Seven Sirens

Seven Sirens
Members	Empress Siren (leader) Lobster Siren (defected) Octo Siren Angler Fish Siren Tubeworm Siren Coral Siren Water Lily Siren
Home	Paradise Island
Species	Sirens
Allies	Each other Risky Boots (betrayed)
Enemies	Shantae Lobster Siren Ghost Genie
First Appearance	Seven Sirens

The Seven Sirens are a group of enigmatic Sirens who are secretly the rulers of Paradise Island, residing underground. They are responsible for the kidnapping of the Half-Genies during the Half-Genie Festival, and are the eponymous main antagonists in Shantae and the Seven Sirens. Six of them were defeated by Shantae, while the Lobster Siren was last seen bidding farewell to her.

Description

The Seven Sirens tend to have humanoid upper bodies but are merfolk to some extent, melded with an animal (or plant in the case of Water Lily) of some kind. While most of them are purely aquatic, the Empress Siren and the Lobster Siren both have legs. The Coral Siren's mech has legs to aid her mobility as well.

The sirens tend to have something that references their name in their design. Their leader, the Empress Siren, and the Coral Siren are the exceptions, because their names do not reference the living organisms they resemble. Instead, the former's name is a reference to her leadership, while the latter is presumably named after the Coral Mines.

Members

Water Lily Siren The Water Lily Siren is the boss of the Water Lily's Den in Seven Sirens the Water Lily's Den in Seven Sirens	Coral Siren The Coral Siren is the boss of the Coral Mine	Tube Worm Siren The Tubeworm Siren is the boss of the Sea Vent Lab in Seven Sirens.
Angler Fish Siren The Angler Fish Siren is the boss of the The Boiler in Seven Sirens.	Octo Siren The Octo Siren is the boss of the Squid Pit in Seven Sirens.	Lobster Siren While she is never fought directly, the Lobster Siren kidnapped the other half-genies during the Opening Ceremony in Seven Sirens. Later, she helps Shantae fight the rest of the Sirens.
	Empress Siren The leader of the Sirens in Seven Sirens. She is fought in the Flying Fortress.

Story

A long time ago, the Sirens had full rule over Siren Island, luring ships to their doom and weilding firepower strong enough to blow up whole islands. A genie put a stop to their reign of terror at the cost of her own life, sealing them away in the deepest parts of the island and depriving the Empress of her physical form, as well as her ability to drain the life of others.

Some time later, Risky Boots found the island. She sought to claim the Siren's airship as her own, and struck a deal with the Empress - to bring her five Half-Genies to drain the life from in order to restore her to her former glory. Siren Island was renamed to Paradise Island, and Arena Town was chosen as the ultimate tourist destination for unsuspecting festival-goers and Half-Genies.

The Half-Genie festival was announced. Shantae, "Fillin", Harmony, Plink, Vera, and Zapple all attended, eager to show off their abilities, but all except Shantae were kidnapped effortlessly thanks to the Lobster Siren's power of teleportation.

Unwilling to sit by idly, Shantae descended into the Sunken City. She freed her fellow half-genies and defeated the Sirens, and ultimately ended up thwarting the Empress and destroying the Flying Fortress.

Gallery

Official Artwork

A win screen featuring the Seven Sirens playing volleyball. (Excluding the Empress Siren)

Trivia

• In order from largest to smallest, the Sirens rank as follows:
  • Largest: Empress Siren (final phase)
  • Second: Tubeworm Siren
  • Third: Octo Siren
  • Fourth: Coral Siren (when inside of her mech)
  • Fifth: Tie
    • Empress Siren (normal form)
    • Water Lily Siren
  • Sixth: Tie
    • Angler Fish Siren
    • Lobster Siren
• Previously, when the game was initially released for Apple Arcade, the six fightable sirens had no cutscenes before their respective battles. This changed with the full release of the game on May 28, 2020.
• The Coral Siren's appearance inside her mech was up for debate for quite some time, before it was revealed on Twitter in full.
• The speedrun end screen for the game has the Lobster, Octo, Angler Fish, Tubeworm, Coral, and Water Lily sirens playing at the beach, which implies that the latter five most likely recovered and redeemed shortly after. The Empress Siren, however, is nowhere to be found. Whether she's been killed off for good or simply refused to reform remains to be seen.
• Originally, The Empress, Angler Fish and Coral Sirens were the only Sirens who spoke to Shantae (albeit only through battle cries in the case of the later two). This was changed in the Spectacular Superstar update, which gave every Siren pre-battle dialogue.
  • The Lobster Siren is unique in that her dialogue is never shown in full - only as a series of ellipses accompanied by in-game squeaking.
• The Art of Shantae revealed that the Water Lily Siren was designed before Wayforward had a solid idea for the direction of the rest of the Siren's appearances. However, they didn't want the design to go unused, which is why she doesn't fit in with the sea creature theme.