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{{Character|title1=Siren-Serpent|image1=SS neptunesharlotgaz.webp|caption1=A Siren-Serpent displaying its lure.|alias=Neptune's Harlot<ref name = "labyrinth">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Labyrinth_of_Tigers|Provide a rare creature of the Labyrinth|Sunless Sea}} ''"At zee, Captain, it may be ‘Neptune's H____t’, but here, we have a care for our manners."''</ref><br>Serpentus sirenesis<ref name = "forewarned">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_castaway|Forewarned|Sunless Sea}} ''"Oh, serpentus sirenesis, you rogue."''</ref>|location=[[The Unterzee]]}}<blockquote>''"A fanged mouth rears from the water, big enough to bite a boat in half or swallow a pig! The 'woman' contorts and slides into the water: she's the tip of the monster's tail. This will be untidy."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Lure|Story description|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>
{{Character|title1=Siren-Serpent|image1=SS neptunesharlotgaz.webp|caption1=A Siren-Serpent displaying its lure.|name=Neptune's Harlot<br>Serpentus sirenesis|location=[[The Unterzee]]}}<blockquote>''"A woman in an iridescent green gown waves vaguely from a rock near the shore. Sorrowful sighs waft across the water towards you. An idiot castaway? A mermaid?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_castaway|Event description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>


'''Siren-Serpents''', known scientifically as '''''Serpentus sirenesis''''',<ref name = "forewarned"/> are serpentine creatures who menace the [[Unterzee]]. They possess sharp teeth, bullet-resistant skin, and maws large enough to swallow pigs whole.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Lure|Story description|Sunless Sea}} ''"A fanged mouth rears from the water, big enough to bite a boat in half or swallow a pig!"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Lure|Obliterate it|Sunless Sea}} ''"The beast's scales are proof against pistol-shot [...]"''</ref> They are most infamous for their preferred means of hunting: they disguise their tails as humanoid apparitions and produce human-like calls to lure those nearby.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_castaway|Forewarned|Sunless Sea}} ''"[...] serpentus sirenesis, [...] With your humaniform tale-tip and your alluring sigh-bladders."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_castaway|Send a troublemaker to the rescue|Sunless Sea}} ''"The 'woman' [...] she's the tip of a zee-serpent's tail! The serpent's head rears from the waves. [...] thrashing and teeth and so forth, and your troublemaker is gone."''</ref> For this reason, the Siren-Serpent is known vulgarly as '''Neptune's Harlot'''.<ref name = "labyrinth"/>
'''Siren-Serpents''', known scientifically as '''''Serpentus sirenesis''''',<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_castaway|Forewarned|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Oh, serpentus sirenesis, you rogue."''</ref> are serpentine creatures who menace the [[Unterzee]]. They possess sharp teeth, bullet-resistant skin, and maws large enough to swallow pigs whole.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Lure|Story description|Sunless Sea|}} ''"A fanged mouth rears from the water, big enough to bite a boat in half or swallow a pig!"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Lure|Obliterate it|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The beast's scales are proof against pistol-shot [...]"''</ref> They are most infamous for their preferred means of hunting: they disguise their tails as humanoid apparitions and produce human-like calls to lure those nearby.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_castaway|Forewarned|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] serpentus sirenesis, [...] With your humaniform tale-tip and your alluring sigh-bladders."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_castaway|Send a troublemaker to the rescue|Sunless Sea|}} ''"The 'woman' [...] she's the tip of a zee-serpent's tail! The serpent's head rears from the waves. [...] thrashing and teeth and so forth, and your troublemaker is gone."''</ref> For this reason, the Siren-Serpent is known vulgarly as '''Neptune's Harlot'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Labyrinth_of_Tigers|Provide a rare creature of the Labyrinth|Sunless Sea|}} ''"At zee, Captain, it may be ‘Neptune's H____t’, but here, we have a care for our manners."''</ref>


Siren-Serpents lay their eggs on rock formations,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_castaway|Forewarned|Sunless Sea}} ''"[...] serpentus sirenesis, [...] You've probably laid your eggs along the rocks here, haven't you?"''</ref> and newly-hatched serpents are called '''Harlot-Fry'''. Notably, even hatchling serpents possess extremely sharp teeth.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Harlot-Fry#Item_description|Item description|Sunless Sea}} ''""A bucket of tiny but razor-toothed serpentlings.""''</ref>
Siren-Serpents lay their eggs on rock formations,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/A_castaway|Forewarned|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] serpentus sirenesis, [...] You've probably laid your eggs along the rocks here, haven't you?"''</ref> and newly-hatched serpents are called '''Harlot-Fry'''. Notably, even hatchling serpents possess extremely sharp teeth.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Harlot-Fry#Item_description|Item description|Sunless Sea|}} ''""A bucket of tiny but razor-toothed serpentlings.""''</ref>


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