Starting during their early twenties, and continuing progressively, the siren will begin to develop small scales on their knees, hips, and ankles. It is definitely known that sirens begin to mature into their voices at puberty, when the standard "break" becomes something much more dramatic. They possess oddly compelling voices, but as most people are quick to respond to the tears of a baby or young child, the extent of the compulsion is unclear. They experience infant milestones and mature at the same rate as infant humans. Infant sirens are indistinguishable from infant humans on all but a genetic level. This does not stop them from trying, as sirens are not fond of the company of other sirens, and have been known to form lasting romantic attachments to members of multiple sapient species. Unlike their relatives, the finfolk, they are not cross-fertile with any other known species (save for the finfolk themselves). They are nonetheless fully endothermic, and are capable of regulating their own body temperature at all stages of their lives. Sirens belong to the class Labyrinthodontia, and are technically considered to be distant relatives of the amphibians. While some sirens are perfectly pleasant individuals, it is easy to understand why members of fishing communities may be less accepting. Sirens are considered critically endangered in the modern world, having been hunted to near-extinction by both members of the Covenant and independent hunters who got tired of having all their boats sink. Unlike the finfolk, they never fully become fish. They are not therianthropes: they do not shapeshift, but rather, gradually and irreversibly transform.
Like all known members of Labyrinthodontia, sirens are metamorphic, and change forms over the course of their lives. Determining this would require resources that can be obtained only by introducing the sirens to mainstream science, and we just don't think mainstream science is ready for that sort of commitment. Indeed, it may yet be discovered that the sirens are actually a more advanced form of Labyrinthodontia, and have become another class altogether. This group of early proto-amphibians is considered extinct by most branches of modern science. Sirens today can be found in any coastal waters, if they are found at all.Īlong with the finfolk, the sirens ( Seiren anthemoessa) represent a surviving member of class Labyrinthodontia, which flourished in the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
The first recorded siren sightings were in the waters near Greece.
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