The Siren

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The Siren looms over you.
You know you must slay it, or it will kill you.
The landscape around you is nearly invisible due to the fierce blizzard. When someone swings at the Siren, the blue fog surrounding her changes, and she attacks from another location. You aren’t sure if she teleports, or if it was a simple illusion.
The Siren is fast, and she is strong. She calls to you, gently encouraging you to stop fighting, and to finally rest. Her voice makes your head spin.
Some Expeditioners use the magic they have learned during the months of snow. Most of their magic does nothing, but the stronger magic users’ attacks strike true. Perhaps if you know enough strong magic, you can overcome her consumption of mana.
A number of stones standing about waist height creates a large circle in the middle of the clearing. As you fight, some blows, magical or not, hit the circle of ice-covered stones, chipping away at the frozen covering. The Siren appears bothered by this.

Your fellow Expeditioners, and your bond, if you have one, stand by your side.
If you let the Siren escape, you are certain that she will go on to attack the villages. You cannot let that happen.

Teles has vanished. What has become of her, you do not know.

Draw your character facing the Siren.

You may use your weapons, your magic, your bond, or your fellow expeditioners. It is difficult to see in the blizzard, and the Siren uses her illusory smoke and disarming voice to make the fight all the more confusing. You may apply up to tier 6 injuries to your characters during this fight.

Only those who have completed the Expedition “Windsong Mountain Monster” may participate in this fight, and claim the rewards.

REQUIREMENTS

A minimum of 1 half body, simple background, with shading. If submitting writing, the minimum is 625 words. If drawing a comic, the minimum is 4 panels, with flat coloring and at least one fullbody in one of the panels. The Siren must be present in both art and writing in some way, with no minimum visibility.

Each entry is assigned a number of damage that will chip away at the Siren’s health bar. For a minimum level entry, this entry will do 3 damage.
Below are bonuses that can be stacked on to add to this damage:

+1 damage for your character being a fullbody OR writing an additional 150 words. Comics automatically get this bonus as at least one fullbody is required for the minimum

+1 damage for drawing a medium background OR writing an additional 200 words OR adding one additional panel to your comic
+2 damage for drawing a complex background OR writing an additional 500 words OR adding two additional panels to your comic and an additional fullbody in one of your panels

+1 damage per other users’ character from your expedition party included in your entry. This has a maximum of +3 damage. Characters not owned by you do not get the visibility damage bonus and instead get this.

+1 damage for depicting your character or one of their expedition party members using a weapon obtained from the "Preparation" prompt. Can count once per weapon depicted
+1 damage for depicting your character’s bond in the image or writing. The bond must be present and active

+The amount of damage equal to your current tier/skill of magic with the magic debuff if you depict your character using magic in the entry. The Siren is imposing a debuff of a -2 magic tiers/skills, buffed due to her treatment before attacking. This means that if your character has learned 5 magic tiers or skills, their current tier is 3, and will do an additional 3 damage if depicted using magic in your entry.

Your damage calculation must be included in the comments of your prompt submission.

REWARDS

Choice of 1x application from the following upgrades for any character you own:

Firefly Glow

Unfortunate Inner Glow

Glowing Markings

Temporal Glands

15 Capella

There are additional rewards that will be handed out if the boss is defeated…

You may submit multiple entries to this prompt. Each repeated entry will receive an additional upgrade application up to a maximum of four PER character you have participating in the fight.