Siren (summon)



Siren 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.

Final Fantasy VI
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 casting Silence on all enemies.

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. She 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.

Final Fantasy VIII

 * See the Summon sequence here

The Siren (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. Obtaining Siren in the Steam version earns the player the achievement Siren.

Siren's attack, Silent Voice, 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:
 * $$Damage = 55 * Level / 10 + 35 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * (265 - TargetSpr) / 8 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * 35 / 256 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * Boost / 100 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * (100 + SummonMagBonus) / 100 $$

Stats
The following table represents the base stats.

Abilities
Abilities learned naturally by Siren are listed below:

Final Fantasy XI
Siren appears as a non-summonable avatar in the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel storyline. Her title is The Forgotten Avatar. The player battles Siren who was being controlled by a masked man. During the battle, Siren uses songs like a Bard. She still has her Lunatic Voice which inflicts Silence, but her worst attack is Entice, which charms all players in an area of effect.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
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 XIII
Siren makes a minor appearance during the Pompa Sancta in Nautilus Park. Also, there is an area of Eden named Siren Park, which is aptly named after the Siren whom appeared during the Pompa Sancta.

Alongside the mascot used in Nautilus Park alongside Carbuncle, Ramuh, Valefor and Ifrit, a fal'Cie by the same name also existed, a statue of this fal'Cie was seen in Bodhum during a flashback where Serah Farron tells Snow Villiers that she is a Pulse l'Cie.

Siren, alongside Carbuncle, is the only fal'Cie to also share its name with a mascot in Nautilus Park. Ramuh also originally shared its name with a fal'Cie, however the Ramuh fal'Cie was not included in Final Fantasy XIII in the end.

Final Fantasy Legends: Toki no Suishō
Siren appears as a water-elemental summon in Final Fantasy Legends: Toki no Suishō. Siren's special attack is Silent Voice, which deals water-elemental damage to all enemies and has a chance to inflict silence. Summoning Siren costs 1 points from the Consumption Gauge.

Depending on the Siren summon's type and rank, the user is able to learn the following abilities:
 * Lullaby I
 * Lullaby II
 * Lullaby III

Mobius Final Fantasy
Siren appears as an ability card in Mobius Final Fantasy.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Siren from Final Fantasy VIII appears in a water-elemental card.

Triple Triad
Siren from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius appears on a Triple Triad card in the version available via Final Fantasy Portal App.

Merchandise
Siren from Final Fantasy VIII has appeared in some merchandise. The Guardian Forces featured in action figures with two versions available, translucent and colored. Siren's translucent version is green. Siren's action figure includes a harp and a Cactuar figure. The Japanese version of the action figure also includes the arm part of Ragnarok; if one collected all the Guardian Force figures, they could use the parts to assemble a Ragnarok. Some of the Guardian Forces also appeared alongside the player party members in limited edition statues Transcendent Artists Collection: Final Fantasy VIII; Siren appears with Rinoa.