I wasn't always living in the districts. As a matter of fact there was a time when I didn't know what the districts were. Because as I said I'm one of the deadliest creatures on this earth. I am a siren, being half human, half fish I'm the most dangerous thing to roam the seas.
We are long forgotten by history we are called 'legendary creatures' and 'mythical' as much as we appreciate the secrecy of the unknown we are incredibly perturbed that only Greeks were wise enough to know of our existence.
Any way I'll describe our ways. My family is its own clan. My mother Iara is the leader of our clan she's the wises and most experienced. I have six sisters Kyla, the oldest she is also the child prodigy. Naida, the second oldest and the prettiest of us. Talise, the third oldest, and the smartest. Vailea the middle child and the most cunning of us. Yara, the third youngest and the most adorable. Maren, the second youngest the most best liar of the daughters. Then there's me Thalassa I'm the most adventurous.
Our clan is more recent we came into existence around seventeen thirty four. When my mother had Talise. A few facts about us. My mother has been alive for over four thousand years, though she never knew the first of our kind her mother did. The song we sing now has lured countless men and women to their deaths, we use the same song that has been used since the dawn of time.
I'll tell you this, if you are a woman and hear our song your ears will begin to bleed and our sound is the most terrifying thing in this world. However you're the lucky ones after a few minutes of unbearable torture you're end has met you.
If you are male, you find us completely and utterly intoxicating. Our breath, our bodies, our everything. Instantly falling in love with us. Our song is sweet and beautiful to you, until of course we-. Oh well you'll find out in due time what your end shall be.
Our appearance is simple and radiant. Our hair is almost impossible to cut. it is long when we are born and throughout our lives, it's sheer platinum in color, strait, and thin enough for light travel in water.
Our eyes are sparkling green and bright, or misty blue and mysterious. Our skin is pale green just enough to give a heavenly glow. Our faces are pure, light and beautiful, Free of any imperfections. We have been described in legends as bewitching.
Our bodies are bare in a simple state we have no need of worldly things such as cloths. Our tails shine like crystals. Green, or blue to match the color of our home on the rocky islands which we inhabit.
No how did I come to live in this world? Very simply really. When a ship is lured to it's rocky doom some of us take human form. Yes we can become humans, once a mother is carrying a child, she goes back into the ocean until the child will be born. She goes on to the island becomes a human for the birth and the child is born.
When a child is born it is almost a sickly green color and has human legs. But when it is placed in water she begins to breathe and opens her eyes.
Unlike human children a siren doesn't need to learn how to swim or walk. She can already do so. she can comprehend human speech. She can sing over time the child learns to speak and by the time she is six years old she has already developed every skill she will need and by sixteen she no longer ages.
All clans live on Islands similar to ours. It has a rocky outskirt and a small beach area. It has shallow waters throughout the Island, rivers that wind all over it. It's paradise for us, though other clans do not interact we do know that they are all over the seas.
A common misconception about us is that we are catty to one another. This is not true, we as a clan are a family and like any family we do fight but not often. There is no social status, only our mother she being our leader. Otherwise we are equals.
If one of us has three children we must begin our own clan. Which, while heartbreaking, is a great opportunity for any of us. That means that we can have one child and remain in the clan.
No to catch you up on where I was before I even knew of the districts. My family is quite worried for boats have become scarce over the years. We pick up our story to the turning point.
So what do you think? Sorry about this but there was just such a blank canvas for a mermaid race that I just wanted to outline how they as a species work and live. Thanks for reading!