Siren (God)

Element: Death
Domains: The Underworld, the Dead
Cleric Domain: Grave Domain
Material: Wood, representative of the ship that ferries souls across the Sea of Pneuma. Bodies are buried in wooden coffins or interred in wooden urns, but at the very least the tradition is to bury a body with two wooden coins to pay the ferryman.

Summary

Mysterious Siren lurks beyond the Sea of Pneuma that all souls must cross to find rest. As the Keeper of the Dead He is the ultimate fate of all mortals, the holder of a debt all must pay. The living will each see Him differently; how can Siren not be fearsome, for is death not to be feared? How can He not be sad, for is death not the great tragedy? It is a mystery often ruminated, what occurs beyond the Sea of Souls, and so too is Siren a mystery. What is agreed upon however is that His worship can stave off the reach of His hand, and so all mortals honor Him in some way.

Cultural Reception

Death is an old friend, a feared arrival, and a debt to be paid across the entirety of Aspiria, and none know Siren as thoroughly as Carinthia. The elves of the frozen north have made their peace with the Keeper of the Dead. Their stories claim that those that die in battle against the Wyrm are afforded a vaunted position in the afterlife, highest honors paid to those that do not back down from the dread inspired by their draconic foes. Not all are able to meet Wodr's brood on the field of battle, it is true, but the non-warriors needn't fear--only those that betray their fellow elf (or worse, those that openly aid the draconic heresy) are punished when they travel beyond the Sea of Pneuma.
Aqualonde's priests know that all things follow seasons but rarely do they end. Winter becomes Spring after all, and so do mortal souls. The Sea of Pneuma is envisioned as a Font or Source of life energies from which all souls spring and to which all souls return. Siren is merely the hand that ensures no souls escape the cycle of reincarnation that follows, a noble shepherd indeed.
Avosa Tevosa holds that Siren does not live beyond the Sea but beneath it, dwelling in the dankest, darkest depths upon a ship equally at home beneath the waves as cutting through them. Siren makes for a fate to be feared after all is said and done, and tithes are paid to prolong His collection of the final coin...
Tarwa'kem of all people might be said to venerate the Keeper of the Dead in their own strange way. Sources argue Siren was originally a dwarven god some many centuries ago, the holder of a vast vault of wealth and collector of mortals' ultimate treasure. Siren and Haelaxa make up two sides of the same coin in Tarwa'kem--quite literally They mark each coin minted in the arid desert kingdom. It can be argued less is made of Siren's ownership of all souls than His collection of treasures, but a wise person does not argue this before a Tarwa'kin.

In Art

Siren finds the most variance in His depiction than any other. Some show Him as a man stern and hooded, black of robe and hard of expression. Others see an elf wistful for the spirits He must accumulate. Tarwa'kem in particular sees Him as a dwarf bedecked in all the treasures of Aspiria deep in an underground vault. The Avosans prefer a mysterious figure with a skeletal hand, sometimes bearing rings, other times merely resting upon the Wheel of His ship.
It is unimportant the exact image, though the robes and Wheel are important to the mythos. What is interesting is that unlike Pegape Siren is always depicted as male. Like Tytos and Tyrachon, Siren shows the most consistency of legend albeit not in art.

Chaperone of the Departed by Leda 'The Banished' Abraham

"Beware the depths of Siren's realm, for in the underworld's embrace lies the awakening of ancient powers and the eternal rest of souls."