Siren (セイレーン, Seirēn^?) is a recurring summon in the Final Fantasy series 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.

AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy VIEdit

Siren is one of the first espers obtained. She costs 16 MP to summon. Her attack, Lunatic Voice (Hope Song in the original version), has a Hit Rate of 136. She teaches the following spells:

• Sleep x10
• Silence x8
• Slow x7
• Fire x6

At Level Up, she provides a +10% boost to HP.

This is the first time Siren appears as a summon.

Final Fantasy VIIIEdit

See the Summon sequence here

The Siren (Japanese セイレーン Seirēn; French Ondine) is a Guardian Force obtained by drawing 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 Ultimecia Castle.

Siren's attack, Silent Voice (サイレントヴォイス, Sairento Voisu), deals non-elemental damage as well as inflicting Silence to all enemies. Siren's summon time is 17.6s, which, according to the Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania, allows the player to boost its damage to around 200% of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller. Its damage is calculated as follows:^[1]

Damage = 55 * Level / 10 + 35

Damage = Damage * (265 − TargetSpr) / 8

Damage = Damage * 35 / 256

Damage = Damage * Boost / 100

Damage = Damage * (100 + SummonMagBonus) / 100

AbilitiesEdit

Abilities learned naturally by Siren are listed below:

Ability	AP	Prerequisite	Ability	AP	Prerequisite
Mag-J	(Already learned)		Mag Bonus	100	Mag+40%
ST-Atk-J	(Already learned)		Move-Find	40	None
ST-Def-J	(Already learned)		SumMag+10%	40	None
ST-Def-Jx2	130	None	SumMag+20%	70	SumMag+10%
Magic	(Already learned)		SumMag+30%	140	SumMag+20%
GF	(Already learned)		GFHP+10%	40	None
Draw	(Already learned)		GFHP+20%	70	GFHP+10%
Item	(Already learned)		Boost	10	None
Treatment	100	Siren Lv12	L Mag-RF	30	None
Mag+20%	60	None	ST Med-RF	30	None
Mag+40%	120	Mag+20%	Tool-RF	30	None

Triple TriadEdit

Siren
	Element	n/a
	Refine	1 refines into 3 Status Atks
	Drop	n/a
	Card	n/a
Level 8 (GF Card)	Win	Pub Manager in Dollet

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant WingsEdit

Main article: Siren (Revenant Wings)

"Irresistible songstress who beguiles eye and ear alike."

—In-Game Description

Siren is the Rank 2 Water Aerial summon. Her normal attack, Kickline Dance, has the ability to inflict Stop, but she has no special attack. Her appearance follows that of the Sprite enemy in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

Final Fantasy XIIIEdit

Siren makes a minor appearance during the Pompa Sancta in Nautilus Park. Also, there is an area of Eden named Siren Park. A statue of Siren can be seen in Bodhum, during a cutscene.

GalleryEdit

Siren drawn by Yoshitaka Amano.

Siren's concept art for Final Fantasy VIII.

Silent Voice in Final Fantasy VIII.

Silent Voice in Final Fantasy VIII.

Artwork for Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.

Concept art of Siren in Final Fantasy XIII.

Siren as seen during a flashback of Day Seven behind Snow. Notice aquatic colors, harp, and fin.

TriviaEdit

Japanese	American

• In Final Fantasy VI, Siren has three sprites: in the North American version of the SNES release, her exposed rear was censored. All of the censorship present in the SNES version was lifted for the PlayStation version, showing the original Japanese sprite. A third sprite was used in the Advance release (shown above), less revealing than the original Japanese sprite, and more revealing than the original American sprite.

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