I’ve had a few people ask about what kind of sirens mine are in Dusk Oceanos, and while I was going to save this until I showed off Adagio, I figured there’d be no harm in going into detail! So, for your enjoyment, please have a look over these sketches I made of my siren breeds!

(From left to right, top to bottom)

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Common (Aria): This is the siren breed everyone is familiar with, straight out of the movie and show canon. The common siren is versatile in both magic and physique, making them a sort of “jack of all trades”. They make up the majority of all sirens in Equus, so they are simply known as “sirens” as a result. Due to their equal balance in magic and power, they often make up the authority in their respective packs, and keep the hunters in line due to their natural bloodlust.

Hunter (Sonata): If there was ever a siren more terrifying than the common, it was the hunter. What they lack in magic, they make up for with incredible strength and brutality. While a single dragon, their natural predator, can take on up to three common sirens at most, a hunter is the only one to be able to handle a fully grown dragon on her own. Along with their physical superiority, a hunter also possesses venomous barbs at the end of their tail which they use to paralyze both predator and prey before going in for the kill.

Courtesan (Adagio): Aptly named for their beauty, the courtesans possess fins similar to betta fish, giving them a very graceful appearance. The courtesans are the rarest of sirens to the point of being endangered as they are favoured among dragons as the easiest prey, and their lack of physical strength makes it difficult for them to defend themselves. But it is thanks to their advantage in magic over the other breeds that they are most successful in consuming anger from the civilisations of Equus, making them very prominent harvesters.

Pups: These darling little fishies are juvenile sirens. Because their magic and physical strengths have yet to develop, they are restricted to the safety of their island homes until they come of age. They are often found playing amongst themselves, or training with their mothers. Don’t be fooled though, they are still much stronger than any pony their age.

Sizes and Growth: From birth, pups are no bigger than a fully grown pony. Until their late-teens, they continue to grow to the point they match their mothers, give or take a few feet in height and/or length. A fully grown siren is as large as the average adult dragon, though there have been cases where some sirens have grown even bigger, especially in the hunter breeds.