Siren enemy line

A Siren as they appear in Dark Dawn.

The Siren, Succubus, and Nightmare are enemies that are battled throughout each game in the Golden Sun series. Like most enemy lines, they are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games. Though Dark Dawn gives them a slight redesign, all variants resemble human females with slight demonic features.

In Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Siren

A Siren (サッキュバス Succubus) is an orange-haired level 10 variant with a light green dress and purple boots. The Siren is only fought throughout in Mercury Lighthouse.

The Siren certainly qualifies as one of the standout monsters battled in Mercury Lighthouse, having the highest Agility and Attack rating and slightly outperforming the Harpy in all stats. Only the Lizard Man has higher HP and Defense. Therefore, it is these monsters you should generally focus your attacks on throughout the dungeon.

It is a pretty good source of Crystal Powders which, when used, are nothing more or less than free Hail Prisms - this can be rather useful, considering the fact that Saturos, the boss of the dungeon where Sirens are located, is weak to Mercury-based attacks.

A Siren is especially likely to be affected by Psynergy Seal. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Siren	116	12	107	27	54	9
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 3)   100 (Lv 2)   100 (Lv 2)   72 (Lv 2)			45	56	Crystal Powder	1/16

A Siren uses the following battle commands with high intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	2/8 (25%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Froth	2/8 (25%)	100 Power	Psynergy costing 5 PP that summons a small array of watery spheres that assault the party of Adepts. Deals a Mercury-aligned attack with 28 base damage that is spread out across 3 enemies with high damage distribution.
Sleep	2/8 (25%)	Level 2	Psynergy costing 5 PP that causes a flock of small sheep to fall around the party of Adepts. Up to 3 Adepts have a chance to be afflicted with the Sleep status condition.
Heartrender	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability where the battle text reads "Siren glowers miserably at you” as a group of glowing pinkish-white hearts converges on a single target. A target Adept's Attack rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.

Category:Golden Sun enemies weak to Mars attacks

Succubus

For the Psynergy, see Succubus (Psynergy).

The Succubus (ナイトメアクイーン Nightmare Queen) is a blue-haired level 17 variant with a turquoise dress and violet boots. In Golden Sun, only one Succubus is fought throughout the entire game, together with two Grislys as one scripted "boss" encounter that occurs on the second "dungeon floor" of the optional Crossbone Isle as soon as you try to enter the door to that floor's puzzle room. Therefore, the minimum rewards of the battle are 587 EXP, 1543 Coins, and a single guaranteed Potion.

As part of a team of three monsters that is one special encounter, the Succubus has comparatively few HP, but is the user of area of effect Psynergy for elemental damage, while the Grislys are the monsters that are strong and durable. This battle should only be adequately difficult by boss battle standards if Crossbone Isle is visited and this battle is fought earlier in the game through the hidden method at Tolbi-bound Ship. This is definitely a battle that can be won in one turn by having everyone use full-powered summons at the start, but if you decide to battle these the typical way, the Succubus is the target that goes down much more easily than the Grislys, so that should probably be focused on first. Mars-based Psynergy is what all three monsters are weak to.

The Succubus is especially likely to be affected by Psynergy Seal. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Succubus	529	56	195	49	101	12
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 3)   100 (Lv 2)   100 (Lv 2)   72 (Lv 2)			101	143	Crystal Powder	1/16

The Succubus uses the following battle commands with high intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	2/8 (25%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Hail Prism	2/8 (25%)	100 Power	Psynergy costing 16 PP that causes four large ice spheres to slam into the party of Adepts and shatter in quick succession. Deals a Mercury-aligned attack with 90 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution
Wind Slash	2/8 (25%)	85 Power	Psynergy costing 9 PP that projects a moderately wide glowing purple swath of energy through each of multiple Adepts. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with 50 base damage that is spread out across 3 enemies with high damage distribution
Heartrender	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability where the battle text reads "Succubus glowers miserably at you” as a group of glowing pinkish-white hearts converges on a single target. A target Adept's Attack rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.

Category:Golden Sun enemies weak to Mars attacks

Nightmare

A Nightmare (ヘルサッキュバス Hell Succubus) is a violet-haired variant with a dark purple dress and light green boots, and it is level 24 in Golden Sun and level 31 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun, it is first battled at Suhalla Gate, and is subsequently battled in the frontal "exit" portion to Venus Lighthouse and in the Road to Babi Lighthouse. In The Lost Age, the Nightmare can be fought in the area of Trial Road accessed by the Hover Psynergy.

In Golden Sun, the Nightmare is the fastest of the monsters it is fought alongside in both Suhalla Gate and frontal Venus Lighthouse, which, when considering its other solid-by-comparison statistics and its varied party attacks, gives it its own flavor of threat to particularly low-level parties. The Earth Golem is more or less its inverse, being the slowest but the toughest offensively and durably. In the limited area it is fought in in the second game, it is roughly equal to the monsters fought over there, having the highest HP and possessing powerful area-of-effect abilities which counterbalance its sluggishness and feebleness.

