Siren Song now only affects one creature (before accounting for the Hit Die business).
Typo corrected.
The +2 Str only thing came about because I had no idea what to do for their -2. -2 Con isn't good for a martial race, -2 Dex just seems wrong for mermaids, -2 Wis has already been done, -2 Int is something that I am opposed to fundamentally, and -2 Cha, again, seems wrong for mermaids. I hope the reduced land speed balances this out a bit.
And now, because apparently I have nothing better to do, a the creation story of the Records.
In the beginning, the Records consisted of two parts: the Kami, a singular will, the mind of the Records, and the Sea of Tama, physical possibility given form, the Records' body. The Kami desired to reach out to the many worlds that surrounded it, but it could not, for it had no way to reach out to them. It had nothing with which it could demarcate what was it and what was not, so it could do nothing. But it desired to reach out, so something it did.
The Kami reached into the Sea of Tama and pulled forth the first kalpa, the World End Cliffs. The Cliffs stood at the edge of the Records, a surface through which the Records could feel the existence of other worlds, an edge from which the Records could reach out. When the World End Cliffs were pulled forth, some tama got caught in its many crevices. This tama coalesced into eggs, and from these eggs hatched the Atlach. The Kami guided the Atlach to build bridges; to span the Void of Stars between the Cliffs and the rest of creation. These bridges became the Records' fingers, its way of reaching out into reality.
Through these bridges flowed tama, the very lifeblood of the Records. As this tama flowed into the other worlds, it mingled with the life there, and when it returned, it brought to the Records visions of many things. The Kami saw that there were many things like the Atlach they had created, and many things quite different. It sought to experience these things for itself, something it could not do in its current state. So, once again, the Kami reached into the Sea of Tama. This time, it brought forth bodies, vessels for the will of the Kami. The Kami fractured itself, and inserted itself into these bodies. What resulted are what we know as the Kami today.
Along with the Atlach, these new Kami explored what worlds the bridges brought them to. They found many things. They found a great expanse of water, teeming with life of all shapes. The Kami sought to reflect this wonder, so again they reached into the Sea. What they brought forth was the Ocean of Origins, a mass of many waters. The Kami filled the Ocean with the life it found, and the life found sustenance in the flecks of tama that floated up from the bottom of the Ocean, where it bordered the Sea, and the light of the great Kami, a sun that shined over all.
Now that there were two kalpa, the Kami sought to travel between them. While they could move easily in their previous form, the constraints of there bodies made things more difficult. So the Kami took the edges of the kalpa and twisted them, forming them into the Amala Labyrinth. Through its ever-changing maze, travel between the Ocean of Origins and the World End Cliffs became possible. Having done this, the Kami once again turned towards the outer worlds.
The next thing they found was a great expanse of trees, teeming with very different life than they had found in the oceans. The Kami sought to reflect this wonder, so again they reached into the Sea. What they brought forth was not a forest, but the Marsh of the Lost, for the Kami had little concept of dry land. The Kami grew great trees within the Marsh, and filled it with the life it found. The life found sustenance in the flecks of tama that joined with the mud and the muck and the light of the great Kami that shined over all. Having done this, the Kami once again turned towards the outer worlds.
The next thing they found was a strange place of shifting shadows. Within, they found a race of sentient shadow stuff, fleeing for their lives from unseen pursuers. The shadows begged the Kami for help, and the Kami gave it. The shadows were called the Noin, and they were given a home within the Marsh of the Lost. When the Noin settled in the Marsh, they were surprised to find that they were not the only dwellers there. The Kami had told them of the Atlach, but not of these strange beings of slime and ooze. The Kami saw that these new beings were nothing other than tama taking the guise of life, mimicking the forms it had encountered in the outer worlds. The Kami gave them the name Henkei, reflecting their strange shapes.
The next thing they found was a great expanse of open sky, teeming with yet more strange life. The Kami sought to reflect this wonder, so again they reached into the Sea. This time, the Kami understood the dry earth, so they brought forth the Eternity Plains. Part of the Plains was too dry, and was called the Tangled Waste. The Kami filled it with the life it found, and the life found sustenance in the flecks of tama that blew with the wind and the light of the great Kami that shined over all. Having done this, the Kami once again turned towards the outer worlds.
The next thing they found was a race abandoned by their god. The Kami answered their prayers and split them into male and female and gave them a home within the Ocean of Origins. The Kami then turned inwards, and looked upon what they had wrought. The Records, once consisting only of themselves, now overflowed with life. The flow of tama, once limited to the Sea, now stretched across all reality. So again the Kami reached into the Sea. What they brought forth was the City of Marrow, a place where all could dwell. The Kami declared the City to be their home, and formed within it the Guild, Tower, and Factory to be its pillars. So that all could travel to the City, the Kami straightened parts of the Labyrinth into the Amala Corridor, and protected it from the dangers that lurked deep within. Having done this, the Kami once again turned towards the outer worlds...
Well, that was more than I expected to write. I suppose I should ask what you all think.