parentage is, and since the surplus of halflings a few centuries ago, halflings have become quite common in Siren circles. The Faekor are always treated with the highest respect, as they have the highest blood. Though the Rheoli are somewhere in the middle, they are far from a middle class, and can range from the highest of nobility to some of the lowest of even the Lorano.

### Language:

How exactly Sirens speak communicate underwater is unknown, but the lyrical Siren language is remarkably similar to the dead human Latin language, though it is only used while they sing their ballads. The language itself cannot be written down, though there have been many efforts to do so, and is such theorized to be purely instinctual and not a taught language. Other sirens are able to understand this language, though, producing the most beautiful of duets.

## Subspecies:

### Rheoli:

Not the rarest, but quite uncommon, the Rheoli Siren subspecies has the power to control the minds of those unlucky souls who have the misfortune of hearing them. These breathtaking Faes have a 4% chance of a siren being born a Rheoli, and always have highlights in their skin that glow when they get angry or especially violent.

### Lorano:

The most common of the Siren subspecies, this is probably the one you think of the most when you think of Sirens. These stunning creatures have but only the power to lure humans to their doom, not actually control them or inspire them to do anything. There is about an 95% chance of a newborn Siren becoming a Lorano, give or take on account of genetics.

### Faekor:

The rarest of all the Siren subspecies, there is only a 1% chance of a siren being a Faekor Siren. These sirens are extremely powerful, and are very exclusive, being only found in the noble/royal families since they first evolved. Not only do they have the power of the Rheoli, but they are also capable of altering the memories and minds of those who come into contact with a single though, though of course it is activated with singing. These magnificent sea dwellers are usually sent as spies or scouts to the human nations, not being able to be detected with their powerset. They all have sapphire blue eyes, no matter what, though they don't have the skin highlights that the Rheoli do.

### General Info:

Sirens are trained killers from the moment they are born, though some don't stay that way, or only act that way towards certain people. All Siren magics are activated through song, but none of their powers are capable of working on other full sirens, though they do still work on half-sirens. Sirens may eat humans, but only when they feel the need for extra nutrition or haven't eaten in quite a while, as most are fully content to eat the fish that thrive and live around them. It must be noted, however, that while most sirens project anti-social behaviors, they are very much sociopaths as opposed to psychopaths, and do have the capacity to feel emotions and have emotional attachments (i.e. friendships, real love, etc.)

## Fertility:

Both males and females are extremely fertile, similarly to demons, though they prefer to not have sex as much, so families are nowhere near the size that demon ones are. Usually they will only have 1 group of eggs for every 5 years, every group of eggs having a range of 1-3.