A Nightmare is especially likely to be affected by Psynergy Seal. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Nightmare	258	28	287	89	138	13
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 3)   100 (Lv 2)   100 (Lv 2)   72 (Lv 2)			241	198	Healing Ring	1/64

A Nightmare uses the following battle commands with high intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Shine Plasma	2/8 (25%)	100 Power	Psynergy costing 18 PP that causes three purplish-white lightning bolts to strike the party in quick succession. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with 100 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution.
Fireball	2/8 (25%)	85 Power	Psynergy costing 12 PP that causes a group of fire balls to spread out from the user and strike the party of Adepts. Deals a Mars-aligned attack with 65 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution.
Bind	2/8 (25%)	Level 3	Psynergy costing 4 PP that displays a holographic symbol onto a targeted Adept, attempting to temporarily Seal that Adept's Psynergy capabilities.
Heartrender	1/8 (12.5%)	--	Enemy ability where the battle text reads "Nightmare glowers miserably at you” as a group of glowing pinkish-white hearts converges on a single target. A target Adept's Attack rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.
Attack	1/8 (12.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Siren

A Siren (サッキュバス Succubus) is a level 15 variant with blue hair, light blue skin, and a green dress. Sirens are fought in The Ouroboros.

The Siren is the fastest among the monsters fought in its area , which is counterbalanced by it having the lowest Attack rating by a fair margin.

A Siren is especially likely to be affected by Psynergy Seal. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Siren	169	19	148	42	89	9
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 3)   100 (Lv 2)   100 (Lv 2)   72 (Lv 2)			305	89	Vial	1/8

A Siren uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Heartrender	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability where the battle text reads "Siren smiles enticingly at you”. A target Adept's Attack rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.
Sleep	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 2	Psynergy costing 5 PP that causes a flock of small sheep to fall around the party of Adepts. Up to 3 Adepts have a chance to be afflicted with the Sleep status condition.
Froth	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Psynergy costing 5 PP that summons a small array of watery spheres that assault the party of Adepts. Deals a Mercury-aligned attack with 28 base damage that is spread out across 3 enemies with high damage distribution.

Category:Dark Dawn enemies weak to Mars attacks

Succubus

A Succubus (ナイトメアクイーン Nightmare Queen) is a level 24 variant with yellow hair, light violet skin, and a red dress. The Succubus is randomly fought in the Phantasmal Bog.

Once again, Succubi are the fastest among the monsters fought in its area. Aside from their agility, they cast powerful area-of-effect Psynergies that can prove devastating to particularly low-leveled parties.

A Succubus is especially likely to be affected by Psynergy Seal. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Succubus	268	31	242	86	156	9
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 3)   100 (Lv 2)   100 (Lv 2)   72 (Lv 2)			830	131	Bramble Seed	1/16

A Succubus uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Heartrender	2/8 (25%)	--	Enemy ability where the battle text reads "Succubus smiles enticingly at you”. A target Adept's Attack rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.
Hail Prism	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Psynergy costing 16 PP that causes four large ice spheres to slam into the party of Adepts and shatter in quick succession. Deals a Mercury-aligned attack with 90 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution
Wind Slash	1/8 (12.5%)	85 Power	Psynergy costing 9 PP that projects a moderately wide glowing purple swath of energy through each of multiple Adepts. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with 50 base damage that is spread out across 3 enemies with high damage distribution

Category:Dark Dawn enemies weak to Mars attacks

Nightmare

A Nightmare (ヘルサッキュバス Hell Succubus) is a level 46 variant with red hair, light purple skin, and a black dress. The Nightmare is randomly fought in the optional Otka Island dungeon.

Nightmares, like their lesser variants, are the fastest in their domain and slightly outperforms the Winged Dragon in all stats, which is counterbalanced by their lack of offense and defenses.

This otherwise unassuming enemy is the bearer of the game's only potentially unlimited supply of the best forgeable material in Dark Dawn, Orihalcon. Like in The Lost Age, this can be turned into some of the game's best equipment, but the chance it will drop from this enemy is the lowest possible.

A Nightmare is especially likely to be affected by Psynergy Seal. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Nightmare	521	53	457	227	330	11
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
127 (Lv 3)   100 (Lv 2)   100 (Lv 2)   72 (Lv 2)			4669	191	Orihalcon	1/256

A Nightmare uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Shine Plasma	1/8 (12.5%)	100 Power	Psynergy costing 18 PP that causes three purplish-white lightning bolts to strike the party in quick succession. Deals a Jupiter-aligned attack with 100 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution.
Fire Orb	1/8 (12.5%)	85 Power	Psynergy costing 12 PP that causes a group of fire balls to spread out from the user and strike the party of Adepts. Deals a Mars-aligned attack with 65 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution.
Bind	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 3	Psynergy costing 4 PP that displays a holographic symbol onto a targeted Adept, attempting to temporarily Seal that Adept's Psynergy capabilities.
Heartrender	1/8 (12.5%)	--	Enemy ability where the battle text reads "Nightmare glowers miserably at you” as a group of glowing pinkish-white hearts converges on a single target. A target Adept's Attack rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.

Category:Dark Dawn enemies weak to Venus attacks

Cultural references

• The siren's exact description varies; while they’re usually depicted in Greek mythology as bird-women, they are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like. The Wikipedia definition can be found here.
• A succubus is a demon in European traditions who takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce men in their dreams, while drawing energy from them to sustain themselves, often to the point where the victim dies.
• A nightmare is a frightening dream that was originally believed in many cultures to have been caused by a monster, evil spirit, or demon that oppressed people in their sleep.