Forest; Ascendant of Gardens, Growth and Knowledge
Did you mean: so done with all this nonsense?
With an advanced intellect and a high skill in magic, Forest sirens are the closest of their kind to humans. Often they are pacifists, living in kelp forest communities organized like small villages and avoiding conflict when unable to mitigate it. In the past they may have even worked alongside and traded with humans, but now they remain hidden deep in their undersea homes with many layers of magic protection.
Once widespread with their flourishing marine gardens and extensive magic knowledge, the number of Forest sirens in the world has vastly diminished. Their communities are now limited to sheltered coves, reefs, and kelp forests, the sirens relying on their macroalgae and plant manipulation abilities to provide much of their food and materials.
MAIN ABILITIES:
Macroalgae and plant manipulation
Growth rate increase (of the above organisms)
Advanced positive magics (ex. healing, defense, communication, etc.)
GENERAL TEMPERAMENT: Highly intelligent with human-like sapience, often pacifists. Now highly secretive and are more likely to flee than fight, erasing memories of their location and existence for protection.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR: Live in small village-like communities with familial-like relations between every member. Singular leaders with advisers, with larger communities having councils made up of separate guild leaders.
HABITAT: Kelp forests and undersea gardens in sheltered coves and reefs, often in warmer waters.
DIET: Herbivorous;
Macroalgaes they cultivate or forage
Land plants in the intertidal zone
Occasional other land plants
Occasional lichens and mosses
MISCELLANEOUS INFO:
Similarities in intelligence and behaviour led to close cooperation with humans, but the advent of siren hunters caused Forest sirens to go into hiding.
Interactions with other siren types are rare due to disparity between behaviours and magic use--many see Forest sirens as “weak” and believe they are misusing their magic.
Incredibly traditional in customs but are continuously seeking new magic us--
“Ah, so I see. The human thinks they’re an expert on all things siren, then, do they?”
...
“You know, it ain’t the most polite thing to talk about us like we’re animals.”
... How did you get in here?
“Not of importance. What is, of course, is that this is all lies. Who the hell told you we were ‘more likely to flee than fight’, eh?”
Disclaimer: [REDACTED] is not an accurate portrayal of most Forest sirens.
“Says the one classifying an entire species by a ‘general temperament’.”