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One creature that is much like a mermaid is a Siren. They are beautiful women-like creatures who play beautiful music. To men it is entoxicating, they can't help but to follow them into the deapths of the ocean and beyond. Some sirens are powerful enough to even envoke similar feelings unto women and animals. Most Sirens mean no harm when they play their music, but they can't help it, that is just how their magic works.

The merfolk are creatures of the water. The earliest reference in human history to merfolk was in Babylonian times. It was said that beautiful creatures with the body of a woman and the tail of a fish enticed helpless sailors to their deaths. It is true that a merwoman(mermaid) would flirt a little with a sailor, but the desire that would overcome the men would basically seal their fates.

The Deep Sea Merfolk- These have hair ranging from the color neon purple to neon green. Their tails are most commonly a bright greenish color with blue and purple flecks (sometimes it varies a little). Their skin is a light green color and their hair is nost always a silvery color. Most carry a glowing staff for vision in the deep darkness.

The Changling Merfolk- These live near the surface of the water. They are the ones most commonly seen by the humans. Their most common profile is a typical stereotype of a mermaid, with a green tail, milky almost-white skin, and long flowing hair. Others include lion fish-like merpeople, shark-like merpeople, and sea horse-like merpeople. All of the changling merfolk have the ability to transforn their fins into legs, so they may walk among humans.

The River Merfolk- There are very few colonies of the river merfolk left in the world today. They mostly come in one color combination, turquoise tails and pale skin. Their hair ranges in colors like a human's does. Like the changling merfolk these also are able to transform their tails into legs. Sometimes the riverfolk can be found living in lakes.

The Lake Dwellers- These merfolk look very similar to the river merfolk. The main difference is the shape of their tails. For the most part this race doesn't like going into rivers, but can and will sometimes, especially if something happens to their original home.

The salt water merfolk can't stand fresh water, and the fresh water merfolk can't stand salt water. When both salt and fres hwater are mixed together in equal amounts, merfolk from any type of water are able to live together. Most merfolk don't prefer it, but will when they have a sweetheart of a different spicies. There is one race of merfolk that is able to stand both types of water, thhi race is called The Biwater Merfolk. They are the result of a mix between the salt and freshwater mefolk (the changeling and river merfolk).