Thoughts on Siren?

[Darkkos]

IIRC, Siren s only an Esper in FFVI and a GF in FFVIII, a Boss in FFV and a normal monster in a few really old FF and FFD. I don't see her and will never see her as a normal summon (Well.. Fenrir too and he was a summon in FFXI...) Well just to say that...I wish she'll never be a primal in FFXIV XD

[tymora]

How do you classify Siren? Bird? Primate?

[AunaYuuki]

Pharos sirus im so excited! Seeing the siren in that video made me so excited to see different bosses in the game. I am more curious about her abilities during the dungeon as well will they be similar to the story mode it didn't show much of her but it was enough. She isn't a primal unfortunately she isn't big enough of a character to be compared to let's say ifrit in FF history.

[Toranja]

But... Why is it called Pharos Sirus? What's the etymology here?

[Rocl]

Pharos is rather simple:

The name Pharos is still used as the noun for "lighthouse" in some languages, for example: Albanian, Catalan, and Romanian (far), French (phare), Italian, Galician, and Spanish (faro), Armenian ("Փարօս/Paros"), Portuguese (farol), Bulgarian (фар), and Greek (φάρος)

I imagine we'll learn about the designation "Sirius" or it's a simple nod to the brightest star in our non-Eorzean night sky.

[myahele]

Based on what an npc said in game Ixali used to be able to fly/had wings during ancient times. Due to greed and thirst for power they settled on land and gradually lost their wings...

What if Siren is an ancient/primordial Ixali? She survived so lind due to stealing the life of sailors/magic It'll explain her appearance for one.

[Velox]

I imagine we'll learn about the designation "Sirius" or it's a simple nod to the brightest star in our non-Eorzean night sky.

Most likely, as the bright-blue lighthouse seen from Limsa Lominsa is Pharos Polaris (a simple nod to the most famous star in our non-Eorzean night sky :P)

[Tlamila]

Based on what an npc said in game Ixali used to be able to fly/had wings during ancient times. Due to greed and thirst for power they settled on land and gradually lost their wings...

What if Siren is an ancient/primordial Ixali? She survived so lind due to stealing the life of sailors/magic It'll explain her appearance for one.

You know, this would be a very interesting theory - and I always like having more Ixali stuff - but wouldn't it go against some other things abotu her said in this thread?
EDIT: after all she looks so similar to Garuda and that would make sense...

[Catapult]

The Tower of Pharos is the name we give to the lighthouse in Alexandria, of ancient Egypt. It was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. No wonder then that it is so tempting to use the term Pharos with respect to a significant lighthouse.

[myahele]

I haven't done pharos sirius yet, but does it talk about her origin at all?

Spoiler s obviously